Fort Collins, CO (PRWEB) February 10, 2014 <\/p>\n
Launch Haus LLC, a local venture catalyst firm along with its co-organizers Steve Hamaker and Kari Henley announces the first ever Fort Collins Startup Week May 20-25th. <\/p>\n
Register at http:\/\/www.ftcstartupweek.co<\/a>. <\/p>\n Gerd Leonhard, the well-known futurist and five-time author, will kickoff the 5 day event thats slated to unite the entrepreneurial community across the Front Range of Colorado while bringing in global entrepreneurial rock stars to the local scene. <\/p>\n Learn more at http:\/\/www.ftcstartupweek.co\/keynote<\/a>. <\/p>\n The event will explore and celebrate success from local leading companies, provide inspiring speakers, uncover real innovation and share game-changing ideas happening in the City, State and Nation. <\/p>\n The City of Fort Collins is pleased to participate in this event, which will help highlight many of the small businesses and entrepreneurs in our community and help them connect with resources, said SeonAh Kendall, the Citys Economic Policy and Project Manager, who works with businesses on retention and expansion. <\/p>\n This event is not only at the right time, following Boulder Startup Week May 12-16th, its in the right place according to the 2013 study by the Kauffman Foundation which named Fort Collins number 2 of its Top 10 Metro Areas for High-Tech Startup Density. <\/p>\n Fort Collins Start Up Week is slated to highlight everything entrepreneurial in Northern Colorado, from leading-edge tech to social innovation, maker labs to music, tasty hops to leaps in bioscience, and some of the coolest and quirkiest main street establishments anywhere in the country said Chris J Snook, Organizing Chair and Co-Founder of Launch Haus, LLC. Were blessed to have the week culminate with the unprecedented size and energy of the Blue Ocean Enterprise Challenge. <\/p>\n Fort Collins Startup Week tracks include: Capital Access, Design Thinking, Talent, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, & Public Policy. Stay tuned as the panelists and session leaders reveal their content for the program. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Visit link: <\/p>\n Launch Haus Announces Fort Collins Start Up Week Headliner Futurist Gerd Leonhard Keynotes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fort Collins, CO (PRWEB) February 10, 2014 Launch Haus LLC, a local venture catalyst firm along with its co-organizers Steve Hamaker and Kari Henley announces the first ever Fort Collins Startup Week May 20-25th. Register at http:\/\/www.ftcstartupweek.co<\/a>. Gerd Leonhard, the well-known futurist and five-time author, will kickoff the 5 day event thats slated to unite the entrepreneurial community across the Front Range of Colorado while bringing in global entrepreneurial rock stars to the local scene Continue reading