Nearly Nicole

I’m sitting in Avanti, adjacent to the Boulder Theater, hiding in a back corner because I can’t seem to get a quiet, undisturbed spot to write this post.

I have some news.

I can’t believe it.

Back in March, I wrote about the departure of Techstars Boulder, and on the back of the Foundry announcement, it became clear that we, as the Colorado startup community, needed to evolve and step up.

I have sat on many boards of directors, and since many, dare I say most, have been mediocre at best, I’ve become passionate about how to make them highly functional.

We’ve all heard how important company values are; they are the basis of the culture of our company and we spend hours upon hours writing them, agreeing on them, training on them, hiring against them, and putting them on walls.

May 13th kicks off the 15th annual Boulder Startup Week 2024 – a volunteer-organized weeklong celebration and conference for startups in Colorado.

For the past 48 hours, I’ve been fielding texts, calls, emails, and mentions, non-stop, due to the post from Techstars about Techstars 2.0, the closing of the Boulder accelerator program and others in key cities, and the shifting of the HQ to NYC from Bou…

In a post I wrote last year, I hinted at a couple of projects I’ve been working on – and I’m excited to share one with you now.

If you want to go fast, go alone.