Techstars Startup Week West Slope

Small businesses have more opportunity than ever due to technology. We’ve shifted from paper and human-intensive activities to a world of rapid optimization and automation. Learn what information to have accessible to make strategic decisions, what apps will help day to day management, why cash is king, and other tips to help you manage and grow your business.

Explore the value of community-based Accelerators, Incubators and Innovation Hubs with a team of regional leaders. This session will reveal the unexpected strengths, weaknesses, failures, and wins learned from the varied approaches of each. The target audience is community leaders and entrepreneurial activists.

THIS SESSION IS FULL!

Are you a startup? Are you looking for funding and investment? Are you interested in mentorship?

Then sign up for Office Hours to meet one-on-one with experts and founders with experience in equity and debt financing, starting and growing a company, and mentoring startups.

West Slope Startup Week is thrilled to host industry leaders and up-and-coming founders for one-on-one sessions allowing for intimate, personalized conversation. Don't miss this opportunity!

Sessions are 20 minutes each, you can sign up for 1, 2, 3, or 4 sessions, though it is based on availability.
Session 1 // 2:45 - 3:05
Session 2 // 3:15 - 3:35
Session 3 // 3:45 - 4:05
Session 4 // 4:15 - 4:35

To sign up, email jonathan@coventure.io

If you have an idea for a startup and want honest feedback from experienced entrepreneurs, then join us for the Startup Ideation Bootcamp. This intensive workshop will help you improve your idea, come up with new ideas and even recruit potential co-founders. What are the components of a great idea? How do you know if you are working in an attractive market? How do you validate that your idea is great? What possible roadblocks could your idea face, and how do you overcome them?

It is not required, but to help you get the most out of this event, we've provided this Ideation Worksheet. You can fill out this worksheet and bring it to the Bootcamp, which will enable mentors to easily give feedback on your idea.

Who should Attend?
Anyone who has an idea for a startup or an early-stage company.
Anyone who would like feedback on their idea or pitch.
Anyone that is interested in joining a new startup or looking for a co-founder.

Ready for the workplace of tomorrow? The future or work is being shaped all around us. 

Join us for a discussion with local entrepreneurs who have created new careers, new companies and are thriving in the new environment.

EOS®, the Entrepreneurial Operating System, is a complete set of simple concepts and practical tools that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs get what they want from their businesses.

For this panel discussion, we will hear from a few of our local companies that have utilized the EOS system to help grow their companies. 

It's easy to see the end result of a successful business and gloss over the countless hours of hard work, small wins and sacrifice it took to get there. At one point, every home run business began as a startup with its own unique journey and story. This session is about those stories. If you're looking to launch your dream idea, if you’re searching for tips and tricks to accelerate your current business, or you simply want to commiserate about the highs and lows of blazing your own path, this session is for you.

Attracting talented employees is one of the most important things a growing company can do. During this panel discussion, we will be hearing from some of the west slope’s fastest growing companies about what it takes to identify, recruit, & retain an incredible team.

Eric believes that it’s better to focus on business value than business growth: “It’s not about what you make, it’s about what you keep.” With growth and value in mind, Eric will touch on recasting financial statements, finding industry rules of thumb, using sold market comparables, and the top five things any business owner should do right away to maximize business value and exit their business in style.