It's a lot more like dating than going to a bank
1695_ 3/23/15 - Back in 2007 he founded Filterbox, a Techstars success story. Today Ari Newman is a partner at Techstars Ventures... "It's been amazing to see how Techstars has grown and evolved and delivered value around the world. And it's great to be part of the team here." Interesting, looking back, Larry took Brad Feld's recommendation to interview David Cohen and David Brown, Techstars cofounders, before they actually launched. Brad naturally recognized the potential, and the rest is history. Now Ari tells us, he is a partner in Techstars Ventures, which is a seed and Series A venture fund and so, "I spend my time talking to entrepreneurs, looking at business and investment opportunities, and helping companies every day. I am essentially a VC. So, we help the companies by giving them capital, we often take board seats or act as advisors. and the truth is we try to be helpful to every Techstars company whether..."
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RELATED LINKS: Techstars || Techstars Ventures || Economy Builders || Venture Capital || Foundry Group || KEYWORDS: Ari Newman, Techstars Ventures, VC, Angel Investor, Brad Feld, David Cohen, David Brown, Entrepreneurs, Filterbox, Capital, Techstars, bytes=3974272
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34th Boulder Distinguished Citizen Recognition Dinner
1697_ 3/23/15 - RELATED Boy Scouts of America: Longs Peak Council

Make sure you surround yourself with great folks
1687_ 3/9/15 - We're at the ACG Denver, March Luncheon talking with keynote speaker, Josh Scott, the founder and COO of Craftsy. Josh tells us, "Craftsy is an online education and products website for passionate and creative enthusiasts. We offer education that we develop ourselves. We bring in instructors from around the world, to our studios here in Denver. We film them in all kinds of subject matters ranging from quilting and sewing to knitting, cake decorating, cooking, photography, jewelry making, crochet and several other categories. Then we also sell products that help you bring life to those projects contemplated in those classes. We started the company about four and a-half years ago and have enjoyed a really fun growth path." Larry asked Josh for his advice to entrepreneurs. Josh said, "Sure. I think the first piece of advice I would provide is, make sure you surround yourself with great folks. I was lucky enough to co found..."
RELATED LINKS: Craftsy || ACG Denver || ACG Denver Channel || RM Capital Growth Conference || KEYWORDS: Josh Scott, Craftsy, ACG Denver, Capital Growth Conference, Online Education and Products Website, Quilting, Sewing to Knitting, Cake Decorating, Cooking, Photography, jewelry making, crochet, bytes=3222363
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More activity in the advocacy and public policy arena
1686_ 3/9/15 - Larry's back with Erik Mitisek, CEO, Colorado Technology Association. With a small staff and team they do some great stuff for the state. "But this year we've really had a great opportunity to amplify our board. Over the past 20 years we've had some of the best technology leaders guide us. Help advocate, help drive our economic development and really lead our organization forward. This year with the addition of great new board members, whose companies alone are hiring and driving the majority of our tech economy, to have those leaders behind us, we couldn't be in a better position going into 2015, helping the state forward." Larry asked beside the C-Level event (coming up this month 3/19) what other projects is CTA working on? Erik said, "This year, CTA is working to be more relevant and accessible and provide programming for a broader depth of attendees to..." Listen for more
RELATED LINKS: C-Level @ Mile High || CTA Events || Software Channel || Blog || KEYWORDS: Erik Mitisek, CTA, Colorado Technology Economy, C-Level @ A Mile High, Colorado Technology Association, C-Suite Executives, Technology Solution Providers, C-Level Auction, Networking Event, bytes=7254834
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CTA - 2015 C-Level @ A Mile High 1696_ 3/23/15 -

Public Relations in 2015, SEO, Websites, Social Media
1690_ 3/16/15 - Larry interviewed Doyle Albee, president of Metzger Albee Public Relations. Today they work with Healthcare, medical device companies, hardware, software, telecom those types of things. Very involved in digital security of late, which is no surprise - 2014 was the year of the breach, so we do a lot of work in those areas. But we have two big parts to our business. We do what I would call traditional public relations and then we also build web sites and do SEO and that type of thing. These are all public relations efforts that Metzger Albee does well, "...and, which we believe in 2015 is 'public relations' - it's SEO, websites, social media, content development, it's talking to the press - all of those things need to come together for an effective program. So all of those things... to keep our data safe, and to figure out how to keep our systems safe are just so, so important. Listen for more...Next week, the 'Internet of Things'...
RELATED LINKS: Metzger Albee PR || BOCC || Entrepreneur Channel || KEYWORDS: Doyle Albee, Metzger Albee Public Relations, John Metzger, Healthcare, Medical Device Companies, Hardware, Software, Telecom, Digital Security, bytes=4576133
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Connections made, jobs filled, and freelance positions
1692_ 3/16/15 - Every other Tuesday morning Doyle Albee and Bing Chou host the Boulder Open Coffee Club (BOCC). The idea is to get a bunch of folks from the startup and business community together to talk about current events, job openings and things of that nature, talking about our common interests. Doyle said, "We bounce back and forth. We find a lot of people think they need a passport to go from Boulder-to-Denver or Denver-to-Boulder. And, in fact, you don't, just to be clear. But, we do an Open Coffee Club every Tuesday morning at 8:00 am. We do Denver one week, Boulder the next week. Some people come to both, it's two very different crowds, two very different feels. And it's a great chance to introduce yourself." Jason Mendelson of the Foundry Group actually started Open Coffee Club in Boulder when he first moved here because he wanted to meet people... Listen for more
RELATED LINKS: BOCC || Metzger Albee PR || Mendelson’sMusings || In the News Channel || KEYWORDS: Open Coffee Club, Boulder, Denver, Networking Event, Doyle Albee, Bing Chou, Jason Mendelson, Connections Made, Jobs, Positions Filled, Freelance Positions, bytes=8647474
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