Boulder Startup Week 2025

Boulder Startup Week 2025

JV Crum III, MBA/JD, Founder/CEO

Conscious Millionaire Institute LLC

FOUNDER / CEO

Boulder, Colorado

ConsciousMillionaire.com, ConsciousMillionaireShow.com, ConsciousMillionairecom/Founders-Club

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About me

Achieve Your Impossible Now! We work with founders and entrepreneurs to turn their "impossible" problems and goals (where they are often stuck) into possibilities - then achieve them! www.ConsciousMillionaire.com JV is the world-class expert on ultra-performance and conscious business. Host of the world's #1 podcast on conscious business, Conscious Millionaire Show with 3,000 episodes and 100 million listeners world-wide, 11th season. www.ConsciousMillionaireShow.com. 1,000s have attended our coaching and trainings. Join our Founders-Club for early stage founders / startups. Free monthly zoom training on Mindset to Achieve Bigger Milestones Faster! ConsciousMillionaire.com/Founders-Club

8:00am MDT

Welcome Breakfast & The Boulder Thesis with Brad Feld — Presented by Drive Capital Rosetta HallTim Morrissey • Brad Feld • Nicole Glaros • Bekah • Holly Vezina • Melissa Wall

10:00am MDT

EVERYONE WANTS TO BE SOLD TO! Boulder LibraryRon Ben-Joseph

11:00am MDT

Building Strategic Partnerships to Scale Your Software Startup - a special emphasis on the Salesforce ecosystem Canyon Center (Amenity Center) - BSW BasecampLance Foster • Corey Litwin Unlocking Innovation: Navigating University IP Licensing for Life Sciences Startups Boulder LibraryBrad Schoenfeld • John Shearer • Annalissa Philbin

12:00pm MDT

Frameworks for Founders: Decision-Making Tools For Clearer Thinking SovrnJulie Penner • Liz Giorgio • Tim Weiss • Vanessa Clark • Bill McDonald • David Bradley

1:00pm MDT

Action Trumps Everything: Building with Ai for non-developers, Rapid Prototyping, and how to leverage ai as a non developer to scale your business Boulder LibraryDavey Randa

5:00pm MDT

Silicon Flatirons presents the Startup Variety Show University of Colorado (Wolf Law Building, Wittemeyer Courtroom)Brad Bernthal • Kirsten Suddath • Sherisse Hawkins • Landon Nattrass • Ryan Ninnes • Chris White • Bob Wold

10:00am MDT

PERSPECTIVE IS EVERYTHING: Incubating and Iterating Ideas with Co-Founders KilnDavid Bernstein

11:00am MDT

Behind the Scenes at a Live Founder Coaching Session Boulder LibrarySusan Strong

12:00pm MDT

From Saboteur to Sidekick: Working with your Imposter Monster Boulder LibraryAJ Lauer, EdD

1:00pm MDT

Growing From Zero to $1M++ The Inner Game of Entrepreneurship Boulder LibraryRet Taylor • Alex Raymond

2:00pm MDT

From Concept to Scale: Strategic Design for Startups SovrnNate Wearin

3:00pm MDT

Startup Communities: The Next Generation SovrnJaclyn • Brad Feld

5:00pm MDT

AI Builders, Boulder Startup Week Edition! Founder Central by SweaterIan Cairns • Natty Zola • Thad • Eric Ryan • Tim Morrissey

12:00pm MDT

Decoding the Deal: A Founder's Guide to SAFEs, Notes, and Term Sheets KilnAndrew Miller

2:00pm MDT

Fireside Chat with Greg Keller, Co-Founder and CTO of JumpCloud KilnZeb King

3:00pm MDT

Fireside Chat with Mike Conover, Founder and CEO of Brightwave AI SovrnCody Moore

4:00pm MDT

From Vision to Victory: Maximizing Founder Outcomes through Strategic Structuring Canyon Center (Amenity Center) - BSW BasecampMalte Witt • Kerry McNichols

6:00pm MDT

Derailing Our Application: How And Why We Are Decoupling Our Code From Rails by Alan Ridlehoover and Fito von Zastrow from Cisco Viget BoulderDan Moore • Marty Haught • Rylan Bowers

8:30am MDT

Tiny Teams: The AI Powered PM Founder Central by SweaterLauri Hofherr

9:00am MDT

AI as a Game-Changer: Standing Out in Competitive Industries Canyon Center (Amenity Center) - BSW BasecampRodion Telpizov

10:00am MDT

The Power of Shared Ownership: How Entrepreneurs Can Benefit from Employee Ownership in Colorado SovrnJason Wiener • Allie Clark • Ashley Ortiz • David Henry • Matthew Licina • Andrea Steffes-Tuttle

11:00am MDT

Building AI Products That Work: Practical Techniques for Evaluating and Developing AI Agents SovrnSarah Niemeyer

12:00pm MDT

Reimagining Hiring: How Fun, Intuitive Tools Can Solve Your Biggest Recruiting Challenges SovrnJohn Collins

1:00pm MDT

Beyond Features: How To Drive Revenue with Stories SovrnShannon Plumb

2:00pm MDT

Scaling AI in Biotech SovrnJoey Azofeifa

3:00pm MDT

Culture-first: Scaling your startup while leading with values to create thriving, engaged teams SovrnSonya Hausafus • Chrissy Ford • Jud Valeski • Keri Rich

5:00pm MDT

NextCycle Colorado Pitch Competition eTown Hall

9:00am MDT

Reinforcement Learning for Agents SovrnPatrick Barker

10:00am MDT

Building and Managing your Board SovrnWalter Knapp • Tim Miller • Brad Feld • Todd Vernon

11:00am MDT

Reimagining Capital: How Innovative Funding Models Strengthen Communities and Businesses SovrnAlan Ramirez • Andrea Steffes-Tuttle • Cindy Willard • Matthew Licina • Suzanne Prendergast • Verity Noble

12:00pm MDT

From Zero to One: Cool Idea, now what? Canyon Center (Amenity Center) - BSW BasecampJohn Kozura

1:00pm MDT

Understanding Your Market: Leveraging Public Data for Better Business Decisions Canyon Center (Amenity Center) - BSW BasecampLouis Rosner

2:00pm MDT

Not Your Average Networking Event - How the Boulder and Colorado Startup Community can support YOU! SovrnLuz C. Gonzalez • Micah Mador • Lindsey Rohde

3:00pm MDT

Mastering the Grant Writing Process: A Guide to Crafting Winning Proposals and Securing Funding SovrnDr. Julie Byle

4:00pm MDT

Welcome to Boulder T/ACOMicah Mador