Startup Variety Show
The April 9 session of the Startup Variety Show, entitled Capital, Talent, and Startups: Under Resourced, Under Served, and Overlooked, spotlights entrepreneurs who are underrepresented in the emerging company community. Guest host Henry Wright will join Brad Bernthal to emcee the evening. This event will highlight individuals from underrepresented communities who are building companies, funding ideas, and investing in startups. More broadly, we will also examine issues which challenge greater inclusion in the startup ecosystem, such as the capital access, investment gaps, social networks, workforce preparedness, and other concerns.
The Startup Variety Show puts the spotlight on the most creative minds. The Variety Show ranks among the best ways to engage with Colorado’s Front Range entrepreneurial community. This edition of the Variety Show will also draw national speakers. Now in its second year, Variety Show stitches together the startup scene, CU Boulder, innovators from the Federal Labs, as well as technologists from incumbent technology companies.
Sessions
Networking Reception
@ Wolf Law Bldg, Schaden Commons
Light dinner and refreshments provided.
Welcome, Introduction, & Community Announcements
@ Wittemyer Courtroom
- Brad Bernthal
Executive Director | Entrepreneurship Initiative Director, Silicon Flatirons - Henry Wright
External Advisory Board I&E, University of Colorado Boulder - Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss
Dean and Provost’s Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
Access to Capital
@ Wittemyer Courtroom
- Seth Levine — Moderator
Partner, Foundry Group - Mark Hardie — Presenter
Director – Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth - Sheila Duffy
Executive Director, Burridge Center for Finance, CU Leeds School of Business - Sherrard Harrington
Chairman, EONXI - Natalie Levy
Founder & Managing Partner, She’s Independent - Marc Patterson
Founder/Managing Partner, Bennu Partners
Break
Entrepreneurs Building Companies, Overlooked Partnerships and Unusual Suspects
@ Wittemyer Courtroom
- Brynmor Rees — Moderator
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation and Managing Director, Venture Partners at CU Boulder - Luis Duarte — Presenter
Co-Founder and CEO, Amoofy, Inc. - Sherrard Harrington
Chairman, EONXI - Kevin Allen
Co-Founder and Board Member, Access Mode - Jae Allyce
Founder & CEO, Prospect Consulting
Workforce Preparedness and the Next Generation in Emerging Companies
@ Wittemyer Courtroom
- Henry Wright — Moderator
External Advisory Board I&E, University of Colorado Boulder - Natalie Levy — Presenter
Founder & Managing Partner, She’s Independent - Mark Hardie
Director – Center for Private Equity & Venture Capital, The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth - Michelle Kruk
Young Leaders Program Manager, Greenhouse Scholars - John Weiss
Co-Founder & CEO, Human Design
Dessert Reception
@ Wolf Law Bldg, Boettcher Hall