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Daniel Feld, Vice President, Operations, TechStars Test those ideas very rapidly, before you build anything!
enclosure-voice 1621_ 10/6/14 - Vice President of Operations at TechStars in Boulder, Daniel Feld is a natural for the organization, born and bred in an entrepreneurial family environment. Larry asked what are some of the first things one should do when building a company? Daniel replied, "I think most important for an entrepreneur is to find a problem that they are deeply passionate about solving. And, to test that idea very, very quickly to make sure it's a problem worth solving. That someone's willing to pay for the solution and that the pain is real. Sometimes, we as entrepreneurs like to make up what we believe to be a problem. And then we get so enamored with the solution that we are blinded by our own passion for it without validating that there's a real need out there. One of the things that's become a lot easier for people to do and encouraged through programs like TechStars and other methodologies, is to test those ideas very rapidly, before you build anything. So go talk to your potential customers. Find them very quickly and find out if the pain is truly shared and worth solving."
RELATED LINKS: TechStars || TechStars Blog ||TechStars 7th Anniversary Video || Economy Builders || KEYWORDS: Daniel Feld, TechStars, Entrepreneurs, Disney Accelerator, David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, Jared Polis, Nicole Glaros, Boulder CO, Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Technology Startups, bytes=2317482
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Mash up of people, different viewpoints and ideas
Jill Dupre, Associate Director, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado at Boulderenclosure-voice 1610_ 9/22/14 - The ATLAS Institute at CU Boulder, over the years, has evolved and Jill Dupre, Associate Director said, "...it continues to evolve. A constant is that we are a home for 'creative trouble makers'. We're a home for intrepid inventors, people who want to change the future! ATLAS is interdisciplinary - we work with people from all over campus." ATLAS is housed within Engineering but their faculty and students come from all over, from arts, theater, English, journalism, business, engineering, computer sciences, law... At ATLAS, they like the kind of ideas that come from that intersection and that mash up of people, different viewpoints and ideas. ATLAS Institute's belief is that combining that mix in a creative way and in a fun environment is how you change your world and how you make it better. Of course, it's not all fun and games. ATLAS has three core academic programs. At the undergrad level; technology, arts and media - that promotes creative work and research and information technology and digital media in an interdisciplinary environment.
RELATED LINKS: Atlas Institute || Silicon Flatirons || CU Technology Transfer Office || Entrepreneurs 2013 || Blog || KEYWORDS: Jill Dupre, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado, Collaborative Multidisciplinary Partnerships, Silicon Flatirons, CU Technology Transfer Office, Core Academic Programs, bytes=5185518
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Brad Bernthal, Clinical Law Professor, Law School, CU @ Boulder and Director of Entrepreneurial Initiative, Silicon Flatirons Center Forbes Top 20 Universities for Entrepreneurship List... CU-Boulder
enclosure-voice 1607_ 9/15/14 - "The Entrepreneurship Initiative is entering its seventh year - an interesting trajectory for us in terms of what we've done around entrepreneurship in particular. And, this is year 15 for Silicon Flatirons overall, and of course, Phil Weiser the Executive Director and Dean of the Law School" pointed out Brad Bernthal Clinical Professor of Law at CU Law School and the Entrepreneurship Initiative Director for Silicon Flatirons Center. Brad said they got a real shot in the arm this summer, Forbes listed the top 20 universities for entrepreneurship and CU Boulder was ranked in that top 20..."There is much discussion about, 'what would it look like for us to truly be a Top Five public university for entrepreneurship... We've done two things right, one missing. We've brought the innovation community to the campus on a regular basis. Silicon Flatirons did over 40 events last year that had an entrepreneurship orientation, over 6000 attendees - a high velocity of interaction between campus and community. Second, our students across the campus are engaged. We have the New Venture Challenge that's for anyone with a CU ID - faculty, staff, student from any discipline across campus. Anybody can get involved, we will help them build a business; we'll give them mentors who are the best and brightest in the community...
RELATED LINKS: Silicon Flatirons Center || SFC About || Entrepreneurs || PodCasting Directory || KEYWORDS: Brad Bernthal, Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado, Entrepreneurs Unplugged, Mentors,, bytes=6910435
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The biggest challenge to an entrepreneur today [Part 2 of 2]Brad Bernthal, Director Entrepreneurship Initiative, Clinical Professor, Law School, University of Colorado at Boulder
enclosure-voice 1610_ 9/22/14 - What is the biggest challenge to an entrepreneur today? Larry asked our expert Brad Bernthal, Director of the Entrepreneurial Initiative, Silicon Flatiron Center and Clinical Law Professor, CU Boulder - Law School. His reply... "The biggest challenge I'm seeing today, is often competing with the noise. So, in broad strokes, the democratization of entrepreneurship in just the last ten years has been amazing. The fact that, especially in Information Technology, startup costs have dropped so dramatically, has leveled the playing field. That's a great thing in terms of giving innovation opportunities to a wider group of entrepreneurs. But, I think it also introduces a lot of noise into the system. In terms of competition for angel funding, but especially venture capital funding and most importantly market share. Getting attention, showing traction, it's always been a challenge, but I think it may be even more challenging today." And, we couldn't be more proud and humbled to hear Brad as he gives a shout-out to w3w3.com "If you look back over the 15 years of Silicon Flatirons, nobody has been more present at events and getting the word out and doing the kind of community building that you do Larry, than w3w3 - So thanks for all you've done to build the entrepreneurship scene!" ...There's more...
RELATED LINKS: Silicon Flatirons Center || SFC About || Economy Builders || PodCasting Directory || KEYWORDS: Brad Bernthal, Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado, Entrepreneurs Unplugged, Digital Broadband Migration,, bytes=4465792
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Kim Jordan, CEO, New Belgium Brewing Company Entrepreneurs Unplugged present featured entrepreneur, Kim Jordan
1600_ 9/2/14 - As a classic basement startup, New Belgium's beginnings were entrepreneurial; it's now the third largest craft brewery and the first brewery in the United States to specialize in Belgian style beers. New Belgium is known for its commitment to environmental stewardship, and under Kim Jordan's leadership, they have developed a set of interwoven practices that include employee ownership, high involvement culture, advocacy and of course drinking beer together. In January of 2013 New Belgium announced the sale of 100 per cent of the brewery to its 475 co-workers. This enabled the formation of a family foundation with a goal of creating a new business model. Ms. Jordan and New Belgium have been widely recognized as business role models; she received the EPA's highest regional award for Environmental Excellence and in 2012 was Entrepreneur Magazine's CEO of the Year and CEO of the year by Colorado Biz Magazine. New Belgium was voted in the top ten best places to work by Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, and The Wall Street Journal...see the great event photos...
RELATED LINKS: Silicon Flatirons Center || New Belgium Brewing Company || Kim Jordan - Social Enterprise 2013 || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Kim Jordan, New Belgium Brewing, Silicon Flatirons Center, Environmental Excellence, Belgian Style Beers, Craft Brewery, Entrepreneurs
SLIDESHOW

Brad Feld and David Cohen:
Do More Faster

Larry & Brad Feld, Do More Faster

enclosure-voice 1589_ 7/28/14 - 903_10/4/10- Larry sat down with Brad Feld, managing partner of Foundry Group to talk about an exciting announcement. Larry began the interview with, "You know there are a lot of powerful words out there, and three of them are Do, More, Faster, do you have any comments to make on them?" With a chuckle, Brad said, "Good setup! Do More Faster is the title of a book that David Cohen, the founder of TechStars, and Brad Feld have written." By strange coincidence, this is Monday, October 4th, the publication date! The origin of the book was a phrase thrown around TechStars, Do more faster. If you're not familiar with TechStars, it is a mentor driven accelerator, started in Boulder four years ago. It's a 90 day program, usually 10 companies, usually 25 to 30 entrepreneurs go through the program, full time, extremely immersive. They have about 50 mentors, experienced entrepreneurs that work with them along with those of us in the program. They get a small amount of seed financing at the front end of the program. About a year ago David and Brad sat down and talked about a way they could codify some of the things that they've learned. They settled pretty quickly on having the mentors and entrepreneurs involved in helping create the book. "We looked around and there aren't many books written by entrepreneurs, especially first time entrepreneurs about the experiences they've had creating companies. We then organized the chapters around usually one line phrases like 'do more faster' that have come out of the last four years of running TechStars that David and I sat down and put together with some other people. Then we had a bunch of people write first drafts about which we spent a lot of time on and then David and I organized the book and put some connective tissue between the essays. So very experiential, lots of details from the founders, from the entrepreneur’s perspective, from the mentor’s perspective, about specific things that all entrepreneurs could use, but especially first-time entrepreneurs or perspective entrepreneurs. We were on the verge of self publishing and we got introduced to some folks at Wiley and they took that book on. They were incredibly helpful."...There's more...
RELATED LINKS: Foundry Group || Brad's Blog || Venture Capital Channel || Amazon || Tech Stars || Mastering Change || Do More Faster Book Home || KEYWORDS: Brad Feld, Author, Do More Faster, David Cohen, Tech Stars, Do More Faster, Book, Entrepreneurs, Wiley, bytes: 7984590
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Manages four companies including a family foundation
Kristy Taddonio Mullins, Owner/President, Mile Hi Foodsenclosure-voice 1585_ 7/21/14 - This is a great entrepreneur's story. Starting with fourth generation owner/president and EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist/Winner 2014, Kristy Taddonio Mullins of Mile Hi Foods. In 1901 Kristy's great grandfather Michael Taddonio arrived in the U.S from Italy and worked as a peddler in Denver selling fruits and vegetables door-to-door. His sons took over operating from their father's garage as Taddonio Brother's produce business. In 1956 the first McDonalds opened in Denver and mile Hi Fruit & Vegetable's was awarded the potato contract. As McDonald's grew so did Mile Hi Fruit & Vegetable. In 1968 grandson Tony Taddonio (Kristy's father) joined the firm and became the sole owner of the company, today known as Mile Hi Foods. In 1973 Tony and his wife Pam created TMT Trucking, a contract carrier with a 48 state authority for interstate transportation. By 1985 they had added a bakery to produce all of the buns used by McDonald's in the Rocky Mountain Region and now supply baked goods for Red Robin, Wingers, Good Times, King Soopers, Wendy's and Famous Dave's. In 1998 Kristy and her sister Toni join their parents in the business continuing the expansion. Listen for more....
RELATED LINKS: Mile Hi Foods || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || 2013 Economy Builders || KEYWORDS: Kristy Taddonio Mullins, Mile Hi Foods, Entrepreneur, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, bytes=3273354
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Really exciting and a life saving development
Jeffrey Martin, Founder/CEO, Yulex Corp.enclosure-voice 1583_ 7/14/14 - We begin with an overview of Yulex Corp, speaking with the founder and CEO, Jeff Martin. This is really exciting and a life saving development for people suffering from a latex allergy. A lot of people don't know the U.S. has been 100% dependent on imports of natural rubber. Ninety percent of all the natural rubber in the world comes from southeast Asia, and there are sever allergy problems with the tropical latex that comes from southeast Asia. It's been a problem for a very long time. Yulex Corp has developed a new source of botanical rubber. Jeff said, "What we've done is taken a wild crop, namely Yule ('y-u-lee'), which is indigenous to Mexico, and brought it into Arizona. We've domesticated the crop and developed a process to extract natural rubber from this wild plant. We built a factory in Phoenix where we extract and refine the rubber and sell it into the medical and consumer product industries. Basically it's the emergence of a natural rubber business for the United States." Jeff also told us that they are providing this natural rubber latex for the medical industry where Latex allergy is a severe problem. It just so happens that the domestic latex that we grow here in the United States is non-allergenic. So we're gearing up for medical gloves, surgical gloves, condoms, catheters- for people who have a latex allergy. The best advice Jeff ever received was from another EY Entrepreneur of the Year (Florida, 20 years ago) who happened to be Jeff's boss. He said, "It's easier to knock things down than to knock things in. Don't be SNIOP - and to be SNIOPed is to be Susceptible to the Negative Influences of Other People. So listen to your own heart and move forward." There's more...
RELATED LINKS: Yulex Corp. || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || 2013 Economy Builders || 2012 Economy Builders || KEYWORDS: Jeffrey Martin, Yulex Corp, Botanical Rubber, Yule, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, bytes=4255976
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Colby Barrett, President, Geo Stabilization

Projects throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica
enclosure-voice 1578_ 7/7/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Colby Barrett, president of Geo Stabilization International, winner of the prestigious EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ award in 2014. Colby has worked on stabilization projects for over 15 years, managing projects throughout the continental United States, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica. After studying Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley and Oxford University on an NROTC scholarship, Colby served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. He led both infantry and scout/sniper platoons throughout the Pacific Rim and Middle East as part of various operations including Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom, where he earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for outstanding performance. Colby also holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School and is a Registered Professional Engineer. He is an active geo technical researcher in soil nailing and confined soils, holds several patents in the field, serves as a member of the Deep Foundations Institute Landslide/Slope Stabilization Committee...listen for more ideas...
RELATED LINKS: GeoStabilization || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || PodCast Directory || KEYWORDS: Colby Barrett, GeoStabilization, Newest Technologies, Best Solutions, Fastest Possible Service, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, bytes=2445377
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Software operations, strategy, and capital fundraising
Kevin Hickey, President/CEO, BeyondTrustenclosure-voice 1580_ 7/7/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Kevin Hickey, President and CEO of BeyondTrust. Kevin brings a strong history of software operations, strategy, capital fundraising, and mergers and acquisitions to BeyondTrust, where he is responsible for the company’s day to day operations. Kevin joined BeyondTrust by way of the company’s acquisition of eEye Digital Security, where he served as CEO and Chairman. Under Kevin’s leadership, eEye experienced significant growth, launched several 'market-first' security solutions and brought the company back to category leadership. Larry asked what advice Kevin would give to an entrepreneur. Kevin said, "One is that it is all about people. Find good people, nurture them and make sure they feel part of the fabric of the organization. Two is extreme clarity. To me, anything you have in your company, if you make it extremely clear as to what the expectations are, it really helps because everyone understands, and then let people run. One of the things I've heard over again in my career is, 'it's not what you preach, it's what you tolerate'. So those are some of the things I've picked up and would like to share with folks. It's all about people." Listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: BeyondTrust || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Blog || In the News || KEYWORDS: Kevin Hickey, BeyondTrust, Software Operations, Strategy, Capital Fundraising, Mergers Acquisitions, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, bytes=3001263
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Entrepreneurs worldwide make a difference
Jim Wilson, EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Director, Mountain Desert RegionMike Shehan, CoFounder & CEO, spotXchange & EY Judge 2014enclosure-voice 1566_ 6/16/14 - Entrepreneurs make a difference. They not only have great ideas, but also the drive to make them a reality. They use their fresh thinking and hard work to create positive social change – bringing new concepts and products to market, and creating jobs and wealth. EY's commitment to entrepreneurial companies, in both emerging and developed economies around the world, helps ensure that we’re working with more of tomorrow’s global leaders, today. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program was started to celebrate successful entrepreneurs, so they could share their stories, inspire others and receive the recognition they deserve. That first program took place in 1986 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1987 it was held across 11 US cities. And in 1993 the program started to expand internationally. Today the program spans more than 140 cities in 50 countries, which together represent more than 90% of the global economy. Over the past five years, more than 6,500 entrepreneurs joined the Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni. A “who’s who” of both developed and emerging markets, these alumni include many household names. Over half of today’s top 100 NASDAQ companies have won Entrepreneur Of The Year, and most received the award before they achieved top 100 status. Ten years ago EY decided to go global and started World Entrepreneur Of The Year. Held annually in Monaco, Entrepreneur Of The Year country winners compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year title. Today we are talking with Jim Wilson, director of the Mountain Desert Region of the program and past winner and current judge, Mike Shehan, Co-Founder, CEO, spotXchange,..listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || spotXchange || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Jim Wilson, Ernst & Young, Mike Shehan, spotXchange, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program, EY Mountain Desert Program, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Worldwide, bytes=6658824
LISTEN TO: Jim Wilson, Partner, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young, and Mike Shehan, Co-Founder/CEO, spotXchange

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1612_ 9/22/14 - Technology, design, entrepreneurship & business

1613_ 9/22/14 - Celebrating Entrepreneurship Denver Style

David Brown, President, TechStars Looking for companies that can have national or worldwide reach
enclosure-voice 1593_ 8/25/14 - Larry interviewed David Brown, President, TechStars. They have grown so much over the past seven tears and Larry was seeking an update. TechStars funds technology oriented companies, typically these are web-based or other software companies, but they’ve funded companies that don’t quite fit that mold as well. They are also looking for companies that can have national or worldwide reach. Specifically, they don’t fund biotechnology companies, restaurants, consultancies, or other local service oriented companies. "How much funding do Techstars companies receive?" You get $118,000 in seed investment upon acceptance into Techstars for 7-10% equity in your company. You also have access to great perks such as free hosting and services, sponsored meals, office space with the other teams, and more. There is immeasurable value in the connections and advice that you’ll receive when you start your company with...listen for more ...David's latest book is 'No Vision All Drive'...
RELATED LINKS: TechStars || TechStars Blog || No Vision All Drive || Entrepreneur Channel || KEYWORDS: David Brown, TechStars, Disney Accelerator, David Cohen, Brad Feld, Jared Polis, Nicole Glaros, Boulder CO, Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Technology Startups, Europe, bytes=5892287
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Corporate partners, mentors and investors
David Brown, President, TechStarsenclosure-voice 1599_ 9/2/14 -
This is part 2 of Larry's interview with David Brown, President, TechStars. Larry asked, "A group, a startup, they think they should get involved with TechStars, what should they be doing?" David replied, "They should go to www.TechStars.com/apply, that is our gateway to getting into the program. There's a comprehensive questionnaire there that allows us to get to know you pretty quickly as individuals and your idea to get to market, your product and from that process we select approximately ten companies from each of the thirteen locations to go through this 3 month program that then culminates in DemoDay. When we started back in 2008 we brought in a lot of mentors to provide advice the companies. And I think one of the things we've learned over the years is there is so much more to it than that. Although it's great to provide advice and it's great to provide investors at DemoDay to fund the companies, there is a real network effect here. There are 400 companies that have graduated, 1200 founders, 1200 or so mentors in the system, investors"...listen for more ...David's latest book is 'No Vision All Drive'...
RELATED LINKS: TechStars || TechStars Blog || No Vision All Drive || Entrepreneur Channel ||
KEYWORDS: David Brown, TechStars, Disney Accelerator, David Cohen, Brad Feld, Jared Polis, Nicole Glaros, Boulder CO, Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Technology Startups, Europe, bytes=6201159
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When the chips are down, Michael Bristow says,
" Keep at it, eventually there will be a turn around."

Michael Bristow, M.D., CEO & CSMO, ARCAenclosure-voice 1599_ 8/11/14 - [archives/2011-01-13]
ARCA Biopharma, Inc. is a Colorado-based biopharmaceutical company developing genetically-targeted therapies for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. Larry interviewed Michael R. Bristow, MD, Ph.D. CEO & Chief Science and Medical Officer of ARCA, at the CU Technology Transfer Office Awards banquet. For years, Dr. Bristow has been a favorite interview for w3w3®. Larry asked, "Michael what are the biggest changes you've seen in this last year in your industry?" He replied, "It's been a couple of tough years, but I think things are starting to turn around and basically the atmospherics have gotten a lot better. Just coming off a JP Morgan meeting, it was, I thought, a completely different tone this year." Dr. Bristow had some interesting insights about funding. "Well, it's sort of like financing of real estate was back in the early 80s when interest rates were 20% - you've got to do creative financing. So, all kinds of vehicles have been used through this period. ARCA biopharma, for instance did a reverse merger, bought a company that was NASDAQ listed, that had a bunch of cash - that proved to be a good move. So people have gotten through this one way or another. But we need to get back to traditional sources of funding." Larry asked, "Is there any particular advice to people in your arena?" Spoken like a true leader he replied, "Yes, don't give up. I mean, tenacity! Keep at it, eventually there will be a turn around. Now, when things aren't going too well, may be the best opportunity there is in terms of acquiring assets. Think ahead. Think positive." Dr. Bristow joined ARCA as one of ARCA’s founders in September 2004, and has served as Chairman and Chief Science and Medical Officer of ARCA until he was appointed to his current position of Chief Executive Officer in July 2009. Dr. Bristow is a Professor of Medicine and the former Head of Cardiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he has been since October 1991. Dr. Bristow was one of the founders of Myogen, Inc.

RELATED LINKS: ARCA biopharma || CU Technology Transfer Office || CU TTO Channel || TTO Blog || KEYWORDS: Michael Bristow, ARCA biopharma, CU Technology Transfer Office, Biotech, Cardiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado Cardiovascular Institute bytes=2927702
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Going from four employees to four hundred
Gerald D. Van Eeckhout, EY Entrepreneur Hall of Fameenclosure-voice 1591_ 7/28/14 - A devout people person, he started life out as an accountant but felt like it wasn't a good fit, although he was CFO for Pillsbury Foods and that's where he was introduced to the world of international business. We'd like to introduce you to Gerald (Gerry) Van Eeckhout, Ernst & Young Hall of Fame Entrepreneur. His passion is people, "For me it's all about people", said Gerry. The last company he founded, "I started with four employees here in Denver, and by the time I retired we had 400 employees in ten countries and we were listed on NASDAQ, being very successful. So, I love the cultures, the integration of a variety of things. I just like new and challenging things. I can't play the same golf course twice." Of course, with that attitude, he failed retirement... Gerry's career spanned 50 years. More recently, he's been the CEO of a couple of companies for 20 years in Denver and then retired ten years ago. Now he's busy on corporate boards, in Minneapolis with a medical technology business, one in Las Vegas in the medical electronic information business, and one in Beijing in the wireless internet media business. ...there's more...
RELATED LINKS: Gerald Van Eeckhout, Ernst & Young Hall of Fame || EY Finalist Reception - Slideshow EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Gerald Van Eeckhout, Evergreen Enterprises, Passion for People, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, EY Hall of Fame, Minneapolis, Beijing, Las Vegas, bytes=5485194
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Powered by Podbean.comJordan Eisenberg, Founder/President, UrgentRx - EY Finalist 2014

Line of fast-acting powdered medications
enclosure-voice 1592_ 7/28/14 - Back at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception held at the Governor's Mansion in Denver, Colorado, we are speaking with Jordan Eisenberg, founder and CEO of UrgentRx. Early on, Eisenberg learned that he was much better suited for creating a new kind of ladder than climbing the corporate one. He, is an entrepreneur to the core. Jordan gave up the 'climb the corporate ladder' mindset more than a decade ago while seeking out opportunities to create and build companies where he could personally make a difference. We asked about advice Jordan's received and/or offered to another entrepreneur. "I've given and received a lot. One that really resonates, It's really only about 10% the idea, and about 90% execution. I meet so many people focused on getting the perfect business plan. Just focus on the execution. I think that's the best advice you can give. It's more about doing than thinking." Listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: UrgentRx || EY Finalist Reception Slideshow || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Blog || KEYWORDS: Jordan Eisenberg, UrgentRx, Medical Device, Fast-Acting Powdered Medications, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, bytes=3197704
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Relatively new paradigm that's been around for ten years
James Chomas, Founder/CEO, Surefire Medical, Inc. & EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalistenclosure-voice 1587_ 7/21/14 - Based in Westminster, Colo., Surefire Medical, Inc., was founded in 2009 to develop innovative infusion systems for the interventional radiology and interventional oncology markets. EY Entrepreneur Finalist, James Chomas, Founder and CEO, said, "We're developing infusion systems that can go into a patient, very locally, and deliver therapy directly to a tumor. What you think of chemotherapy today is the therapy goes throughout the whole body, the patient loses their hair, as well as other side effects - and sometimes the tumor doesn't even get really very much therapy!" Surefire’s infusion systems are designed to precisely deliver embolic agents through a unique micro catheter with an expandable tip that collapses in forward flow and dynamically expands to the vessel wall in reverse flow in order to increase targeted delivery, minimize reflux and reduce damage to healthy tissue. Surefire Medical’s vision is to improve patients’ lives by delivering a new standard of excellence for Interventional Radiology. The physicians that perform this are called 'Interventional Radiologists' but this is a new way of treating cancer, through a medical device technique, getting right into the disease...there's more...
RELATED LINKS: Surefire Medical, Inc. || EY Finalist Reception - Slideshow EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Jim Chomas, Surefire Medical, Infusion Systems, Microcatheter, Interventional Radiologists, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, bytes=3570105
LISTEN TO: James Chomas, Founder/CEO, Surefire Medical, Inc.

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Ken Jaeger, Founder/CEO, MorningStar Senior Living & EY Finalist 2014 This team designs, develops and operates senior living homes
enclosure-voice 1588_ 7/21/14 - You can find MorningStar in six different states, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico; where Ken Jaeger and his team design, develop and operate senior living homes. They offer assisted living, memory care, independent living and even homes for active adults for those who want a calm and maintenance free lifestyle. People come in and overnight they have a hundred new friends. As an entrepreneur and EY Finalist Ken said, "This is just a wonderful opportunity to come and share our experiences with entrepreneurs from all walks of life. And it's just wonderful to meet other people and learn their stories." We asked Ken for advice that he would want to share with a person just starting on their entrepreneurial path. "I would say to a person just starting out, see your vision, know what that vision is and write it down. Never give up. You always want to chase that vision. Just as important is to know what your mission is and stay true to your mission..." Listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: MorningStar Senior Living || EY Finalist Reception Slideshow || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Blog || KEYWORDS: Ken Jaeger, MorningStar Senior Living, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, bytes=4288159
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Jeffrey Pruitt, CEO, Tallwave Building the system and getting the companies commercialized
enclosure-voice 1584_ 7/14/14 - EY Entrepreneur Finalist Jeff Pruitt is founding partner and CEO of Tallwave a venture development and venture capital firm. Jeff said they've connected a consulting firm, sleeves-rolled-up, hands-on, taking companies through the validation process, creating product / market fit and then actually commercializing companies on one side of the business - the venture capital on the other side. We have an $18 million seed fund. They work hand-in-hand on getting software-as-a-service and digital marketing companies through that crucial period of time where you're beyond concept but you're having to go commercialize something to get in the market. While venture capital is behind the success of so many companies, Jeff says, "It's more than capital - it is understanding the market. And, before you go and deploy capital, understanding where you're going to point your company; where the market is, how you're going to market it. But then early enough on, user interface, building the product, building the system, building the sales system and getting these companies commercialized - and that's a very crucial point. If you can get funded at the time they need funding but also able to deploy, getting the company into market, that timing really changes the ratio of successful companies..." Listen for more...
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Susan and Scott Drake, President & CEO, Spectranetics Marketing in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan
enclosure-voice 1577_ 7/7/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Scott Drake, Chief Executive Officer of Spectranetics, an EY 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year Winner. The Spectranetics Corporation was founded in the 1980s on excimer laser technology. They market the only Excimer Laser System approved in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan for use in minimally invasive interventional procedures within the cardiovascular system. Their high-energy, ultraviolet light vaporizes blockages into small particles that are absorbed into the bloodstream, reducing complications and improving clinical outcomes. Scott Drake joined Spectranetics as the Chief Executive Officer in August 2011. Prior to joining Spectranetics Scott held the position of Senior Vice President, Operations of DaVita, Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading U.S. provider of kidney care and dialysis. At DaVita, he had responsibility for business operations that generated approximately 20% of the company’s revenue, which exceeds $6 billion. Previously, Mr. Drake held several positions of increasing responsibility within various healthcare business units at Covidien, Plc over a period of 17 years. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Drake was Global Business Unit President, Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions, a $1.5 billion business with 8,000 employees. Under his leadership... listen...
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Todd Dutkin, CEO, Fresca Foods Shifting toward a vision as a fully integrated food company
enclosure-voice 1579_ 7/7/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Todd Dutkin, CEO, Fresca Foods. Since 2003, Todd has helped transform Fresca Foods from a small frozen foods manufacturer into a paradigm shifting supply chain partner, and now toward a vision as a fully integrated food company. During this time, Todd has led Fresca to 45%+ annual growth each year. This growth has primarily been achieved through enabling start up brands to quickly grow, scale and reach their revenue and margin potential. Todd has experience growing brands from their nascent stage of development through to the acquisition stage and understands the complexity involved throughout every stage of the process. Prior to joining Fresca, Todd was a senior executive in the telecommunications industry working for Fortune 500 companies. He managed a diverse range of commercial disciplines including Business Development, Corporate Strategy, P&L Management, Product Development and M&A. Larry asked Todd what advice would he give to an entrepreneur Todd relied, "I think one of the things that stuck with me throughout my career as an entrepreneur is to follow your dreams. But not just to follow - be prepared to put hard work behind your dreams to reach your goal. Because, it is truly the one-percent inspiration and 99% perspiration that makes you successful." There's more...
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Strategy is for amateurs, execution is for professionals
Dan Burns, CEO, ACCUVANTenclosure-voice 1569_ 6/23/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Dan Burns, CEO, Accuvant, an EY Finalist. Accuvant is a cyber security company otherwise known as information security company and security today affects everyone, not only companies and organizations, but people. So the awareness and seriousness of security is just absolutely huge these days. Our goal is to help enterprises protect their data, their information, your information from leaking out to the bad guys. We're a fairly large organization at this point, $700M in revenue, 37 offices across the U.S. and Canada and we're looking to grow this company to $2-3 Billion in the next three to five years. Advice for entrepreneurs: Dan always tells his leaders, "If your best interest is aligned with the success of the people around you, you're automatically going to be successful. So I focus on the success of the people around me and don't worry so much about my own personal success." Dan added, as an entrepreneur you would be best served by focusing 10% of your time on strategy and 90% of your time on execution."...Listen for more…
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Positioning the company for the eventual recovery
Sheryl Palmer, President/CEO, Taylor Morrison Corp - EY Finalistenclosure-voice 1565_ 6/16/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Sheryl Palmer, president and CEO of Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ. Sheryl tells us a little about Taylor Morrison, a home builder and developer building across America, east coast, west coast and Canada. They build large communities across a number of different consumer groups from first time home buyers to active adults. Sheryl is the president and CEO, a privilege she says, since 2007. Larry asked about the direction her company was taking.... Sheryl said, "Everyone probably recognizes over the past few years it's been a choppy ride for the industry. So, it's been pretty exciting, we brought two companies together that formed Taylor Morrison back in 2006 and so we spent a number of years positioning the company for the eventual recovery that we're seeing today. We've spent a lot of time making sure we have the right people in the organization, the right land positions so that we can deliver the right communities of choice to our customers." When we asked Sheryl what her best advice for others would be, she said, "Make sure you define what success means to you..." you'll have to listen to get the rest of the story!
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Robert Donat, Founder/CEO, GPS Insight - EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist Very interesting and challenging, but ultimately very successful
enclosure-voice 1567_ 6/16/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Robert Donat, Founder and CEO of GPS Insight and one of the EY Finalists from Scottsdale, Arizona. Robert moved to Scottsdale from Chicago about ten years ago and he loves it. But, there was no room for him in the hedge fund space where he came from, so he decided to start this company. "And it's been very interesting, very challenging, but ultimately very successful." Rob saw a need for tracking vehicles commercial and other vehicles, to make them more efficient. So what they do is track about 65,000 trucks across the country. They are growing like crazy; very organic with no outside investment helping their customers to be more efficient, to keep track of their assets and their people to make sure that they are accountable, to make sure that they are safe and to make sure they drive return of investment for the business or governmental unit in question...Listen for more…
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LISTEN: Winners Celebrating in the Governor's Mansion
Scott Hefner, ‎Denver Office Managing Partner at Ernst & Young enclosure-voice 1564_ 6/9/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists and Hall of Fame Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Scott Hefner, Managing Partner of the Ernst & Young Denver office. Scott has been all over the country working on the Entrepreneur of the Year program, he said, "This is one of the best in the country. To be able to celebrate in the governor's mansion and have all of our finalists that were hand selected by our judges, many of which are former winners and other major business entrepreneurs and private equity folks themselves is - it's quite an honor for them and it's an honor for us to have them here." Larry asked, "This is a fabulous event, w3w3® covers it every year - Why does Ernst & Young focus and put so much energy behind this program?" Scott said, "Our whole intent as an organization, is building a better working world. That is our tag line and we say that for a reason." ...For more information please call the EY Entrepreneur expert, Courtney Storey at 720.931.4411, if there's an answer she will have it.
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The relationship between Sci-Fi and entrepreneurship
1522_ 3/24/14 - Our Silicon Flatirons Center's 2014 Entrepreneurship Conference, on the afternoon of March 14th, 2014, analyzed the relationship between Sci-Fi and entrepreneurship. Sci-Fi writers and entrepreneurs both innovate to "create the future." Looking at the relationships, similarities and synergies between the two disciplines, the Conference's discussion focused on three primary topics. First, to explore what entrepreneurs and innovators have learned from science fiction and what science fiction might suggest about the entrepreneurial opportunities ahead. The Conference then discussed the potential ethical cautions that science fiction can provide and the role of entrepreneurs and the government in being attentive to these ethical concerns. Finally, focusing on the process of creation that occurs during entrepreneurial innovation and the construction of science fiction, how the processes are similar or different, and what the two crafts can learn from each other.


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Contents: Entrepreneurs 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007

2014 Entrepreneurs
Colby Barrett, President, Geo Stabalization
Brad Bernthal, Silicon Flatirons Center [Part 1-2]
Michaeal R. Bristow, M.D., CEO and CS & MO, ARCA
David Brown, President, TechStars [2 part interview]
Dan Burns, ACCUVANT - EY Finalist
James Chomas, Surefire Medical - EY Finalist
David Brown, President/CoFounder, TechStars
David Cohen, Announcing Disney Accelerator
Denver Startup Week, Slideshow Day 1 and Day 2
Robert Donat, EY Finalist
Scott Drake, President/CEO, Spectranetics
Jill Dupre, Assoc Director, ATLAS Institute, CU Boulder
Todd Dutkin, CEO, Fresca Foods
Jordan Eisenberg, Founder/CEO, UrgentRx
Entrepreneurs Unplugged, Kim Jordan, New Belgium
EY Judging the Winners, Wilson & Shehan
Brad Feld, Author, Do More Faster
Daniel Feld, VP Operations, TechStars
Scott Hefner, Managing Partner, Ernst & Young Denver
Kevin Hickey, President/CEO, BeyondTrust
JB Holston, Indsutry Briefing - Legislative Session
Ken Jaeger, MorningStar Senior Living - EY Finalist
Ray Johnson, CU Boulder/Leeds, Crowd Funding Pilot
Jeff Martin, Yulex Corp - EY Finalist
Kristy Taddonio Mullins, Owner/CEO, Mile Hi Foods - EY Winner
Sheryl Palmer, Morrison Home Corp - EY Finalist
Jeff Pruitt, Tallwave - EY Finalist
SFC, SciFi & Entrepreneurship...
Gerald Van Eeckhout, EY Hall of Fame Entrepreneur
J Wilson, EY & M Shehan, spotXchange
Andrew Wyant, President, NASM - EY Finalist

2013 Entrepreneurs
CTA Apex Awards/Conference
Patrice Barber, President, Taylor Made Emarketing
Brad Bernthal, SFC Entrepreneurship Initiative
Mike Biselli, MedPassage, CMO and CoFounder
Jeremy Bloom, Integrate - SFC Crash Course
Colman & Company, Kendall Colman & Molly Hughes
Jim Deters, Founder/Managing Director, Galvanize
Steve Dine DSW / Denver StartUp Week 2013>
Jill VanMaatre Dupré, Associate VP, ATLAS Institute
Brad Feld & Jerry Colonna, The Emotional Challenges of
     Entrepreneurship [3 parts]
Bill Flagg, Bootstrapping - SFC Crash Course
Galvanize, Mike Biselli & Chris Onan
Michael Hamers, Lightspeed Design & Branding Group
Eric Hubbell, Founder/CEO, My Hub App
Ray Hutchins, Denver Web Services [Part 1 of 2]
Ray Hutchins, Denver Web Services [Part 2 of 2]
Ron McKey, Doing Business Internationally
Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA, SoPE, Series: Resources
Stephen Miller, Sr. Director Entrepreneurship, Daniels
Chris Onan, Managing Director, Galvanize
Charles Patti, Daniels College of Business
Christine Riordan, Dean, Daniels College of Business
Justin Sanger, Founder/CEO, SupportLocal
Sarah Schoupp, Founder & CEO, UniversityParents
Jenna Walker Founder, Artifact Uprising

2012 Entrepreneurs
Rustin Banks & Holly Hamann, BlogFrog - Entrepreneurs Unplugged
Nancy Bigley & Ginger Jones, Bottle Bottega Denver 3/5/12
Roy Dimoff, Founder, ViaWest, Success & Sustainability...
Brad Feld, Author, Startup Communities and Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem
Daniel Feld, Colorado Tech Scene
Daniel Feld, An entrepreneurial blitz...
Jim Franklin, CEO Sendgrid, Growing Entrepreneurs Ecosys
Mike Fries, President/CEO, Liberty Global, E&Y 2012 Award
Adam Kaye, Startup Chile
Mike Hamers, Founder/CEO, LightSpeed Commercial Art
Mike Hamers, Startups in Boulder, Biz is a Real Pitch 4/9/12
Dave Jilk, Social Network business opportunity coming to end
Tom Krekel, CEO, Full Sail Strategies 3/19/2012
Wendy Lea, CEO, Get Satisfaction - Entrepreneurs Unplugged
Kelly Manning, CO SBDC Network & Estes Institute 8/27/12
Kirsten Nelson, Founder, C3 Writing 2/13/2012
Larry Nelson, Mastering Change in the Midst of Chaos
Kelly Quann, Exec Director, COIN, 1/9/2012
Melodie Reagan, Serial Entrepreneur 10/22/2012
SFC/Crash Course, Feld-Weiser One-on-One 10/15/2012
SFC/Crash Course, Panel Reaction to the Boulder Thesis
Frank Traylor, Change for big & small companies and government
Brian Tsuchiya, Startup Guru & the JOBS Act 4/9/12
Silicon Flatirons Center, Dr. Weiser, Founder & Executive Director,
     & Prof Bernthal Help Celebrate 13 Years
Paul Washingtonr, Jump Start 2012 - Denver's Economic Development
      Strategy Part 1 of 2
Paul Wshington, CDFI Initiative... Part 2 of 2
Robert White, Founder, Extraordinary People - TiE Executive in Residence

2011 Entrepreneurs
Vic Ahmed, Innovation Pavilion 12/16/11
Vic Ahmed, TiE Rockies, CEO, Plug & Play 11/28/11
Barrett Blank, RVCs Pitch Academy Beginning 4/18/11
Brad Bernthal, Silicon Flatirons Center @ CU 2/21/11
Brad Bernthal, #1 Challenge, Assembling Right Team 3/7/11
Scott Casel, CEO, Startup America Partnership 11/21/11
Aneesh Chopra, Startup Colorado Launch 11/9/11
Brad Feld, Entrepreneurs Unplugged - Video 1 thru 5
      Louis Foreman & Tom Frey, where Great Ideas Succeed 11/28/11
Jim Franklin, CEO, SendGrid, Inc. Entrepreneur Unplugged
Jim Franklin, Founder Institute 4/25/11
Tom Frey, Inventors, entrepreenurs & revolutionary thinkers
Tom Frey, Futurist, DaVinci Institute 4/4/11
Francisco Garcia, Klinggon - Consumer Product of the Year!
Josh Jacobson, Co Founder, Viktorian Guitars 7/25/11
Kimberly Lucas, President, Goldstone Partners 8/15/11
Dave Mangum, Executive Director, Startup Colorado
Kelly Manning, Financial Challenges & Solutions
Jana Matthews, Leadership in the New Economy 2/14/11
Ron McKey, FlyingBeds.com 10/24/11
Kirsten Nelson, C 3 Writing, Startup America Nov. 2011
Nancy Phillips, Entrepreneurs Unplugged 11/14/2011
Sam Pitroda, Chairman, WorldTel Ltd 10/24/11
Art Rancis, International Entrepreneur 8/1/11
Mark Seglem, ADSS, Federal Budget Crisis 4/4/11
Brian Tsuchiya, New money source - Crowdfunding 11/21/11
Theresa Szczurek, Radish Systems 6/6/11
Why Boulder - Startup Colorado, Launch in Boulder 11/9/11

2010 Entrepreneurs
Sam Addoms, The ups & downs growing business 6/28/10
Eric Alexander, The entrepreneur & the challenges 12/27/10
Kelly Burton, InvestorAvenue.com - RVC - CCC 5/12/10
David Cohen, Brad Feld, Do More Faster 10/4/10
David Cohen, TechStars Demo Day 8/16/10
GearBox, Ian Bernstein & Adam Wilson, TechStars 7/26/10
Guy Cook, Myths and realities of innovation 6/14/10
Brad Feld, Replicating Entrepreneurial Community 10/18/10
Brad Feld, TechStars, Entrepreneurial Revival 8/16/10
Tom Frey, At the Inventor Showcase 2010 - Amazing 11/13/10
Michael Hamers, LightSpeed Commercial Arts 6/1/10
Jeff Hoffman, Value of Mentors - RVC - CCC
J. B. Holston, Newsgator, Colo Companies to Watch 6/1/10
David Jilk, Standing Cloud, Small Business, 7/19/10
Raymond Johnson, Infinite Power Solutions 10/25/10
Dean Kamen, Could be the FIRST step in Child's Innovation
Steve Katsaros, Nokero, Solar powered light... 6/21/10
Steve Knopper, Appetite for Self-Destruction 1/25/10
Greg Maffei, Liberty Media (Entrprs Unplugged) 10/18/10
David Moll, Infield Capital 10/4/10
Krista Marks, Disney Online Kerpoof Studios 3/8/10
Rich Martinez, Young Americans Center 7/19/10
Jason Mendelson, SFC: Crash Course 1/25/10
Larry Nelson, Contradiction of Foucs
Larry Nelson, Super Charge Your Business Now 7/26/10
Jared Polis, Washington - Pay Attention 8/16/10
Rally Software, Entrepreneurs Unplugged 2/1/10
Robert Stoll, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO 11/13/10
Theresa Szczurek, Entrepreneurs - Piece of the Action 5/3/10
Brian Tsuchiya, Coaching, Consulting, Mentorship 10/11/10
VacationRentalPartner, Michael Joseph & Tom Feldhusen 7/10
Mark Weakley, Entrepreneurs Raising Capital 3/25/10
David Wolf, Young Americans Ctr for Financial Edu 8/23/10
Michael Zeisser, Liberty Media (Entrps Unplugged) 10/18/10

Ted Turner, Entrepreneurs Unplugged [Part 1 of 4] 11/23/09
Ted Turner, Entrepreneurs Unplugged [Part 2 of 4] 11/30/09
Christopher Lowell, Ben Franklin Live @Angel Cap Summit 09
Louis Foreman, Everyday Edisons @ Inventors Showcase 09
Nir Barkat, Jerusalem Mayor 11/9/09
David DuPont, TeamSnap 11/9/09
Paul Jerde, Larry Jones Deming Center 11/2/09
Brad Feld, David Cohen Entrepreneurs Unplugged 11/2/09
Stan Feld & Larry Nelson Making of an Entrepreneurs
Kevin Johansen By and For Entrepreneurs
Dawn Todd Colorado is the Place to be...
Hunt Lambert Going Global - Changing Markets
Dave Taylor Entrepreneur's Advice
Larry Nelson Ground Swell of Change
Terry Gold Disrupting Conference Call Market
Brian Schultz Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneur
Steve Baker, Pushing Water Uphill...
Larry Nelson, Chaing Rules for Raising Capital
Larry Nelson, The Contradiction of Focus When Building Business
Larry Nelson, Ground Swells of Change & Your Team
Baker & Repplin Sage Advice about Money & Change
Gov. Bill RitterColorado Entrepreneur Ecosystem
Brad Bernthal Putting Ecosystem into Perspective
Tob & Deb Frey Building Bridge to Future
Christine Comaford Rules for Renegades
Larry Nelson Colorado Rising: Mythin-Miracle-Mystery
Mayor John Hickenlooper From Geologist to...
Jay Walker Priceline.com

Serial Entrepreneur Vic Ahmed
Authors offer sage advice...Steve Replin & Steve Baker
Pushing Water Uphill with a Rake - Steve Baker
Entrepreneurs Unplugged: Nir Barkat, Gov. Ritter,
Yoga to High-Tech Gwen Bell
Entrepreneurs Unplugged Bernthal, Reich & Nir Barkat
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Perspective, Brad Bernthal
Leveraging Technology.. Kelly Burton, Investor Avenue
Startup Capital.. David Cohen, TechStars
Startups.. Mentoring.. Dave Cohen, TechStars
Rules for Renegades Christine Comaford, Might Ventures
Inventors Roundtable Colorado
- Rita Crompton
Disrupting Conference Call Market - Terry Gold
Hickenlooper: from Geologist to Entrepreneur
   Mayor John Hickenlooper
Ventrue Capital - Getting Involved Jim Franklin, RVC
Building Bridge to Future...l Tom & Deb Frey
DEMOgala Showcase Winner IOUnote.com
Colorado Entrepreneurial Paul Jerde
Angel Capital Summit 2009 Kevin Johansen
Best Practices.. Lee Kennedy
A Borad of Directors? Sue Kunz
Servicing constituents by going global... Hunt Lambert
Global Ambitions, Sales.. Ken Morse, MIT
The Making of an Entrepreneur - Larry Nelson & Stan Feld
Change is not an event - Larry & Pat Nelson
Ground Swell of Change - Tech/Communication L Nelson
Colorado's Entrepreneur Ecosystem & ICT, Gov. Ritter
Change with the Right Team Jagdeep Singh
Angel Capital Summit '09 - Colorado place to be. Dawn Todd
Opportunities for Innovation... Jay Walker, Priceline

JB Holston, Chairman, Sitrion - CoChair, CTA Public Policy Committee LISTEN: Industry Briefing and High Tech Session Recap
enclosure-voice 1561_ 6/9/14 - We are at the CTA Industry Briefing & Legislative Session Celebration speaking with JB Holston, Chairman, Sitrion and Co-Chair of CTA's Public Policy Committee to talk about the legislative session and CTA's public policy efforts in general. JB said their committee got together about a year ago and decided to make some changes to effect better results from their efforts. They began by "...identifying the key issues we wanted to talk about well ahead of the next legislative session and the other thing was to start developing relationships with the legislators so that as the session started we could have conversations with folks that knew us, we'd gone to lunch with, had coffee with, talked about some of these issues informally with. That was a big change in the way CTA had been involved in the legislative process and I think it paid big dividends this year." The other speakers were: Erik Mitisek, CEO, CTA; Bill Mueldener, Principal, Hein & Associates; Annette Quintana, CEO, Istonish; Roberta Robinette, President-Colorado, AT&T; Sandra Solin, President and CEO, Capitol Solutions; Nissa Szabo, Industry Affairs Manager, CTA...Listen for more interesting details of this hugely successful public policy committee's work during this legislative session.
RELATED LINKS: Sitrion || Colorado Technology Association || Event Photos Slide Show || Mastering Change || Software Channel || KEYWORDS: JB Holston, Sitrion, CTA, Industry Briefing & Legislative Session, Public Policy Committee, Legislative Process, Erik Mitisek, Bill Mueldener, Bill Mueldener, Annette Quintana, Roberta Robinette, Sandra Solin, Nissa Szabo, bytes=5765227
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Going back to its roots in its quest to go global
David Brown, President / CoFounder, TechStarsenclosure-voice 1510_ 3/3/14 - David Brown, President, TechStars. David is a serial entrepreneur who has founded three software startups and been involved with two others. David is one of the original founders of Pinpoint Technologies, Inc. which is now part of ZOLL Medical Corporation and provides solutions to the emergency medical services market. He was President of the company from founding through over $50M per year in revenue and over 250 people. David later co-founded TechStars along with David Cohen, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. He has been an investor and advisor to TechStars since inception. In 2013, he joined TechStars in a more active role as President. In its quest to go global, TechStars is going back to its roots. In the past year, TechStars has launched a new accelerator in Austin, TX, and acquired established programs in Chicago and London and recently announced the Disney Accelerator powered by TechStars. TechStars is now in seven cities, but there are about a 1,000 programs like TechStars around the world, Cohen said. The company wants to take advantage of its momentum and become the preeminent global accelerator program. Tune in for more...
RELATED LINKS: TechStars || TechStars Blog || Disney Accelerator || TechStars 7th Anniversary Video || KEYWORDS: David Brown, TechStars, Disney Accelerator, David Cohen, Brad Feld, Jared Polis, Nicole Glaros, Boulder CO, Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Technology Startups, BYTES=5689994
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1461_ 11/11/13 -
Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group & Jerry Colonna, Executive Coach and VC at DefragCon 2013

Brad Feld and Jerry Colonna ...
...shared a candid and open discussion of the emotional challenges of entrepreneurship at Defrag 2013. In a remarkable demonstration of openness and bravery, Brad continues to share his own journey with depression over the last year. Both through his personal blog, and again with a live audience at Defrag 2013, Brad openly shares the pain of depression, the importance of support provided by his wife Amy and close friends, and in doing so, attempts to break the barriers and silence surrounding mental illness.
LISTEN TO: The Emotional Challenges of Entrepreneurship Part 1 of 3

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Jim Deters, Founder/Managing Director, Galvanize and Larry Nelson, Founder/Director, w3w3® Media Network Financial capital, angel investors, institutional venture capitalists
enclosure-voice 1472_ 12/2/13 - With a 16 year career - and a lot of startup, building and exiting experience, Jim Deters, the founder / managing director of Galvanize wanted to build a platform that basically solved a lot of the problems he had encountered when building his own companies. The problems really revolved around three things, having a flexible workspace and having like minded people around, it was having and finding more human capital - more software engineers, more great talent to add to his team and of course, finding the financial capital, angel investors or institutional venture capitalists to invest in a new company. So basically, Jim said, "We put all of those under one roof here at Galvanize to coalesce with ecosystems on those three big problems." Summarizing, the three big C's, as they say at Galvanize, are Community, Capital and Curriculum... oh, and they've added Coffee to that list. Larry asked, "How do you recruit companies for this space?" So they opened October 22, 2012 - moved in with 17 companies and from that nucleus they now have about 150 companies... listen for more...
RELATED LINKS: Galvanize || Mastering Change || Entrepreneurs || Podcasting Directory || KEYWORDS: Jim Deters, Galvanize, Entrepreneurs, Financial Capital, Angel Investors, Institutional Venture Capitalists, Community, Capital, Curriculum, bytes=6904166
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Extraordinary entrepreneurs and what they did to win
Jim Wilson and Mike Shehan, EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 enclosure-voice 1553_ 5/27/14 - We're sitting down with Jim Wilson, Partner, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young and his special guest, Mike Shehan, Co-Founder, CEO, spotXchange, to get an inside peak at the premiere entrepreneurial event of the year, here in the EY Mountain Desert Program (covering Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico) for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Gala coming up on June 26th. Jim has been with Ernst & Young for 18 years now and w3w® worked with him over the past several years covering this fabulous event. Mike Shehan along with Steve Swoboda, co-founders of spotXchange are past winners of the award and this year Mike is judging the event. With over ninety nominations this year, there has been an enormous amount of work and effort put into the judging. We asked Mike to tell us about his experience and he told us the excitement began with being nominated and just hasn't stopped. Mike told us he wanted to give back and becoming a judge offered the opportunity to do just that. Such a surprise, the rewards, and inspiration that came out of the process was awesome and gratifying. Seeing these other entrepreneurs, their passion and the work they've done building their companies was amazing and gave Mike more inspiration to go on. Larry asked Jim what he's seen over these many years - and his answer was interesting and eye-opening... These entrepreneurs are working so hard, with such passion and at such a fast pace...For more information please call the EY expert, Courtney Storey at 720.931.4411, if there's an answer she will have it.
RELATED LINKS: EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || spotXchange || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Jim Wilson, Ernst & Young, Mike Shehan, spotXchange, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program, EY Mountain Desert Program, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, bytes=7147000
LISTEN TO: Jim Wilson, Partner, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young and Mike Shehan, Co-Founder, CEO, spotXchange

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"Do or do not, there is no try"
David Cohen, Chairman/CoFounder, TechStarsenclosure-voice 1504_ 2/17/14 - Applications opened Feb. 12 - Deadline April 16, Program begins June 30 - Demo Day Late September and the anticipation is building!! Do you dream big? The Disney Accelerator will bring together an amazing community of entrepreneurs, creatives, mentors, investors, and technologists, all with a common trait: the ability to dream big, and a vision for making an impact on the world of entertainment and technology.
      On November 14th, seven years ago, Techstars became official. The founders, David Cohen, Brad Feld, David Brown, and Jared Polis set out to help entrepreneurs with their mentorship-driven accelerator in Boulder, Colorado. It’s mind boggling to see its growth and impact across the world since the beginning. "At TechStars, we are 100% focused on changing the way startups are built by arming them with a massive interconnected network of amazing founders, mentors, and advisors. Building this network with high quality is our true north, and is why we exist. Today we are adding a very powerful new node to the TechStars network. We are thrilled to announce Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars, and based in Los Angeles. Disney Accelerator combines the magic of The Walt Disney Company with the mentorship-driven accelerator model of Techstars to offer a unique advantage for technology startups in the media and entertainment space." Listen for more as David Cohen and Larry discuss the TechStar magic.

RELATED LINKS: TechStars || TechStars Blog || Disney Accelerator || TechStars 7th Anniversary Video || w3w3 Blog || KEYWORDS: TechStars, David Cohen, Disney Accelerator, Brad Feld, David Brown, Jared Polis, Nicole Glaros, Boulder CO, Entertainment, Walt Disney Company, Technology Startups, bytes=6403033
LISTEN TO: David Cohen, Chairman, TechStars

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Understand what do people want, what do they need
Andrew Wyant, President and General Manager, NASMenclosure-voice 1569_ 6/23/14 - We are at the Mountain Desert Region EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists Reception at the Governor's Mansion here in Denver, Colorado, speaking with Andrew Wyant, President, General Manager of the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), the global leader in the health and fitness industry. NASM is really in the online education business and they focus on personal trainings. If you go to the gym and see a personal trainer, they have to go through a certification process. NASM is involved in delivering the online education that gets them ready for that certification exam, prepares them for jobs and gets them working. Andrew tells us they are really in the fitness and wellness space. it's not just about exercise alone, it can be about diet, it can be about wellness and there are great opportunities for us to keep building this business by helping Americans get in shape. NASM has been around for 25 years and is founded in good exercise science. But what we were able to do was take a great product and start to market it to America. . Andrew's advice for entrepreneurs included "Know your customer. For me the foundation of everything we do is understand what do people want, what do they need." Listen, there's more...
RELATED LINKS: National Academy of Sports Medicine || EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program || EY 2014 Finalists || Economy Builders || Mastering Change || KEYWORDS: Andrew Wyant, National Academy of Sports Medicine, NASM, Health and Fitness Industry, EY, Ernst & Young Denver, Governor's Mansion, Entrepreneur of the Year, Finalists Reception, Entrepreneurship, bytes=3743141
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