Colorado SBDC Network Archives

SBIR Road Tour

Seeding America’s Future Innovations (TM)
Friday, August 16th, 7:15 AM – 3:45 PM

Attention: Small Technology Firms, Technology Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Researchers
The SBA SBIR Road Tour is coming to Colorado for the first time this year, and is stopping in Boulder.

The SBIR Road Tour is a national outreach to provide technology funding opportunity through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Together these programs represent $2.5 billion in early-stage funding.

This is an exciting opportunity for attendees to gain an in-depth understanding of agency technology funding priorities, listen in on engaging panel sessions, meet one-on-one with program managers from 25 federal agencies and connect with local assistance; e.g., DHS, DOE, NASA,NIH, NOAA, USDA, USPTO and more.

Click here for agenda highlights, location, contact information and registration ($69/person): http://bit.ly/2SDFLct.

Yoda Has Left The Building

It’s official — Small Business Specialist, Employee of the Year, Consultant of the Year, and Aurora Small Business Advocate of the Year is officially retired now — and still happier than a millionaire. We will miss him. He’s shown below with Glenn Plagens, Director of Business Support and Rural Prosperity, and to the right Chuck is with his colleague and long-time consultant Jim Olp. Jim gave Chuck his ‘framed’ million!

We are excited for Chuck’s next venture and wish him well!

New on board with the SBDC is strategic planning and financial specialists Neil Pollard for Aurora and Laurie Wolmer for the South Metro area. We are also privileged to have Lanelle Barnett on Wednesdays to assist clients with tax planning, accounting and bookkeeping questions (no, she will not do your books for you nor your tax returns ;^) Stefanie Dalgar is our marketing expert, and they are all a joy and enthusiastic for small business. Please give us a ring for one-on-one free and confidential business consulting, (303) 326-8686. We continue forward without our Yoda Chuck Hahn!

10th Women’s Small Business Conference

Resources / By saraeknudsen

10th Annual Women’s Small Business Conference
Thursday, July 18th | 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Sky Ute Casino Resort | Ignacio, CO
$65/Attendee | $300/Exhibitor

Join the Colorado Small Business Development Center Network
and breakthrough to excellence with a day of educational seminars,
one-on-one consulting, valuable networking opportunities,
and exciting speakers!

Sheri Tingey, Owner, Alpaca Raft
Alpacka Raft started in the fall of 2000 as a collaboration between Sheri Tingey, the design genius behind all of the products, and her son Thor, who had just completed a 600-mile packrafting traverse of Alaska’s Brooks Range and had some ideas for how to make a better performing packraft. Her journey to starting her business began when they received a second Ritt Kellog Fund grant and spent 39 days traversing 600-miles of the Brooks Range, where they found that the packrafts they used were wholly inadequate. Inspired by her trip, Sheri created her first boat that took the packraft world by storm. However, her success didn’t come without its challenges and hurtles, where you will leave this talk feeling inspired on how Sheri overcame these obstacles and built for the future. For the full agenda, click here…

Cyber Security Summit

Events / By saraeknudsen

October is Crime Awareness Month — What a good opportunity to think about the protection and safety of your business, employees and customers!

The Cyber Security Summit is all day, Friday, October 26th
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM – Summit
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM – Happy Hour
Pinery at the Hill | 775 W. Bijou St. | Colorado Springs 80905
Cost: $20/person ($300/exhibitor)

The Summit will include a full day of workshops and takeaways to immediately implement in your business, two keynote speakers, access to cyber security consultants for free on-on-one consulting throughout the day, and Cyber for Small Business exhibitors. Your registration also includes a continental breakfast, plated lunch and happy hour hors d’oeuvres.

Learn more and register: www.pikespeaksbdc.org/summit
Download the announcement here…

Innovation & Opportunity Conference

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SEED | CONNECT | GROW
November 7-8, 2018
Aurora, Colorado Hyatt Regency Event Center

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The inaugural Innovation and Opportunity Conference: Advancing Aerospace and Defense brings together NASA experts, small businesses, startups, research institutions and large businesses/prime contractors for a technology and commercialization event. The Innovation and Opportunity Conference (IOC) provides opportunities for companies at every stage of maturity, from those just starting out with a great idea, to experienced innovators looking to expand and actively participate in tomorrow’s aerospace and defense. Hear about NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs Interact directly with NASA experts and learn how to participate Learn about large businesses’ advanced development/research development priorities and connect with their teams on possible collaborations Participate in multiple opportunities to connect with federal agencies and primes, including two days of matchmaking and one-on-one meetings Meet representatives from the entire innovation ecosystem, including SBIR, STTR, labs, academia, and industry experts