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Collaboration Competition Women in Business Tech Lawyer Accelerator Technology, and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Law Idea Forge Club Deming Center Venture Fund Clinic Idea Forge JUST CURIOUS Academic courses Meetups Student Clubs GET STARTED Competitions Mentors Centers & Institutes LOCATION OF ASSETS Events CU Boulder BUILD & TEST Academic Assets Innovation Ecosystem ITERATE Prototyping Legal Boulder/Denver Mentors 2017-2018 Assets Accelerators Capital Capital LAUNCH & SCALE CU Boulder Campus Assets Co-working Commercialization Incubators spaces & Tech Transfer Compiled by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative I www.colorado.edu/innovate I [email protected] Innovation Ecosystem 2017-2018 JILA NewCo Boulder Ignyte Tinkermill Colorado Innovative Industries Internship Technology Ventures and Marketing Propel Accelerator Lightstone Ventures O&G Cleantech Challenge Program EMEN 5090 Through TiE Rockies, designed to build http://lightstonevc.com/ One of the nation’s leading research institutes NewCo festivals welcome attendees into the We work alongside veteran entrepreneurs, Largest makerspace / hackerspace in Col- in the physical sciences, including: atomic, Prime Health Challenge offices of innovative organizations. https:// brand-makers, and investors to accelerate orado and the surrounding Rocky Mountain If you are an employer in an innovative indus- Entrepreneurial Business Plan relationships and prepare entrepreneurs MergeLane Fund Preparation EMEN 5825 for the world of funding. http://rockies.tie. molecular and optical physics, biophysics, bdr.newco.co/ the growth of promising companies. http:// region. http://www.tinkermill.org/ try, this program will help with your internship Academic Invests in outstanding female-led companies VC Investment Competition Lean and Agile Management EMEN 5500 org/propel/ quantum information, precision measure- NREL Industry Growth Forum ignytelab.com/ costs. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/ outside the accelerator cohort. http://merge- Programs Engineering Capstone Design courses ment, and more. https://jila.colorado.edu/ New Tech Colorado Meetup cdle/innovativeindustries StartUp Health lane.com/our-portfolio The nation’s premier clean energy investment Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research CU Boulder Career Center Global Seminars Addresses the Children’s Health Moonshots event. http://www.nrelforum.com/ A community of 12,000 geeks who live and Applied Computer Science BS Degree: Meritage Funds (INSTAAR) CoWorking Student Clubs Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation in and Access to Care Moonshots. https:// Silicon Flatirons work in Colorado. http://www.meetup.com/ http://www.colorado.edu/career/ A post-baccalaureate degree. https://www. 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