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Techstars Startup Weekend Food + Tech Boulder
Friday, November 17 - 19, 2017
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Techstars Startup Weekend Food + Tech Boulder
Friday, November 17 - 19, 2017
Friday, November 17 - 19, 2017
Event starts at 6:00 pm
New Hope Network
5541 Central Avenue
Suite 150
Boulder,
CO
80301
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Come create the future of food, food systems, and food technology!
Have you ever had an idea that would change what we eat, how we eat, where we eat, etc? The whole food system is your oyster! Here's how we're thinking about food + food tech:
Ones' that address the barriers that limit a person's access to affordable, healthy, real foods: wages, geography, housing, transportation, health/childcare, institutional discrimination.
Thought starters: Alternative access points, distribution efficiencies, local economic development models, healthy corner stores, govt/business/nonprofit partnerships
We're looking for passionate foodies, students, entrepreneurs, developers, chefs, designers, and everyone in between, who want to innovate new systems and products related to food. Come learn the basics of founding and launching a successful startup while solving real problems we face in our food system.
We provide the space, meals, caffeine, and connections to local resources to keep you going throughout the weekend.
We hope you'll join us and can't wait to see what you cook up!
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday November 17th
Saturday November 18th
Sunday November 19th
Speakers
Steve Hughes
CEO & Co-Founder @ Sunrise Strategic Partners
Event Judges
Carlotta Mast
Senior VP, Content and Insights
Shari Leidich
Founder
David Brown
Co-CEO of Techstars
Vincent Love
Finance & CPG, Co-Founder/CFO/COO @ Sunrise Strategic Partners
Coaches and Mentors
Karina Costa
Director of Techstars Anywhere
Prior to that Karina was the co-founder and COO of Fábrica de Startups accelerator in Lisbon where she spinned off 6 national and international programs and worked with +90 startups that raised over €30 mio in capital. In 2009 Karina founded Glutone, a waste management hardware solution for fast food chains. Prior to that Karina worked in marketing at Kellogg's and other consumer Fortune 500 companies.
Dan Andrews
Senior Software Engineer
Ethan Hirshberg
Founder and CEO
Ashley Colpaart
Founder, CEO
Ashley has a PhD in in Interdisciplinary Studies in Food Science and Food Safety from Colorado State University and is a Registered Dietitian. She earned a Master of Science in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, and was previously the Northern Colorado Food Cluster coordinator in her home of Fort Collins, Colorado. She has a unique system understanding of food and human health in social, economic, and environmental spheres.
Michael Memsic
Co-Founder, CEO
Catherine Walsh
Practice Coordinator
Catherine also serves on the board of Naturally Boulder and has previously co-founded Yummari leading up to its acquisition by 1908 Brands.
Bill Capsalis
Partner
In addition Bill was previously a member of The Boulder Farm Team – a strategic consulting firm and after that a partner with Big Picture Brands – a consulting group dedicated to helping early stage food and beverage brands expand nationally. Presently he is in the early stages of forming a new company called Co-Lab that works on high level strategic issues for brands in diverse industries. He is the past President of the Board for Naturally Boulder, a trade association in Boulder with 1000 members and 150 sponsoring companies all involved in the healthy living and food space. He lives and works in Boulder Colorado.
Fran Schoenwetter
Managing Director
She specializes in Values based CPG industry sector: Natural, Sustainable, Organic, Fair Trade and Social Responsibility.
Todd Budin
Managing Partner @ Boulder Insights
Andrea Blau
Director of Operations and New Business @ Natural Food Works
Jennifer Rosenthal
Pat Hughes
Vice President Commercial Operations @ Sunrise Strategic Partners
Wendy Lu McGill
Founder/CEO @ Rocky Mountain Micro Ranch
Marshall Hayes
Nick Molé
Vice President Investments @ Sunrise Strategic Partners
Karen Frame
CEO & Co-founder @ Makeena
Blake Mitchell
Principal @ Interact Boulder
Joe Matta
Commercial Operations Manager @ Sunrise Strategic Partners
Eric Bruno
Director of Strategy @ Interact Boulder
From niche pharmaceuticals to global automotive Eric’s learned that every single project has a white-hot spot of inspiration within it… he’ll tell you many stories about how difficult finding that inspiration-bullseye can be sometimes.
He’s earned his Consumer Insight stripes on a wide range of brands in many diverse categories including- Chevrolet, Subaru of America, British Airways, Nike (training, running, Jordan), TD Ameritrade, Shire (ADHD) and many more.
Today, Eric is the Director of Strategy at Interact, a food & beverage-centric branding and design firm in Boulder.
Recently, Eric has been Lecturer at the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business. He focuses on entrepreneurship and being super-kind to his students by using the fewest number of powerpoint slides in his lectures possible.
At some point in the mid-nineties Eric graduated from Oklahoma City University, eventually winding his way to graduate school at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL where he earned a Masters in Integrated Marketing.
Eric and his family moved to Boulder after 10 years in NYC. He’s quite certain he’ll be “de-toxing” from the countless hours standing on subway platforms waiting for the F-train to arrive.
Alisha Stagg
Managing Director @ Interact Boulder
Jody Feihnor-Dennis
Founder and CEO @ Missy J’s Snack + Treats
Ross Shell
CEO @ Red Ideas Partners
Event Sponsors, and Partners
The Techstars Startup Weekend Food + Tech Boulder team is grateful for the support of local community partners without whom this event would not be possible.
Learn how to become a sponsor here.
Signature Sponsors
The New Hope Network is at the forefront of the healthy lifestyle products industry. With solutions for the complete supply chain from manufacturers, retailers/distributors, service providers and ingredient suppliers, the network offers a robust portfolio of content, events, data, research and consultative services.
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Organizing Team
Techstars Startup Weekend Boulder is 100% led by volunteer community leaders.
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