Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Shifts, Trends, + Unicorns

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A new age, heightened by the prospect for economic opportunities – unseen since the end of the Web 2.0 boom (2004 – 2008) – is dawning. Akin to the Industrial Revolution, innovators are charging ahead creating new technologies designed to meet the growing demands across a multitude of vertical markets.

As economic developers, we need to continue to support and advocate for the development of infrastructural and financial ecosystems to benefit these companies and ensure that Colorado’s entrepreneurs have every advantage to form, launch, and scale their businesses.

The Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC) assembled a panel of five experts to provide perspectives on the needs and barriers along a startup’s journey to become a thriving business. Barriers and challenges to accessing markets, early-stage funding, and essential infrastructure improvements topped the list of challenges that confront new and expanding businesses as we rebuild and recover from the economic downturn brought on by the pandemic.

Come examine with us the shifts and trends that are affecting Colorado’s startup ecosystem and learn what is needed for these startups to become unicorns in Colorado’s post-pandemic entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Thought-leadership Contributors + Speakers:

Marc Nager, Fund Director, Greater Colorado Venture Fund
Mike Freeman, General Partner and CEO, Innosphere Ventures
Elizabeth Marsh, Executive Director, Southwest Colorado Accelerator for Entreprenuers
Delaney Keating, Executive Director, Startup Colorado
Cass Walker, Executive Director, First Southwest Community Fund
Azarel Madrigal-Chase, Program Director, First Southwest Community Fund

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