A celebration of entrepreneurship and community in Fort Collins!
Come join us for a fun happy hour on Monday, September 26th from 4:30PM - 6:30PM at the New Belgium Porch at the Colorado State University Canvas Stadium! Come network with fellow business owners, entrepreneurs, and community members as we celebrate the start of Founded in FOCO Week. Our kickoff party features a short panel …
Intentional living is a values-based lifestyle that encourages an individual or a group to get clear on their beliefs and goals. Living with intention is rooted in the freedom and agency to live in your purpose on purpose. When applied to business building, entrepreneurs can develop a system that integrates and maximizes their personal and …
Road Trip! How Budgeting and Discipline Can Take Your Business Places. Learn valuable information about where & how to start your first budget. Learn how to calculate for several scenarios, and how to achieve it. Speaker: Geneve Huxley Attendees will walk away knowing this one thing: How to build your first budget
Learn the research based framework that has helped companies of all sizes successfully navigate recessions and not only survive, but thrive. This framework has been successfully deployed by over 20 companies in northern Colorado, allowing them emerge triumphant through the recent challenging times due to COVID, quarantine, and the dynamic economic landscape. We will cover …
Living well with dementia is entirely possible. This session will introduce a simple "why, what, and how" to promote lifelong well-being for our customers, friends, and family members who are living with dementia. • Learn practical tips to make your business more dementia friendly. • Identify concrete counter-intuitive strategies required to provide excellent customer service …
Neurodivergent or not, Founders face daily challenges to help their companies build momentum and sustain traction. In this session, we'll explore the unique benefits that a Neurodivergent (in this example ADHD) Founder can bring to the equation, as well as, how to overcome some of the stigmas and common challenges neurodivergent founders face so that …
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we loved what we do every single day at in our business? And got to do the things we love to do most of the day? Maybe you already do get to do a lot of the things you love in your business. I bet though that there are some …
In 60 days I was able to grow my TikTok account by over 170k followers. I want to share the strategies to use for your business to grow using short form video as well as best practices for content creation and story telling. Speaker: Joe Buckner Attendees will walk away knowing this one thing: How …
Do you struggle to create a brand that people pay attention to and care about? Do you find yourself staring at a blank page with no idea how to create cool content? Do you wanna avoid rinse-and-repeating the same old marketing tactics and build events, content, and promotions that can't be ignored? This session will teach you how to find, …
Small businesses are integral to our economy but many entrepreneurs are starting with little to no knowledge of where to start. In this panel discussion, we will give you direct access to experts in the Northern Colorado Entrepreneur Ecosystem so that you don’t have to keep wondering what to do next, how to find the …
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 …
How hiring outsourced virtual assistance supported us when our pet video went viral. (Hundreds of Millions of views and got us onto shark tank!) And how to use virtual assistants today for every day uses in business and personal life. Also, tips on ways to communicate and means of keeping organized. Speaker: Rina Bindi Attendees …
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 …
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 …
A mental health resource fair for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, Brain Crawl returns to Founded in FoCo in 2022, featuring: White Light Guidance Web: www.withwhitelightguidance.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteLightLifeCoach/ IG: @WhiteLightLifeCoach Boundaries Coach, Mary Brown Web: www.BoundariesCoach.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/theboundariescoach/ IOME Web: www.iowemenow.com IG: @iowemenow Health District of Northern Larimer County Web: www.healthdistrict.org FB: www.facebook.com/healthdistrict IG: …
Building the Right Team in the challenging landscape of today that many business owners are facing can be difficult, especially if the need to hire is urgent. Hiring the wrong person because they are the 'best' right now or because 'we need someone immediately' can be a costly mistake that causes major productivity issues, stress, …
Local businesswoman and cookbook author Bina Mehta will share her knowledge from her Indian heritage and formal study of Ayurvedic philosophy. Her presentation, Ayurveda for Better Nutrition and Health, will explain Ayurveda, the three doshas to determine your body type, the dosha quiz, and how to eat for the three body types (types of food …
After being married and working in our career fields for 20 years, then merging our agency together for over 5 years, 2020 brought some big changes. TikTok took off as a social platform and of all things, made us look a little deeper into our minds. The next thing we know, one of us was …
Creating a strengths-based career means creating a work role for yourself as an entrepreneur that uses your natural talents. When you base your work life on what comes naturally to you and find ways to partner with others or delegate what drains you, you create a work-life that energizes and engages you. Isn't that why …
Storytelling is not about selling. It’s about more than that. It’s about creating connection and relevancy with your audiences. Join Andrew Matranga of StickerGiant as he walks our audience through ways to connect with your audience and promote authentic small business success stories. Speaker: Andrew Matranga Attendees will walk away knowing this one thing: How …
Many business owners find it difficult to grow because of limited skills, time, and other resources. This is where the power of collaborative partnerships comes in. Partnering with others who's efforts complement your own may be the best way for you to scale. In this panel discussion you will learn more about the powerful collaborative …
Our podcast will host a 45-minute live session with 3-4 different Hispanic/Latino/x-identifying business owners, managers, or economic development professionals to hear their experiences building, growing, and engaging the Fort Collins community in their work. Speaker: Latino Northern Colorado, Rhonda Solis, and Chris Garcia Attendees will walk away knowing this one thing: The impact Hispanic/Latinx business …
Podcasting has exploded...but how do you make money from it for your business? This session will dive into the different methods of monetizing a podcast and help you understand which one is right for your business podcast. Whether you have an existing podcast or have wanted to start one, this session will help you understand …
Do you have a podcast, or do you post videos to LinkedIn? Are you a musician recording your own songs? One easy way to improve the quality of your podcast, recordings, or social media videos is to improve your sound quality. In this presentation, Greg Douras will show you some low-cost ways to improve the …
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