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How I Built It: Diana Precht, Vergent Products and Rocky Mountain Blooms

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Diana Precht, Co-Founder of Vergent Products (retired) and current founder of Rocky Mountain Blooms Diana is a manufacturing executive and a serial entrepreneur at the same time. She and her husband Terry founded the Loveland CO electronics contract manufacturing company Vergent Products in 1995. Together, they built the business solidly into the middle market until …

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How I Built It: Jeffrey Porter, StockIQ

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

StockIQ was founded in 2015 by a team of serial entrepreneurs. It has quickly scaled to a multi-million dollar operation WITHOUT outside funding. Join Jeffrey Porter and Candyce Edelen as they talk about how the StockIQ team built and scaled the company so quickly. Jeffrey will talk about the DNA of the organization and how …

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How I Built It: Derrick Kuhn, Brillity Digital

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Derrick Kuhn founded Brillity Digital in 2017 and has scaled it to over $950K in 5 years. Join Derrick to hear about how he's built this company, the pivots he's had to make as the market changed, and how he's grown his services based business.

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Solopreneurs Can Scale: What I Learned from Closing $100K in 50 Days with Cindy Skalicky

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

This is not a "look at me and what I did" talk. No, this is just a story to share and that might inspire. I started On Point Communications 100% unintentionally in 2015 after no one would hire me for a part time gig. I almost closed up shop in the pandemic, and interviewed at …

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Charles Fred Keynote – New Science Can Change Your Odds of Reaching $10M in Revenue and Beyond

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Roughly 6 million firms operate as employers in the United States. Only 180,000 have more than $10 million in revenue.  A breathtaking fact considering the hopes and dreams of start-up entrepreneurs planning to easily break through this barrier within the first few years of operation. So how can you beat these odds? Research proves that …

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Charles Fred: Can Your Stakeholders Endure a Long Journey?

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Can your stakeholders endure a long journey? Consider this immutable fact: Only 3% of all firms operating in the U.S. eventually reach $10 million in sales. Most will take an average of 12 years to reach the $10 million threshold. Few entrepreneurs have prepared their stakeholders for this extended journey. But there are steps you …

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How to Build a Financially Resilient Business and Prepare it for Scale with CJ Whelan

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

C.J. Whelan is a serial entrepreneur (and bicycling fanatic and car nut) who founded, scaled, and sold several multi-million dollar businesses. He now serves as the Executive Director for the Rockies Venture Club. RVC is angel investing group with a strong focus on entrepreneurial education.  Hear how angel/venture backed companies should be thinking about scaling. In …

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Use LinkedIn to Build Credibility and Fill Your Sales Pipeline with Candyce Edelen

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

LinkedIn is a powerful platform for finding clients. Candyce Edelen will teach you how to find leads on LinkedIn and engage them in conversations, so you can book sales calls with your ideal prospects and quickly grow your business. Candyce teaches from experience. In 2018, she pivoted her business and needed leads fast. In 6 …

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How I Built It: Zubaida Bai, ayzh

Larimer SBDC Classroom 4616 S. Shields Street, Fort Collins,, CO, United States

"A midwife in rural India proudly showed me the tool she used for cutting umbilical cords. It was a sickle, also used for cutting grass. I knew in that moment that I would bring life-saving change to women in need," - Zubaida Bai Zubaida Bai innovates health and livelihood solutions for under-served women and girls …

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Verns Toffee: How to Build a Resilient, Family-Owned Business with Patrick O’Neill

Conference Rooms in Longs Peak Student Center 4616 S Shields St, Fort Collins, CO, United States

Founded in 1976, Vern's Toffee is a 3rd generation, family-owned and operated FoCo business that handcrafts butter almond toffee the old-fashioned way. Join the 3rd generation owners, Patrick and Stefanie as they share the struggles and victories of taking over and running this business. Learn about how they've pivoted from a business perspective while sticking …

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