Podcast: A Conversation with Jared Polis

Jared Polis Jared Polis doesn’t need an introduction. The entrepreneur, technologist, philanthropist and visionary has founded and sold numerous startups for great sums over the past decade. A well-known Boulderite, he’s been featured by national media and countless other outlets for his work in technology and business. His Jared Polis Foundation is leading the charge …

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Boulder/Denver New Tech Meetup: Location, Location, Location

The Boulder/Denver New Tech Meetup got started with a little healthy competition this month. A dozen or so youngish men pitched paper airplanes and Patrick Cameron won by a slim margin (against anonymous). If they have a cupcake eating competition next month, I will dominate. If you’re currently looking for a new job, you might …

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Brightkite: A Colorful Addition to the Downtown Denver Startup Scene

Brightkite, a 2007 Techstars company, has been getting a bit of time in the spotlight recently. Just this week, Colorado Startups did an in-depth profile of the company, too. In this video, Brady and Martin give us some insight into the company (and its brief visit to Salt Lake City) as well as their ambitious …

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Look mummy, there’s a Brightkite up in the sky…

Ok, so I’m just a little bit excited to go and see Roger Waters on Wednesday. So sue me. Brightkite is one of the Techstars companies from 2007. They raised just north of $1M after Techstars, and have since been camped out in their downtown Denver offices quietly extending on their vision from last summer. …

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AFComponents – Go get yours free

AFComponents, the company with the bad-ass flash components that I covered late last year is now giving away its version 2.0 components. Any components here marked 2.0 are now just free. These include mp3 players, video players, thumb-nailers, image loops, maps, and more. Warning: they’ve got some really cool new ones that are marked “3.0” …

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Public Earth is more like Private Earth, for now

I met Public Earth CEO Duncan McCall the other day to learn more about the company which Polaris Ventures recently funded with $3M. The company has an office in downtown Boulder. For now, Public Earth is only willing to say that “We are changing the way people create and use information describing the world around …

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