Boulder Startup Week 2025

Steve Borne is a veteran sound designer and mixer with 35+ years of experience shaping audio for hit TV shows like Nurse Jackie and Saturday Night Live. With multiple industry awards and thousands of hours in the studio, he’s now channeling that expertise into HearLabs, a purpose-driven startup on a mission to fix the way people hear dialogue on TV. HearLabs tackles a problem most thought was unsolvable—bringing studio-quality clarity to living rooms, especially for those with hearing loss. Steve’s journey is one of obsession, persistence, and staying true to a vision even when the market didn’t understand it. He brings raw honesty, hard-earned insights, and a few good jokes to this year’s Boulder Startup Week stage.