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Saturday, July 21
 

8:00am MDT

Startup Longmont and LSW Smart Cities Hackathon (Day 1)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come join the fun, the challenge, and make a difference at the Startup Longmont Civic Hackathon presented in conjunction with the TechStars Startup Week Longmont 2018, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, Xilinx, NextLight and CoSolve. We invite you to join our volunteer group made up of technologists, strategists, mentors and entrepreneurs to hack on problems our cities face, and to co-solution and co-develop ways to solve those problems with technology.

Coders, data scientists, project managers, creative thinkers, entrepreneurs and passionate activists are all welcome and wanted. The hackathon challenge projects will be presented by the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance. Xilinx will be providing technology support and expertise over the weekend, Xilinx will also be providing PYNQ-Z1 development boards (limited quantities will be available) including educational material ahead of the event.

During the hackathon, volunteer teams can code for current projects that fall within the challenge areas, or brainstorm and present new solutions to the challenge problems. The hackathon will be a great opportunity for budding developers to sink their teeth into projects and for entrepreneurs and civic employees to come together on solving our cities' challenges.

Separate registration for this event is required, please click here to register your team.

We are accepting teams of up to 5 members, please reserve "Team Member" tickets according to the number in your team. After you have made your ticket submission we will be in touch to complete the registration process.


Únase a la diversión, al desafío y marque la diferencia en el Startup Longmont Civic Hackathon presentado en conjunto con TechStars Startup Week Longmont 2018, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, Xilinx, NextLight y CoSolve. Le invitamos a unirse a nuestro grupo de voluntarios conformado por técnicos, estrategas, mentores y empresarios para encarar los problemas que enfrentan nuestras ciudades, y para solucionar y desarrollar conjuntamente formas de resolver esos problemas con tecnología.

Coders , científicos de datos, gerentes de proyectos, pensadores con creatividad, empresarios y activistas son bienvenidos. Los proyectos y soluciones de esta sesión serán presentados por Colorado Smart Cities Alliance. Xilinx proporcionará soporte tecnológico durante el fin de semana, Xilinx también proporcionará paneles de desarrollo PYNQ-Z1 (cantidades limitadas), incluido material educativo antes del evento. Durante esta maratón de ideas y soluciones, los equipos de voluntarios podrán codificar los proyectos actuales que se encuentran dentro de las áreas de desafío y/o preparar una lluvia de ideas y nuevas soluciones a los problemas de desafío. Esta “maratón” será una gran oportunidad para que los técnicos aprueben sus proyectos y para que los empresarios y empleados se unan para resolver los desafíos de nuestras ciudades.

Se requiere el registro por separado para este evento, haga clic en aquí para inscribir a su equipo.

Estamos aceptando equipos de hasta 5 miembros, reserve las entradas de "Miembro del Equipo" según el número de participantes de su equipo. Después de que haya enviado su petición de tickets, nos comunicaremos con usted para completar el proceso de inscripción.



Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Saturday July 21, 2018 8:00am - 10:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve
 
Sunday, July 22
 

8:00am MDT

Startup Longmont and LSW Smart Cities Hackathon (Day 2)
Limited Capacity seats available

Come join the fun, the challenge, and make a difference at the Startup Longmont Civic Hackathon presented in conjunction with the TechStars Startup Week Longmont 2018, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, Xilinx, NextLight and CoSolve. We invite you to join our volunteer group made up of technologists, strategists, mentors and entrepreneurs to hack on problems our cities face, and to co-solution and co-develop ways to solve those problems with technology.

Coders, data scientists, project managers, creative thinkers, entrepreneurs and passionate activists are all welcome and wanted. The hackathon challenge projects will be presented by the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance. Xilinx will be providing technology support and expertise over the weekend, Xilinx will also be providing PYNQ-Z1 development boards (limited quantities will be available) including educational material ahead of the event.

During the hackathon, volunteer teams can code for current projects that fall within the challenge areas, or brainstorm and present new solutions to the challenge problems. The hackathon will be a great opportunity for budding developers to sink their teeth into projects and for entrepreneurs and civic employees to come together on solving our cities' challenges.

Separate registration for this event is required, please click here to register your team.

We are accepting teams of up to 5 members, please reserve "Team Member" tickets according to the number in your team. After you have made your ticket submission we will be in touch to complete the registration process. Venga y únase a la diversión, el desafío y marque la diferencia en el Startup Longmont Civic Hackathon presentado en conjunto con TechStars Startup Week Longmont 2018, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, Xilinx, NextLight y CoSolve. Le invitamos a unirse a nuestro grupo de voluntarios conformado por especialistas en tecnologia, estrategas, mentores y empresarios para analizar los problemas que enfrentan nuestras ciudades, y para desarrollar conjuntamente formas de resolver esos problemas con la tecnología.

Todos los coders , científicos de datos, gerentes de proyectos, inventores, programadores, empresarios y activistas son bienvenidos. Los proyectos de desafío de la “hackathon” serán presentados por el Colorado Smart Cities Alliance. Xilinx proporcionará apoyo tecnológico y su vasta experiencia durante el fin de semana. Xilinx también proporcionará paneles de desarrollo PYNQ-Z1 (este evento tiene cupos limitados), incluido material educativo antes del evento. Durante la “hackathon” los equipos de voluntarios pueden codificar los proyectos actuales que se encuentren dentro de las áreas de desafío. Tambien tendrán la oportunidad de participar en la creación de lluvia de ideas y presentar nuevas soluciones a los problemas en discusion. La hackathon será una gran oportunidad para que los programadores se interesen o trabajen en sus proyectos y para que los empresarios y empleados se unan para resolver los desafíos de nuestras ciudades. Se requiere la inscripcion por separado para este evento , haga clic en & nbsp; aquí & nbsp; para inscribir a su equipo. Aceptamos equipos de hasta 5 miembros, reserve las entradas de "Team Member" según el número de participantes de su equipo. Después de que haya enviado su solicitud, nos pondremos en contacto con usted para completar el proceso de inscripción.

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →


Sunday July 22, 2018 8:00am - 10:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve
 
Monday, July 23
 

8:00am MDT

Basecamp Daily Kickoff - Coffee, Check in, Planning, Networking (2nd Floor)
Head to bascecamp, meet old friends and some new friends, grab your coffee and plan your journey through Longmont Startup Week 2018.

Diríjase al bascecamp, reúnase con viejos amigos y algunos nuevos amigos también, sírvase una taza de café y planee su viaje empresarial con el Longmont Startup Week 2018.

Sponsors

Monday July 23, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

8:00am MDT

Startup Week Veterans Coffee & Networking
It’s early, it’s here, it’s the beginning of TechStars Longmont Startup Week, so swing by the Javastop on your way to the opening speeches and grab a cup of coffee to go. Alternatively, hang out for a while and catch up with fellow seasoned Startup Week veterans, swap stories, and talk about your plans for the week.

Es temprano, Ud. está aquí, es el comienzo de la semana de inicio TechStars Longmont, así que pase por el Javastop en su camino hacia los discursos de apertura del evento y ordene una taza de café. A la vez, pase un momento y póngase al día con otros veteranos experimentados del Startup Week, intercambie historias y hable sobre sus planes para la semana.

Monday July 23, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
Javastop

8:00am MDT

Women Entrepreneurs and Coffee
It’s early, it’s here, it’s the beginning of TechStars Longmont Startup Week, so swing by the La Vita Bella on your way to the opening speeches and grab a cup of coffee to go. Alternatively, hang out for a while and network with fellow entrepreneurs, founders, and startups, swap stories, and talk about your plans for the week.

Es temprano, Ud. ya está aquí, es el comienzo de la semana de inicio de TechStars en Longmont, así que pase por La Vita Bella en su camino hacia las presentaciones de apertura y ordene una taza de café. Pase un momento agradable con sus contactos de networking y colegas empresarios, intercambie historias y coménteles sobre sus planes para la semana.

Monday July 23, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

8:00am MDT

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Technology Basecamp All Day (2nd Floor)
Located in downtown Longmont in CoSolve at 350 Terry St, Technology Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge


Sponsors

Monday July 23, 2018 8:00am - 6:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

8:00am MDT

8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. : Mentor Basecamp All Day
Located in right  downtown Longmont on main street in The Experience Building (473 Main Street), Mentor Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge


Sponsors

9:00am MDT

Longmont Startup Week 2018 Kick Off
Limited Capacity seats available

Join us as we kick off Longmont Startup Week with an insightful look into the evolving entrepreneurial community here in Longmont, the Front Range, and Colorado. Hear what our recognized speaker has to say about the innovation and opportunities that our community has in store for you during the week. Then join many conversations of interest across many topics, and learn why our culture and community is one of being "smarter. together."

*Available in English, Spanish and ASL.
*ASL Interpretation by Jessica Collins  

Venga y participe con nosotros en la inauguración de la Semana de inicio de Longmont (Longmont Startup Week) y de una mirada profunda a la comunidad empresarial en evolución aquí en Longmont, Front Range y Colorado. Aprenda asistiendo a las presentaciones de nuestros reconocidos oradores sobre la innovación y las oportunidades relacionadas el tema empresarial que nuestra comunidad le ofrecerá a usted durante la semana. También, esperamos que participe en las diferentes reuniones de conversación que hemos organizado para usted y descubra por qué nuestra cultura y nuestra comunidad se basan en ser "Inteligentes/Juntos". 

Speakers
avatar for Brian Bagley

Brian Bagley

Founder, Chief Counsel, The Bagley Law Firm
Brian J. Bagley,J.D., M.B.A.The founder and chief counsel of the Bagley Law Firm, LLC, Brian provides legal representation to businesses, families, and individuals. In addition to the practice of law, Brian currently serves as the Mayor of Longmont, CO. Brian's other community activities... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
The St Vrain

9:00am MDT

Longmont Startup Week 2018 Kick Off (Basecamp Stream - 2nd Floor)
Limited Capacity seats available

Watch the Longmont Startup Week Kick Off streaming live to our Technology Basecamp.

Este atento a la Semana de Inicio de Longmont (Startup Week Kick Off) y a la transmisión en vivo de nuestro Basecamp de Tecnología.

Monday July 23, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

9:00am MDT

Childcare provided by Family Village (Ground Floor) (9am to 3pm only)
Longmont Startup Week in partnership with Family Village is proud to offer childcare for parents interested in attending Startup Week. We are providing childcare on July 23, 24 and 25th from 9am to 3pm. Family Village is a cooperatively owned and run community and childcare center for local parents. We provide classes, support, social activities and events, and co-working for parents and high quality cooperatively managed childcare for kids.

Parents must remain on site and be available via text message in the event their assistance is needed with their child, including diaper changes. Each child can be in our care for UP TO 3 HOURS each day. We can care for children 6 months old and up. Rates subsidized by Longmont Startup Week are $8 per child per hour and $5 per child per hour for each additional child per family.

Please contact Melanie at info@familyvillagelongmont.com to arrange for your childcare and pay for the hours required in advance. Your spots are not confirmed until you have paid Family Village.


Monday July 23, 2018 9:00am - 3:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

10:30am MDT

Cross-Cultural, Multilingual, and Localized Design
Limited Capacity seats available

Today’s devices, interfaces, screens, and apps are no longer local. This panel will introduce evidence, research and field experiences on how people from different cultures, languages, and places may interact with digital products and services differently through real-world examples of successes and failures.

This conversation will offer design heuristics for how to approach interactive projects considering globalization, multilingualism, and cultural sensitivity.

Los dispositivos, interfaces, pantallas y aplicaciones actuales ya no operan solo de manera local. Este panel presentará evidencias, investigaciones y experiencias de campo sobre cómo personas de diferentes culturas, idiomas y lugares pueden interactuar con productos y servicios digitales a través de ejemplos reales graficando éxitos y fracasos.

Los panelistas ofrecerán heurísticas de diseño sobre cómo abordar proyectos interactivos considerando la globalización, el multilingüismo y las diferencias y sensibilidad cultural.

Speakers
avatar for Jon Fukuda

Jon Fukuda

Chief Experience Officer, Limina Application Office, LLC
Jon is a Co-founder and Partner at Limina Application Office, LLC (Limina). Limina's mission is to bring UX Planning and Design Management to a wide range of complex information technologies.Jon has an extensive background in user experience design with a focus on UX Strategy, Design... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
BBP

10:30am MDT

Startup Health: Tools to Handle Your Stress and That of Your Team (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

It can be tough enough to manage your own stress, but how can you as a founder, leader, or manager help the members of your team handle their feelings of stress, burnout, or disengagement? A stressed team or organization can negatively impact work and productivity, and as a startup we cannot afford to lose our productivity.

So how can you keep a healthy state of mind for the team, and thus your organization's productivity?

While dealing with stress, leadership, and management is an ancient challenge, some of the latest discoveries in neuroscience shed new light on both the older wisdom traditions and the latest coaching approaches. You will learn among other things to do a mental "SCARF" audit, to quickly try and get to the heart of the underlying concerns behind the actual conflicts.

In this Startup Health session listen, learn and ask questions as you gather some tips, tricks, and tools to keeping stress levels manageable then join our follow-on Startup Health session “Startup Stress, Identifying and Handling Your Team’s Secret Triggers” later in the week.

Usted puede ser lo suficientemente fuerte como para controlar su propio estrés, pero ¿cómo puede usted, como fundador, líder o gerente, ayudar a los miembros de su equipo a manejar el estrés de ellos, agotamiento o falta de compromiso? Un equipo u organización estresada puede afectar negativamente el trabajo y la productividad, y como emprendedores no podemos permitirnos perder el pulso de nuestra productividad. ¿Cómo puede mantener el estado de ánimo saludable de su equipo y, por lo tanto, la productividad de su organización? En esta sesión de Startup Health, escuchará, aprenderá y podrá hacer preguntas mientras aprende consejos, trucos y herramientas para mantener los niveles de estrés bajo control, luego podrá asistir a nuestra siguiente sesión: "Startup Stress" para poder llevar una relación mas abierta y saludable con su equipo de trabajo.

Moderators
avatar for Eliana Salter

Eliana Salter

Eliana Salter is an experienced coach and entrepreneur. Her specialties include dealing with PTSD, depression, panic attacks and general anxiety, in particular in a pressure cooker family or business situation. Her background includes decades of Jungian work and study, especially... Read More →

Monday July 23, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

10:30am MDT

From Main Street Entrepreneurship to Scaleups
Limited Capacity filling up

Whether you are thinking about starting your own bricks-and-mortar, product, hardware, high-tech or working to reinvent an existing business venture, there is something for you in this conversation. During this conversation you will hear from a mix of local business owner, tech companies, and scaleups as they share their stories, reflections and recommendations on their startup journey, and or experiences.

Ya sea que usted esté pensando en comenzar su propia empresa, fabricar sus productos, desarrollar alta tecnología o este pensando en reinventar una empresa comercial ya existente, hay algo para usted en esta presentación. Esta presentación se dará en forma de conversación, y en ella Ud. escuchará a un grupo de empresarios locales, representantes de compañías de tecnología y emprendedores compartiendo sus historias, reflexiones y recomendaciones con usted.

Moderators
avatar for Brian Horsman

Brian Horsman

Vice President, Information Technology, Core Power Yoga
A seasoned technology leader, Brian has international experience from the trenches to strategic leadership, operations, technology, and global systems architecture. Having spent eleven years at Crocs, he helped the company achieve the $1B+ mark. Today, Brian strikes the right balance... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Tracee Box

Tracee Box

Owner, Managing Partner, Nature's Root
With an extensive background in business development, product development and manufacturing, Tracee is also a trained nutritionist and has worked within the wellness industry for the past 15 years serving others in local and national communities. Our company all started with a seed... Read More →
avatar for Bill Campbell

Bill Campbell

President & Brewer, Brewmented
I'm the President and Co-Founder at Brewmented. Brewmented is Longmont's destination homebrew store featuring a wide selection of homebrew supplies, taproom, and a nano-brewery. Brewmented is my second startup, the first being Farragut Systems, a geospatial services and software solution... Read More →
avatar for Jay Minaya

Jay Minaya

Co-Founder, CEO, Program Director, Journey Language Center
I am the CEO and Co-Founder of Journey Language Centers (JLC). I am originally from Lima, Peru. I moved to the United States to pursue my Business Administration with emphasis in Marketing Diploma at the Leeds School of Business at CU. After graduation, I worked in financial institutions... Read More →
avatar for Charles Yhap

Charles Yhap

Co-Founder, CEO, CleanRobotics
A creative professional who thrives in a team setting with stretch-goals; I enjoy complexity. I relish opportunities to play a transformative role and to infuse passion and integrity into teams. I excel at data analysis, project management, communication, computer and technical skills... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

10:30am MDT

Smashing the Stigma: Realizing the Benefits of Diversity in Your Startup.
Limited Capacity seats available

In this digital age of technology, our world has become much smaller. The ubiquity of smartphones and other smart devices makes it possible to interact with customers, vendors, and employees on the other side of the world any time of day or night. We are seeing a global economy evolve with digital business, and today most companies and startups operate within a diverse marketplace. Chances are that even if you are doing business with local customers and vendors the demographics in your neighborhood are also just as diverse as the global economy.

This is why it is more important than ever before that we begin smashing the stigma around diversity and inclusivity, and learn to build a diverse staff for our businesses. Recruiting and retaining a diverse, inclusive group of employees lets your company reflect the world around you, and makes your team better able to develop fresh ideas to meet the needs of the whole marketplace.

Ask yourself this question: When you think about diversity and inclusivity, what springs to mind? Then come and join this panel and conversation to hear why thinking differently about diversity and inclusivity is a good thing for you, your startup, and the community around you.

En esta era digital de la tecnología, nuestro mundo se ha vuelto mucho más pequeño. La ubicuidad de los teléfonos inteligentes y otros dispositivos inteligentes hace posible interactuar con clientes, proveedores y empleados del otro lado del mundo a cualquier hora del día o de la noche. Estamos viendo una evolución de la economía mundial con los negocios digitales, y hoy en día la mayoría de las empresas nuevas y consolidadas operan dentro de un mercado diverso. Lo más probable es que incluso si está haciendo negocios con clientes locales y proveedores, la demografía de su vecindario también es tan diversa como la economía global.

Por eso es más importante que nunca que comencemos a romper el estigma en torno a la diversidad y la inclusión, y aprender a formar un personal diverso para nuestros negocios. Reclutar y retener a un grupo diverso e inclusivo de empleados le permite a su empresa reflejar el mundo que lo rodea y hace que su equipo pueda desarrollar nuevas ideas para satisfacer las necesidades de todo el mercado.

Hágase esta pregunta: cuándo piensa Ud. en la diversidad y la inclusión, ¿qué le viene a la mente? Únase a este panel y a la conversación para aprender por qué pensar de manera diferente acerca de la diversidad y la inclusión es algo bueno para usted, su empresa y la comunidad que lo rodea.

Moderators
avatar for Jeff Sidders

Jeff Sidders

Business Solutions Specialist at State of Colorado, State of Colorado

Speakers
avatar for Jacob Heilveil

Jacob Heilveil

Independent Sports Professional
avatar for Carmen Sample

Carmen Sample

Executive Director, Sample Supports


Monday July 23, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Christ Church International

12:00pm MDT

Food Truck: Ballin' Out!
Feeling the hunger? The need to fuel up? Swing by the Technology Basecamp and check out today's food truck.

Ballin' Out!
https://ballinoutco.com/
Deep Fried Gourmet Rice Balls ¿Siente el hambre y la necesidad de recargarse? Entonces venga al Technology Basecamp y mire todas las delicias que las camionetas de comida le pueden ofrecer.


Monday July 23, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

12:00pm MDT

LSW'18 Dream Crusher Challenge
Limited Capacity seats available

Are you daring enough to face this group of mentors? They will question you, they will challenge you, and they will dig deep into your idea, venture, or startup and encourage you to spend the rest of the week reflecting upon their feedback.

On Friday, you will have the opportunity to return and talk through what you have learned from the week's sessions, and work with the same mentors to craft your next steps beyond LSW'18.

¿Es usted tan atrevido como para desafiar a este grupo de mentores? Ellos lo cuestionarán, lo desafiarán, y profundizarán en su idea, aventura o puesta en marcha y lo alentarán a pasar el resto de la semana reflexionando sobre los comentarios que le daran.

El viernes, tendrá la oportunidad de regresar y hablar sobre lo que ha aprendido de las sesiones de la semana, y trabajar con los mismos mentores para elaborar sus próximos pasos más allá de LSW'18.

Moderators
avatar for Ian Netherton

Ian Netherton

Founder, CEO, ScribWorks
Ian Netherton works with emerging businesses helping them navigate the complexity of their growth. His background and expertise span tax, financial reporting, valuation and advisory services. He serves as an adjunct finance officer for several early growth corporations. He is presently... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Suzi Bahnsen

Suzi Bahnsen

Assistant Director, Boulder SBDC
"The Juice is Worth the Squeeze"In my career I have had the fortunate pleasure of exploring sales and marketing on several levels. I have been a Marketing Director, Chief Marketing Officer, Business Owner, Business Development Director, Sales Manager, a Consultant and more. All of... Read More →
avatar for Dave DiGiacomo

Dave DiGiacomo

Attorney, Modus Law
Dave has two start-ups under his own belt (hypothetically with a big, brassy belt buckle if we’re keeping with the western theme), and he thrives on helping others overcome every challenge in the book. While in school, he was the Director of Deal Flow for the Deming Center Venture... Read More →
avatar for Brandon Fuller

Brandon Fuller

CEO & Co-Founder, Docketly
An entrepreneur with a software engineering background. Enjoys building scalable software solutions tosolve business problems.
avatar for Sharon King

Sharon King

Business mentor, Marketing specialist and Entrepreneur, Boulder SBDC
In the past 10 years, Sharon and the Boulder SBDC have worked with over 3,500 Boulder County businesses -- to help established businesses grow and new ventures launch.  The SBDC is a non-profit economic development organization providing support through workshops, specialized business... Read More →
avatar for Bill Shirley

Bill Shirley

Executive Coach, In Search of Eagles
In my 30 year career as a line manager, executive and consultant, I specialized in turning around failing operations.  The critical issues were never technical; they were always fundamental leadership issues.  During this time, I tested and proved the concepts that became my Authentic... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

1:15pm MDT

IoT Primer: On the Edge - What Is It, and Is It For Me or My Startup? (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity filling up

One of the hottest things in technology today is the Internet of Things (IoT).  What is IoT, and how does it apply to you and your startup? A term first known only by developers and engineers, it seems today everyone is talking about it, but what does it actually mean? The answer varies depending on where you look and who you ask.

International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates there will be 30 billion connected “things” by 2020, and IoT is fundamentally changing how value is created. It has never been more important to understand IoT,  edge computing, smart cities, the intelligent sidewalk, and what it all means for your organization.

Come along to this session, join the conversation and learn from some of our local industry technologists, thought leaders, and business leaders who are on the edge of this wave of innovation.

Una de las cosas más interesantes en la tecnología actual es Internet of Things (IoT). & nbsp; ¿Qué es IoT y cómo le ayudaría a usted y a su empresa? Un término conocido por primera vez solo por los programadores e ingenieros, parece que hoy todos hablan de ello, pero ¿qué significa realmente? La respuesta varía según como lo mire y a quién le pregunte.

La International Data Corporation (IDC) estima que habrá 30 mil millones de "cosas" conectadas para el año 2020, e IoT está cambiando fundamentalmente cómo se genera el valor de estas “cosas”. Nunca ha sido más importante entender lo que es y hace IoT, la informática de última generación, las ciudades inteligentes y lo que todo esto significa para su organización.

Venga a este panel, únase a la conversación y aprenda de algunos de nuestros especialistas en tecnologia de la industria local, líderes de opinión y líderes empresariales que están en la cresta de esta ola de innovación.

Moderators
avatar for Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor

Digital Storyteller and Consultant, AskDaveTaylor.com
I'm a storyteller (http://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/), whether through the written word, video, on stage as a public speaker, or as a teacher and educator. Every company, every product has a story. Are you telling yours?I help companies realize the potential of reimagining their business... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Dixon Dick

Dixon Dick

Founder, CEO, Archethought
I lead a smart city startup, capturing and sharing data to enhance community and environmental dialogs. As a 35 year veteran of the technology industry, my experience includes a broad variety of development, leadership and creative roles, enabling me to bring a wide range of perspectives... Read More →
avatar for Bradd Fross

Bradd Fross

Director, FPGA Software, Xilinx

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Monday July 23, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

1:15pm MDT

Latino Founders in Spanish (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

Venga y conozca a los fundadores de empresas exitosas de la comunidad latina, escuche sus historias y aprenda sobre de sus experiencias. Por un momento ponga a un lado los conocimientos y escuche los consejos de gran valor para embarcarse en su propio viaje.

Meet successful startup founders from the Latino community, hear their stories, and learn about their journeys. Take away insights and get some high value advice as you embark on your own journey.



Moderators
avatar for Adriana Sodja

Adriana Sodja

Founder, Avva Financial
Money coaching as an employee benefit.

Speakers
avatar for Carlos Alegría

Carlos Alegría

Executive, 3Corp
We are development business in America Central and Mexico.Consuting services in technologies, ecommerce and data analitycs for enterpreneurs and mid and smalll business.
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Ricardo Cabrera

Licensed Real Estate Agent, HomeSmart Realty Group
Sales and Marketing professional with 1) commercial/residential Real Estate expertise and 2) Business Development experience in the Medical Devices Industry in the US and Latin America Business and Distribution Networks, Database Development/Integration with direct experience in the... Read More →
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Robert Gutierrez

Founder, CEO, R and L Marketing
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Delfin Lozano

Founder, QuestBotics
Delfin Lozano has more than 18 years of experience in operations, management and engineering. During his time at Covidien (Medtronic), he held several positions with increasing responsibility where he led a team to increase productivity and quality through lean manufacturing and operations... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

1:15pm MDT

Simple Steps to Put Your Business Idea to the Test
Limited Capacity seats available

This session will build on Bill Aulet's book Disciplined Entrepreneurship, which provides a 24 step, step-by-step process to test your business idea.  We will recap the framework and highlight what you need to know in order to test whether your idea has legs! Esta sesión se basará en el libro de Bill Aulet Disciplined Entrepreneurship, que ofrece un proceso, paso a paso de 24 pasos, para poner a prueba su idea de negocio. Recapitularemos el marco teórico y destacaremos lo que necesita saber para ver si su idea puede funcionar y empezar a volar!

Speakers
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Jim Franklin

Managing Director, mProve Sales
Sales Leader with more than 25 years of success in building and leading great B2B sales teams selling software/SaaS and professional services. Specialize in complex deal negotiation, reducing sales cycles – enabling deals to move forward, forecast accuracy, and hiring and coaching... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
BBP

1:15pm MDT

Mentor Talk: Judith Nowlin - Giving Birth to a Startup
Limited Capacity seats available

Judith Nowlin, one of BizWest Media’s Boulder Valley 40 Under Forty class of 2017 Honorees, is an entrepreneur and mobile technology innovator, an avid community supporter, mentor, and mother of three. Judith created iBirth™, a mobile application born out of ten years of service in maternity care as a boots-on-the-ground birth practitioner. Judith’s original vision has grown from a single concept launched in December of 2009 into what has become the larger approach of providing software-as-a-service for health organizations all around the nation. She has built a growing organization that partners with large health systems, hospitals, OB GYN practices, and birth centers to deliver branded and customizable digital learning ecosystems aimed at improving maternal healthcare outcomes for mothers and babies via patient education and engagement. In late-June 2018, iBirth was acquired by Washington, DC based Babyscripts, Inc., the leading virtual care platform for managing obstetrics.

Judith takes great interest in giving back to the community and is a proud member of The Women’s Council at the CU Boulder LEEDS School of Business, offering mentorship to budding female business school students. Judith has also been awarded a seat in the Elementary Instructional Technology Advisory Committee of the St. Vrain Valley School District. This group of parents, teachers and staff representatives make policy recommendations about the allocation of technology in our community classrooms.

Come sit, listen, laugh, have a fun-filled conversation with Judith, and share in some of her experiences and challenges in “Giving Birth to a Startup”. Judith Nowlin, una de las empresarias premiadas en el BizWest Media en Boulder Valley 40 Under Forty class of 2017 Honorees, es una emprendedora e innovadora en tecnología móvil, una ávida defensora de la comunidad, mentora y madre de tres niños. Judith creó iBirth ™, una aplicación móvil que nació de sus diez años de servicio en la atención de la maternidad como profesional en el área de partos, con vasta experiencia en el terreno. La visión original de Judith ha crecido desde un concepto único lanzado en diciembre de 2009 en lo que se ha convertido en el enfoque más amplio que proporciona un software para organizaciones de salud en todo el país como SingleStep. Ha creado una organización en crecimiento que colabora con grandes sistemas de salud, hospitales, consultorios gineco-obstétricos y centros de partos para ofrecer ecosistemas de aprendizaje digital y personalizados destinados a mejorar los resultados de atención materna para madres y bebés a través de la educación del paciente. br> Judith tiene un gran interés en retribuir a la comunidad y es miembro del Consejo de Mujeres de CU Boulder LEEDS School of Business, que ofrece tutoría a las estudiantes en ciernes de las escuelas de negocios. Judith también ha sido galardonada participando en el Comité Asesor de Tecnología de Instrucción Primaria del Distrito Escolar St. Vrain Valley. Este grupo de padres, maestros y representantes del personal hacen recomendaciones de políticas sobre la asignación de tecnología en los salones de clase de nuestra comunidad. Le invitamos a participar en esta presentación, escuchar, reír, tener una conversación amena con Judith y sus experiencias y desafíos en "Dar a luz a una empresa”.

Speakers
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Judith Nowlin

Chief Growth Officer, Babyscripts (former Co-founder/CEO, iBirth), Babyscripts
Judith created iBirth™, a mobile care companion for pregnancy, birth and postpartum, to improve health outcomes for women and children all around the world. The iBirth™ app was born out of her prior decade of service in maternity care as a childbirth educator, birth doula and... Read More →


2:45pm MDT

Early Days Cashflow: Where does it come from?
Limited Capacity filling up

What does it mean to bootstrap? What is the fools, friends, and family round, and can you afford to do it? Are you looking for main-street funding? Angel funds or seed capital?

Let's discuss the right path for your venture, whether that be local grants and community funds, or the path to Series A. ¿Qué significa arrancar? ¿Qué amigos y familiares pueden permitirle hacerlo? ¿Estás buscando financiamiento o capital inicial?

Discutamos el camino correcto para la dirección de su empresa, ya sean subvenciones locales o fondos comunitarios.

Moderators
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Whitedove Gannon

Founder, StartUP Academy for Entrepreneurs
I'm Whitedove, an unconventional Accounting Advisor with a zeal for re-inventing traditional startup practices and redefining what it means to be efficient. I've developed a new approach to working with clients – going beyond the "data-entry only" mentality for small businesses... Read More →

Speakers
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James Graham

President & Founder, Richtr Financial Studio
James Graham ispresident and founder of Richtr Financial Studio, a CPA firmspecializing in the provision of leading edge, cloud-based Accounting andVirtual-CFO services. Practice Focus: Creative & Digital Agencies,Technology (SaaS to Life Science), and select service-based businesses... Read More →
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Judd MacRae

Partner & Sr. Business Strategist, Richtr Financial Studio
JuddMacRae is partner and senior business strategist for Richtr Financial Studio, a full-servicefinancial studio, providing everything from payroll and compliance to CFOguidance for creative/marketing agencies and tech companies. His specificareas of expertise are financial modeling... Read More →
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Mark Sheeley

Chief Credit Officer, Rawlins National Bank
MarkSheeley is the chief credit officer for Rawlins National Bank. Established in1899, Rawlins National Bank is a local community bank focused on commercialbanking.  With over 20 years of banking experience, including businessesboth large and small, Mark understands that each business... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

2:45pm MDT

Lean Up Your MVP (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

Big ideas often come to mind "unchecked", packed with assumptions, and generally loaded with unknown-unknowns.  There are a variety of methods to get your team focused on a core set of features to drive an MVP.  You're sold on your idea, but is the market ready or even interested?  

The Lean UX and Lean Canvas methods can help dispel your assumption and provide you with a model for success. Las ideas grandes a menudo vienen a la mente "sin control", repletas de suposiciones y generalmente cargadas con incógnitas desconocidas. & nbsp; Hay una variedad de métodos para que su equipo se centre en un conjunto básico de características comunes para conducir un MVP. & nbsp; Ud. cree en su idea, pero ¿está listo o siquiera interesado el mercado en su producto? & nbsp;

Los métodos Lean UX y Lean Canvas pueden ayudarle a despejar el panorama y proporcionarle un modelo para el éxito.

Moderators
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Jon Fukuda

Chief Experience Officer, Limina Application Office, LLC
Jon is a Co-founder and Partner at Limina Application Office, LLC (Limina). Limina's mission is to bring UX Planning and Design Management to a wide range of complex information technologies.Jon has an extensive background in user experience design with a focus on UX Strategy, Design... Read More →

Speakers
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Ken Fricklas

Founding Partner, Turaco Strategy LLC
Long time Colorado founder, technical strategist, author, mentor, speaker and futurist, as well as a lead in 10.10.10 and co-founder of CovidCheckColorado.  (I may have taught a few of you at Regis, CU, or RMCAD as well).  These days I work with early stage companies, and build... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

2:45pm MDT

Discover YOUR Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity seats available

What exactly is a startup ecosystem?

A startup ecosystem is formed by people, startups in various stages, and various types of organizations in a location with each contributing through interactions as a dynamic and complex system to cultivate new startup opportunities.

Startup ecosystems are generally defined by these network of interactions among people, community, organizations, and their environment. They come in many types, but are usually better known as startup ecosystems of specific cities or online communities.

Come along to this Smart City, "smarter. together." session and meet a few of the organizations working together in and around Longmont to help evolve our entrepreneurial ecosystem, build and foster a Colorado regional network of resources, and create a recognition alongside our sister communities as an entrepreneurial ecosystem startups want to start-up in. ¿Qué es exactamente un ecosistema de empresas emergentes?

Un ecosistema de empresas emergentes está formado por empresarios en diversas etapas de su carrera y varios tipos de organizaciones en una específica ubicación, cada una de las cuales contribuye a través de interacciones como un sistema dinámico y complejo para cultivar nuevas oportunidades de inicio para empresas y empresarios.

Los ecosistemas de empresas generalmente se definen por esta red de interacciones entre las personas, la comunidad, las organizaciones y su entorno. Vienen en muchos tipos, pero generalmente son mejor conocidos como ecosistemas de empresas de ciudades específicas o comunidades en línea. Venga a esta sesión de Smart City, "Inteligencia/Juntos" y conozca a algunas de las organizaciones que trabajan juntas en Longmont y sus alrededores para ayudar a desarrollar nuestro ecosistema empresarial y de emprendedor, construir y fomentar una red regional de recursos de Colorado, y crear un reconocimiento junto a nuestras comunidades hermanas como un ecosistema de empresas que las nuevas empresas quieren usar y poner en marcha.

Moderators
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Ron Thomas

Executive Director, TinkerMill

Speakers
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Ian Carmichael

MDU and Commercial Sales Engineer, Nextlight
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Dixon Dick

Founder, CEO, Archethought
I lead a smart city startup, capturing and sharing data to enhance community and environmental dialogs. As a 35 year veteran of the technology industry, my experience includes a broad variety of development, leadership and creative roles, enabling me to bring a wide range of perspectives... Read More →
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Jessica Erickson

President / CEO, Longmont Economic Development Partnership
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Jana Sanchez

Executive Director, LaunchNo.CO
I've been telling stories that get results for more than 20 years. With an extensive background in both fundraising and marketing, I've had opportunity to dive deeply into how crafting effective messages, rooted in honest emotion, and built around clear action - attract both people... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

2:45pm MDT

Mentor Talk: Brooke Chestnut - Entrepreneurship is like Climbing Everest (Learn the Secrets to be Successful at Both)
Limited Capacity seats available

Join Brooke to hear some amazing adventures ascending Mt. Everest and how lessons learned can be transposed to entrepreneurship.

Speakers
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Brooke Chestnut

Mentor, Speaker, Trainer, Advisor, Generational Consultant
I started my career in 1983 working in a very difficult industry. I quickly learned skills to be promoted to sales management. However, I discovered that Leadership was my gift, and I started to build teams by recruiting, training and mentoring young talented business professionals... Read More →


4:15pm MDT

Yoga on the Grass with Mya Izzolena: Southwest corner of Thompson Park
Enjoy some of the world’s highest quality yoga right here in Longmont, CO. Vinyasa style sessions will get you ready to execute the rest of your day.

Disfrute de una de las clases de yoga de más alta calidad en Longmont. Las sesiones de estilo Vinyasa lo dejarán listo el resto del día.

Monday July 23, 2018 4:15pm - 5:15pm MDT
Thompson Park

4:15pm MDT

Crafting Your 5-Minute Capital Pitch
Limited Capacity seats available

Most investors and capital have prerequisites to investment that are pretty well known but often not addressed effectively up front. Come along to this session listen, learn, and hear the tips, tricks, and tools for taking your capital pitch down to 5 minutes and by doing so keeping your messaging simple, focused, and straightforward.

This approach has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for dozens of entrepreneurs who have done the work to follow the simple guidelines because it takes what was a very intimidating and jargon-filled process and turns it into a simple, logical, straight forward explanation of the opportunity. This raises the entrepreneur's confidence and comfort, which can increase their chances of gaining that trust and investment.

When it comes to raising investment capital we never know if or when a conversation could lead to a check. For this reason entrepreneurs must learn to craft an effective narrative that communicates the company's value, no matter the setting.


Los fundadores de una empresa conocen la importancia de dar una buena primera impresión. En diferentes etapas, los empresarios deben vender sus datos, productos o servicios a clientes e inversionistas potenciales. Aquí es donde muchos de nosotros no lo hacemos bien. Cuando se trata de recaudar capital de inversión, nunca sabemos si una conversación puede llevarnos a obtener los fondos o capital que deseamos. Por esta razón, los empresarios deben aprender a elaborar una narrativa efectiva que comunique el valor de la empresa, sin importar el entorno.

Venga a esta sesión escuche, aprenda y aplique los consejos, trucos y herramientas para su empresa y al hacerlo, manteniendo un mensaje simple, enfocado y directo. 

Speakers
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Chris Salter

CEO, Music Wizard Next Gen
Chris Salter is an experienced entrepreneur and Longmont Startup Board member. His areas of expertise are in simplifying concepts and giving entrepreneurs tools that help them cope with, analyze and resolve the common problems we all face.


Monday July 23, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

4:15pm MDT

Main Street Entrepreneurship: Taking Control of Your Funding Strategies
Limited Capacity seats available

Where do you go, and who do you turn to, for funding resources such as grants or tax incentives to help your small business take off?

¿Adónde vas y a quién recurres para obtener recursos de financiación como subvenciones o incentivos fiscales para ayudar a tu empresa a despegar?

Moderators
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Adriana Sodja

Founder, Avva Financial
Money coaching as an employee benefit.

Speakers
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Jessica Erickson

President / CEO, Longmont Economic Development Partnership
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Leslie Kaczeus

Chief of Stuff, Bootstrap Brewing
Well-rounded professional who loves to create, develop, launch, and promote new ideas, programs, and services. Experienced working in large well-established companies, small start-up organizations, and non-profits.  Skilled in identifying, developing, and maintaining strong customer... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
St. Vrain Cidery

4:15pm MDT

Startup Health: Reframing: The power to flip the universe from where you sit.
Limited Capacity seats available

It is easy to think that “work” and “stress” go hand in hand. After all if it were a walk in the park, it probably would not be called work. There is however a point at which the stress of work can actually become detrimental to one’s health. In fact, studies have shown that two in every five employees say that stress at work has affected their health by causing them to increase unhealthy habits, eat poorly, and forego exercise.

Stress is Contagious, But So Is Wellbeing.

In this Startup Health session we take lessons learned from effective personal stress management starting with identifying your sources of stress and developing strategies to manage them. From there we take our focus to the organizational level to identify team stress sources and mitigation strategies.

Reframing may be the most powerful "lifehack" we know of, seemingly common, even conventional wisdom, but truly our most amazing choice. Come see how we take this cliche idea and turn it into a superpower, one percent or degree at a time.

In this workshop, we will explore various methods of reframing, from opposition, to mitigation, to compassion, to humor, and more, giving you various tools to help get you "unstuck" from whatever hell or situation you find yourself or those around you in.

Getting a car unstuck from the snow or mud usually is a matter of the tiniest momentum, and perhaps a turn of the wheel or direction to ease the exit. The mind is far more pliable, powerful and flexible than we think, and the heart can shift from despair to joy, from tears to laughter in a moment.

Learning to do this as a "go to" response literally transforms your life and that of those around you. Es fácil pensar que el "trabajo" y el "estrés" van de la mano. Después de todo, si trabajar fueese como dar una caminata en el parque, probablemente no se llamaría trabajo. Sin embargo, hay un punto en el que el estrés del trabajo puede llegar a ser perjudicial para la salud. De hecho, los estudios han demostrado que dos de cada cinco empleados dicen que el estrés en el trabajo ha afectado su salud al hacer que aumenten los hábitos poco saludables, como el comer mal y dejar de hacer ejercicio.

El estrés es contagioso, pero también lo es el bienestar.

En esta sesión de Startup Health, tomaremos las lecciones aprendidas del manejo efectivo del estrés personal, comenzando con la identificación de las fuentes de estrés y desarrollando estrategias para manejarlas. A partir de ahí llevamos nuestro enfoque al nivel empresarial para identificar las fuentes de estrés a nivel de equipo y las estrategias para apaciguarlo.

Speakers
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Eliana Salter

Eliana Salter is an experienced coach and entrepreneur. Her specialties include dealing with PTSD, depression, panic attacks and general anxiety, in particular in a pressure cooker family or business situation. Her background includes decades of Jungian work and study, especially... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Bootstrap Brewing

4:15pm MDT

Jobs to Be Done: A Guided Session (Room: The Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

A facilitated session on the Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) Framework, and how it can help you build products that people will buy because it focuses your product on helping the customer do what the customer needs to get done.

Una sesión orientada al Marco de trabajos por Hacer (JTBD por sus siglas en ingles), y cómo puede ayudarlo a construir productos que las personas comprarán porque estos se enfocan para ayudar a sus clientes a completar las tareas del día que ellos necesitan completar.

Speakers
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Drew Jensen

Product Manager, Limina
Product Manager and Maker


Monday July 23, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

4:45pm MDT

A Walk Through the Historical Parks of Longmont
Let’s connect with the three original parks of Longmont located right around Downtown: Roosevelt, Collyer, and Thompson. Shade provided by the century old trees. We will meet in front of St Vrain Memorial Building and finish at CoSolve for the Opening Party of LSW 2018. Please fill out the online WelcomeWaiver or download, print, sign and turn in a hard copy if this will be your first Walk2Connect walking experience this year.

Walk led by Ana Lucaci, member- owner of the Walk2Connect Co-op.

Start: St Vrain Memorial Building, 700 Longs Peak Ave, Longmont, CO 80501
Finish: Technology Basecamp - CoSolve, 350 Terry Street

Speakers
avatar for Ana Lucaci

Ana Lucaci

Co-op Member Owner, Walk2Connect Co-op
Ana M. Lucaci joined Walk2Connect over 2 years ago, when she was looking to start leading walks in Longmont. She has used walking as a means of transportation for many years, particularly while growing up and working in Romania. After a pedestrian/car accident, she became a walking... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 4:45pm - 5:30pm MDT
St Vrain Memorial Building

5:30pm MDT

LSW 2018: Opening Party Downtown @ CoSolve on 4th St.
Talk about culture, networking, and some great Colorado beverages! Come join many of your closest startup friends, make new ones, and celebrate entrepreneurship at the Longmont Startup Week Opening Party. Celebrate another vibrant year and join in on the inaugural festivities for the week. Don’t miss meeting hundreds of community members: entrepreneurs, students, investors, hackers, hustlers, designers, artists, doers, and more.

5pm-6:30pm
Idlewhile: Idlewhile is a band lauded for blending an original Americana-flavored song-craft and a tight, upbeat live show. Now as a quartet comprised of founding members Steven Phoenix, Miguel Ramos and Paul Tedesco, and joined by percussionist Craig Naylon, Idlewhile embarks on its sixth season on the Front Range music scene. From the onset, Idlewhile has focused on original and collaborative songwriting, creating a catalog of over 40 evocative tunes... and growing. With this newest quartet line-up, the new and old songs present as a more open and accessible rock n roll vibe, with a bit of pirate swagger for good measure.

6:45pm-7pm
Andy Eppler: Andy Eppler is a songwriter, author, painter, podcast host, and community organizer. Since moving from Texas to Longmont in 2009 Mr. Eppler has developed a reputation as not only an inspirational artist who encourages people to say “yes” to their creativity but also as a hard working businessman who has helped Longmont grow a sustainable art scene that is now the envy of the Front Range. See all his work on andyeppler.com

7:30pm-9pm
Los Cheesies: Crazy Rock Fusion Band that integrates both Latin and American style rhythms. With Los Cheesies, Anything Goes!!! ¡Hablemos sobre cultura, networking y algunas excelentes bebidas de Colorado! Venga con sus nuevos compañeros del startups y haga nuevos. Celebremos el espíritu empresarial en la fiesta de inauguración de Longmont Startup Week. Celebre otro año vibrante y participe de las festividades inaugurales de la semana. No se pierda reuniones con cientos de miembros de la comunidad: empresarios, estudiantes, inversionistas, programadores, diseñadores, artistas, y más.

Sponsors
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TinkerMill

TinkerMill is located in Longmont, Colorado and is the largest makerspace in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region with more than 600 paying members and more than 2,500 active members in our Meetup group.  We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity whose exceptionally talented membership provides a community workshop supporting each other and other community entities by learning, teaching, collaborating and creating.  We are deeply involved in Longmont's economic development efforts and encourage new product and business creation through mentoring an... Read More →


Monday July 23, 2018 5:30pm - 9:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve
 
Tuesday, July 24
 

8:00am MDT

Caffeinating Startups: Meet Your Local Roaster and Coffee Truck. (Outside Main Entrance)
Limited Capacity seats available

It’s always great to get out and about and talk with like-minded people who are keen to meet their local coffee roaster, in this case Bill Teasdale from Nimbus Coffee Roasters, and our community is no different. Do you know how many independent artesian coffee roasters we have in Longmont? Well, why not come out, meet, and have a conversation about that.

Hear a story about a coffee truck and a local roaster, what challenges they face as a small business, and what we as entrepreneurs and startups can do to support them.

Drink more coffee!

Come along, enjoy the conversation, and sample some of the finest artesian coffee roasts and coffee these folks create.

We will meet (weather permitting) on the grass along side the SOL Coffee truck outside of Technology Basecamp on Terry St.

Siempre es bueno salir y hablar con personas de ideas afines que desean conocer a sus proveedores de café local, y ver que nuestra comunidad no es diferente. ¿Sabes cuántos cafetaleros artesanos independientes tenemos en Longmont? Bueno, ¿por qué no se reune y conversa con ellos? Escuche su historia, qué desafíos enfrentan como pequeña empresa y lo que nosotros, como emprendedores y fundadores de nuevas empresas, podemos hacer para apoyarlos. ¡Beba café!

Venga, disfrute de la conversación y pruebe algunos de los mejores café artesanos que ellos crean.

Moderators
avatar for Darren Elven

Darren Elven

Co-founder, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Archethought
As Co-Founder and chief strategist at Archethought, Darren is one of the iconic persons in life who can say he loves what he does. He mentors team members in the company and community whenever he can, looks after our community partners, customers and end-users, and helps chart the course of Archethought.Darren is a seasoned and innovative... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Andrew Michler

Andrew Michler

Co-Founder, CO-Creator, SOL Coffee
Deep design starts with a big idea. Integrating architecture, visual arts, the written word, and building science into a multi-pronged solutions approach to adapt environmental shelter making for the next generation. I am the author of the book [ours] Hyperlocalization of Architecture... Read More →
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Bill Teasdale

Founder, Nimbus Coffee Roasters
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Darren Wurtzburg

Co-Founder, SOL Coffee
Darren came up with the concept of SOL Coffee while running a popular coffee shop in Northern Colorado. While the business was a great success he found that being tied down to a location was hampering his approach to how he wanted to be involved in the coffee culture.



Tuesday July 24, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

8:00am MDT

Longmont Open Coffee Club (Outside Main Entrance)
Limited Capacity seats available

This is where Startup Longmont community members come together twice a month for curated news, discussion, and business networking. This is all about our startup community and how we attract, inform, build great Startups, and resource networks together.

Come join the conversations and coffee, share your knowledge, network, connect and make new friends. Es aquí donde los miembros de la comunidad de Startup Longmont se reúnen dos veces al mes para discutir acerca de noticias, debates y redes de negocios. Todo acerca de nuestra comunidad de empresarios y emprendedores y de cómo atraer, informar y formar excelentes empresarios así como fuentes de recursos.

Únase a las conversaciones con una taza de café, comparta sus conocimientos, haga nuevos contactos y amigos.

Moderators
avatar for Dixon Dick

Dixon Dick

Founder, CEO, Archethought
I lead a smart city startup, capturing and sharing data to enhance community and environmental dialogs. As a 35 year veteran of the technology industry, my experience includes a broad variety of development, leadership and creative roles, enabling me to bring a wide range of perspectives... Read More →

Sponsors
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Startup Longmont

“Startup Longmont” is about fostering a new vision and paradigm for bringing Longmont into the Information Age. Building an entrepreneurial economy that will not only give today’s Millennial's and entrepreneurs a place to “Startup”, but will also give future generations... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

8:00am MDT

Design Sprint Method (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

This workshop will provide an opportunity to test-drive the Google Venture style Design Sprint Method.  We'll discuss the general framework and objectives of the Design Sprint method and conduct 1 or 2 sample exercises to give LSW participants a flavor of what can be accomplished in a design sprint.  

Both Jon Fukuda and Jackson Carson have conducted numerous Design Sprints and will be happy to take questions and provide guidance throughout the workshop.  Materials for the workshop will be provided.

Este taller brindará la oportunidad de probar el Método Sprint Design de estilo Google Venture. & nbsp; Discutiremos el marco general y los objetivos del método Design Sprint y realizaremos 1 o 2 ejercicios de muestra para darles a los participantes de LSW una muestra de lo que se puede lograr en un Design Sprint. & nbsp;

Tanto Jon Fukuda como Jackson Carson han llevado a cabo numerosos Design Sprints y estarán encantados de responder preguntas y proporcionar orientación durante todo el taller. & nbsp; Tambien se proporcionarán materiales para el taller.

Speakers
avatar for Jackson Carson

Jackson Carson

Director, Mentor, Snap Engage
UX strategist, mentor, and pixelosopher by day. Abstract fine art photographer by evening. Funky musician by night. My favorite question is “Why?” UX/UI Director at SnapEngage in Boulder, Colorado, steering the business towards delightful experiences for our users. I also coach... Read More →
avatar for Jon Fukuda

Jon Fukuda

Chief Experience Officer, Limina Application Office, LLC
Jon is a Co-founder and Partner at Limina Application Office, LLC (Limina). Limina's mission is to bring UX Planning and Design Management to a wide range of complex information technologies.Jon has an extensive background in user experience design with a focus on UX Strategy, Design... Read More →

Sponsors
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Limina

Co-founder, Principal, Limina
Limina works with startups, enterprise businesses, and government agencies to lead design and integrated UX for complex user-centered systems optimized for business impact.


Tuesday July 24, 2018 8:00am - 10:15am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

8:00am MDT

8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Mentor Basecamp All Day
Located in right  downtown Longmont on main street in The Experience Building (473 Main Street), Mentor Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge



Sponsors

8:00am MDT

8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Technology Basecamp All Day
Located in downtown Longmont in CoSolve at 350 Terry St, Technology Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge


Sponsors

Tuesday July 24, 2018 8:00am - 6:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

9:00am MDT

IP Overview: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, Trade Secrets, and Licensing
Limited Capacity filling up

There are only a handful of situations where replication of your art, your work, your brand is considered an act of flattery. For the majority of startups this certainly is not the case, and the act of duplication of your works can be a serious problem if not devastating, to your business.

So, what is intellectual property, and should your startup care about it?

Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names and images used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial Property, and Copyright.

Sounds perfectly clear, right? If it doesn’t, have no fear you are not alone!

Come along to this session for a conversation with subject matter experts on the topic of Intellectual Property. The conversation will be engaging, thought provoking, and filled with real-life scenarios of how and when Intellectual Property done right can improve the position of your venture, and the impacts to your business when done wrong or not at all. Hay algunas situaciones en las que el uso de su arte, su trabajo o su marca se puede considerar un acto de falsa admiración. Para la mayoría de empresarios, este no es el caso, y el acto de duplicar sus trabajos puede ser un problema serio si no devastador para su negocio. Entonces, ¿qué significa propiedad intelectual? ¿le interesa aprender más de esto?

La propiedad intelectual se refiere a creaciones, inventos, obras literarias o artísticas, y símbolos, nombres e imágenes utilizados en el comercio. La propiedad intelectual se divide en dos categorías: Propiedad Industrial y Copyright.
Suena perfectamente claro, ¿verdad? Si no lo es, ¡no tema que no es el único en no entenderlo!

Participe en esta sesión para conversar con expertos en el tema de la Propiedad Intelectual. La conversación será interesante, estimulante y llena de escenarios de la vida real sobre cómo y cuándo la Propiedad Intelectual bien empleada puede mejorar la posición de su empresa, y los impactos en su negocio cuando se emplea mal o no se emplea en lo absoluto.

Moderators
avatar for Andy Welch

Andy Welch

President, Sun Construction
A passionate entrepenuer in several industry spaces ranging through construction and development, software, automotive and energy. Andy has successfully exited multiple startups that he founded.  He is also a software technology patent holder. Currently Andy’s time is spent... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Paul Cornay

Paul Cornay

Founder, Never Tangle, LLC
Paul is the founder of Never Tangle, LLC and is the visionary inventor and developer of Never Tangle's patented interlocking hook technology. He is an accomplished entrepreneur, product developer and inventor with numerous U.S. and foreign patents, and patents pending. Throughout... Read More →
avatar for David Kerr

David Kerr

Intellectual Property Attorney, Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti
I am a registered patent attorney that works in the procurement and enforcement of a variety of intellectual property rights in the United States and throughout the world. My legal practice involves preparing and prosecuting both domestic and international patent applications in traditional... Read More →
avatar for Ben Oelsner

Ben Oelsner

Attorney, KO Law Firm
Ben specializes in assisting companies with their technology transactions and IP protection strategy. Ben has over 25 years of experience structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial transactions, including SaaS and cloud services agreements, software license agreements... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Schallert Group

9:00am MDT

A Disciplined Approach To Financial Well Being: Conversations with Hispanic Wealth Project (In Spanish) (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity seats available

The Hispanic Wealth Project is a plan to build a blueprint for Hispanic wealth creation, to identify the specific assets in which Hispanic wealth can be accumulated, to support Hispanic access to such assets, to guide the stewardship of such assets, and to begin a dialogue around wealth for Hispanic communities that raises ambitions, brings focus to pursuits that may lead to greatness, and embraces the tangible metrics by which Hispanic achievements can be counted.

Come along to listen, gain new insight, and engage with this panel about wealth management. Take control of your financial situation as you navigate your entrepreneurial journey.  El Hispanic Wealth Project es un proyecto para construir un plan para la creación de riqueza hispana, identificar los activos específicos en los que se puede acumular riqueza hispana, apoyar el acceso hispano a dichos activos, guiar la administración de dichos activos y comenzar un diálogo en torno a la riqueza para las comunidades hispanas que enfoca las actividades que pueden conducir a la grandeza, y abarca las medidas tangibles con las cuales se pueden contar los logros hispanos. Participe en esta presentación, obtenga nueva información e interactúe con este panel sobre la gestión de patrimonio. Tome el control de su situación financiera mientras navega en su viaje empresarial.&Nbsp;

Speakers
avatar for Ricardo Cabrera

Ricardo Cabrera

Licensed Real Estate Agent, HomeSmart Realty Group
Sales and Marketing professional with 1) commercial/residential Real Estate expertise and 2) Business Development experience in the Medical Devices Industry in the US and Latin America Business and Distribution Networks, Database Development/Integration with direct experience in the... Read More →
avatar for Marta Loachamin

Marta Loachamin

Boulder County Bilingual Realtor, Steps Real Estate
Avid Bilingual Realtor working in CO real estate market since 1999 in both mortgage and real estate contracts. I have a passion for helping people invest in their families and communities. Buying and selling real estate in Colorado is an amazing way to do that.
avatar for Adriana Sodja

Adriana Sodja

Founder, Avva Financial
Money coaching as an employee benefit.


Tuesday July 24, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

9:00am MDT

Mentor Talk: Dr. Paul Grundy - Changing Mindsets at the Global Level.
Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers
avatar for Dr. Paul Grundy

Dr. Paul Grundy

Global Director Healthcare Transformation, HealthTeamWorks


9:00am MDT

Childcare provided by Family Village (Ground Floor) (9am to 3pm only)
Longmont Startup Week in partnership with Family Village is proud to offer childcare for parents interested in attending Startup Week. We are providing childcare on July 23, 24 and 25th from 9am to 3pm. Family Village is a cooperatively owned and run community and childcare center for local parents. We provide classes, support, social activities and events, and co-working for parents and high quality cooperatively managed childcare for kids.

Parents must remain on site and be available via text message in the event their assistance is needed with their child, including diaper changes. Each child can be in our care for UP TO 3 HOURS each day. We can care for children 6 months old and up. Rates subsidized by Longmont Startup Week are $8 per child per hour and $5 per child per hour for each additional child per family.

Please contact Melanie at info@familyvillagelongmont.com to arrange for your childcare and pay for the hours required in advance. Your spots are not confirmed until you have paid Family Village.


Tuesday July 24, 2018 9:00am - 3:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

10:30am MDT

Python Productivity for Edge Computing Devices (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity seats available

To some Cloud computing is so "yesterday". Forester Research, warns that the coming sensor deluge makes large parts of Cloud computing unrealistic. Instead in it's place it is becoming far more efficient and practical to process data when and where it is collected, data collection enabled by the Internet of Things Smart Devices - your smart phone, a smart traffic signal, a Fit-bit, or other digitally enabled and networked device resident on the edge of a network.

This is called "Edge Computing," where data gets processed as close to the source as possible - the edge of the network - instead of it being uploaded and processed in massive, centralized data-storage systems.

So what does that mean for startups, what are some of the practical applications of edge computing?

Come along to this session and learn about some real world practical applications of IoT and edge computing using Python and  Xilinx Open Source Technology, you will hopefully walk away with an understanding, if you do not have one already, that as the Internet of Things continues to evolve, the opportunity of edge computing innovations continues to rise.

In this session you will obtain Python tips and tricks to use with the Xilinx Open Source Technology PYNQ, then continue your learning into the practical workshop session in the afternoon and get some hands on exposure to working with the Xilinx Open Source Technology: "Workshop: Fast Start with Xilinx Open-Source Solutions -XUP PYNQ"

Para algunos, la computación en la nube es cosa del pasado. Forester Research, advierte que el inminente diluvio de sensores hace que grandes partes de la computación en la nube sean poco realistas. En lugar de eso, es cada vez más eficiente y práctico procesar los datos cuando y en el lugar dónde se recolectan, la recopilación de datos habilitada por Internet of Things Smart Devices: su teléfono inteligente, una señal de tráfico inteligente, un Fit-bit u otro dispositivo digital p dispositivo habilitado y en redes adecuadas.

Esto se llama "Computación Edge", donde los datos se procesan lo más cerca posible de la fuente en lugar de cargarse y procesarse en sistemas de almacenamiento de datos masivos y centralizados.
Entonces, ¿qué significa eso para las empresas y empresarios? ¿cuáles son algunas de las aplicaciones prácticas de este tipo de informática?

Participe en esta sesión y aprenda sobre algunas las aplicaciones prácticas del mundo real de la IoT y la informática de punta en diferentes escenarios. Creemos que al finalizar esta presentación Ud. se ira a casa entendiendo los principales conceptos, si aún no lo hace. A medida que Internet of Things continúa evolucionando, la oportunidad de innovación en el campo de la informática van en aumento.

 

Speakers
avatar for Craig Abramson

Craig Abramson

Marketing, Xilinx
Experienced Technical Marketing Engineer with over 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry, most of them with Xilinx as both a Field Application Engineer and more recently, in marketing. Prior to that, did actual embedded design on the earliest 32-bit processors for both... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Tuesday July 24, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

10:30am MDT

Exit Strategy? What's Yours?
Limited Capacity filling up

As an owner or a founder of a company or business when you meet with financial advisors, potential investors, or future employees at some point in time they are going to ask you about your exit strategy. If you are like most entrepreneurs, you probably do not realize that developing your exit strategy is one of the most important steps you will ever take. By not having the right exit strategy in place today, you are risking both the financial wealth of your venture and that of you own personal financial security.

So, let’s ask you - What's the exit strategy for the company you founded?

Come to this session to understand why it’s important to define your exit strategy at the beginning of your startup, listen, and learn about some of the many different types of exit strategies and their implications, ask questions and get insight into which strategy might maximize your wealth whether that be selling to a strategic partner, a financial buyer, going IPO, offering an ICO, or ESOP. Como propietario o fundador de una empresa cuando se reúna con asesores financieros, posibles inversionistas o futuros empleados, en algún momento le preguntarán sobre su “estrategia de salida”. Si usted es como la mayoría de los empresarios, probablemente no se dé cuenta de que desarrollar una estrategia de salida es uno de los pasos más importantes por emprender. Al no tener una estrategia de salida correcta y en vigencia, está arriesgando tanto la riqueza financiera de su empresa como la de su seguridad financiera personal. Entonces, le preguntamos: ¿Cuál es la estrategia de salida para la empresa que fundó?

Venga a esta sesión para entender por qué es importante definir su estrategia de salida al comienzo de su empresa, escuchar y aprender algunos de los diferentes tipos de estrategias de salida y sus implicaciones. Haga preguntas y obtenga información sobre qué estrategia puede maximizar su riqueza, ya sea vendiéndola a un socio estratégico, a un comprador financiero, a una OPI en marcha u ofreciendo un ICO o ESOP.

Moderators
avatar for Eben Johnson

Eben Johnson

Founder, CEO, QZetta
Intra- and entrepreneurial team, leadership, and founder positions; 20 year focus in innovation; QZetta, Inc. - innovations in digital marketing and consumer engagement; Faculty: Engineering Management Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado - Boulder... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Matt Dickstein

Matt Dickstein

CEO, Creative Learning Systems
Matthew Dickstein has been a successful entrepreneur in the field of education for over 30 years.  He is currently CEO of Creative Learning Systems, a leading provider of STEM centers for schools.  Prior to joining CLS, he played key roles in building National Technological University... Read More →
avatar for Gary Nelson

Gary Nelson

President, Creative Learning Systems
Gary Nelson, graduated from North Texas State University in 1976 with a BS in Industrial Arts education. He taught one year at W. T. White High School in Dallas before opening the rocky mountain region for Brodhead-Garrett. He designed and implemented Industrial Arts programs for... Read More →
avatar for Andy Welch

Andy Welch

President, Sun Construction
A passionate entrepenuer in several industry spaces ranging through construction and development, software, automotive and energy. Andy has successfully exited multiple startups that he founded.  He is also a software technology patent holder. Currently Andy’s time is spent... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Schallert Group

10:30am MDT

Why Smarter Cities Need Startups, and Startups Need Smarter Cities
Limited Capacity filling up

In just a few short years our world will be drastically different. Almost everything in and around us in our lives and our cities will be automated thanks to The Internet of Things (IoT) and the latest in Edge computing and communications technology. Steve Case, founder of AOL, calls this the Third Wave which is about “integrating the internet into every aspect of our lives in seamless and often invisible ways.”

This shift will have a profound impact for innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups as demand for products and services change as well as the workforce that is needed to support our hyper-connected cities of today and in the future. So where do you and your startup fit in to this new paradigm of smart city opportunity?

In this session begin your LSW’18 Smart City journey, discover some of the new innovations and opportunities that are emerging in the Smart City Market, hear and discuss why cities need startups, and why our startups need smarter cities. It amounts to being "smarter. together." En solo unos pocos años mas, nuestro mundo será drásticamente diferente. Casi todo lo que está dentro y alrededor de nosotros en nuestras vidas y nuestras ciudades se automatizará gracias al Internet de las Cosas (IoT) y lo último en tecnología informática y de comunicaciones de Edge. Steve Case, fundador de AOL, llama a esto la Tercera Ola, que trata de "integrar Internet en todos los aspectos de nuestras vidas de manera transparente y, a menudo, invisible". Este cambio tendrá un profundo impacto para los innovadores y emprendedores , y las nuevas empresas a medida que cambia la demanda de productos y servicios, así como la fuerza de trabajo que se necesita para sostener y hacer funcionar nuestras ciudades hiper-conectadas de hoy y en el futuro. Entonces, ¿dónde encajan usted y su empresa en este nuevo paradigma de ciudad inteligente?

En esta sesión, comience su viaje LSW'18 Smart City, descubra algunas de las nuevas innovaciones y oportunidades que están surgiendo en el Smart City Market, escuche y debata por qué las ciudades necesitan empresarios e innovadores, y por qué nuestros emprendedores necesitan ciudades más inteligentes. Esto equivale a ser "Más Inteligentes / Juntos".

Moderators
avatar for Sumanth Channabasappa

Sumanth Channabasappa

Founding Director, The CORE
Sumanth is a technologist and entrepreneur who loves to work on globally impactful innovations that deliver market-based returns. His experiences include leadership & contributions to technologies such as: mobile, broadband, Internet, network security, Voice over IP (VoIP), and the... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Thomas Darcy

Thomas Darcy

Founder, CEO, Innovation Brokers
Accomplished thought leader & strategy advisor; Recognized innovator in creating multigenerational workforces; Developer of award winning Social Impact programs for STEM, Resiliency, Sustainability, and Smarter Cities; Implemented breakthrough designs resolving critical issues associated... Read More →
avatar for Shawn Lewis

Shawn Lewis

Assistant City Manager, City of Longmont


Tuesday July 24, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Bootstrap Brewing

10:30am MDT

Time for a Change: Women Investing in Women
Limited Capacity seats available

Men are estimated to constitute 99% of investment decision making partners at VC firms, welcome to the VC boys club. Solution? Get more women investing in early stage companies and VC funds who will invest in more women entrepreneurs. It is estimated that by 2030 women will control as much as two-thirds of the nation's wealth.; therefore, it is critical to our innovation economy that we have more women early stage investors. Let’s change the VC dynamics, move markets, and get gender smart!

Se estima que los hombres constituyen el 99% de quienes toman decisiones de inversión en las empresas de capital de riesgo, bienvenidos al club de hombres de VC. ¿Solución? Haga que más mujeres inviertan en compañías en etapa inicial y los fondos VC que inviertan en más mujeres empresarias. Se estima que para el año 2030 las mujeres controlarán dos tercios de la riqueza del país; por lo tanto, es fundamental para nuestra economía de innovación que tengamos más inversionistas mujeres desde las primeras etapas. ¡Cambiemos la dinámica de VC, cambiemos los mercados y seamos inteligentes en cuestiones de género!

Moderators
avatar for Judith Nowlin

Judith Nowlin

Chief Growth Officer, Babyscripts (former Co-founder/CEO, iBirth), Babyscripts
Judith created iBirth™, a mobile care companion for pregnancy, birth and postpartum, to improve health outcomes for women and children all around the world. The iBirth™ app was born out of her prior decade of service in maternity care as a childbirth educator, birth doula and... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Trish Groom

Trish Groom

Investor and Member, Next Wave Impact
I am an accomplished, resourceful, and persuasive business development leader and entrepreneur with 13+ years of diverse experience in emerging and mid-size environments. I have a proven track record of launching companies, leading them through rapid growth, driving business development... Read More →
avatar for Lori Jones

Lori Jones

President & CEO, Avocet Communications
With close to thirty yearsof experience in the marketing field, Lori Jones, president and CEO of AvocetCommunications, brings top retail, consumer product, andbusiness-to-business brands knowledge and expertise in all aspects ofintegrated marketing. This includes strategic planning... Read More →
avatar for Hanh Nguyen

Hanh Nguyen

Partner, Yossarian Capital Partners
Former financial regulatory compliance consultant, Hanh has advised some of the world's top asset managers comply with securities law in various stages of their business life cycle. After seeing the successes and failures of various private equity investment strategies, Hanh founded... Read More →
avatar for Donna Shields, MS, RDN

Donna Shields, MS, RDN

Co-Founder, Holistic Cannabis Academy
Highly experienced in holistic health communications, project management, spokesperson work and business development. Primary experience is in the medical cannabis arena and in health marketing for Fortune 100 food companies. Cookbook author, product development for food brands, and... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

12:00pm MDT

Food Truck: Vokan Azul Catering (2nd Floor-Amethyst Lounge aka: Kitchen)
Feeling the hunger? The need to fuel up? Swing by the Technology Basecamp and check out today's food truck.

Vokan Azul Catering
https://www.volcanazulcatering.com/

Based out of Longmont, Colorado. Volcán Azul brings the delicious food and the warm hospitality of Mexico to your home and events!


Tuesday July 24, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

12:00pm MDT

Lunch with Morgan Smith: Bridging the Generational Gap - Baby Boomers, Millennials, and Gen Z (The Presidential Room)
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Millennials and the up-and-coming Generation Z have gained a lot of media attention, but are they that different from their predecessors? Come and learn about what’s different and what’s the same between these generations and how to use our intergenerational knowledge to build better workplaces and communities, together.

Morgan Smith dará una presentación sobre la brecha de edad en el mundo laboral de la tecnología y cómo podemos trabajar juntos "de manera más inteligente".

Speakers
avatar for Limina

Limina

We work with innovators, enterprise businesses and government to improve the intersection of people, information & technology.


Tuesday July 24, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
The Dickens Tavern

12:00pm MDT

UCHealth Lunch Panel : Data, AI, Machine Learning, and Innovative Models in Primary Care & Population Health
Limited Capacity seats available

A panel discussion on advances and new models of primary care and population health highlighting the technology needs, gaps, etc, to further advance population health management and community well being.

For the local Longmont community where does Data, AI, Machine learning, as well as good old fashion care coordination fit in to make this possible? What are the gaps that remain and what are short and long-term opportunities for entrepreneurs and other healthcare health tech companies to truly push this conversation forward? What would the short-term actionable items be that we would work on with industry with entrepreneurs that will make a difference?

Moderators
JA

Jason Amrich

Vice President - Operations, UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital

Speakers
DE

Dan Eamon

Director - LEAD and Co-Responder Programs, City of Longmont
avatar for Dr. Paul Grundy

Dr. Paul Grundy

Global Director Healthcare Transformation, HealthTeamWorks
JM

Jason McRoy

Director of Business Operation, Boulder County Department of Health & Human Services
MM

Melody Mills

Marketing Strategist, UCHealth
DN

Don Nease

Green-Edelman Chair for Practice-Based Research, University of Colorado Denver


Tuesday July 24, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Bootstrap Brewing

1:15pm MDT

Workshop: Fast Start with Xilinx Open-Source Solutions - XUP PYNQ (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

What is PYNQ?

PYNQ is an open-source project from Xilinx® that makes it easy to design embedded systems with Xilinx Zynq® All Programmable Systems on Chips (APSoCs).

Using the Python language and libraries, designers can exploit the benefits of programmable logic and microprocessors in Zynq to build more capable and exciting embedded systems.
PYNQ users can now create high performance embedded applications with
  • parallel hardware execution
  • high frame-rate video processing
  • hardware accelerated algorithms
  • real-time signal processing
  • high bandwidth IO
  • low latency control
The PYNQ-Z1 is the first Zynq board to support PYNQ.

Who is PYNQ for?

PYNQ is intended to be used by a wide range of designers and developers including:
  • Software developers who want to take advantage of the capabilities of Zynq and programmable hardware without having to use ASIC-style design tools to design hardware.
  • System architects who want an easy software interface and framework for their Zynq design.
  • Hardware designers who want their designs to be used by the widest possible audience.

What do I need?

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For this workshop you will need to bring a laptop with a wired internet/Ethernet port to connect to the PYNQ development board.

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Jupyter Notebook is a browser based interactive computing environment. Jupyter notebook documents can be created that include live code, interactive widgets, plots, explanatory text, equations, images and video.

The PYNQ-Z1 can be easily programmed in Jupyter Notebook using Python.
Using Python, developers can use hardware libraries and overlays on the programmable logic. Hardware libraries, or overlays, can speed up software running on the PYNQ-Z1, and customize the hardware platform and interfaces.

The PYNQ image is a bootable Linux image, and includes the pynq Python package, and other open-source packages.

The Jupyter notebook interface is browser based. Only a compatible web browser is needed to start programming PYNQ with Python.

For higher performance, you can also use C/C++ with PYNQ. The Xilinx SDK software development environment is available for free and supports the PYNQ-Z1.

You can also use third party software development tools.
New hardware libraries and overlays can be created using standard Xilinx and third party hardware design tools.

The PYNQ-Z1 is fully supported by the free WebPACK version of Xilinx Vivado. 



¿Qué es PYNQ?

PYNQ es un proyecto de código abierto de Xilinx® que facilita el diseño de sistemas integrados con Xilinx Zynq® Todos los sistemas programables en chips (APSoC).

Utilizando el lenguaje y las bibliotecas de Python, los diseñadores pueden aprovechar los beneficios de la lógica programable y los microprocesadores en Zynq para crear sistemas embebidos de mayor capacidad. Los usuarios de PYNQ ahora pueden crear aplicaciones integradas de alto rendimiento con
  • ejecución de hardware paralelo
  • procesamiento de video de alta velocidad de cuadros
  • algoritmos acelerados por hardware
  • procesamiento de señales en tiempo real
  • alto ancho de banda IO
control de baja latencia PYNQ-Z1 es la primera placa Zynq compatible con PYNQ.



¿Para quién es PYNQ?
PYNQ está destinado a ser utilizado por una amplia gama de diseñadores incluidos:
  • Programadores de software que deseen aprovechar las capacidades de Zynq y el hardware programable sin tener que utilizar el diseño de estilo ASIC para ols para diseñar hardware.
  • Aquellos que deseen una interfaz de software sencilla y un marco para su diseño Zynq.
  • Los diseñadores de hardware que desean que sus diseños sean utilizados por la mayor audiencia posible.
¿Qué necesito?
Notebook Jupyter es un entorno informático interactivo basado en navegador. Se pueden crear documentos de Jupyter para computadora portátil que incluyan código en vivo, widgets interactivos, tramas, texto explicativo, ecuaciones, imágenes y video.

El PYNQ-Z1 se puede programar fácilmente en Jupyter Notebook utilizando Python. Al usar Python, los diseñadores pueden usar & nbsp; bibliotecas de hardware y & nbsp; superposiciones en la lógica programable. Las bibliotecas de hardware , o superposiciones , pueden acelerar el software que se ejecuta en el PYNQ-Z1 y personalizar la plataforma e interfaces de hardware.

La imagen PYNQ es una imagen de arranque de Linux e incluye el paquete pynq Python y otros paquetes de código abierto.

La interfaz de Jupyter notebook está basada en navegador.  solo un navegador compatible web es necesario para comenzar a programar PYNQ con Python.

Para un mayor rendimiento, también puede usar C / C ++ con PYNQ. El 
El entorno de desarrollo está disponible de forma gratuita y es compatible con PYNQ-Z1.

También puede utilizar los software y herramientas creados por terceras empresas.
Se pueden crear nuevas bibliotecas y superposiciones de hardware utilizando las herramientas estándar de diseño de hardware Xilinx y de terceros. El PYNQ-Z1 es totalmente compatible con  versión gratuita de WebPACK de Xilinx Vivado 


Speakers
avatar for Craig Abramson

Craig Abramson

Marketing, Xilinx
Experienced Technical Marketing Engineer with over 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry, most of them with Xilinx as both a Field Application Engineer and more recently, in marketing. Prior to that, did actual embedded design on the earliest 32-bit processors for both... Read More →
avatar for Forrest Pickett

Forrest Pickett

Zynq Solutions, Xilinx

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Tuesday July 24, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

1:15pm MDT

Inclusive Startups: Why it Works
Limited Capacity seats available

Diversity and inclusion have an inherent value from a human perspective. In a diverse and globalized world, your startup is missing out if you are not hearing from multiple perspectives. We design our startups to operate in today’s global economy, and placing diversity and inclusion at the foundation of your startup strategy will provide a strategic advantage.

Come join this conversation and hear from leaders and companies who will share their knowledge, wisdom, and experiences with you about how diversity and inclusion can create a strategic advantage for your startup.

La diversidad y la inclusión tienen un valor inherente desde una perspectiva humana. En un mundo diverso y globalizado, su empresa está perdiendo si no está escuchando opiniones de crecimiento desde múltiples perspectivas. Diseñamos nuestras empresas para operar en la economía global de hoy, y colocando la diversidad y la inclusión en la base de su estrategia de empresa, esta proporcionará una ventaja estratégica.

Participe en esta conversación y escuche de líderes y compañías que compartirán sus conocimientos, sabiduría y experiencias con usted sobre cómo la diversidad y la inclusión pueden crear una ventaja estratégica para su compañía.

Moderators
avatar for Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor

Digital Storyteller and Consultant, AskDaveTaylor.com
I'm a storyteller (http://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/), whether through the written word, video, on stage as a public speaker, or as a teacher and educator. Every company, every product has a story. Are you telling yours?I help companies realize the potential of reimagining their business... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Carlos Mireles

Carlos Mireles

Owner, Blu Bamboo Design
avatar for Robert Rivera

Robert Rivera

UX/Product Manager
User Experience is now at center stage of product and service design. It's not about colors, trends or even about what we thinks as professionals; it's about what the user needs and why they need it.  
avatar for Heather Terenzio

Heather Terenzio

Co-Founder, President, CEO, Techtonic Group
Heather Terenzio is the co-founder and CEO of Techtonic Group. Techtonic Group is a software services company building web-based and mobile products for start-ups and the Fortune 1000. Four years ago, Heather founded Techtonic Academy to train people with diverse backgrounds how to... Read More →
avatar for Jose Vieitez

Jose Vieitez

Co-Founder, Director, Portfolio Manager, Boomtown Accelerator
Jose Vieitez is a cofounder of Boomtown Accelerator in Boulder, helping early stage startups reach product market fit and become successful high-growth companies. Jose is a Stanford graduate with a background in Industrial Engineering and User Experience design, and moved out to Colorado... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce

1:15pm MDT

Elevating Healthcare Innovations and Healthcare Entrepreneurs
Limited Capacity seats available

Technology and innovation keeps many industries in a state of flux, and the healthcare space is no exception. From companies created to work with the best of today's new value-based healthcare system to precision medicine, data analytics and interoperability, you can count on a landscape that is always changing, thanks to new approaches and innovations driven by entrepreneurs adept shaking things up.

Come and meet some of the folks who imagine, build and deliver new healthcare innovations, and those that support these innovators.

Moderators
avatar for Gary Wayne Clark

Gary Wayne Clark

Founder, Angel Investor, Grammy® Recording Academy Artist, XBT LLC
Gary Wayne Clark is an engineer by training, a venture capitalist by trade, but a storyteller at heart. A serial entrepreneur, a prolific songwriter, an experienced Angel Investor, and a technology architect of creative destruction, he's currently the CEO of Ten Bears Technology... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Keith Hughes

Keith Hughes

Founder, CEO, Inhabitech
Keith is the Founder and CEO of Inhabitech, a company that helps older adults age in place by turning their home into a wellness sensor through the use of IoT devices.Experienced in founding, organizing, managing, and scaling organizations with an eye on the whole, including business... Read More →
avatar for Sharon Lake

Sharon Lake

Founder, CEO, Cutagenesis
I have worked in medical device start-ups for over 25 years. With broad experience that spans general management, business development, R&D, operations, marketing and clinical trials, I help companies strategize, refine business models and execute on plans. I am a consultant who works... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Christ Church International

1:15pm MDT

Women in Team Leadership Roles is Good for Business
Limited Capacity seats available

In today’s global marketplace where diverse backgrounds, skills, and experience are critical for strategic and operational decisions, having more women involved at the highest levels of business management and organizational governance is associated with more profitable and well-managed organizations, our startups should be no different.

Even though the percentage of women in the talent pipeline has steadily increased over the last three decades there are still large gender gaps from entry-level right through to top executive positions. Research from the Boardlist shows that in Tech, women hold only 30% of the entry-level roles and only approximately 7% of private tech company boards are made up of women.

Come and join this conversation and hear some of reasons why having women in your organization's leadership roles will benefit your entire organization, including the benefits of greater diversity in thought processes, organizational and management trust, growing collaborative cultures, and mentoring and team development. En el mercado global actual, donde los antecedentes, las habilidades y la experiencia son fundamentales para las decisiones estratégicas y operativas, contar con más mujeres participando en los más altos niveles de gestión empresarial y gobierno organizacional se asocia con organizaciones más rentables y mejor administradas. Esto no debería ser diferente en nuestras empresas.

Aunque el porcentaje de mujeres en el espectro empresarial ha aumentado en las últimas tres décadas, todavía hay grandes brechas de género desde el nivel de inicio hasta los puestos ejecutivos más altos. La investigación de Boardlist muestra que en Tech, las mujeres ocupan solo el 30% de las funciones de nivel de entrada y solo aproximadamente el 7% del directorio de empresas de tecnología privada están compuestas por mujeres. Venga y participe en esta conversación y infórmese de algunas razones por las que tener mujeres en los roles de liderazgo de su organización beneficiará a toda su organización, incluidos los beneficios de una mayor diversidad en los procesos de generar confianza organizacional y de gestión, el crecimiento de culturas colaborativas y la tutoría y el desarrollo de equipos.

Moderators
avatar for Jana Sanchez

Jana Sanchez

Executive Director, LaunchNo.CO
I've been telling stories that get results for more than 20 years. With an extensive background in both fundraising and marketing, I've had opportunity to dive deeply into how crafting effective messages, rooted in honest emotion, and built around clear action - attract both people... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Alires Almon

Alires Almon

Sr. Director, Operations and Partnerships, 100 Year Starship
As part of 100YSS and Founder of Deep Space Predictive Research Group, Alires brings together leading scientists and global thought leaders in science, space exploration, business, engineering and culture. Utilizing creative decision-making and problem-solving strategies to develop... Read More →
avatar for Kristen Moorefield

Kristen Moorefield

Director of Human Resources, SparkFun Electronics
Kristen Moorefield is the HR Director at SparkFun Electronics, Inc, in Niwot, CO. SparkFun is an open-source electronics e-retailer that focuses on making embedded electronics accessible to everyone, no matter age or skill-level. While not in a technical role herself, Kristen helps... Read More →
avatar for Judith Nowlin

Judith Nowlin

Chief Growth Officer, Babyscripts (former Co-founder/CEO, iBirth), Babyscripts
Judith created iBirth™, a mobile care companion for pregnancy, birth and postpartum, to improve health outcomes for women and children all around the world. The iBirth™ app was born out of her prior decade of service in maternity care as a childbirth educator, birth doula and... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
St. Vrain Cidery

2:45pm MDT

KPI Hell: Key Milestones for Funding and Profit
Limited Capacity seats available

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): What are they? What matters? What doesn't?

We'll go on a journey through profitability, liquidity, and sales efficiency with a few other attractions on the way. In the end you'll have the context to wade through the multitude of measurements and select the measurements that are meaningful to your venture. Indicadores clave de rendimiento (KPI): ¿Qué son? ¿Qué es lo que importa? ¿Qué no?

Haremos un viaje a través de la rentabilidad, la liquidez y la eficiencia de las ventas. Al final, tendrá el contexto para seleccionar las medidas que sean significativas para su empresa.

Moderators
avatar for Ian Netherton

Ian Netherton

Founder, CEO, ScribWorks
Ian Netherton works with emerging businesses helping them navigate the complexity of their growth. His background and expertise span tax, financial reporting, valuation and advisory services. He serves as an adjunct finance officer for several early growth corporations. He is presently... Read More →

Tuesday July 24, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
TREAT Snack House

2:45pm MDT

Diversity at the Board and Leadership Level
Limited Capacity seats available

In today’s global marketplace, where diverse backgrounds, skills, and experience are critical for strategic and operational decisions, having more women involved at the highest levels of business management and organizational governance is associated with more profitable and well-managed organizations. Our startups should be no different.

Even though the percentage of women in the talent pipeline has steadily increased over the last three decades there are still large gender gaps from entry-level right through to top executive positions. Research from the Boardlist shows that in tech women hold only 30% of the entry-level roles, and only approximately 7% of private tech company boards are made up of women.

In a multi-year study the UC Davis Graduate School of Management bench-marked annually gender diversity at the leadership level. In their results they show how those organizations with women in leadership roles have a bottom line improvement. Join this conversation and hear some of reasons why having women in senior leadership and Board roles will benefit your entire organization. En el mercado global actual, donde los antecedentes, las habilidades y la experiencia son cruciales para las decisiones estratégicas y operativas, contar con más mujeres participando en los más altos niveles de gestión empresarial y gobierno organizacional se asocia con organizaciones más rentables y mejor administradas. Nuestras empresas no deberían ser ajenas a esto.

Aunque el porcentaje de mujeres ha aumentado en las últimas tres décadas, todavía existen grandes brechas de género desde el nivel inicial hasta los puestos ejecutivos más altos. La investigación de Boardlist muestra que en la tecnología las mujeres ocupan solo el 30% de las funciones de nivel de entrada, y solo aproximadamente el 7% de la junta de directorio de empresas de tecnología privada están compuestas por mujeres. En un estudio de varios años la UC Davis Graduate School of Management trabajo con el estudio anual de la diversidad de género a nivel de liderazgo. En sus resultados, muestran cómo las organizaciones con mujeres en puestos de liderazgo tienen una mejora en los resultados. Participe en esta conversación y aprenda las razones por las cuales contar con mujeres en puestos de liderazgo y en la junta de directores beneficiará a toda su organización.

Moderators
avatar for Jana Sanchez

Jana Sanchez

Executive Director, LaunchNo.CO
I've been telling stories that get results for more than 20 years. With an extensive background in both fundraising and marketing, I've had opportunity to dive deeply into how crafting effective messages, rooted in honest emotion, and built around clear action - attract both people... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Alires Almon

Alires Almon

Sr. Director, Operations and Partnerships, 100 Year Starship
As part of 100YSS and Founder of Deep Space Predictive Research Group, Alires brings together leading scientists and global thought leaders in science, space exploration, business, engineering and culture. Utilizing creative decision-making and problem-solving strategies to develop... Read More →
avatar for Natasha Pongonis

Natasha Pongonis

Co-Founder, CEO, OYE! Business Intelligence
Natasha Pongonis is the co-owner of Nativa, an SBA 8(a) certified multicultural marketing agency that focuses on using data-driven insights to guide the process of digital communications strategies. Natasha is also the co-founder & CEO of OYE! Business Intelligence a data analytics... Read More →
avatar for Heather Terenzio

Heather Terenzio

Co-Founder, President, CEO, Techtonic Group
Heather Terenzio is the co-founder and CEO of Techtonic Group. Techtonic Group is a software services company building web-based and mobile products for start-ups and the Fortune 1000. Four years ago, Heather founded Techtonic Academy to train people with diverse backgrounds how to... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
Longtucky Spirits

2:45pm MDT

Mentor Talk: Chris Salter - Knowing When and How to Bring in Help
Limited Capacity filling up

Being a leader in a startup can be a lonely and solitary role and we often times fall to thoughts of a lack of support, cooperation, and collaboration from our organization. More often than not, though, these thoughts are not the fault of our team's or organization's unwillingness to lend a hand, but the fact that most people simply don’t, or won’t, ask for help.

Why? A common barrier is that we are often times blind to the fact that we need help. Another barrier is that we often times fear asking for help as it is interpreted as a sign of weakness, ignorance, or failure. Also, a strong culture of self-reliance is one of our core barriers, an admirable trait that can cause a significant failure in your startup.

Come and enjoy conversation with Chris Salter, a seasoned entrepreneur, CEO of Music Wizard, Board Member for Startup Longmont, mentor, and community thought leader. Chris teaches and mentors in the Longmont community and further afield on inception and early stage entrepreneurial tools and thinking.

Throughout LSW’18 Chris will be working with a number of our community thought leaders to provide entrepreneurial sessions across a variety of topics under the Founder Track. In this session, he will be discussion when you should ask for help, whom you should ask for help, how you should ask for help, and most importantly how to get out of our own way and accept help. Ser líder en una empresa puede ser un rol solitario y muchas veces sentimos una falta de apoyo, cooperación y colaboración de nuestra propia organización. La mayoría de las veces, sin embargo, estos pensamientos no son culpa de la falta de voluntad de nuestro equipo u organización para darnos una mano, sino del hecho de que la mayoría de nosotros y de las personas en general simplemente no solicitan ayuda como para recibirla, y no lo harán.

¿Por qué? Una barrera común es que muchas veces no vemos que necesitamos ayuda. Otra barrera es que muchas veces tememos pedir ayuda, ya que se interpreta como un signo de debilidad, ignorancia o fracaso. Además, una fuerte cultura de autosuficiencia es una de nuestras principales barreras, un rasgo admirable que puede causar un fracaso significativo en su empresa.

Venga, participe y disfrute de una conversación con Chris Salter, un experimentado empresario, CEO de Music Asistente, miembro de la Junta de Directorio de Startup Longmont, mentor y líder del pensamiento comunitario. Chris da charlas y es mentor en Longmont enseñando estrategias de inicio, dando herramientas y propalando un pensamiento emprendedor de la etapa inicial. A lo largo de LSW'18, Chris trabajará con varios de nuestros líderes comunitarios para ofrecer sesiones de emprendimiento en una variedad de temas bajo el Founder Track. En esta sesión, se discutirá cuándo debe pedir ayuda, a quién debe pedir ayuda, cómo debe pedir ayuda y lo más importante, cómo dar un paso al costado y aceptar ayuda.

Speakers
avatar for Chris Salter

Chris Salter

CEO, Music Wizard Next Gen
Chris Salter is an experienced entrepreneur and Longmont Startup Board member. His areas of expertise are in simplifying concepts and giving entrepreneurs tools that help them cope with, analyze and resolve the common problems we all face.


2:45pm MDT

The Internal Landscape: Making Emotions Work For You and Your Team
Limited Capacity seats available

Take a journey into your mind and turn your fears into your friends.  In this session you will learn how emotional intelligence based in mindfulness can improve teamwork and productivity for your organization. Haga un viaje dentro de su mente y convierta sus miedos en sus propios amigos. & Nbsp; En esta sesión, aprenderá cómo la inteligencia emocional basada en la atención plena puede mejorar el trabajo en equipo y la productividad de su organización.

Speakers
avatar for Mark Downey

Mark Downey

Performance Enhancement Coach, Mnomadic Coaching & Consulting
I’m a Certified Professional Coach who believes taking the time to really know yourself is the secret to turning your passion into results that matter. I spent five years as a management consultant supporting boundary-pushing startups and mission-driven companies like National... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
St. Vrain Cidery

3:30pm MDT

Left Hand Yoga with Practice for Life
Stay in balance with a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Join us for a Yoga session.

Manténgase en equilibrio con una mente, cuerpo y espíritu saludables. Venga con nosotros para una sesión de Yoga.

Speakers
avatar for James Allison

James Allison

Founder, Owner, Left Hand Yoga


Tuesday July 24, 2018 3:30pm - 4:30pm MDT
Left Hand Yoga

4:15pm MDT

Introducing Design to a Dev Culture (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity seats available

Bringing the design process to a traditionally developer-led organization can be a huge challenge. Established processes and cultures affect how broadly design can be applied, how user feedback is incorporated, and how successful a design effort will ultimately be.

Chris Alvarez recently tackled this challenge in his own organization and will be sharing his approach as well as the interactive presentation used to introduce design to his own engineering team.

Llevar el proceso de diseño a una organización tradicionalmente dirigida por diseñadores (developers) puede ser un gran desafío. Los procesos y culturas establecidos afectan la forma en que se puede aplicar el diseño, cómo se incorporan los comentarios de los usuarios y cuán exitoso será finalmente un esfuerzo de diseño.

Chris Alvarez recientemente abordó este desafío en su propia organización y compartirá su enfoque, así como la presentación interactiva utilizada para dar a conocer el diseño a su propio equipo de ingeniería.

Moderators
avatar for Chris Alvarez

Chris Alvarez

UX Design Lead, Derive Systems
I use my diverse background in development, corporate education and advertising to fulfill my passion for crafting amazing human experiences. As someone who likes to 'ask why until it hurts,' I enjoy the raw, messy and iterative nature of design and believe the best solutions start... Read More →

Tuesday July 24, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

4:15pm MDT

Innovation Mindset for Startups
Limited Capacity seats available

Organizations with goals of rapid growth need to combine an innovative mindset with enterprise-level focus and resources. When you think about the typical startup, what words come to mind? "Lean"? "Innovative"? "Trendy"? "Agile"?

What about a classic Fortune 500 enterprise, or a municipality that has been around for decades or centuries even. Odds, are the words that come to mind invoke a completely different set of words - maybe "bureaucratic," "political", "too hierarchical", "stifled", "outdated" and perhaps "difficult".

Despite their intrinsic differences, one thing is certain: The pace of change across industry is so fast and volatile that organizations of all sizes risk their very survival unless they become more disruptive and innovation.

Come along to this conversation and understand why and how organizations, need to, and can develop cultures of open collaboration, and most importantly, innovation - developing an innovation mindset for startups is, hyper co-innovation. Las organizaciones con objetivos de crecimiento rápido deben combinar una mentalidad innovadora con enfoque y recursos de nivel empresarial. Cuando piensas en una empresa startup típica, ¿qué palabras le vienen a la mente? "Apoyo"? "Innovacion"? "Moda"? "Ágilidad"?

¿Qué podríamos decir de una empresa clásica Fortune 500, o un municipio que ha existido durante décadas o incluso siglos. Probablemente, las palabras que vienen a su mente representan un conjunto completamente diferente de palabras, tal vez "burocrático", "político", "demasiado jerárquico", "sofocado", "desactualizado" y quizás "difícil".

A pesar de sus diferencias intrínsecas, una cosa es cierta: el ritmo del cambio en la industria es tan rápido y volátil que las organizaciones de todos los tamaños arriesgan su propia supervivencia a menos que se vuelvan más disruptivas e innovadoras.

Participar en esta conversación y comprender por qué y cómo las organizaciones necesitan y pueden desarrollar culturas de colaboración abierta, y lo más importante: innovar, desarrollar una mentalidad de innovación para las empresas startups es algo super innovador!

Moderators
avatar for Corey Powers

Corey Powers

Creative Director, Avocet Communications
Corey Powers is the Creative Director for local Longmont marketing and advertising firm Avocet Communications. He is passionate about storytelling, meaningful branding, user centered design, and tacos.

Speakers
avatar for Doug Campbell

Doug Campbell

CEO, Roccor & Solid Power
Area of expertise lies in overseeing the process of ideation through technology feasibility and prototype demonstration and early stage market evaluation. I assume the responsibility of matching new ideas with funding opportunities and managing resource-constrained projects to achieve... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Longtucky Spirits

4:15pm MDT

Workshop: Networking for Founders
Limited Capacity filling up

For startup founders networks and connections can be incredibly important in propelling the success of their startup; however, new startup founders may be wondering how they can build up their network to support them along their entrepreneurial journey. In this session, we will share the rules, tips, tools and tricks startup founders can follow and use in order to increase their network.

Para los fundadores de empresas, las redes y conexiones pueden ser increíblemente importantes para impulsar el éxito de su compañía; sin embargo, los nuevos fundadores de empresas pueden estar preguntándose cómo pueden construir su propia red de contactos para apoyarse en ellos a lo largo de su viaje empresarial. En esta sesión, compartiremos las reglas, sugerencias, herramientas y trucos que los fundadores de empresas pueden seguir y usar para aumentar su red..

Moderators
avatar for Adrian Chenault

Adrian Chenault

Founder, CEO, Contact Mapping
At Contact Mapping we are humanizing your address book. Build great connections. Remember everyone and everything. Never let anyone fall through the cracks. Transform your business and relationships.

Tuesday July 24, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Schallert Group

4:15pm MDT

Understanding Market Opportunities with Cultural Demographics
Limited Capacity seats available

Understand the power of the Latino market with cultural demographics. Telemundo takes a deep dive in the Latino growth in the American market and the necessity to market to this diverse community – understand the market opportunities.

Speakers
avatar for Abel Corral

Abel Corral

KDEN Telemundo Denver
As a Hispanic Media Sales & Marketing Professional, I’m driven by helping my company and my clients achieve desired results and all while providing a high level of customer service and attention to detail. My tendency is to achieve top performer status and my approach as a sales... Read More →
avatar for Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson

National Sales Manager at Telemundo Denver, KDEN Telemundo Denver
Often referred to as “Druchacho,” Drew is about as gringo as any guy in his home town of Golden, Colorado. However, Druchacho is known to his colleagues as a fiery Hispanic marketer, businessman and strategist, undeniably fluent in Spanish TV broadcast media, Latino and general... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

5:30pm MDT

Limina Presents: The LSW'18 Design Battle (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity seats available

The Design Battle is an evening event with up to 6 participating designers, a judge panel of creative directors for local design firms, an MC to give out the challenges and keep the event moving, a DJ during the design sessions, and either beer on tap or a limited bar.  The battle will consist of a series of design challenges of increasing time and difficulty.  Each round will yield a winner and a loser.  Losers will be eliminated each round until one designer is left standing.  Prizes for the winner include a 13" HD Wacom Tablet, 500 Stickers of one design by Sticker Giant, and 1 Month free business membership at CoSolve.  This event will be the first of many Design Battle showcases for Front Range Designers' show off their skills to the community.  Learn more at http://www.designbattle.co

Este será un evento nocturno con 5-10 diseñadores participantes, un panel de jueces de directores creativos para firmas locales de diseño, un MC para dar a conocer los desafíos y mantener el evento en movimiento, un DJ durante las sesiones de diseño, y ya sea cerveza en toque o bar limitado.  La idea será proporcionar una serie de desafíos de diseño incrementando el tiempo / dificultad.  Cada ronda tendrá un ganador y un perdedor.  Los perdedores se eliminarán cada ronda hasta que un diseñador quede en pie.  Es posible que tengamos incentivos para los participantes, que muestren habilidades a la comunidad y una posible práctica profesional en una empresa o una beca (por confirmar).

Moderators
avatar for Jon Fukuda

Jon Fukuda

Chief Experience Officer, Limina Application Office, LLC
Jon is a Co-founder and Partner at Limina Application Office, LLC (Limina). Limina's mission is to bring UX Planning and Design Management to a wide range of complex information technologies.Jon has an extensive background in user experience design with a focus on UX Strategy, Design... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Limina

Limina

Co-founder, Principal, Limina
Limina works with startups, enterprise businesses, and government agencies to lead design and integrated UX for complex user-centered systems optimized for business impact.


Tuesday July 24, 2018 5:30pm - 9:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve
  Designer, Social

5:45pm MDT

Startup Conversations
Come along and share some conversation about your startup, meet some members of our startup ecosystem, and make some new connections.

Venga y comparta relatos sobre su empresa, conozca a algunos miembros de nuestro ecosistema de empresas o empresarios y establezca nuevas conexiones laborales y sociales.

Speakers
avatar for Eben Johnson

Eben Johnson

Founder, CEO, QZetta
Intra- and entrepreneurial team, leadership, and founder positions; 20 year focus in innovation; QZetta, Inc. - innovations in digital marketing and consumer engagement; Faculty: Engineering Management Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado - Boulder... Read More →
avatar for Ben Oelsner

Ben Oelsner

Attorney, KO Law Firm
Ben specializes in assisting companies with their technology transactions and IP protection strategy. Ben has over 25 years of experience structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial transactions, including SaaS and cloud services agreements, software license agreements... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 5:45pm - 7:45pm MDT
Longtucky Spirits

5:45pm MDT

Women Entrepreneurs and Wine
Come along connect and network with fellow entrepreneurs over wine, share stories, make new connections and celebrate your wins and stories.  Venga, participe y converse con otros empresarios disfrutando una copa de vino, compartiendo sus historias, triunfos y derrotas mientras establece nuevas conexiones empresariales.&Nbsp;

Tuesday July 24, 2018 5:45pm - 7:45pm MDT
Bin 46 Wine Bar + Restaurant

6:00pm MDT

New Tech Longmont: Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (Room: Ground Floor)
Limited Capacity seats available

Presentation/Conversation will commence after a period of New Tech Networking and announcements.

The Colorado Smart Cities Alliance is a statewide, multi-jurisdictional collaboration of public, private and academic sector leaders committed to accelerating the adoption of smart cities projects and initiatives in their respective communities. We collaborate to benefit our respective citizens and businesses in Colorado by enhancing quality of life through citizen-centered design and public policy and through the deployment of 21st century technology and infrastructure. The Alliance launch event was supported by the Denver Metro Mayors Caucus, Denver Regional Council of Governments, Colorado Municipal League, and Colorado Counties, Inc.

In its work, Denver South has realized the benefit of regional collaboration among the four cities and two counties it represents. By broadening this effort to include jurisdictions around the state, it aims to extend that benefit to all communities, regardless of size or location. In the process, we aim to improve the quality of life and economic opportunity of all Coloradans, and to further support the innovation-focused brand of Colorado, creating great economic development and business attraction opportunities statewide.

Colorado Smart Cities Alliance es una organización de colaboración estatal y multi-jurisdiccional de líderes del sector público, privado y académico comprometidos con la aceleración de la adopción de proyectos e iniciativas de ciudades inteligentes en sus respectivas comunidades. Colaboramos para beneficiar a nuestros ciudadanos y empresas en Colorado mediante la mejora de la calidad de vida a través del diseño enfocado en el ciudadano y políticas públicas y mediante el despliegue de tecnología e infraestructura del siglo XXI. El evento del lanzamiento de la Alianza, esta fue apoyada por el Denver Metro Mayors Caucus, el Consejo Regional de Gobiernos de Denver, Colorado Municipal League y Colorado Counties, Inc.

En su trabajo, Denver South se ha dado cuenta del beneficio de la colaboración regional entre las cuatro ciudades y dos condados que representa. Al ampliar este esfuerzo para incluir jurisdicciones en todo el estado, su objetivo es extender ese beneficio a todas las comunidades, independientemente de su tamaño o ubicación. En el proceso, nuestro objetivo es mejorar la calidad de vida y las oportunidades económicas de todos los residentes de Colorado, y apoyar aún más la marca enfocada en la innovación de Colorado, creando un gran desarrollo económico y oportunidades de atracción comercial en todo el estado.

Speakers
avatar for John Tolva

John Tolva

Co-Founder, CityFi
John Tolva is a co-founder of CityFi, an urban change management consultancy dedicated to enabling smart, sustainable cities through innovative public-private partnerships, triple bottom line policymaking, and human-centric technology.Formerly John was the president of PositivEnergy... Read More →


Tuesday July 24, 2018 6:00pm - 8:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

7:15pm MDT

Essentrics: A Full Body Workout
Stay in balance with a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Join us for a full body workout session.

Manténgase en equilibrio con una mente, cuerpo y espíritu saludables. Venga con nosotros para una sesión de ejercicios físicos completa.

Tuesday July 24, 2018 7:15pm - 8:15pm MDT
Verve Movement Studio
 
Wednesday, July 25
 

8:00am MDT

Yoga on the Grass with Sharon Gonzalez (in Spanish): Southwest Corner of Thompson Park
Limited Capacity seats available

Disfrute de una de las clases de yoga de más alta calidad en Longmont. Las sesiones de estilo Vinyasa lo dejarán listo para el resto del día.

Enjoy some of the world’s highest quality yoga right here in Longmont, CO. Vinyasa style sessions will get you ready to execute the rest of your day.



Wednesday July 25, 2018 8:00am - 8:45am MDT
Thompson Park

8:00am MDT

Basecamp Coffee: Do you CSA? (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity seats available

There is a new generation of entrepreneurs out there and they are on the hunt for the ultimate entrepreneurial ecosystem. During LSW18 you may have heard, and may yet hear, what makes our entrepreneurial ecosystem a cut above the rest and during this session you will meet some of those who support our ecosystem and community with their own entrepreneurial spirit, our local farmers.

Come and meet a few of our local community farmers, hear their stories and connect with them on a personal level. What startup does not like direct from farm fresh produce? They too are startups seeking to sell their products so ask how you can help a fellow entrepreneur be successful over a cup of coffee.

Wednesday July 25, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

8:00am MDT

Founders Coffee Networking Practice
What a great way to practice some of your new networking skills learned during our founders networking workshop and enjoy a morning cup of coffee.

¡Qué forma más divertida de poner en practica algunas nuevas habilidades de networking aprendidas durante nuestro talleres y disfrutar de una taza de café por la mañana!

Moderators
avatar for Adrian Chenault

Adrian Chenault

Founder, CEO, Contact Mapping
At Contact Mapping we are humanizing your address book. Build great connections. Remember everyone and everything. Never let anyone fall through the cracks. Transform your business and relationships.

Speakers
avatar for Erik Host-Steen

Erik Host-Steen

Founder, SMP Alignment
Talk to me about the intersection of sales, marketing, and product development. From this intersection, I help business leaders that normally (but not necessarily) have an engineering background and want to change revenue trajectory from zero or some other plateau. These three functions... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

8:00am MDT

Women's Coffee Networking, Hangovers Be Gone
It was a great night last night, you met and made some new friends, now rejoin them for a coffee and conversation before continuing along your LSW'18 journey.

La noche de anoche fue una gran noche! Posiblemente Ud. conoció e hizo nuevos amigos y contactos empresariales, ahora reúnase con ellos para tomar una taza de café y conversar antes de continuar su travesia por el LSW'18.

Wednesday July 25, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
TREAT Snack House

8:00am MDT

8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Mentor Basecamp All Day
Limited Capacity seats available

Located in right  downtown Longmont on main street in The Experience Building (473 Main Street), Mentor Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge


Sponsors

8:00am MDT

8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.: Technology Basecamp All Day
Located in downtown Longmont in CoSolve at 350 Terry St, Technology Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge


Sponsors

Wednesday July 25, 2018 8:00am - 6:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

9:00am MDT

How to Facilitate SWOT Analysis at the Drop of a Hat
Limited Capacity seats available

Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

SWOT analysis is a tool, not necessarily an end, that helps you both identify and mitigate your biggest challenges and leverage your biggest assets. It can be used for any kind of project or opportunity, and whether you do it or not, those now unidentified threats and weaknesses are still part of the challenge.

Awareness allows you to mitigate and control, which leads to success. Without awareness, your success addressing the issues is mostly dumb luck or instinct. The most important aspect of learning to do a SWOT analysis is that situations change, and you must often course correct with a new updated analysis. This becomes a common tool for all members of your team to begin to approach problems and analysis in a coherent consistent way, with or without the leadership present at any given moment.

Speakers
avatar for Chris Salter

Chris Salter

CEO, Music Wizard Next Gen
Chris Salter is an experienced entrepreneur and Longmont Startup Board member. His areas of expertise are in simplifying concepts and giving entrepreneurs tools that help them cope with, analyze and resolve the common problems we all face.


Wednesday July 25, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
BBP

9:00am MDT

Strategies for Growing Your Business: A Social Media and Marketing Conversation
Limited Capacity filling up

In today’s market, harnessing the power of social media and marketing is a must if you want to grow your business and grow your brand. From Instagram posts, to Twitter announcements, there is no end to the new opportunities that a carefully managed social media campaign can bring.

With this in mind, any entrepreneur or aspiring entrepreneur who has yet to try out the power of social media and marketing needs to start working on creating a stronger online presence. Come along to this session and chat with a group of individuals who can give you trips, tricks, insight and experience, helping you take the right steps to building your online presence to take your business to the next conversation.

Dadas las tendencias de urbanización rápida, requisitos de sostenibilidad urbana, centros de innovación, distritos de innovación y políticas e infraestructura de ciudades inteligentes, no es de extrañar que las ciudades estén a punto de liderar, sirviendo como laboratorios de ideas en respuesta a estas nuevas realidades. El liderazgo dinámico, la elaboración de políticas y la acción no solo serán el sostén de negocios y de los residentes existentes, sino que fomentarán una nueva era de crecimiento, oportunidad y desarrollo económico abriendo la ciudad a emprendedores y nuevas empresas. Aquí estamos hoy en Longmont, habilitados por nuestra infraestructura inteligente preparada para ser una ciudad de laboratorio, una incubadora de ciudad inteligente fomentando la innovación, colaborando con innovadores y nuevas empresas para co-resolver problemas municipales en beneficio mutuo y mejorar la habitabilidad para todos dentro de la ciudad.

Asista a esta presentación y descubra dónde existen las ciudades de laboratorio para los innovadores y las nuevas empresas que buscan colaborar, desarrollar conjuntamente y probar sus soluciones en el mercado de las ciudades inteligentes.

Moderators
avatar for Kenneth Gottfried

Kenneth Gottfried

President, Gottfried Marketing
In 1989 I started a business with $400, Grew that corporation into 8 locations and 3+million. 2008 Sold that company. Grew my next corporation to over 1 million dollars in a about 6 years. I understand the pieces it takes to grow businesses in just about any situation.

Speakers
avatar for Maye Cordero

Maye Cordero

Marketing and Communications Manager, Intercambio
Maye is a Marketing and Communications Specialist. She is also a graphic designer and professional photographer from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Maye holds a Media Design Master of Fine Arts from Full Sail University in Florida, and currently is part of the Advisory Board for the Personal... Read More →
avatar for Jesse Freitas

Jesse Freitas

Marketing Director, StickerGiant
I run the Marketing Team at StickerGiant and I am really passionate about Brand Management. We specialize in Digital Marketing acquiring customers through Paid Search, SEO, Social Media, Email Campaigns, Sponsorships and more. I also run Project Management of our Website Development... Read More →
RG

Robert Gutierrez

Founder, CEO, R and L Marketing
avatar for Joel Terrell

Joel Terrell

Senior Designer / Owner, Falcon Reid Design
Falcon Reid Design came to be out of a desire to help local non-profits and small businesses with their visual branding. This year I'm celebrating 8 years as a small business owner and I'm delighted to be a part of Startup Longmont and Longmont Startup Week, part of the process of... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
La Vita Bella Cafe @ The Experience (1st Floor)

9:00am MDT

New Opportunities: Cities as Incubators - Take a Look, You Might Be Surprised (Room: The Quarry)
Limited Capacity seats available

Given the trends of rapid urbanization, urban sustainability requirements, innovation hubs, innovation districts, and smart city policy and infrastructure it’s no wonder cities are poised to lead, serving as labs for ideas and incubation in response to these new realities.

Bold leadership, policy making, and action will not just sustain existing business and residents but will foster a new age of growth, opportunity, and economic development by opening the city to entrepreneurs and startups.

Here we are today in Longmont, enabled by our smart infrastructure poised to be a lab city, a smart city incubator fostering innovation, collaborating with innovators and startups to co-solve municipal problems together for mutual benefit, and to enhance livability for all within the city.

Come along and hear about where lab cities exist for innovators and startups looking to collaborate, co-develop, and test their solutions in the smart city market.

Dadas las tendencias de urbanización rápida, requisitos de sostenibilidad urbana, centros de innovación, distritos de innovación y políticas e infraestructura de ciudades inteligentes, no es de extrañar que las ciudades estén a punto de liderar, sirviendo como laboratorios de ideas en respuesta a estas nuevas realidades.

El liderazgo dinámico, la elaboración de políticas y la acción no solo serán el sostén de negocios y de los residentes existentes, sino que fomentarán una nueva era de crecimiento, oportunidad y desarrollo económico abriendo la ciudad a emprendedores y nuevas empresas.

Aquí estamos hoy en Longmont, habilitados por nuestra infraestructura inteligente preparada para ser una ciudad de laboratorio, una incubadora de ciudad inteligente fomentando la innovación, colaborando con innovadores y nuevas empresas para co-resolver problemas municipales en beneficio mutuo y mejorar la habitabilidad para todos dentro de la ciudad.

Asista a esta presentación y descubra dónde existen las ciudades de laboratorio para los innovadores y las nuevas empresas que buscan colaborar, desarrollar conjuntamente y probar sus soluciones en el mercado de las ciudades inteligentes.

Moderators
avatar for Dixon Dick

Dixon Dick

Founder, CEO, Archethought
I lead a smart city startup, capturing and sharing data to enhance community and environmental dialogs. As a 35 year veteran of the technology industry, my experience includes a broad variety of development, leadership and creative roles, enabling me to bring a wide range of perspectives... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for John Tolva

John Tolva

Co-Founder, CityFi
John Tolva is a co-founder of CityFi, an urban change management consultancy dedicated to enabling smart, sustainable cities through innovative public-private partnerships, triple bottom line policymaking, and human-centric technology.Formerly John was the president of PositivEnergy... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

9:00am MDT

Mentor Talk: John Fischer, Sticker Giant - Journey to 15 Million & Beyond (How Incremental Improvement Made Sticker Giant) (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers
avatar for John Fischer

John Fischer

CEO/Owner/Founder, Sticker Giant
Forbes Top 25-SmallGiant / Denver top 5 large employer / CEO / Owner / Founder at StickerGiant.comIncJohnFischer is a e-commerce veteran and a Top 25 Small Company award recipient fromForbes, called; Small Giants. He has executed many successful web launches andnow focuses on his... Read More →



Wednesday July 25, 2018 9:00am - 10:30am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

9:00am MDT

Childcare provided by Family Village (Ground Floor) (9am to 3pm only)
Longmont Startup Week in partnership with Family Village is proud to offer childcare for parents interested in attending Startup Week. We are providing childcare on July 23, 24 and 25th from 9am to 3pm. Family Village is a cooperatively owned and run community and childcare center for local parents. We provide classes, support, social activities and events, and co-working for parents and high quality cooperatively managed childcare for kids.

Parents must remain on site and be available via text message in the event their assistance is needed with their child, including diaper changes. Each child can be in our care for UP TO 3 HOURS each day. We can care for children 6 months old and up. Rates subsidized by Longmont Startup Week are $8 per child per hour and $5 per child per hour for each additional child per family.

Please contact Melanie at info@familyvillagelongmont.com to arrange for your childcare and pay for the hours required in advance. Your spots are not confirmed until you have paid Family Village.


Wednesday July 25, 2018 9:00am - 3:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

10:30am MDT

Big Data Techniques: Punch Beyond Your Fighting Weight (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

Big Data is not only for large organizations and you don't need to have terabytes or petabytes of data to develop a Big Data Strategy. Instead, any organization, small or big, startup, enterprise or public entity, can leverage the exceptional data growth the world is experiencing. We live in a hyper-connected society where everything we do through our digitally enabled devices creates a piece of data that contributes to the global ocean of data.

Many startups today may, or may not, realize the opportunities available to capitalize upon the data available or presented to them. Big Data offers multiple advantages to for startups. Analyzing and managing large data sets allow startups to predict, reduce churn, and retarget new and existing customers, or product strategies accordingly.

Many of today's Big Data solutions live in the Cloud, and they are also designed to be user friendly and in most cases are not to expensive. So why wait as a startup to start thinking about how to punch beyond your fighting weight when it comes to Big Data. Come along to this session and hear how Big Data is of value to every startup, and how simple approaches to leveraging Big Data can increase the value of your startup.

Big Data no es solo para grandes organizaciones y no necesita tener terabytes o petabytes de datos para desarrollar una estrategia de Big Data. Cualquier organización, pequeña o grande, emprendedor, empresa o entidad pública, puede aprovechar el excepcional crecimiento de datos que está experimentando el mundo. Vivimos en una sociedad híper-conectada donde todo lo que hacemos a través de nuestros dispositivos digitales crea una información que contribuye a la red de datos.

Muchas empresas de hoy pueden, o no, darse cuenta de las oportunidades disponibles para capitalizar los datos disponibles. Big Data ofrece múltiples ventajas para las empresas. El análisis y la gestión de grandes conjuntos de datos permiten a las empresas predecir, reducir el abandono y redirigirse a clientes nuevos y existentes, o estrategias de productividad.

Muchas de las soluciones actuales de Big Data se encuentran en la nube, y también están diseñadas para ser fácil de usar y en la mayoría de los casos no son caras. Entonces, ¿por qué esperar a usar Big Data? Participe en esta sesión y aprenda porque Big Data es valioso para cada empresa y como este puede aumentar el valor de las mismas.

Speakers
avatar for Dixon Dick

Dixon Dick

Founder, CEO, Archethought
I lead a smart city startup, capturing and sharing data to enhance community and environmental dialogs. As a 35 year veteran of the technology industry, my experience includes a broad variety of development, leadership and creative roles, enabling me to bring a wide range of perspectives... Read More →
avatar for Natasha Pongonis

Natasha Pongonis

Co-Founder, CEO, OYE! Business Intelligence
Natasha Pongonis is the co-owner of Nativa, an SBA 8(a) certified multicultural marketing agency that focuses on using data-driven insights to guide the process of digital communications strategies. Natasha is also the co-founder & CEO of OYE! Business Intelligence a data analytics... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Wednesday July 25, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

10:30am MDT

Break Through the Clutter With a Nuclear Phrase (SNAP)
Limited Capacity seats available

Shorter and shorter attention spans challenge us to learn to speak more powerfully, concisely, and effectively. Join this workshop and learn how to craft a very powerful request in in the form of a "nuclear phase" for the most impact with the least number of words.

Most of us believe we know how to communicate and talk about our business, but the challenge is we are often "lost in the trees" of our business. Even if the person we are talking to understands our business, unless we paint them a picture or give them a powerful succinct image, they cannot convey our business to other people dramatically limiting the impact and networking utility of our "SNAP".

Come learn to boil your mission and message down to essentials and make powerful life changing requests that get results and allow your contacts to enroll their contacts as well.

Speakers
avatar for Flo Lattery

Flo Lattery

Business Consultant, Mind optics, LLC
Flo Lattery has vast experience in the science of business networking and working with entrepreneurs on polishing their language to better impact potential partners, customers and investors.


Wednesday July 25, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
BBP

10:30am MDT

Mentor Talk: Mark Wood - It's in the Brand
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

In meeting the needs of our customer and standing out in a competitive landscape we need to think creatively when we approach our marketing and brand recognition. When it comes lead generation through Amazon marketing, SEO techniques, ecommerce, and direct communications Mark Wood is no novice to delivering successful brand messaging.

With many years of marketing and brand experience Mark has the ability to talk brand inception all the way through to the re-branding process when the message just isn’t getting through. Come and join Mark in fruitful conversations about his experience of branding a natural foods product all the way to the White House. Don’t forget to come along with your marketing and branding questions. Para satisfacer las necesidades de nuestros clientes y destacarnos en un panorama competitivo, debemos pensar creativamente cuando hablamos de nuestro marketing y reconocimiento de marca. Cuando se trata de generación de líderes a través de marketing de Amazon, técnicas de SEO, comercio electrónico y comunicaciones directas, Mark Wood no es un novato dando charlas exitosas. Con muchos años de experiencia en marketing y marcas, Mark tiene la capacidad de hablar al respecto de lo que implica todo el proceso de cambio de marca. Venga y reúnase con Mark en una conversación fructífera sobre su experiencia de marcas en productos de alimentos que llegaron hasta la misma Casa Blanca. Por favor, siéntase en libertad de traer preguntas con respecto a marketing y marcas.

Speakers
avatar for Mark R. Wood

Mark R. Wood

E-Commerce/Digital Marketing Specialist, ReMarkable Foodz
Mark created a natural foods brand called Appleooz in Boulder, CO in 2012. The all natural, gluten-free, crunchy apple chip snacks were distributed throughout Colorado and the US. Appleooz won Naturally Boulder's 2014 Pitch Slam and the brand was acquired by 1908 Brands in 2016... Read More →


10:30am MDT

Open Data: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems
Limited Capacity seats available

The last few years has seen a steady growth in appetite for open data. Much like open source software, open data tends to have a handful of faithful advocates and, despite new datasets becoming available daily, it can sometimes feel like a challenge just breaking into this global, yet relatively niche community.

What is open data?

In short, open data is information which is free to use, share, and build upon. Typically, government and big business powers the open data market by providing non-personal data in a variety of formats (such as CSV). This information can then be used by creators in a number of ways, from simply harnessing it for knowledge to performing calculations and manipulations to essentially make something totally new.

Come join this session as we discuss what open data actually is, learn how smarter cities are looking to innovators, data scientists, and entrepreneurs for help, and explore some simple ways you can get involved in using open data from developing ideas and apps to contributing back to the community knowledge pool. Los últimos años han visto un crecimiento constante en el área de la compartición de datos abiertos. Al igual que el software de código abierto, los datos abiertos tienden a tener un grupo de defensores fieles y a pesar de que los nuevos conjuntos de datos estén disponibles a diario, a veces puede parecer un desafío ingresar a esta comunidad global.

¿Qué son los datos abiertos?
En resumen, los datos abiertos son información que se puede utilizar, compartir y construir de manera libre y gratuita. Normalmente, el gobierno y las grandes empresas potencian el mercado de datos abiertos al proporcionar datos no personales en una variedad de formatos (como CSV). Esta información puede ser utilizada por los diseñadores de varias maneras, desde simplemente aprovechar el conocimiento hasta realizar cálculos para esencialmente hacer algo totalmente nuevo. Únase a esta sesión mientras discutimos qué realmente son los datos abiertos, aprenda más de cómo las ciudades más inteligentes buscan ayuda de innovadores, científicos de datos y empresarios. Finalmente, explore algunas formas sencillas en las que puede participar en el uso de datos abiertos desde el desarrollo de ideas y aplicaciones hasta contribuir al conjunto de conocimientos de la comunidad.

Moderators
avatar for Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor

Digital Storyteller and Consultant, AskDaveTaylor.com
I'm a storyteller (http://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/), whether through the written word, video, on stage as a public speaker, or as a teacher and educator. Every company, every product has a story. Are you telling yours?I help companies realize the potential of reimagining their business... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Tom Higley

Tom Higley

Founder, CEO, 10.10.10
Denver-based entrepreneur and mentor, Tom Higley, is Founder and CEO of 10.10.10 – 10 wicked problems, 10 prospective CEOs, together for 10 days to create marketable solutions to the world’s wicked problems. 10.10.10’s inaugural program, focused on Health, was held in 2015... Read More →
avatar for Ron Pringle

Ron Pringle

Open Data Manager, City of Boulder
Ron works for the City of Boulder, Colorado as Open Data Manager and Senior Applications Developer. He is a passionate advocate for open data through his work with the city and through his involvement with Open Colorado, a statewide open data non-profit, as a board member the past... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce

12:00pm MDT

Food Truck: Yolk’n Around
Feeling the hunger? The need to fuel up? Swing by the Technology Basecamp and check out today's food truck.

Yolk'n Around
https://www.yolknaround.com/

Breakfast...
The most important meal of the day, why not have it anytime of the day?  You Can! That's why we started "Yolk'n Around", Breakfast Your Way All Day!



Wednesday July 25, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

12:00pm MDT

What's a Feature Matrix? (Room: Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

You've run your Lean Canvas, you've generated a bunch of ideas, and you're detailing the features necessary to support your business.  The Feature Matrix, when used properly, could be a great way to organize your product design and development into sprints with budget, effort and business/user benefit considerations. This talk will provide an overview of the Feature Matrix and how to use it as a planning tool for MVP and sprint management and add in best practice in decision making framework for determining MVP without sacrificing Form and Function.

 Una vez que haya ejecutado su Lean Canvas y que haya generado ideas estará detallando las características necesarias para repotenciar su negocio. & nbsp; La matriz de características, si se usa correctamente, podría ser una excelente forma de organizar el diseño y desarrollo de productos con consideraciones de presupuesto, esfuerzo y beneficios para el negocio / usuario. Esta charla brindará una descripción general de la Matriz de funciones y cómo usarla como una herramienta de planificación para MVP y administración que agregará las mejores prácticas en el marco de toma de decisiones para determinar MVP sin sacrificar la forma y la función.

Moderators
avatar for Jon Fukuda

Jon Fukuda

Chief Experience Officer, Limina Application Office, LLC
Jon is a Co-founder and Partner at Limina Application Office, LLC (Limina). Limina's mission is to bring UX Planning and Design Management to a wide range of complex information technologies.Jon has an extensive background in user experience design with a focus on UX Strategy, Design... Read More →
avatar for Drew Jensen

Drew Jensen

Product Manager, Limina
Product Manager and Maker

Wednesday July 25, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

1:15pm MDT

Workshop: Brand - An inside Job (Learn to Communicate Like a Pro)
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

Excitement and enthusiasm is just not enough. One of the worst feelings in the world is seeing a glazed-over look from someone you are speaking to about your business and receiving the comment…”I don’t understand"…like from Josh in the movie “Big.”

You deserve to know the secret to having your business understood so clearly that gaining funding or new customers is simpler. This does NOT happen by accident and it is NOT a clever name or cool logo. Actually, it is comes from your brand DNA. It must be solidly defined so you or you team can create well-understood
names, tag-lines, logo and marketing copy for the brand and its products faster and easier. Companies pay small fortunes to agencies to develop the materials to have your business solution understood in seconds. This proven brand development process has been decoded and developed into steps to follow.

BrandU® is that highly effective trusted process used by 30,000+ entrepreneurs worldwide. There’s a specific framework that’s aligned to how a human mind make a decision. Whatever decision you want them to make. Learn to communicate like a pro.

Tener entusiasmo por algo no es suficiente. Uno de los peores sentimientos en el
mundo es ver una mirada confundida de alguien con quien se está hablando sobre su negocio y recibir el comentario ... "No entiendo" ... como de Josh en la película "Quisiera Ser Grande". Merece la pena saber el secreto para que su empresa sea comprendida tan claramente que sea fácil obtener financiamiento o nuevos clientes. Esto NO sucede por accidente.
En realidad, todo proviene del ADN de su empresa.
Debe estar sólidamente definido para que usted o su equipo puedan crear nombres, líneas de identificación, logotipos y una copia de marketing bien entendidos para la marca. Las empresas pagan pequeñas fortunas a las agencias para que desarrollen materiales y puedan comprender la solución comercial de una empresa en cuestión de segundos. Este proceso comprobado de desarrollo de marca ha sido decodificado y desarrollado en pasos a seguir. BrandU® es ese proceso altamente confiable y de mayor confianza utilizado por más de 30,000 empresarios en todo el mundo. Hay un marco específico que está alineado con la forma en que la mente humana toma una decisión.
Cualquier decisión que usted quiera que tomen.
Aprenda a comunicarse como profesional.


Speakers
avatar for W. Vito Montone

W. Vito Montone

Executive Producer / Creative Strategist, Verve Integrative
Award-winning multi-platform professional with 25+ years of research, strategy, brand development, planning, creative and production, and management experience. Versed across an array of channels, platforms, categories and industries. Skilled in collaborating with stakeholders, staff... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company 401 Main St, Longmont, CO 80501, USA

1:15pm MDT

Strategies for Growing Your Business: Partnerships a collaborative approach (In Spanish)
Limited Capacity seats available

At some point in a startups journey there comes a time where there is a need to partner with another entity or organization. This becomes very prominent in the globalization of your business plan, a time when you have a need to partner with an international organization, or a local one that understands what it means to speak globally.




Speakers
avatar for David Minaya

David Minaya

Co-Founder, Program Director, Journey Language Center
I am a Peruvian architect and entrepreneur who moved to Boulder County 12 years ago. I love to talk about any topic, and I really mean it because I think you can learn something new even in the least expected conversation. Especially, I love to talk about photography, design, architecture... Read More →
avatar for Jay Minaya

Jay Minaya

Co-Founder, CEO, Program Director, Journey Language Center
I am the CEO and Co-Founder of Journey Language Centers (JLC). I am originally from Lima, Peru. I moved to the United States to pursue my Business Administration with emphasis in Marketing Diploma at the Leeds School of Business at CU. After graduation, I worked in financial institutions... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce

1:15pm MDT

Smart Cities Experiences, Solutions, and Plans
Limited Capacity seats available

Smart cities are on their way – and this time we mean it! Varying thought leaders elude to us being in the third wave of smart city evolution. The first wave upgraded our city infrastructures, the second wave saw the introduction of innovative leadership to include digital in municipal programs and systems, and the current third wave is the integration and inclusion of us, the resident, into the smarter city programs.

So what does that really mean to us both as resident and entrepreneur?

Come along to this "smarter. together." smarter city conversation and hear about some of the latest innovations, activities, and plans being undertaken here locally, and across Colorado, and ask how you can get involved. Las ciudades inteligentes están en marcha, ¡y esta vez lo decimos en serio! Diversos líderes del pensamiento eluden que estemos en la tercera ola de la evolución de las ciudades inteligentes. La primera ola mejoró las infraestructuras de nuestra ciudad, la segunda ola vio la introducción de un liderazgo innovador para incluir programas digitales en los programas y sistemas municipales, y la tercera ola actual es la integración e inclusión de nosotros, los residentes, en los programas de ciudades inteligentes. >
Entonces, ¿qué significa eso para nosotros como residentes y empresarios?

Vengan a este "Inteligencia/Juntos" y aprenda algunas de las últimas innovaciones y planes que se están llevando a cabo aquí localmente, y en todo Colorado, y descubra cómo puede participar.

Moderators
avatar for Andrew Michler

Andrew Michler

Co-Founder, CO-Creator, SOL Coffee
Deep design starts with a big idea. Integrating architecture, visual arts, the written word, and building science into a multi-pronged solutions approach to adapt environmental shelter making for the next generation. I am the author of the book [ours] Hyperlocalization of Architecture... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Shawn Lewis

Shawn Lewis

Assistant City Manager, City of Longmont
avatar for Julia Richman

Julia Richman

Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Boulder
Julia Richman is the Chief Innovation and Technology Officer for the City of Boulder. She joined the city in 2017 as the Chief Innovation and Analytics Officer and early in 2018 assumed leadership of the city’s enterprise technology function as well. Under Julia’s combined leadership... Read More →
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Tom Roiniotis

General Manager, Longmont Power and Communications


Wednesday July 25, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Christ Church International

1:15pm MDT

Mentor Talk: Natasha Pongonis - A Journey of Turning Multi-Cultural Data Into Conversations
Limited Capacity seats available

It has been said that data is the new oil, but many have yet to tap into the vast amount of data we generate on a daily basis to unlock the hidden value within.

Natasha Pongonis is no stranger to data or unlocking the hidden value within. As co-founder and CEO of OYE! Business Intelligence, a data analytics solution, she has certainly been able to do just that by tapping into a vast amount of cultural conversation data to effectively track, segment, and monitor real-time online conversations among the fastest growing ethnic groups in the U.S.

Come and listen to Natasha tell her story, hear some of the challenges she overcame to achieve many community recognitions, build and lead a successful big data, data science, and business intelligence company, and don’t forget ask questions about her journey along the way. Se ha dicho que los datos, almacenamiento y distribución son el nuevo petróleo, pero muchos aún no han aprovechado la gran cantidad de datos que generamos a diario para descubrir el valor dentro de ellos.

Natasha Pongonis no es ajena al campo de los datos y su valor. Como co-fundadora y CEO de OYE! Business Intelligence, una empresa de solución de análisis de datos, sin duda ha sido capaz de trabajar con una gran cantidad de datos de interacción cultural para analizar, segmentar y monitorear abierta y efectivamente las conversaciones via internet entre los grupos étnicos de más rápido crecimiento en los Estados Unidos < br>
Venga a esta presentación y escuche a Natasha contar su historia, algunos desafíos que superó para lograr muchos reconocimientos de la comunidad, crear y liderar una exitosa compañía de Big Data, ciencia de datos e inteligencia de negocios, y no se olvide de hacer sus propias preguntas.

Speakers
avatar for Natasha Pongonis

Natasha Pongonis

Co-Founder, CEO, OYE! Business Intelligence
Natasha Pongonis is the co-owner of Nativa, an SBA 8(a) certified multicultural marketing agency that focuses on using data-driven insights to guide the process of digital communications strategies. Natasha is also the co-founder & CEO of OYE! Business Intelligence a data analytics... Read More →


3:00pm MDT

Keynote: Tom Higley - Cities, Wicked Problems & Startups that Matter
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

At the turn of the prior century fewer than 10% of the world's population lived in an urban area. Today, that number is at 50% and is projected to grow to 70%+ by mid century. This means that most of the people who experience the world's wicked problems – in health, water, food, energy, learning, infrastructure, transportation, security & privacy, waste and climate change – will experience them in cities. It also means that resources for addressing these problems will need to be found within cities and be focused on cities and their inhabitants. Startups have played a relatively insignificant role in these matters. Hold on tight, things are about to change.

*Available in English, Spanish and ASL.
*ASL Interpretation by Jessica Collins 

A fines del siglo pasado, menos del 10% de la población mundial vivía en un área urbana. Hoy en día, ese número está en el 50% y se prevé que crezca a más del 70% para mediados de siglo. Esto significa que la mayoría de las personas que experimentan los problemas del mundo -en salud, agua, alimentos, energía, educación, infraestructura, transporte, seguridad, privacidad, basura y cambio climático- los experimentarán en las ciudades. También significa que los recursos para abordar estos problemas deberán encontrarse dentro de las ciudades y enfocarse en las ciudades y sus habitantes. Las empresas startup han jugado un papel relativamente insignificante en estos asuntos. Las cosas están a punto de cambiar.

Speakers
avatar for Tom Higley

Tom Higley

Founder, CEO, 10.10.10
Denver-based entrepreneur and mentor, Tom Higley, is Founder and CEO of 10.10.10 – 10 wicked problems, 10 prospective CEOs, together for 10 days to create marketable solutions to the world’s wicked problems. 10.10.10’s inaugural program, focused on Health, was held in 2015... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
The St Vrain

4:15pm MDT

Design & Manufacturing of Smart City Devices (Room: The Onyx)
Limited Capacity seats available

Brian Baker will be delivering a presentation on the design and manufacturing of smart devices, including the most common struggles for young companies who enter the space. We’ve also suggested an extra-long Q/A session with Mr. Baker, so bring your best startup questions if you have a smart-device in mind!

Mr. Baker’s designs reach millions of people daily through his work with Sony, Panasonic, LG, Target and other consumer tech companies. He is the CEO of rebelV2, a Boulder-based product design company

Don’t miss this chance to speak with one of the few people in the Front Range who have successfully brought startup electronics from ideation to robust retail sales!

Speakers
avatar for Brian Baker

Brian Baker

CEO, Managing Partner, rebelV2
Strategic agency executive with expertise in brand strategy, product management, product design and innovation.- Manages global multidisciplinary teams to develop award-winning products.- Has delivered over 100 products in fintech, CPG, ecommerce, automotive and media.- Creator of... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

4:15pm MDT

AI & Healthcare: Aging in Place
Limited Capacity seats available

An aging population and human longevity are global trends. In the digital era of Smart Cities and smart homes, one of the biggest potential markets for IoT and AI solutions is enabling aging people to remain independent, stay at home, and enjoy their lives without having to rely on their children, caregivers or expensive assisted living options.

The Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence are here, and they are making inroads in many new industries, and in many new and innovative ways including home care settings. With the rise of IoT devices, sensors, big data solutions, and machine learning through artificial intelligence a number of startups and big organizations alike are learning how these innovations can help people age in place and extend the time they can live independently.

Technology assistance for aging in place is being developed for a number of applications. Come to this session to have a conversation about innovations in the space, hear about some of the challenges, and listen for the opportunities where innovative startups and entrepreneurs can engage. El envejecimiento de la población y la longevidad humana son tendencias mundiales. En la era digital de Smart Cities y hogares inteligentes, uno de los mercados potenciales más grandes para IoT y soluciones de inteligencia artificial es permitir que las personas mayores permanezcan independientes, se queden en casa y disfruten sus vidas sin tener que depender de sus hijos o alguien quien les vigile.

Las empresas Internet of Things y Artificial Intelligence están aquí, y están creciendo en muchas industrias nuevas, y en muchas formas nuevas e innovadoras, incluidas las de atención domiciliaria. Con el aumento de los dispositivos de IoT, sensores, soluciones de Big Data y aprendizaje automático a través de la inteligencia artificial, una serie de nuevas empresas y grandes organizaciones están aprendiendo cómo estas innovaciones pueden ayudar a las personas de la tercera edad y ampliar el tiempo que pueden vivir independientemente.
Se está desarrollando asistencia tecnológica para el el desarrollo de la vejez en el propio hogar de las personas con una serie de aplicaciones. Participe en esta sesión para conversar sobre estas innovaciones, escuchar algunos de los desafíos del presente e informarse acerca de las oportunidades en las que las empresas startups y los emprendedores innovadores pueden participar.

Moderators
Speakers
avatar for Keith Hughes

Keith Hughes

Founder, CEO, Inhabitech
Keith is the Founder and CEO of Inhabitech, a company that helps older adults age in place by turning their home into a wellness sensor through the use of IoT devices.Experienced in founding, organizing, managing, and scaling organizations with an eye on the whole, including business... Read More →
avatar for Darren Odom

Darren Odom

Founder, CEO, Boulder AI
Boulder AI: We make super intelligent cameras that use AI to see with or without the cloud. Our core business is Vision as a Service, a recurring revenue model that leverages our hardware to distill visual data down to what our customers care about: data not pictures. Dubbed "fog... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Wednesday July 25, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Schallert Group

4:15pm MDT

Growth Sherpas: Talent, Capital, Community - Traversing the Seed Stage Gap
Limited Capacity filling up

Colorado provides plenty of support for angel-round startups just setting out on their journey. There’s also ample support for those moving from a$10M Series A to the summit. But, in between, entrepreneurs face a nasty slope we call the Seed-Stage Gap. Here they find limited access to the three things they need to grow: TALENT, CAPITAL, and COMMUNITY.
 
The Growth Sherpas was formed by six local CEOs specifically to address this critical gap in Colorado’s innovation system. Part economic development initiative, part accelerator, and part VC, the Sherpas invest the Talent, find the capital, and create the community local entrepreneurs need to succeed.

Moderators
avatar for Jessica Erickson

Jessica Erickson

President / CEO, Longmont Economic Development Partnership

Speakers
avatar for James Graham

James Graham

President & Founder, Richtr Financial Studio
James Graham ispresident and founder of Richtr Financial Studio, a CPA firmspecializing in the provision of leading edge, cloud-based Accounting andVirtual-CFO services. Practice Focus: Creative & Digital Agencies,Technology (SaaS to Life Science), and select service-based businesses... Read More →
avatar for Lori Jones

Lori Jones

President & CEO, Avocet Communications
With close to thirty yearsof experience in the marketing field, Lori Jones, president and CEO of AvocetCommunications, brings top retail, consumer product, andbusiness-to-business brands knowledge and expertise in all aspects ofintegrated marketing. This includes strategic planning... Read More →
avatar for David Kendall

David Kendall

Founder, CEO, Attorney, Bold Legal LLC
David Kendall is founder,CEO, and attorney at BoldLegal LLC. His practice focuses on corporate and business transactions and general corporate and business law. David has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, securities and credit finance, and has worked with clients ranging... Read More →
avatar for Judd MacRae

Judd MacRae

Partner & Sr. Business Strategist, Richtr Financial Studio
JuddMacRae is partner and senior business strategist for Richtr Financial Studio, a full-servicefinancial studio, providing everything from payroll and compliance to CFOguidance for creative/marketing agencies and tech companies. His specificareas of expertise are financial modeling... Read More →
avatar for Kendra Prospero

Kendra Prospero

Founder, Turning the Corner
KendraProspero founded Turning the Corner in 2011. It is the only company in thenation that works with job seekers to find a job they love and with companiesto help them find employees who love their jobs. Kendra’s expertise is helpingbusinesses discover how important the "why... Read More →
avatar for Matt Wenger

Matt Wenger

Founder & CEO, Growth Sherpas
Selected by Canada Connects magazine as one of Canada’s top 20 Internet visionaries, over the past 20 years Matt Wenger has launched and grown community development foundations (BC3, Columbia Basin Trust, Waterfront Toronto), Internet service providers (Columbia Mountain Open Network... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Avocet Communications

4:15pm MDT

Startups Selling to Government, An Impossible Feat?
Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers
avatar for John Burroughs

John Burroughs

Founder, Smart City Foundry
I am in the early stages of building a business that provides a collaborative workspace for smart city entrepreneurs and contractors and enables them with the networks, resources and insights they need to succeed in the municipal market. My goal is to build a system where local problem... Read More →
avatar for Thomas Darcy

Thomas Darcy

Founder, CEO, Innovation Brokers
Accomplished thought leader & strategy advisor; Recognized innovator in creating multigenerational workforces; Developer of award winning Social Impact programs for STEM, Resiliency, Sustainability, and Smarter Cities; Implemented breakthrough designs resolving critical issues associated... Read More →
avatar for Julia Richman

Julia Richman

Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Boulder
Julia Richman is the Chief Innovation and Technology Officer for the City of Boulder. She joined the city in 2017 as the Chief Innovation and Analytics Officer and early in 2018 assumed leadership of the city’s enterprise technology function as well. Under Julia’s combined leadership... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
St. Vrain Cidery

5:45pm MDT

Designer / Startup Speed Networking (Room: Firehouse Art Center)
Limited Capacity seats available

It's not often that designers get to mix with entrepreneurs, engineers, and investors from the startup community outside of a professional context.  The designer speed networking event is the perfect opportunity for the Front Range startup and and design communities to mix it up, network and get to know one another.

This event will take place at the Firehouse Art Center, main gallery.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Moderators
avatar for Jon Fukuda

Jon Fukuda

Chief Experience Officer, Limina Application Office, LLC
Jon is a Co-founder and Partner at Limina Application Office, LLC (Limina). Limina's mission is to bring UX Planning and Design Management to a wide range of complex information technologies.Jon has an extensive background in user experience design with a focus on UX Strategy, Design... Read More →

Sponsors
avatar for Limina

Limina

Co-founder, Principal, Limina
Limina works with startups, enterprise businesses, and government agencies to lead design and integrated UX for complex user-centered systems optimized for business impact.


Wednesday July 25, 2018 5:45pm - 7:45pm MDT
Firehouse Art Center

5:45pm MDT

LSW'18 Pub & Startup Crawl
Don't miss out on what promises to be the yummiest and liveliest after hours event of Longmont Startup Week!

Brought to you by Discover Longmont Tours:

Experience a guided food tour while also hearing from founders about 4 startup companies in Colorado, from fun outdoor games to wearable devices to help paralyzed individuals move limbs! Your choice if you want to go on the TOUR to all 4 spots or stop in open house to any or all, in any order. Complimentary or discounted food and drinks at each stop.

Participating locations and Startups along with Tour Schedule will be:

5:45 - CoSolve 1st floor 350 Terry St. (Jennifer Ferguson-Discover Longmont Tours)
6:00 - Treat Snackhouse- food and non alcoholic drink samples 449 Main St. (Nick Titus-Myonic)
6:30 - DeliCioso Downtown- food and alcohol drink samples 338 Main St. (Delfin Lozano-Questbotics)
7:00 - Longtucky "Accelerator" drink special 350 Terry St. (Mike Scata-Zeothermal Technologies)
7:30 - ? Wibby Brewing $1 off Volksbier Vienna beer 209 Emery St. (Keith Kralik-Corkaine, get addicted to a better game!)

Come mix and mingle at Wibby Brewing which is open until 9:30pm, see everyone there!


Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Ferguson

Jennifer Ferguson

Co-Founder, Discover Longmont Tours
Operations Manager at Boomtown Accelerator in Boulder and founder of Discover Longmont Tours. Lead for Longmont Startup Week in year 1 and 2 and founding board member of Startup Longmont. Inspired by what people do and ready to connect! Don't hesitate to say hello or contact me... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 5:45pm - 9:30pm MDT
TBA

6:00pm MDT

Community Angels: Let's Talk About Angel Investing. (Room: Onyx - 2nd Floor)
Limited Capacity filling up

What is an Angel? Well, in the entrepreneurial sense it is an individual who invests in small startups or entrepreneurs. Often, an Angel investor is among an entrepreneur's family, friends or close network. The capital Angel investors provide may be a one-time investment to help the business propel to the first, or next early stage deliverable's.

Come and hear how Angels think, work and connect, learn what it takes to position your messaging to attract and collaborate with an Angel. If you are interested in becoming an Angel but don't know how, join the conversation and hear some of the rules, restrictions and challenges others have faced.

Moderators
avatar for Gary Wayne Clark

Gary Wayne Clark

Founder, Angel Investor, Grammy® Recording Academy Artist, XBT LLC
Gary Wayne Clark is an engineer by training, a venture capitalist by trade, but a storyteller at heart. A serial entrepreneur, a prolific songwriter, an experienced Angel Investor, and a technology architect of creative destruction, he's currently the CEO of Ten Bears Technology... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Paul Wagner

Paul Wagner

Founder, CEO, Creative Lab.TV
Paul Wagner is a 5-Time EMMY® Award winner, 25-year entertainment executive/creator, corporate speaker/educator, tech investor and the CEO of CreativeLab.TV, a web and mobile tech-entertainment company based in Boulder CO. Paul has personally created, written, produced, taught and... Read More →
avatar for Andy Welch

Andy Welch

President, Sun Construction
A passionate entrepenuer in several industry spaces ranging through construction and development, software, automotive and energy. Andy has successfully exited multiple startups that he founded.  He is also a software technology patent holder. Currently Andy’s time is spent... Read More →
avatar for Matt Wenger

Matt Wenger

Founder & CEO, Growth Sherpas
Selected by Canada Connects magazine as one of Canada’s top 20 Internet visionaries, over the past 20 years Matt Wenger has launched and grown community development foundations (BC3, Columbia Basin Trust, Waterfront Toronto), Internet service providers (Columbia Mountain Open Network... Read More →


Wednesday July 25, 2018 6:00pm - 7:30pm MDT
LSW'18 Technology Basecamp at CoSolve

7:15pm MDT

Full Circle Yoga
Stay in balance with a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Join us for a Yoga session.

Manténgase en equilibrio con una mente, cuerpo y espíritu saludables. Venga con nosotros para una sesión de Yoga.

Speakers
avatar for John Espinosa

John Espinosa

Full Circle Yoga


Wednesday July 25, 2018 7:15pm - 8:15pm MDT
Full Circle Yoga
 
Thursday, July 26
 

8:00am MDT

Founder Follies: Do You Want a Divorce From Reality?
Limited Capacity seats available

Come along for some fun and serious tongue-in-cheek conversation over coffee with our very own Startup Longmont members. Startup Longmont is a not-for-profit that focuses upon helping our entrepreneurial community with wisdom, knowledge, connections and by sharing our pain of past follies. Don't get a divorce from reality! Avoid our mistakes and learn from our pain and above all else, have a fun conversation over coffee before heading over to Front Range Community Coffee.

Venga y disfrute de conversaciones serias y divertidas con una buena taza de café con nuestros miembros y organizadores del Startup Longmont. Startup Longmont es una organización sin fines de lucro que se enfoca en ayudar a nuestra comunidad empresarial proporcionándole entre varias cosas herramientas, conocimiento y conexiones. ¡No se divorcie de la realidad! Evite cometer nuestros errores y aprenda de nuestros tropiezos y sobre todo, pase un buen momento teniendo una conversación entretenida con nosotros en del Front Range Community College.

Speakers
avatar for Darren Elven

Darren Elven

Co-founder, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Archethought
As Co-Founder and chief strategist at Archethought, Darren is one of the iconic persons in life who can say he loves what he does. He mentors team members in the company and community whenever he can, looks after our community partners, customers and end-users, and helps chart the course of Archethought.Darren is a seasoned and innovative... Read More →
avatar for Whitedove Gannon

Whitedove Gannon

Founder, StartUP Academy for Entrepreneurs
I'm Whitedove, an unconventional Accounting Advisor with a zeal for re-inventing traditional startup practices and redefining what it means to be efficient. I've developed a new approach to working with clients – going beyond the "data-entry only" mentality for small businesses... Read More →
avatar for Eben Johnson

Eben Johnson

Founder, CEO, QZetta
Intra- and entrepreneurial team, leadership, and founder positions; 20 year focus in innovation; QZetta, Inc. - innovations in digital marketing and consumer engagement; Faculty: Engineering Management Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado - Boulder... Read More →


Thursday July 26, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
Brewing Market

8:00am MDT

SOL Coffee at Front Range Community College (Sponsored by KGNU)
Grab a cup of coffee, network, and catch up with folks as you start to explore Front Range Community College.

Sírvase una taza de café, establezca contactos y póngase al día de la actualidad en negocios con sus colegas mientras explorara el Front Range Community College.

SOL Coffee
https://sol.coffee/

The Solar Powered Espresso Bar will be parked outside the FRCC main entrance for LSW attendees, grab your joe on the way in. 


Sponsors
avatar for Sarah Shirazi

Sarah Shirazi

Community Development Director, KGNU
- Fundraising, Community Partnerships, Underwriting, Grant collaboration, News Projects, BIPOC internship program 



Thursday July 26, 2018 8:00am - 10:00am MDT
Front Range Community College

8:00am MDT

Workshop: Fast Start With Xilinx AWS EC2 F1 Instances (Room: C1722)
Limited Capacity seats available

The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is now equipped with Vivado design software and Virtex UltraScale+ FPGAs. These pre-configured EC2 F1 instances combine unprecedented performance and convenience in a scalable, 24/7, on-demand environment.

Wow, what does that mean? Well come along to this informative workshop and find out!

To get you started thinking about it, Amazon EC2 F1 is a compute instance with field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that you can program to create custom hardware accelerations for your application. F1 instances are easy to program and come with everything you need to develop, simulate, debug, and compile your hardware acceleration code, including an FPGA Developer AMI and Hardware Developer Kit (HDK). Once your FPGA design is complete, you can register it as an Amazon FPGA Image (AFI) and deploy it to your F1 instance in just a few clicks. You can reuse your AFIs as many times, and across as many F1 instances as you like.

Come join the Xilinx team as they introduce you to this innovation and walk you through some actual hands-on work. Using Python in a Jupyter notebook to take advantage of FPGAs for ML inferencing, without having to know FPGAs. Ask questions and learn the power these ECT F1’s can bring to your infrastructure architecture.

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Don't forget your laptop and Power Supply!

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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) ahora está equipado con el software de diseño Vivado y Virtex UltraScale + FPGAs. Estas instancias EC2 F1 pre-configuradas combinan un rendimiento y una comodidad sin precedentes en un entorno escalable, 24/7 todo el tiempo sin parar, en demanda. Wow, ¿qué significa eso? ¡Bien, venga a este taller informativo y averíguelo!

Para que usted piense un poco en ello, Amazon EC2 F1 es una instancia de cálculo con arreglos de compuertas programables de campo (FPGA) que puede programar para crear aceleraciones de hardware personalizadas para su aplicación. Las instancias F1 son fáciles de programar y vienen con todo lo que necesita para desarrollar, simular, depurar y compilar su código de aceleración de hardware, incluyendo un AMI de desarrollado de FPGA y un Kit de desarrollado de hardware (HDK). Una vez que el diseño de su FPGA esté completo, puede registrarlo como una Imagen FPGA de Amazon (AFI) y desplegarlo en su instancia de F1 con solo unos pocos clics. Puede reutilizar sus AFI tantas veces como en tantas instancias de F1 como desee.

Participe con el equipo de Xilinx mientras le presentan esta innovación y lo guían a través de un trabajo práctico real. Haga preguntas y conozca la potencia que estos ECT F1 pueden aportar a su arquitectura de infraestructura.

Speakers
avatar for Steve Grace

Steve Grace

SDSoC Software Applications Engineer, Xilinx
avatar for Kamran Kahn

Kamran Kahn

Product Manager Machine Learning and Computer Vision, Xilinx
DP

Dave Peascoe

Applications Engineer, Xilinx

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Thursday July 26, 2018 8:00am - 10:15am MDT
Front Range Community College

8:00am MDT

8:00am - 6:00pm Basecamp at FRCC All Day (Room: Commons Open Area)
Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge

Thursday July 26, 2018 8:00am - 6:00pm MDT
Front Range Community College

9:00am MDT

Entrepreneurship and Ideation. Reversed (Room: C1724)
Limited Capacity seats available

When does entrepreneurship actually start? How can today's students capture ideas, cultivate a plan, find support for potential business ideas, and keep it all under control?

In this session we will be taking a reversed approach, meaning our panel will be asking questions of the audience! Our panel, consisting of Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs and our subject matter expert will be learning from you our mentors, seasoned entrepreneurs, service providers, community mentors and subject matter experts.

The mechanics: 
Each question or conversational topic will be posed to the audience and invited to answer. Those invited to respond will have just a few short minutes (timed) to respond, if there is no audience respondent the dubious task will fall to the panel subject matter expert.

Let’s see who gets stumped first! ¿Cuándo realmente comienza el emprendimiento? ¿Cómo pueden los estudiantes de hoy capturar ideas, cultivar un plan de trabajo, encontrar apoyo para posibles ideas comerciales y mantener a la vez todo bajo control?

Moderators
MP

Miranda Patrick

FRCC Student/Employee, Events and Program Intern for the Longmont Chamber of Commerce

Speakers
avatar for Thomas Darcy

Thomas Darcy

Founder, CEO, Innovation Brokers
Accomplished thought leader & strategy advisor; Recognized innovator in creating multigenerational workforces; Developer of award winning Social Impact programs for STEM, Resiliency, Sustainability, and Smarter Cities; Implemented breakthrough designs resolving critical issues associated... Read More →
avatar for Tammy Mencher

Tammy Mencher

Owner/GM, Tribal Instincts LLC
With the air of the Rockys in the lungs and the flow of mountain snow in the blood, growing up in the foothills only bred a desire to bring the cleanest, most mouthwatering, indigenous dishes to the state that raised me. With my partner, we have accumulated over 30 years experience... Read More →
avatar for Lachlan Quintana

Lachlan Quintana

Creative Director, LQ Ventures, Limited



Thursday July 26, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Front Range Community College

9:00am MDT

Civic Innovations and Innovators Talks with the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (Room: Community Room B)
Limited Capacity seats available

Many cities around the world benefit from innovation and digitization strategies. Smart Cities initiatives provide the catalyst for urban communities to become more resilient and sustainable, affording economic efficiencies, environmental innovations, enhanced public security, smarter mobility, fresh economic activity and 21st-century jobs.

Come along and hear how our front range communities, public and private entities are coming together with the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance to elevate our talent, innovation, infrastructure and policies towards Smart Cities. Together. 

Speakers
avatar for Scott Blumenreich

Scott Blumenreich

Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Centennial
avatar for Ken Fricklas

Ken Fricklas

Founding Partner, Turaco Strategy LLC
Long time Colorado founder, technical strategist, author, mentor, speaker and futurist, as well as a lead in 10.10.10 and co-founder of CovidCheckColorado.  (I may have taught a few of you at Regis, CU, or RMCAD as well).  These days I work with early stage companies, and build... Read More →
avatar for Chris Rezendes

Chris Rezendes

ContextLABS
Chris is the Chief Business Officer at ContextLABS, Spherical|Analytics and is the Founder of ImpactLABS. Chris and his teams are bringing digital trust platforms -- combining IoT, cybersecurity tools, proofing services, blockchain and machine learning -- to resilient infrastructure... Read More →
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Jake Rishavy

Co-Founder and VP Innovation, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance and Denver Economic Development Partnership
Jake Rishavy is Co-Founder of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, a statewide public, private and academic collaboration based on accelerating the responsible adoption of smart cities practices. Jake also serves as the Vice President of Innovation for the Denver South Economic Development Pa... Read More →



Thursday July 26, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Front Range Community College

9:00am MDT

Getting Around Smart Cities: How the Cycling Lifestyle Becomes Part of a Smart City (Room: Community Room A)
Limited Capacity seats available

Biking goes hand in hand with building a startup ecosystem in Colorado. The City of Longmont Development Services staff and FattE Bikes are here to explain the importance of incorporating biking infrastructure in the ever-evolving transportation world.

Moderators
avatar for Erin Fosdick

Erin Fosdick

Senior Planner, City of Longmont

Speakers
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Kenny Fischer

Co-Founder, FattE-Bikes
Founder of the first "locally born" electric bike company on the front range.How electric bikes can and will revolutionize the future of transportation.Ebike laws and regulations and how they'll evolve over time.
avatar for Phil Greenwald

Phil Greenwald

Transportation Planner, City of Longmont


Thursday July 26, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Front Range Community College

9:00am MDT

Mentor Talk: Whitedove Gannon - Balancing Life, Business, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Limited Capacity seats available

Whitedove Gannon, the “down-to-earth chick with the different name”, is the founder of StartUP Academy for Entrepreneurs, and owner of In the Books, LLC, and not your typical accountant.

Going beyond her zeal for re-inventing traditional bookkeeping and redefining what it means to be efficient, she is also a happily married entrepreneur with five kids! Over the past four years of growing an accounting and bookkeeping business, she has had the pleasure of leading other small businesses and entrepreneurs to stay ahead of the financial aspects of their business while creating an opportunity for them to run their business efficiently in a cloud-based environment.

With a strong desire to be unique and to express herself creatively, Whitedove is not your average accountant.  After spending almost 15 years as the co-owner with her husband of a mid-sized company in 2013 she started her own bookkeeping firm with a desire to re-invent traditional bookkeeping and redefine what it means to be efficient. With that goal in mind, Whitedove developed a new approach to working with clients – going beyond the "data-entry only" mentality for bookkeepers and focusing on resolving business efficiency while adding value and serving the day-to-day needs of business clients.

That's right where she wants to be: Balancing Life

Come and enjoy conversation and laugh with Whitedove as she recounts her entrepreneurial journey, and while doing so learn how she balances life, business, innovation and entrepreneurship, and her family! Whitedove Gannon es la fundadora de StartUP Academy for Entrepreneurs, y propietaria de In the Books, LLC. Ella no es una típica contadora.

Ha ido más allá de eso por reinventar la contabilidad tradicional y redefinir lo que significa ser eficiente. Ella también es una empresaria casada y con cinco hijos. Durante los últimos cuatro años de crecimiento de un negocio de contabilidad Whitedove ha tenido el placer de guiar a otras pequeñas empresas y emprendedores a mantenerse a la vanguardia de los aspectos financieros de sus negocios mientras les creaba una oportunidad para que administren sus negocios eficientemente.

Con un fuerte deseo de ser única y de expresarse creativamente, Whitedove no es una contadora promedio. & nbsp; Después de pasar casi 15 años como co-propietario con su esposo de una empresa mediana en el 2013 fundó su propia firma de libros contables con el deseo de reinventar la contabilidad tradicional y redefinir lo que significa ser eficiente. Con ese objetivo en mente, Whitedove desarrolló un nuevo enfoque para trabajar con clientes: ir más allá de la mentalidad de "solo entrar datos a la computadora" para los balances contables y en cambio también centrarse en resolver la eficiencia empresarial al tiempo que agrega valor y atiende las necesidades diarias de los clientes comerciales.

Es allí donde quiere estar: equilibrando aspectos de la vida

Venga y disfrute de una conversación amena con Whitedove, escuche el relato de su viaje como emprendedora, y cuando lo haga, Ud. aprendará cómo ella equilibra su vida, los negocios, la innovación y emprendimiento, y su familia!

Speakers
avatar for Whitedove Gannon

Whitedove Gannon

Founder, StartUP Academy for Entrepreneurs
I'm Whitedove, an unconventional Accounting Advisor with a zeal for re-inventing traditional startup practices and redefining what it means to be efficient. I've developed a new approach to working with clients – going beyond the "data-entry only" mentality for small businesses... Read More →



Thursday July 26, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Front Range Community College

10:30am MDT

Machine Learning for Startups (Room #C1722)
Limited Capacity seats available

Machine learning has become a popular buzzword in the tech community. An application of artificial intelligence technology, machine learning analyzes data in order to learn and in cases identify specific behaviors, patterns, and trends and then predict or replicate them in the future. Its uses range from healthcare and cybersecurity to travel and shopping, and today in combination with IoT is becoming a valuable tool in many Smart City initiatives.

Yet there is a misconception that to leverage machine learning you need to be a mathematical genius or have a degree in Artificial Intelligence. In reality, most machine-learning applications use well-understood, well-tested, off-the-shelf algorithms. For many developers, especially those at early stage startups, the real challenge lies in training the data. Overcoming this challenge takes insight, strategy, good product development, and good high-quality, labeled training data.

During this session you will get a hands on look at how simple it can be, learn the tricks, see some of the tools, and ask many questions to understand if you really need machine learning or not. El aprendizaje automático mecanizado se ha convertido en una palabra de moda popular en la comunidad tecnológica. Una aplicación de tecnología de inteligencia artificial, el aprendizaje automático analiza los datos para aprender y, en algunos casos, identifica conductas, patrones y tendencias específicas y luego los predice o replica en el futuro. Sus usos van desde la industria de la salud y seguridad cibernética hasta viajes y compras, y hoy en combinación con IoT se está convirtiendo en una herramienta valiosa en muchas iniciativas de desarrollo de Ciudades Inteligentes. Sin embargo, existe la idea errónea de que para aprovechar el aprendizaje automático debe ser un genio matemático o tener un título en Inteligencia Artificial. En realidad, la mayoría de las aplicaciones de aprendizaje automático utilizan algoritmos bien conocidos, bien probados y listos para usar. Para muchos diseñadores informaticos, especialmente aquellos en nuevas empresas en etapa inicial, el verdadero desafío radica en el entrenamiento de los datos. Superar este desafío requiere conocimiento, estrategia, buen desarrollo del producto y buenos datos de capacitación de alta calidad. Durante esta sesión verá usted lo simple que puede ser aprender los trucos, ver algunas de las herramientas, asi como hacer muchas preguntas para comprender si realmente necesita el aprendizaje automático o no.

Moderators
avatar for Dixon Dick

Dixon Dick

Founder, CEO, Archethought
I lead a smart city startup, capturing and sharing data to enhance community and environmental dialogs. As a 35 year veteran of the technology industry, my experience includes a broad variety of development, leadership and creative roles, enabling me to bring a wide range of perspectives... Read More →

Speakers
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Dan Connors

Chief Technology Officer, Boulder AI
Boulder AI’s CTO, Dan Connors, PhD, is the co-founder of Boulder AI, Head of the Computer Engineering Program in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado in Denver and founder of Avout Education Development Technologies. He has received a number teaching... Read More →

Sponsors
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Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →



Thursday July 26, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Front Range Community College

10:30am MDT

EOS/Traction: Strengthen The Six Key Components of Your Business (Room: Community Room A)
Limited Capacity seats available

Learn how to break through to the next level by strengthening The Six Key Components of your business. This session will create a context that will allow you to see your business more clearly. You will discover exactly how you can strengthen the Vision, People, Data, Issues, Process, and Traction components of your organization.  You will come away armed with some practical, real-world tools that will help you clarify your VISION, gain TRACTION, and improve team HEALTH.  This session is a must for entrepreneurs at any stage of the game!

Aprenda a pasar al siguiente nivel fortaleciendo Los Seis Componentes Clave de su negocio. Esta sesión creará un contexto que le permitirá ver su negocio más claramente. Descubrirá exactamente cómo puede fortalecer los componentes de Visión, Personas, Datos, Problemas, Procesos y Tracción de su organización.  Saldrá armado de herramientas prácticas del mundo real que le ayudarán a aclarar su VISIÓN y mejorar la SALUD de su equipo de trabajo.  ¡Esta sesión es obligatoria para los empresarios en cualquier etapa empresarial en que se encuentren!

Speakers
avatar for Stuart Robertson

Stuart Robertson

Professional EOS Implementer, Next Level Traction
Passionate entrepreneur and leader. Professional EOS Implementer. True passion for helping others first and making sure entrepreneurial teams get the most out of their businesses.



Thursday July 26, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Front Range Community College

10:30am MDT

Idea Generation and Opportunity Recognition (Reversed) (Room C1724)
Limited Capacity seats available

Opportunities abound and human ingenuity has taken us on a path to both the moon and the invention of the Pop-Tart. What ideas do you have and how do you recognize opportunity? Listen and learn to some of the ways you can generate ideas and opportunities.

In this session we will be taking a reversed approach, meaning our panel will be asking questions of the audience! Our panel consisting of Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs and our subject matter expert will be learning from you. Our mentors, seasoned entrepreneurs, service providers, community mentors and subject matter experts.

The mechanics: 
Each question or conversational topic will be posed to the audience and invited to answer. Those invited to respond will have just a few short minutes (timed) to respond, if there is no audience respondent the dubious task will fall to the panel subject matter expert.

Let's see who gets stumped first! Las oportunidades abundan y el ingenio humano nos ha llevado por el camino hacia la luna y la invención del Pop-Tart. ¿Qué ideas tiene y cómo reconoce usted la oportunidad? Escuche y aprenda algunas de las formas en que puede generar ideas y oportunidades.

Moderators
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Genevieve Clayton

Owner, FRCC Student, Reach Research and Markting, Chamber Student Network

Speakers
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Lindsay Anderson

Independent Bookkeeper, FRCC Student
I am a Longmont native and a graduate of FRCC and Regis University. I started a business in 2014 and am in the process of beginning another business. I am passionate about finding solutions to problems. I am also interested in finding out where ideas originate from and the goals that... Read More →
RG

Robert Gutierrez

Founder, CEO, R and L Marketing
avatar for Chris Salter

Chris Salter

CEO, Music Wizard Next Gen
Chris Salter is an experienced entrepreneur and Longmont Startup Board member. His areas of expertise are in simplifying concepts and giving entrepreneurs tools that help them cope with, analyze and resolve the common problems we all face.



Thursday July 26, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Front Range Community College

10:30am MDT

When Your Customer is a City: Opportunities and Pitfalls (Room: Community Room B)
Limited Capacity seats available

Local governments are a different kind of customer with unique opportunities and challenges. Learn what to look out for and how to find the right opportunity from a panel of experts on both sides of the equation.  Los gobiernos locales son un tipo diferente de cliente con oportunidades y desafíos únicos. Aprenda donde buscar y cómo encontrar la oportunidad adecuada por medio de un panel de expertos en ambos lados de la ecuación.& Nbsp;

Moderators
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Darren Elven

Co-founder, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Archethought
As Co-Founder and chief strategist at Archethought, Darren is one of the iconic persons in life who can say he loves what he does. He mentors team members in the company and community whenever he can, looks after our community partners, customers and end-users, and helps chart the course of Archethought.Darren is a seasoned and innovative... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Thomas Darcy

Thomas Darcy

Founder, CEO, Innovation Brokers
Accomplished thought leader & strategy advisor; Recognized innovator in creating multigenerational workforces; Developer of award winning Social Impact programs for STEM, Resiliency, Sustainability, and Smarter Cities; Implemented breakthrough designs resolving critical issues associated... Read More →
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Shawn Lewis

Assistant City Manager, City of Longmont



Thursday July 26, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Front Range Community College

12:00pm MDT

Food Truck: Smother
Feeling the hunger? The need to fuel up? Swing by the FRCC courtyard out back  and check out today's food truck.

Smother
http://www.smotherfoodtruck.com/

Let us bring the smother to you...

Mark and Camilo wanted to bring their unique twist to traditional recipes to more people with a food truck. They have spent hours perfecting a menu that you will fall in love with. These two "Brothers" from different Mothers look forward to delighting you with food from their truck.




Thursday July 26, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Front Range Community College

12:00pm MDT

Women's Career Development Meetup (Room: Commons Open Area)
Providing sustainable support for women entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators in our community as they look to the future of their careers is one of the most important things we can focus on during Longmont Startup Week.

Longmont Startup Week serves as the primary annual gathering of our entrepreneurial community and ecosystem, and it just makes sense to provide an opportunity for supporters of women in startups to gather. Join us to connect with other innovative minds, make new relationships, and discover opportunities to support women. 


Thursday July 26, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Front Range Community College

1:15pm MDT

How Successful Companies Execute (Room: Community Room A)
Limited Capacity seats available

Join this panel discussion to hear from experts in Leadership, Human Resources, Sales, Finance, and IT to find out how successful companies execute and learn what pitfalls to avoid.

Participe en este panel de discusión para escuchar a los expertos en Liderazgo, Recursos Humanos, Ventas, Finanzas e Informática y aprender de cómo las empresas exitosas se dirigen y aprender también qué dificultades se pueden evitar.

Moderators
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Bill Treadwell

Vistage Chair at Vistage Worldwide, Vistage
Bill is a seasoned professional with over 35 years of entrepreneurial leadership experience delivering a high level of success. His experience ranges from VP/General Manager Profit & Loss positions in multi-billion dollar global enterprises like Sun Microsystems ,Storage Technology... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Rick Arthur

Rick Arthur

Owner, Rick Arthur, CFO
Rick has over 35 years’ experience in senior financial roles, and as the former owner of a $20 million company, Rick has wide experience in hands-on accounting and creating big picture solutions for strategic planning, financing, and growth.
avatar for Elaine DiLisio

Elaine DiLisio

Outsourced VP Sales, Cordillera Advisor Group, LLC
Elaine DiLisio is the Founder and CEO of Cordillera Advisor Group, LLC. We specialize in Strategic Sales Advising Services, Revenue Growth, BD initiatives and Leadership along with Strategic Sales Planning and Training.   Cordillera is headquartered in Colorado and serves clients... Read More →
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Jeff Fantalis

Co-Owner, beiNVENTiV
Jeff is a founder of (be)iNVENTiV LLC, a boutique IT company that provides IT outsourcing for small to mid-sized companies, IT assistance, custom development, CRM solutions and IT assessments. For IT assessments they work for prospective buyers and current owners of a company by providing... Read More →
avatar for Fred Holt

Fred Holt

Founder, CEO, Summit HR Solutions
Strategic hands-on human resource executive with over 20 years experience leading HR functions in global companies experiencing rapid change. Adept at directing transformational HR initiatives that position organizations for success. Experience includes the design, development, and... Read More →



Thursday July 26, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

1:15pm MDT

Exploring Today's Skills Needs: What are the Talent Needs of Startups Today and in the Future? Reversed (Room: #C1722)
Limited Capacity seats available

Longmont Startup Week has a focus upon Smart Cities, as this movement has become very familiar in recent years, but how often do we think about the “Smart Skills” necessary to operate and maintain these cities, or the startups that will be created tomorrow or in the future in support of those Smart Cities.

If a smart city leverages "Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to enhance quality, performance, and interactivity of urban services and infrastructure to reduce costs and resource consumption and to improve contact between citizens and government,” then what will be the skills required to run, maintain and inform those cities.

Come along and hear what skills smart cities are looking for, what startups of today and tomorrow are looking for, and join in on the conversation about what skills we should be focusing on for our educational resources.

In this session we will be taking a reversed approach, meaning our panel will be asking questions of the audience! Our panel consisting of Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs and our subject matter expert will be learning from you, our mentors, seasoned entrepreneurs, service providers, community mentors and subject matter experts.

The mechanics: 
Each question or conversational topic will be posed to the audience and invited to answer. Those invited to respond will have just a few short minutes (timed) to respond, if there is no audience respondent the dubious task will fall to the panel subject matter expert.

Let’s see who gets stumped first! Longmont Startup Week se enfoca en Smart Cities, ya que este movimiento se ha vuelto muy familiar en los últimos años, pero ¿con qué frecuencia pensamos en las "Smart Skills" necesarias para operar y mantener estas ciudades, o las empresas que se crearán? mañana o en el futuro en apoyo de esas ciudades inteligentes.

Si una ciudad inteligente aprovecha las "tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) para mejorar la calidad, el rendimiento y la interactividad de los servicios urbanos y la infraestructura para reducir los costos y el consumo de recursos y para mejorar el contacto entre los ciudadanos y el gobierno" entonces, ¿cuáles serán las habilidades necesarias para administrar, mantener e informar a esas ciudades?
Participe y aprenda qué habilidades están buscando las ciudades inteligentes, qué nuevas empresas de hoy y de mañana estamos buscando nosotros, y participe en la conversación sobre las habilidades en las que deberíamos enfocar nuestros recursos educativos.

Moderators
Speakers
avatar for Thomas Darcy

Thomas Darcy

Founder, CEO, Innovation Brokers
Accomplished thought leader & strategy advisor; Recognized innovator in creating multigenerational workforces; Developer of award winning Social Impact programs for STEM, Resiliency, Sustainability, and Smarter Cities; Implemented breakthrough designs resolving critical issues associated... Read More →
avatar for Tammy Mencher

Tammy Mencher

Owner/GM, Tribal Instincts LLC
With the air of the Rockys in the lungs and the flow of mountain snow in the blood, growing up in the foothills only bred a desire to bring the cleanest, most mouthwatering, indigenous dishes to the state that raised me. With my partner, we have accumulated over 30 years experience... Read More →
avatar for Lachlan Quintana

Lachlan Quintana

Creative Director, LQ Ventures, Limited



Thursday July 26, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

1:15pm MDT

Lean Canvas for Your Ideation (Room: #C1724)
Limited Capacity seats available

Learn how you can quickly take your idea through a lean entrepreneurial process called Lean Canvas, use this tool to build upon your ideation process ,and prepare you for your next steps.

Aprenda cómo puede llevar rápidamente su idea a través de un proceso emprendedor llamado Lean Canvas, use esta herramienta para desarrollar su proceso de idea y prepárelo para sus próximos pasos.

Speakers
avatar for Ken Fricklas

Ken Fricklas

Founding Partner, Turaco Strategy LLC
Long time Colorado founder, technical strategist, author, mentor, speaker and futurist, as well as a lead in 10.10.10 and co-founder of CovidCheckColorado.  (I may have taught a few of you at Regis, CU, or RMCAD as well).  These days I work with early stage companies, and build... Read More →
avatar for Drew Jensen

Drew Jensen

Product Manager, Limina
Product Manager and Maker



Thursday July 26, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

1:15pm MDT

Cities Talking with Startups: A Collaborative Approach to Problem Solving (Room: Community Room B)
Limited Capacity seats available

Cities are a key to both our technological and sustainable future and a city putting a challenge on the table and inviting startups to help co-solve a problem makes for interesting startup opportunity.

During LSW’18 we have introduced you to entrepreneurial ecosystems, lab cities, cities as incubators, and the growing Smart City opportunities for startups. Let’s now have a conversation about how startups are working and collaborating with cities to co-solve some of our urban challenges. Together we can partner and innovate new partnership models, shared innovation and incubator spaces, deliver smaller real-world pilot initiatives and other approaches to fostering smart city projects that are truly meaningful.

It all starts with a conversation, working together cities and startups could make it easier for businesses to work with municipalities by running pilots before embarking on large-scale public-private partnerships. By engaging the private sector and startups in this conversational manner sparks innovation, rather than simply procuring off-the-shelf products and services.

So, come along and join this conversation between cities, the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, and startups already having collaborative conversations. Las ciudades son la clave de nuestro futuro tanto tecnológico como sostenible y una ciudad que pone un desafío sobre la mesa e invita a las empresas startups a ayudar a resolver ese problema, la convierte en interesante para una empresa. Durante LSW'18, le presentamos ecosistemas empresariales, ciudades de laboratorio, ciudades como “incubadoras”, y las crecientes oportunidades de Smart City para empresas. Tengamos ahora una conversación sobre cómo las empresas startups están funcionando y colaborando con las ciudades para resolver conjuntamente algunos de nuestros desafíos urbanos. Juntos podemos trabajar e innovar nuevos modelos de asociación, espacios de innovación compartidos, ofrecer iniciativas piloto para el mundo real y otros enfoques para fomentar proyectos de ciudades inteligentes que sean verdaderamente significativos. Todo comienza con una conversación, trabajando en conjunto, las ciudades y las empresas startup podrían facilitar que los negocios trabajen con los municipios ejecutando programas piloto antes de embarcarse en asociaciones público-privadas a gran escala. Al involucrar al sector privado y las nuevas empresas se genera innovación, en lugar de simplemente adquirir productos y servicios disponibles en el mercado. Entonces, venga y participe en a esta conversación entre ciudades, la Alianza de Ciudades Inteligentes de Colorado, y empresas startups que ya tienen en el presente conversaciones o planes de colaboración.

Moderators
avatar for Shawn Lewis

Shawn Lewis

Assistant City Manager, City of Longmont

Speakers
avatar for Sumanth Channabasappa

Sumanth Channabasappa

Founding Director, The CORE
Sumanth is a technologist and entrepreneur who loves to work on globally impactful innovations that deliver market-based returns. His experiences include leadership & contributions to technologies such as: mobile, broadband, Internet, network security, Voice over IP (VoIP), and the... Read More →
avatar for Dixon Dick

Dixon Dick

Founder, CEO, Archethought
I lead a smart city startup, capturing and sharing data to enhance community and environmental dialogs. As a 35 year veteran of the technology industry, my experience includes a broad variety of development, leadership and creative roles, enabling me to bring a wide range of perspectives... Read More →



Thursday July 26, 2018 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

2:45pm MDT

Workshop: Communication and Presentation (Room: Community Room B)
Limited Capacity seats available

Presenting information clearly and effectively is a key skill to get your message or opinion across and today presentation skills are required in almost every field, not just in the pitch deck.

Whether you are a student, founder, developer, marketer or executive if you wish to start up your own business, pitch for funding or present your product to potential customers you may very well be asked to make a presentation. This can be a very daunting prospect. This session is designed to help.

In this workshop we hope to give you some hands-on ‘quick wins’ that will help you improve your presentations, and if you are already a Rockstar experienced presenter to help you take those skills even further. La presentación de información clara y efectiva es fundamental para transmitir su mensaje u opinión, y hoy en día se requieren habilidades de presentación en casi todos los campos.

Ya sea usted un estudiante, fundador de una empresa, comerciante o ejecutivo, si desea iniciar su propio negocio, atraer inversionistas o presentar su producto a clientes potenciales, es muy posible que tenga que dar presentaciones. Esto puede ser una perspectiva muy desalentadora.

En este taller, le vamos a ayudar ofreciéndole algunas técnicas que le ayudarán a mejorar sus presentaciones, y si Ud. ya es un presentador experimentado le ayudaremos a mejorar esas habilidades aún más.

Speakers
avatar for Jon Fukuda

Jon Fukuda

Chief Experience Officer, Limina Application Office, LLC
Jon is a Co-founder and Partner at Limina Application Office, LLC (Limina). Limina's mission is to bring UX Planning and Design Management to a wide range of complex information technologies.Jon has an extensive background in user experience design with a focus on UX Strategy, Design... Read More →
avatar for Julie Penner

Julie Penner

Director, Techstars
I am currently working as Director at Techstars Boulder. Techstars is the Worldwide Network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. With the Managing Director, I manage the accelerator in Boulder. Our program accept 10 companies each spring. We rely on our amazing mentors to help founders... Read More →
avatar for Chris Salter

Chris Salter

CEO, Music Wizard Next Gen
Chris Salter is an experienced entrepreneur and Longmont Startup Board member. His areas of expertise are in simplifying concepts and giving entrepreneurs tools that help them cope with, analyze and resolve the common problems we all face.


Thursday July 26, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
Front Range Community College

2:45pm MDT

The Secrets to Creating a Strong Brand and Outperforming the Competition (Room: #C1722)
Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

If you are ready to launch a new company, take your company to the next level, compete for bigger contracts and clients, but do not know where to put your focus, this presentation will reveal branding strategies that will help your organization compete at the next level. This presentation is designed for startups-mid-sized companies with limited marketing budgets and serious about company growth.

Aprende técnicas efectivas para desarrollar una mentalidad creativa. & nbsp;Resolver los mayores desafíos a menudo requiere un estado de ánimo flexible y abierto.

Speakers
avatar for Traci Jones

Traci Jones

Founder & Creative Director, Studio Six
As the founder of Studio Six, a branding agency located in Longmont, Colorado, I am dedicated to helping cities, communities and distinctive destinations become vibrant, alive and economically thriving places. Unlike most creative agencies offering a broad approach to branding, Studio... Read More →


Thursday July 26, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
Front Range Community College

2:45pm MDT

Finding Hidden Talent: Autistic Talent in the Workplace (Room: Community Room A)
Limited Capacity seats available

April was Autism Awareness Month and, while it's a good idea to remind people about awareness for autism, few need reminding. Given the significant number of individuals impacted by ASD (current diagnosis rates are up nearly 300% and expected to increase by 1,292% by 2020 - according to the CDC), one would think we could  do a much better job of helping autistic individuals gain employment. The sad truth, though, is we don't. People with autism are untapped reservoir of talent, and adults with autism bring special talents to the workplace. Join this panel conversation and discover why thinking differently about autism in the workplace is something that you should embrace for your creative and innovative pursuits.

Abril fue el Mes de Concientización sobre el Autismo y, si bien es una buena idea recordarle a las personas tomar conciencia del autismo, pocos necesitaron recordarlo. Dado el número significativo de individuos afectados por autismo (las tasas de diagnóstico actuales han aumentado casi un 300% y se espera que aumenten en un 1,292% para el 2020, según la CDC), uno pensaría que podríamos & nbsp; hacer un trabajo mucho mejor ayudando a las personas autistas obtener empleo. La triste verdad, sin embargo, es que no lo hacemos. Las personas con autismo son reservorios de talento sin explotar, y los adultos con autismo aportan talentos especiales en sus respectivos trabajos. Únase a esta presentación enfocada en conversación y descubra por qué pensar de manera diferente acerca del autismo en el campo laboral es algo que debería considerar en su empresa.

Moderators
avatar for Steve Allen

Steve Allen

Business Outreach Specialist, State of Colorado
Steve is a master networker and connector building bridges with community and business leaders increasing awareness and dismantling barriers to employment for individuals with disabilities. Over a decade seeking, discovering, and replicating best practices in training and employment... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Brad Anderson

Brad Anderson

Founder/CEO, Fruition
At FRUITION we BUILD, GROW, and PROTECT digital properties. I enjoy helping our client companies grow and helping Fruition's team grow as a group and personally through improved skills and technical competencies.
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Anke Corbin

Co-founder, CEO, Globig
I'm an entrepreneur, a go to market specialist, love to mentor others, passionate about travel, food, culture, and a bit of a data privacy geek.
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Victoria St. John

Founder, ICU2
Founder and CEO of ICU2 and a Neurodiversity Advocate dedicated to improving employment opportunities for the adult ASD population.By shifting the conversation away from disease and deficit, promoting equality and tackling stigma we can shine a spotlight on the hidden talents of an... Read More →
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Sharif Youssef

CEO, DailyMynd
Sharif is a data and technology veteran who has worked in the marketing and technology industry for over 20 years. He has created and implemented solutions for the largest companies across nearly every industry vertical and is known to create and execute a vision. Sharif is an innovator... Read More →


Thursday July 26, 2018 2:45pm - 4:00pm MDT
Front Range Community College

4:15pm MDT

GDPR and What it Means to Your Startup (Here's a Hint - Don't Ignore It!) (Room: #C1722)
Limited Capacity seats available

Whether just starting your company or migrating your existing storage infrastructure or applications issues of cybersecurity, speed, and scalability should be high on everyone’s agenda. Add to that Privacy and “Data Protection” (as this is referred to in Europe) and the requirements keep getting more and more complicated. As a founder or technology leader in your organization, if Privacy and Data Protection that is critical to any company’s ability to succeed and build a trustworthy reputation isn’t at the top of your list, it should be.

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest change in data privacy and protection laws in over 20 years. It has a number of important requirements that every company should know about:
• The GDPR applies to companies around the world, not just in Europe. If you offer any services in Europe, or handle the data from European individuals, you could be covered
• Failure to comply with GDPR carries fines of up to 4% of global revenue
• Some forty-four independent regulators are poised to enforce the GDPR today

Come join this panel to hear how these legal changes can impact your global business, and what steps and options are available to put you on the path to compliance. GDPR is not something your startup should not ignore. Ya sea que solo inicie su empresa o migre su infraestructura de datos o aplicaciones existentes, los problemas de ciber-seguridad, velocidad y escalabilidad deben ser prioritarios en la agenda de todos nosotros. Implementar privacidad y un sistema de "Protección de datos" (como se hace referencia en Europa)implican requisitos que se vuelven cada vez más complicados de alcanzar. Como fundador de su empresa o líder tecnológico de su organización, si la privacidad y la protección de datos que son fundamentales para la capacidad de una empresa para tener éxito y construir una reputación confiable, no es prioridad en su lista, debería serlo.

El Reglamento General de Protección de Datos de la Unión Europea (GDPR por sus siglas en ingles) es el mayor cambio habido en las leyes de privacidad y protección de datos en más de 20 años. Tiene una serie de requisitos importantes que toda empresa debe conocer:
• El GDPR se aplica a empresas de todo el mundo, no solo de Europa. Si usted ofrece algún servicio en Europa o maneja los datos de clientela europea, podría necesitar informarse mas y acceder a esta tecnologia
• El incumplimiento de GDPR conlleva multas de hasta el 4% de los ingresos mundiales
• Alrededor de 44 agentes reguladores independientes están verificando que se cumplan los reglamentos del GDPR hoy

Únase a este panel para aprender cómo estos cambios legales pueden afectar a su negocio a manera global, y qué pasos y opciones están disponibles para ponerlo en el camino del cumplimiento de las normas. El GDPR es algo que no debería ignorar.

Speakers
avatar for Anke Corbin

Anke Corbin

Co-founder, CEO, Globig
I'm an entrepreneur, a go to market specialist, love to mentor others, passionate about travel, food, culture, and a bit of a data privacy geek.
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Keith Hughes

Founder, CEO, Inhabitech
Keith is the Founder and CEO of Inhabitech, a company that helps older adults age in place by turning their home into a wellness sensor through the use of IoT devices.Experienced in founding, organizing, managing, and scaling organizations with an eye on the whole, including business... Read More →
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Ben Oelsner

Attorney, KO Law Firm
Ben specializes in assisting companies with their technology transactions and IP protection strategy. Ben has over 25 years of experience structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial transactions, including SaaS and cloud services agreements, software license agreements... Read More →


Thursday July 26, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

4:15pm MDT

Workshop: Pitch Practice Mentoring (Room: Community Room A)
Limited Capacity seats available

Take the knowledge learned from today's ideation session through to marketing and communications and prepare a brief presentation pitch to cast your idea to a live audience.

Most investors and capital have prerequisites to investment that are pretty well known but often not addressed effectively up front. Come along to this session listen, learn, and hear the tips, tricks, and tools for taking your capital pitch down to 5 minutes and by doing so keeping your messaging simple, focused, and straightforward.

This approach has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for dozens of entrepreneurs who have done the work to follow the simple guidelines because it takes what was a very intimidating and jargon-filled process and turns it into a simple, logical, straight forward explanation of the opportunity. This raises the entrepreneur's confidence and comfort, which can increase their chances of gaining that trust and investment. Lleve el conocimiento aprendido de la sesión de creación de ideas a través del marketing y las comunicaciones, y prepare un breve discurso de presentación para transmitir su idea a una audiencia en vivo.

Speakers
avatar for Chris Salter

Chris Salter

CEO, Music Wizard Next Gen
Chris Salter is an experienced entrepreneur and Longmont Startup Board member. His areas of expertise are in simplifying concepts and giving entrepreneurs tools that help them cope with, analyze and resolve the common problems we all face.


Thursday July 26, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

4:15pm MDT

Incubators, Accelerators, or Go it Alone? (Room: #C1724)
Limited Capacity seats available

In recent years, the landscape of financing alternatives for seed-stage companies has become somewhat complicated for founders. Depending on where you are the number of (or the lack of) incubators and accelerators supporting startups can be a daunting gauntlet.

Come along to this conversation to hear discussion around whether a startup can be better served by joining up with an incubator/accelerator or by simply “going it alone” and building from ground up with support from an experienced investor. En los últimos años, el panorama de las alternativas de financiación para las empresas en etapa inicial se ha complicado un tanto para sus fundadores. Dependiendo de dónde se encuentre, la cantidad de (o la falta de) fuentes que apoyen las empresas puede ser un panorama desalentador. Participe en esta conversación para aprender de la discusión sobre si una empresa puede ser mejor servida uniéndose con una fuente de apoyo de empresas o simplemente "yendo solo" y construyendo desde cero con el único apoyo de un inversionista experimentado.

Moderators
avatar for Tallis Salamatian

Tallis Salamatian

CEO, Bazi Fit
Tallis began his journey in entrepreneurship in 2004. Since then he has been involved in ventures in multiple areas including: music business, IoT, fitness, healthcare services, medical devices, cannabis, graphene, AI and ML. Additionally Tallis is a mentor, speaker and has taught... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Gary Wayne Clark

Gary Wayne Clark

Founder, Angel Investor, Grammy® Recording Academy Artist, XBT LLC
Gary Wayne Clark is an engineer by training, a venture capitalist by trade, but a storyteller at heart. A serial entrepreneur, a prolific songwriter, an experienced Angel Investor, and a technology architect of creative destruction, he's currently the CEO of Ten Bears Technology... Read More →
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Scott Sampl

Chief Operating Officer, Innosphere
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Jose Vieitez

Co-Founder, Director, Portfolio Manager, Boomtown Accelerator
Jose Vieitez is a cofounder of Boomtown Accelerator in Boulder, helping early stage startups reach product market fit and become successful high-growth companies. Jose is a Stanford graduate with a background in Industrial Engineering and User Experience design, and moved out to Colorado... Read More →


Thursday July 26, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

4:15pm MDT

The Inclusive Aspects of Multi-Generational Entrepreneurship (Room: Community Room B)
Limited Capacity seats available

With 55 million millennials forming the largest contingent of today's workforce in the country, it's no wonder companies are scratching their heads wondering how to attract and retain members of this tech-savvy generation. It is also important to remember, though, that there are other people in the workforce too. Gen-X'ers, at nearly 5 million strong, still have a good amount of workforce contributions ahead of them (and according to Sage Software, Inc. are more likely to start a startup than a millennial), and 44 million Baby Boomers show up to work every day. Let's not forget the talent, motivation and, experience in the workforce beyond millennials. Join this conversation with a multigenerational panel of founders, leaders, and startups.

Con 55 millones de millennials siendo el mas grande grupo laboral actual en el país, no es de extrañar que las empresas se rasquen la cabeza preguntándose cómo atraer y retener a los miembros de esta generación conocedora de la tecnología. También es importante recordar que también hay otros grupos en el mundo laboral del país. Los de la generación X con casi 5 millones de personas, todavía tienen una buena cantidad de contribuciones de la fuerza de trabajo (y según Sage Software, Inc. los de la generación X tienen más probabilidades de comenzar una startup que un millennial). Finalmente, 44 millones de Baby Boomers salen a trabajar todos los días. No olvidemos el talento, la motivación y la experiencia de todos los grupos que conforman fuerza laboral del país y no solo a los de la generación del milenio. Únase a esta conversación con un panel de diversas generaciones de empresarios, líderes de negocios y emprendedores.

Moderators
avatar for Limina

Limina

We work with innovators, enterprise businesses and government to improve the intersection of people, information & technology.

Speakers
avatar for Julie Penner

Julie Penner

Director, Techstars
I am currently working as Director at Techstars Boulder. Techstars is the Worldwide Network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. With the Managing Director, I manage the accelerator in Boulder. Our program accept 10 companies each spring. We rely on our amazing mentors to help founders... Read More →
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Madeleine Pollak

Partner, Timess Three
Madeleine Pollak is a six-time Emmy Award winning director, producer and writer as well as an Executive and Team Building Coach. She has worked extensively across the US with clients such as Visa, PayPal, Dr. Phil, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, US Olympic Committee, Genentech... Read More →
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Donna Shields, MS, RDN

Co-Founder, Holistic Cannabis Academy
Highly experienced in holistic health communications, project management, spokesperson work and business development. Primary experience is in the medical cannabis arena and in health marketing for Fortune 100 food companies. Cookbook author, product development for food brands, and... Read More →


Thursday July 26, 2018 4:15pm - 5:30pm MDT
Front Range Community College

5:45pm MDT

Web Masters Mingle
In many countries, designing for accessibility isn’t just morally correct; it’s also a legal obligation. Throughout the EU, legislation to prevent discrimination against disabled people exists; failing to comply with these laws could cost a company dearly. Compliance is cheaper, but it pays big dividends, too.

Come to this web masters meet and mingle and converse with other designers, web masters and individuals who think about "accessibility"  and designing interfaces for all, share tips, tricks, knowledge and experiences and make new connections while doing so.

Thursday July 26, 2018 5:45pm - 7:00pm MDT
The Wild Game Entertainment Experience

6:00pm MDT

LSW'18 After Hours at Wild Game
After a full day of networking, learning, and engaging with friends and fellow entrepreneurs over at Front Range Community College head over to The Wild Game Experience and join us for celebration, presentation, and plenty of after hours fun and games.

Después de un día completo de networking, aprendizaje e interacción con amigos y colegas emprendedores en el Front Range Community College, diríjase a The Wild Game Experience y únase a nosotros para la celebración, presentación y muchas actividades de diversión y juegos.

Thursday July 26, 2018 6:00pm - 10:00pm MDT
The Wild Game Entertainment Experience

9:00pm MDT

A Night Under the Stars: Stellar Observation at FRCC Observatory
Limited Capacity filling up

Join us back at FRCC to get first hand exposure to the cosmos as Anthony and James give you first-hand access to the FRCC Stellar Observatory.

Speakers
avatar for Jim Vernon

Jim Vernon

Department Chair, Front Range Community College
Jim joined Front Range Community College after a successful career in the private sector. For twenty-five years, he led projects and organization development for two global strategy consulting leaders, a Fortune 100 enterprise, an Inc. 500 technology service provider and his own small... Read More →


Thursday July 26, 2018 9:00pm - 10:00pm MDT
Front Range Community College
 
Friday, July 27
 

8:00am MDT

Morning Coffee: Meet the Innovate! Longmont Team
Limited Capacity seats available

Meet the Innovate! Longmont team, and be part of the launch of Innovate! Longmont, a new entrepreneurial support resource program founded by group of community-minded individuals who believe that investing in our entrepreneurial community will add to the economic vitality of Longmont and our entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Friday July 27, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
R Space

8:00am MDT

Dream Crusher Survivors Coffee
Limited Capacity seats available

Are you ready for another round with the LSW'18 mentors? Maybe you need some liquid courage in the form of caffeine. Come along, grab a cup, and network with your peers and the mentors for some fun conversation and a little further preparation before joing them in their session.

Moderators
avatar for Ian Netherton

Ian Netherton

Founder, CEO, ScribWorks
Ian Netherton works with emerging businesses helping them navigate the complexity of their growth. His background and expertise span tax, financial reporting, valuation and advisory services. He serves as an adjunct finance officer for several early growth corporations. He is presently... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Brad Bickerton

Brad Bickerton

President, Delta Awesome
Entrepreneurs have the power to change the world. When you flip the success equation, they do.
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Dave DiGiacomo

Attorney, Modus Law
Dave has two start-ups under his own belt (hypothetically with a big, brassy belt buckle if we’re keeping with the western theme), and he thrives on helping others overcome every challenge in the book. While in school, he was the Director of Deal Flow for the Deming Center Venture... Read More →
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Don Drysdale

President, Gibraltar Business Valuations
Don M. Drysdale, CPA/ABV, ASA, is the managing member of Gibraltar Business Valuations with offices in the Chicago, Salt Lake City and Tucson areas. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Arizona and Utah and holds the AICPA specialty designation of Accredited in Business Valuation... Read More →
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German Nunez

President, NDP
German is one of the founders of NDP (Net-Centric Design Professionals), a Colorado-based engineering firm specializing in net-centric system design, cybersecurity and systems integration. He has served as the Company’s President since its founding in 2005. In 2013, NDP and Braxton... Read More →
avatar for Michael Tsokur

Michael Tsokur

Founder, Akrasia Capital
With over 10 years’ experience helping navigate the venture capital landscape, my focus is on providing fractional-CFO services to a portfolio of high-growth companies as well as advising and mentoring startups across the US and Canada. Advised on over +$11M in early-stage investments... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
Village at the Peaks - Basecamp

8:00am MDT

8:00am - 6:00pm Basecamp at the Village All Day (R Space)
Basecamp offers something for everyone. You’ll find leading panelists and speakers, opportunities to sharpen your startup idea with seasoned entrepreneurs, complimentary happy hour, snacks, and more!

Be Social, Refuel, Connect and Recharge

Friday July 27, 2018 8:00am - 6:00pm MDT
R Space

9:00am MDT

The Business of Startups (In Spanish)
Limited Capacity seats available

Description TBA

Moderators
RG

Robert Gutierrez

Founder, CEO, R and L Marketing

Speakers
avatar for Carlos Alegría

Carlos Alegría

Executive, 3Corp
We are development business in America Central and Mexico.Consuting services in technologies, ecommerce and data analitycs for enterpreneurs and mid and smalll business.
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Ricardo Cabrera

Licensed Real Estate Agent, HomeSmart Realty Group
Sales and Marketing professional with 1) commercial/residential Real Estate expertise and 2) Business Development experience in the Medical Devices Industry in the US and Latin America Business and Distribution Networks, Database Development/Integration with direct experience in the... Read More →
avatar for Adriana Sodja

Adriana Sodja

Founder, Avva Financial
Money coaching as an employee benefit.
avatar for Charles Yhap

Charles Yhap

Co-Founder, CEO, CleanRobotics
A creative professional who thrives in a team setting with stretch-goals; I enjoy complexity. I relish opportunities to play a transformative role and to infuse passion and integrity into teams. I excel at data analysis, project management, communication, computer and technical skills... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
R Space

9:00am MDT

Ready, Set, Startup! - The LSW'18 Dream Crusher Challenge Finale
Limited Capacity seats available

You took the challenge, you stared them down, held your ground, and listened. Now review what you have learned from LSW'18, and work with these mentors to craft your moving forward strategies, networking and action-plan.

Moderators
avatar for Ian Netherton

Ian Netherton

Founder, CEO, ScribWorks
Ian Netherton works with emerging businesses helping them navigate the complexity of their growth. His background and expertise span tax, financial reporting, valuation and advisory services. He serves as an adjunct finance officer for several early growth corporations. He is presently... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Suzi Bahnsen

Suzi Bahnsen

Assistant Director, Boulder SBDC
"The Juice is Worth the Squeeze"In my career I have had the fortunate pleasure of exploring sales and marketing on several levels. I have been a Marketing Director, Chief Marketing Officer, Business Owner, Business Development Director, Sales Manager, a Consultant and more. All of... Read More →
avatar for Scott Converse

Scott Converse

Co-Founder & Publisher, Longmont Observer
Locally focused non-partisan non-profit news and information platforms.Makerspace / Innovation Center creation and operation. Primary founder and past president of the largest non-profit makerspace in Colorado: TinkerMill.org.  Innovation, Software, media & online community creation... Read More →
avatar for Brandon Fuller

Brandon Fuller

CEO & Co-Founder, Docketly
An entrepreneur with a software engineering background. Enjoys building scalable software solutions tosolve business problems.
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Bill Shirley

Executive Coach, In Search of Eagles
In my 30 year career as a line manager, executive and consultant, I specialized in turning around failing operations.  The critical issues were never technical; they were always fundamental leadership issues.  During this time, I tested and proved the concepts that became my Authentic... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Mathnasium of Longmont

9:00am MDT

Restructure Your Startup Network in the Next Six Months
Limited Capacity seats available

Along your startup journey you may or may not realize “your network is your net worth.” What does that really mean to a startup? It means that you should invest in authentic relationships because social capital is important. From VC’s to Corporate Partnerships there are many ways entrepreneurs can start and grow their ventures. Restructuring your startup network in 6 months means understanding people buy into you before they buy into your product. Utilize the relationships you have and make a plan to develop the relationships you need when you need them along your way.

Join this conversation  as we share our experience, insight, tips and tricks to help you curate your network over the next 6 months.

Moderators
avatar for Darren Elven

Darren Elven

Co-founder, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Archethought
As Co-Founder and chief strategist at Archethought, Darren is one of the iconic persons in life who can say he loves what he does. He mentors team members in the company and community whenever he can, looks after our community partners, customers and end-users, and helps chart the course of Archethought.Darren is a seasoned and innovative... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Adrian Chenault

Adrian Chenault

Founder, CEO, Contact Mapping
At Contact Mapping we are humanizing your address book. Build great connections. Remember everyone and everything. Never let anyone fall through the cracks. Transform your business and relationships.
avatar for Kenneth Gottfried

Kenneth Gottfried

President, Gottfried Marketing
In 1989 I started a business with $400, Grew that corporation into 8 locations and 3+million. 2008 Sold that company. Grew my next corporation to over 1 million dollars in a about 6 years. I understand the pieces it takes to grow businesses in just about any situation.
avatar for Chris Salter

Chris Salter

CEO, Music Wizard Next Gen
Chris Salter is an experienced entrepreneur and Longmont Startup Board member. His areas of expertise are in simplifying concepts and giving entrepreneurs tools that help them cope with, analyze and resolve the common problems we all face.


9:00am MDT

Running on Empty: You Can't Get There if You're Dead!
Limited Capacity seats available

Women’s wellness advocate, media personality and founder of Lifelicious™, Kim Castle takes you on a rollercoaster ride of aging ungracefully and reveals what can happen when you’re too busy taking care of business to take care of yourself.

Funny, vivacious, and vulnerable, Kim’s presentations are not just talks, they are soul-stirring wake-up calls. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll know:
• The pros and cons of being Super Woman
• The signs of stress addiction
• Why working like men is making us sicker than we realize
• Why women are working in opposition to their biology, which is slowly no tonly killing them but harming the world around them
• The 5 steps to get your energy and your life back
• Why no matter how committed you are to a new diet, a new workout plan, a clean closet, it never sticks and what to do so that it does.

Defensora del bienestar de las mujeres, personalidad de respeto en su campo y fundadora de Lifelicious™, Kim Castle te revelará lo que puede suceder cuando estás demasiado ocupado ocupándote de negocios como para cuidarte.

Divertida, vivaz y vulnerable, las presentaciones de Kim no son solo charlas, son también llamadas de atención. Te reirás, llorarás, aprenderás:
• Los pros y los contras de ser Súper Mujer
• Los signos de la adicción al estrés
• Por qué trabajar como hombres nos está enfermando más de lo que nos damos cuenta
• Por qué las mujeres están trabajando en oposición a su biología, que poco a poco las mata y daña al mundo que las rodea
• Los 5 pasos para recuperar su energía y su vida
• Por qué no importa qué tan comprometido este con una nueva dieta, un nuevo plan de entrenamiento, un armario limpio, nunca se puede mantener el compromiso, por lo tanto que podemos hacer para que el compromiso se mantenga.

Speakers
avatar for Kim Castle

Kim Castle

Women's Wellness Advocate and Founder, Lifelicious
I have extensive experience as creative director, content strategist, brand development, brand ambassador and everything to do with advertising and marketing. I've been in the trenches of multi-platform direct to consumer marketing programing for 30+ years. I help companies figure... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Next Door | Longmont

10:00am MDT

Yoga on the Grass with Gennie Redman
Enjoy some of the world’s highest quality yoga right here in Longmont, CO. Vinyasa style sessions will get you ready to execute the rest of your day.

Disfruta de una de las clases de yoga de más alta calidad en Longmont. Las sesiones de estilo Vinyasa lo dejarán a usted en buena forma para el resto del día.

Friday July 27, 2018 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
TBA

10:30am MDT

Pin the Tail on the Donkey: What's My Valuation?
Limited Capacity seats available

Every entrepreneur asks the question, what is my startup value? More often than not getting an answer can be just like trying to pin the tail on a donkey poster, remember those days? Let's look together at what value means, how value can be created, and what investors mean when they set a valuation.

Todo empresario se hace la pregunta, ¿cuál es mi valor de inicio? La mayoría de las veces, obtener una respuesta puede ser muy difícil. Miremos juntos qué significa “valor”, cómo se puede crear el valor y qué quiere decir cuando los inversionistas establecen una valoración.

Speakers
avatar for Victoria Hall

Victoria Hall

Corporate Business Development, Quist Valuation
Victoria Hall leads business development initiatives at Quist Valuation. She joined the company in 2013 as a Senior Financial Analyst, and has performed over 500 valuations for portfolio companies of venture capital firms and individual businesses. Quist Valuation specializes in business... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
R Space

10:30am MDT

Cyber Security for Startups: It Should Not be an Afterthought.
Limited Capacity seats available

Cybersecurity is now simply one of the many realities of doing business today, and those developers with cybersecurity skills will be the biggest tech heroes in years to come. More data breaches equals more problems for developers. The rising risks in cybersecurity mean more developers need to improve knowledge, and their skills in this critical field.

The benefits of cybersecurity and secure software development practices are vast and measurable but, while improved security is easy to quantify, it’s not always so easy to achieve. A very large percentage of CIO’s in the U.S. claim it’s challenging to find skilled IT professionals today with experience in cybersecurity and those with the necessary knowledge, skills and experience are in high demand. What does that do for you outside of earning you plenty of opportunity?

Come join this panel of developers, founders, mentors and subject matter experts as they discuss the threats, talk about best practices, secure programs and programming, and opportunities to evolve your cybersecurity skills for tomorrow’s opportunity. La cyber-seguridad ahora es simplemente una de las muchas realidades para hacer negocios hoy en día y los técnicos con habilidades de cyber-seguridad serán los héroes de la tecnología en los próximos años. Más asaltos de datos e información privada equivalen a más problemas para los programadores y técnicos. Los crecientes riesgos en seguridad cibernética significan que más técnicos necesiten mejorar el conocimiento y sus habilidades en este campo crítico. Los beneficios de la ciberseguridad y las prácticas seguras de desarrollo de software son amplios y mensurables, pero si bien la seguridad informática es fácil de cuantificar, no siempre es tan fácil de lograr. Un gran porcentaje de CIO en los Estados Unidos afirma que es un desafío encontrar hoy en día profesionales de TI capacitados con experiencia en cyber-seguridad y aquellos con los conocimientos, las habilidades y la experiencia necesarias tienen una gran demanda. ¿Qué es lo que hace esto por usted fuera de hacerle ganar muchas oportunidades? Participe en este panel de técnicos, fundadores de empresas, mentores y expertos en la materia que hablarán de las amenazas informáticas, las prácticas, programas y programación segura, así como los campos para desarrollar sus habilidades en cyber-seguridad para mayores oportunidades en el futuro.

Speakers
avatar for Benjamin Edelen

Benjamin Edelen

Chief Information Security Officer, City of Boulder
Municipal cyber security leader.Interested in helping people develop behaviors which are effective at home and at work and in creating organizations which are resilient in to emerging risks.
TG

Timothy G. Waite

Vice President, Security Operations, 1440 Security

Sponsors
avatar for Xilinx

Xilinx

Xilinx
Building the Adaptable Intelligent World - Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing platforms that enable rapid innovation – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inventor of the FPGA, programmable SoCs and the ACAP, designed to deliver the most... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Village at the Peaks - Basecamp

10:30am MDT

Founders Workshop: Let's Talk Papers, Legal, Cap Tables, Stock Ledgers, and Governance, and more.
Limited Capacity seats available

Let's talk papers, legal, Cap Tables, Stock Ledgers, and Governance, how about strategy, business plans and more.

Come along and do some hands on work with a great group of seasoned mentors and entrepreneurs from our community.

If you are someone with the desire and experience to help other entrepreneurs come along and join our team as we work the room and help each other. You might make new friends, and find new opportunities!  Hablemos de documentos legales! Ven y trabaja con un gran grupo de mentores experimentados y emprendedores de nuestra comunidad.

Speakers
avatar for Darren Elven

Darren Elven

Co-founder, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Archethought
As Co-Founder and chief strategist at Archethought, Darren is one of the iconic persons in life who can say he loves what he does. He mentors team members in the company and community whenever he can, looks after our community partners, customers and end-users, and helps chart the course of Archethought.Darren is a seasoned and innovative... Read More →
avatar for Erik Host-Steen

Erik Host-Steen

Founder, SMP Alignment
Talk to me about the intersection of sales, marketing, and product development. From this intersection, I help business leaders that normally (but not necessarily) have an engineering background and want to change revenue trajectory from zero or some other plateau. These three functions... Read More →
avatar for Ben Oelsner

Ben Oelsner

Attorney, KO Law Firm
Ben specializes in assisting companies with their technology transactions and IP protection strategy. Ben has over 25 years of experience structuring, drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial transactions, including SaaS and cloud services agreements, software license agreements... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Mathnasium of Longmont

10:30am MDT

Workshop: Develop the Warrior Mindset Instead of the Whatever Mindset and Empower Yourself to Claim, "My life is worth the fight!"
Limited Capacity seats available

This is MY life! My life is valuable and WORTH THE FIGHT. Those who are with me deserve to be PROTECTED BY ME AS WELL. Denial doesn’t make me safe. IN FACT, denial has NEGAGTIVE side effects and will cause me to be unprepared and ineffective. PERSONAL SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. I will make this investment in my life because MY LIFE IS WORTH THE FIGHT. – Damsel IN DEFENSE.

Here is why you should come and participate in this Warrior Workshop!
1. It is a fact that the statistics of becoming a victim of violence are horrible! 1 in every 4
2. You will become empowered and confident!
3. You’ll be able to protect your life AND those that depend on you for protection!
4. You will unleash your inner WARRIOR!
5. It’s so much FUN! ¡Esta es MI vida! Mi vida es valiosa y VALE LA PENA luchar. Los que están conmigo merecen también ser PROTEGIDOS POR MÍ. La negación no me pone a salvo. DE HECHO, la negación tiene efectos secundarios NEGATIVOS y me hará no estar preparado y no ser eficaz. MI SEGURIDAD PERSONAL ES MI RESPONSABILIDAD. Haré esta inversión en mi vida porque MI VIDA VALE LA PELEA. - Damsel IN DEFENSE.

¡Aquí tiene la razón del por qué debería venir y participar en este Taller de Guerreros!
1. ¡Son reales las estadísticas de convertirse en víctima de la violencia. Eso es horrible! 1 de cada 4
2. ¡Se sentirá Ud. lleno de poder y seguro!
3. ¡Podrá proteger su vida y a aquellos que dependen de usted de protección!
4. ¡Liberará a su GUERRERO interior!
5. ¡Será divertido!

Moderators
avatar for Cheryl Lacy

Cheryl Lacy

Independent Damsel Pearl Director, Damsel in Defense
It is my mission to protect people, period.  It is also my mission to train the trainers and teach others how to successfully protect people as well.

Friday July 27, 2018 10:30am - 11:45am MDT
Village at the Peaks (Big Tent)

1:00pm MDT

LSW'18 Smart Cities Hackathon Awards & Pitch Startup Longmont Finale (On the Lawn)
Limited Capacity seats available

Startup Longmont, in conjunction with Longmont Startup Week is hosting a pitch competition for companies operating in the State of Colorado!

The competition helps companies of all kinds take the next big step in their growth. Companies who are selected for the competition will pitch to at least three different panels of expert investors and judges, who will provide feedback and professional advice on their pitch and growth plans. Participants will have support prior to the competition, including working with experts in business development, media and PR, and speaking coaches.

The competition takes place starting 11 a.m. July 20 and 10 a.m July 21 inside the CoSolve co-working location, 350 Terry Street, Longmont.

There is a separate schedule and registration for this event, which can be found here: https://bit.ly/2tA8nHr 

Those advancing to the semifinal rounds will have the opportunity to pitch in front of CEO's from organizations such TechStars, Boomtown, Innovate Longmont and CoSolve.

Thanks, and good luck!

Startup Longmont, en conjunto con Longmont Startup Week, está organizando una competencia de lanzamiento para compañías que operan en el estado de Colorado. La competencia ayudará a empresas de todo tipo a dar el siguiente gran paso en su crecimiento. Las empresas que se seleccionen para la competencia se presentarán al menos ante tres paneles diferentes de inversionistas expertos y jueces, que proporcionarán consejos y asesoramiento profesional sobre su lanzamiento y planes de crecimiento. Los participantes contarán con asistencia y ayuda previa a la competencia, incluido el trabajo con expertos en desarrollo comercial, medios y relaciones públicas, y coaches empresariales. La competencia tendrá lugar a partir de las 11 AMMdel 20 de julio y las 10 AM del 21 de julio en CoSolve ubicado en 350 Terry Street, Longmont.

Por favor, considere que existe un calendario y matricula por separada para este evento, y lo puede encontrar aquí:  https: //bit.ly/2tA8nHr  

Aquellos que avancen a las rondas semifinales tendrán la oportunidad de presentarse ante los CEO de organizaciones como TechStars, Boomtown, Innovate Longmont y CoSolve.

¡Gracias y buena suerte!


Friday July 27, 2018 1:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Village at the Peaks (Big Tent)

4:00pm MDT

Eternals in Times of Change: The You in "Smarter.Together." Entrepreneurship
Limited Capacity seats available

As our week of learning, connecting, collaborating and envisioning draws to a close, remember that our entrepreneurial ecosystem would not thrive without you. While each of us is a leader in our own entrepreneurial journey, when we support others along their journey, we ourselves are much richer for it. That support is especially vital in times like ours — times of hyper-rapid change.

The two key words for this year’s Longmont Startup Week? Smarter. Together. Our final speaker of the week, Dawnet Beverley, is an icon of Smarter.Together. So, come celebrate our entrepreneurial journeys together. Hear Dawnet on how, together, we can strengthen and inspire one another, unite in a common purpose, and elevate entrepreneurs of all backgrounds.

We hope that through our Startup Week you have gained new insight, found new tools, and made new connections that enable your venture to be Smarter.Together.

*Available in English, Spanish and ASL.
*ASL Interpretation by Jessica Collins A medida que nuestra semana de aprendizaje, conexión, colaboración y visualización llegue a su fin, es fundamental recordar que nuestro ecosistema emprendedores no prosperará sin USTED. Cada uno de nosotros es un líder en nuestro propio viaje de emprendimiento, y cuando apoyamos a otros a lo largo de su viaje, a su vez somos mucho más ricos. Hay varias razones por las que elegimos nuestras dos palabras clave para el Longmont Startweek de este año: Inteligencia / Juntos . Nuestro último orador de la semana, Dawnet Beverley, es ejemplo de la verdadera naturaleza de Inteligencia / Juntos así que vengan a celebrar juntos nuestro viaje emprendedor y escuchando a Dawnet hablar sobre su experiencia, sus desafíos y cómo juntos podemos fortalecernos e inspirarnos unos a otros, únanse en un propósito común para apoyar y engrandecer la capacidad de los empresarios de todos los orígenes, y al hacerlo, amplíen nuestra comunidad en apertura, innovación y aceptación.

Esperamos que a través de nuestra Startup Week usted obtenga nuevas perspectivas, adquiera nuevas herramientas, haga nuevas conexiones y amigos que le permiten a usted y su empresa desarrollar un poco mas de inteligencia y al ser parte de nuestro StartWeek, esperamos que permanezca como parte de nuestra comunidad para elevar los recursos empresariales de nuestras ciudades Juntos.

Speakers
avatar for Dawnet Beverly

Dawnet Beverly

Sr. VP, Managing Director, Board Member, Donnelley Financial Solutions
Dawnet is a seasoned Board Member at two organizations, a Senior Vice President & Managing Director for Donnelley Financial Solutions’ global Capital Markets Group, and an accomplished author. She was recognized as a “Most Influential Women” honoree in Silicon Valley and is... Read More →


Friday July 27, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Village at the Peaks (Big Tent)

5:00pm MDT

Longmont Startup Week Closing Party!
Don't forget to stay around, get to meet Dawnet and our other speakers from the week as we close out Longmont Startup Week in style, and what's the best way to close out Longmont Startup Week? An awesome outdoor party of course!

Join us under the big tent and around the terrace at Village at the Peaks for an evening full of tasty food, drinks, games and music alongside your newest friends.

6:00 p.m. - Jackson Cloud will be helping us celebrate and close out Longmont Startup Week!

Jackson Cloud is a young, naturally talented musician from Longmont Colorado. His instrument of choice is the electric guitar however he has found that his voice is an extension of the vibrating strings, which now work as one instrument. Old Blues and Rock & Roll came out very naturally at first, but he has started to write his own material and the sounds are much more.

After a successful week of learning, meeting and connecting with new people and helping us celebrate Longmont's growing entrepreneurial community. You sure deserve the celebration!

See you there! No se olvide de quedarse y conocer en persona a Dawnet y a nuestros otros oradores de la semana mientras cerramos el Longmont Startup Week con estilo, y ¿cuál es la mejor manera de cerrar Longmont Startup Week? ¡Con una increíble fiesta al aire libre, por supuesto! Venga y disfrute bajo una gran carpa alrededor de la terraza en Village at the Peaks para una velada con deliciosa comida, bebidas, juegos y música junto a sus nuevos amigos. Después de una semana exitosa de aprendizaje, conocimiento y conexión con nuevas personas y ayudarnos a celebrar la creciente comunidad empresarial de Longmont. ¡Seguro que se merece la celebración!¡Le vemos allí!


Friday July 27, 2018 5:00pm - 8:00pm MDT
Village at the Peaks (Big Tent)
 


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