Boulder Breakthrough: Advancing Our Innovation Economy Boulder has a world-renowned entrepreneurial economy. In an effort to sustain this high level of success, the Boulder Chamber invites you to join us in kicking off the “Boulder Breakthrough”, an innovation-centered venture focused on accelerating broad-based community support for Boulder’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. In its position as a cross-industry support organization, the Boulder Chamber has the reputation as a clearinghouse for innovation data and entrepreneurial connections. These assets can be leveraged to capture and elevate Boulder’s entrepreneurial story.
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2017 Initiatives
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1. Measuring and Monitoring: Researching and analyzing innovation metrics to measure Boulder’s startup ecosystem performance, monitoring it over time, and identifying challenges and opportunities for attention. Targeted metrics will be determined.
2 2. Telling Boulder’s Innovation Stories: Identifying and communicating stories about the latest developments, emerging trends, successes, and challenges of Boulder’s startup ecosystem; Raising awareness about innovation and entrepreneurship across all our industries.
3. Convening and Connecting: Facilitating “productive collisions” by bringing together Boulder’s key innovation industries; Connecting startups with larger, well-established companies to facilitate mentoring, partnerships, investments, and other programs that support the growth of startups.
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