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SUMMARY:SoCo Startup Week - SoCo Startup Showcase
DESCRIPTION:🚀 SoCo Startup Showcase\nWednesday\, August 26th | 4:30–6:30 PM\nEnt Center for the Arts at UCCS \nPresented by El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC) \nSouthern Colorado is building more than people realize. Come see it for yourself. \nThe SoCo Startup Showcase is a high-energy\, interactive startup experience featuring around 20 companies from across Colorado Springs and Southern Colorado. This is not a standard tabling event with banners\, brochures\, and polite nodding. Every company in the room will bring something interactive — a live demo\, game\, challenge\, simulation\, sample\, experience\, or hands-on activity designed to show what they are building\, the problem they are solving\, and why it matters. \nExpect software\, products\, services\, small businesses\, student ventures\, and emerging companies all sharing their work in creative\, memorable ways. You might test your reaction time\, try a simulator\, throw things\, or discover a company solving a problem you did not even know existed. \nThis event is built for founders\, students\, investors\, business leaders\, startup supporters\, and anyone who is curious about what is happening in the local innovation ecosystem. Whether you are already plugged in or have been watching from the sidelines\, this is your chance to get an inside look at the companies\, people\, and ideas shaping Southern Colorado’s next chapter. \nThe evening will be free-flowing\, social\, and full of energy. Explore the startup exhibits at your own pace\, meet the founders behind the work\, enjoy a full catered meal\, and hang out at the Goat Patch Brewing pavilion for FREE beers! \nCome ready to explore\, ask questions\, try things\, meet people\, and leave saying: “I had no idea this much was being built here.” \nHere’s what to expect: \n\n🚀 Interactive startup showcases and live demos\n🎯 Games\, challenges\, simulations\, samples\, and hands-on activities\n\n\n🤝 Networking with founders\, students\, investors\, entrepreneurs\, and community leaders\n🍽️ A full catered meal\n🍻 Goat Patch Brewing pavilion with FREE beer\n💡 A high-energy look at what Southern Colorado’s startup community has to offer\n\nIf you are curious about startups\, innovation\, entrepreneurship\, or the future of Colorado Springs\, this is the room to be in. \nWho Is This Session For\nColorado founders\, startups\, entrepreneurs and small business owners. We also would love for our community leaders and government officials to join us.
URL:https://startupcolorado.org/event/soco-startup-week-soco-startup-showcase/
LOCATION:Ent Center for the Arts\, 5225 N Nevada Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80918\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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ORGANIZER;CN="SoCo Startup":MAILTO:jmhorst@exponentialimpact.com
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SUMMARY:SoCo Startup Week - Startup Arcade: Build\, Price\, Play
DESCRIPTION:🚀 Startup Arcade: Build\, Price\, Play\nPresented by El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC) \nWednesday\, August 26th | 1:30 PM–3:30 PM\nHosted at Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS \nIn the Startup Arcade\, you and your team will create a playable game from scratch! With a limited budget\, limited time\, and finite resources\, the race is on to build the best game possible. \nDo you have what it takes to corner the market? \nYour team will receive startup capital (monopoly cash) to purchase materials from the central bank. Its up to you to design\, build\, and price your game. Every choice matters. Spend too much on materials and your profit shrinks. Spend too little and your game may be lame. Price it to high and customers may say bye bye. \nTeams will put their entrepreneurial instincts to work by balancing: \n\n💰 Budgeting and resource allocation\n🛠️ Product design and development\n💲 Pricing strategy\n📣 Marketing and customer appeal\n🤝 Teamwork and creative problem-solving\n\nOnce the games are built\, the marketplace opens. Participants will receive a new stack of consumer dollars to purchase and play games from the other teams. Can your game win the competition for attention\, customers\, and revenue? \nAwards will be presented for: \n\n🏆 Most Popular Game – The game that sells the most plays\n💸 Highest Profit – The team with the greatest profit after subtracting the cost of goods sold\n\nWhether you’re an experienced founder\, a student\, a builder\, or just curious about entrepreneurship\, this hands-on workshop offers a fun way to experience the pressure\, creativity\, and strategy behind bringing a new product to market. \nCome ready to build\, price\, and play! \nWho Is This Session For\nStudents\, entrepreneurs\, creatives\, and community members interested in innovation\, collaboration\, and experiencing entrepreneurship in a fun\, hands-on way.
URL:https://startupcolorado.org/event/soco-startup-week-startup-arcade-build-price-play/
LOCATION:Ent Center for the Arts\, 5225 N Nevada Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80918\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:SoCo Startup Week - Pivot Through Pain: Bouncing Back from Failure
DESCRIPTION:🚀 Pivot Through Pain: Bouncing Back from Failure\nPresented by El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC) \nWednesday\, August 26th | 10:30 AM–12:00 PM\nHosted at Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS \nFailure is an ever-present companion on the entrepreneurial journey. While no one enjoys failure\, what we learn from it often depends on our perspective – and our ability to see beyond the immediate consequences. \nLed by Larry Plummer\, Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and El Pomar Chair of Business & Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at UCCS\, this session is an interactive workshop designed to help founders\, entrepreneurs\, and innovators rethink what failure really means and discover how setbacks can become powerful opportunities for learning\, resilience\, and growth. \nDuring the workshop\, we’ll revisit a compelling case of failure from NASA’s storied history and ask a deceptively simple question: Is this a story of failure – or success? \nThe answer may depend entirely on how you define each. \nTogether\, we’ll explore how our definitions of failure and success shape the way we approach challenges\, evaluate outcomes\, make decisions\, and move forward when things don’t go as planned. \nDuring this hands-on session\, you’ll: \n💭 Explore how we define failure\, and why our perspective matters \n🚀 Examine a fascinating case from NASA’s history and debate whether it represents failure\, success\, or something in between \n🎯 Reframe failure and success through the lens of intentional goals\, outcomes\, and learning \n✍️ Reflect on your own setbacks to uncover lessons and opportunities for growth \n🤝 Share\, debate\, and learn with fellow entrepreneurs through guided\, supportive group discussions \n🔮 Look ahead to future challenges and consider how what you learn from failure today can shape better outcomes tomorrow \nCome prepared to share your perspective\, debate your views on failure\, reveal your own failure stories\, and engage with fellow participants in a supportive\, constructive\, and candid environment. \nWhether you’ve experienced a recent setback\, are navigating the uncertainty that comes with building something new\, or simply want to become a more resilient founder and leader\, you’ll leave with fresh perspectives and a new way to think about one of entrepreneurship’s most constant companions: failure. \nBecause sometimes the difference between failure and success is what happens next. \nWho Is This Session For\nColorado founders\, startups\, entrepreneurs and small business owners who have encountered failure and want to learn how to pivot from it.
URL:https://startupcolorado.org/event/soco-startup-week-pivot-through-pain-bouncing-back-from-failure/
LOCATION:Ent Center for the Arts\, 5225 N Nevada Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80918\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community
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