We have some great panelists for our DSW presentation next week.

In anticipation of some folks moving a little slow the morning after the Thursday night party at Beta, we’re rolling out a Bloody Mary bar.  We’ll understand if you have to take a nap Friday afternoon.  Coffee will be on hand, too. Personal Energy Drink favorite: Monster Zero.

Be sure to register here: https://www.denverstartupweek.org/schedule/4633-startup-check-product-heck-yeah-sales-wth

While we are self-funding the BMB, we still have a huge shout-out to the sponsors of Denver startup Week.

Our TIPS Certified servers will be ready to get your Friday at CSW off to the right start.  We’re planning on standard ingredients, plus bacon  Any special requests?  Please email, call or text.  🙂

Colorado Springs is a City I, frankly, knew too little about.  The economy has has reputation as having a ‘little brother’ relationship to Denver, with Denver’s dominant center of business gravity in Colorado.

Last night I had a lot of details and nuance filled in for me.  The economy has a reputation being tilted towards “Federal Sector” business, home to defense contractors and has 220 IT & cyber security companies.

The Economy is diversifying and, thanks partially to functional tele-presence web conference technology, one headwind may be fading in importance: Transportation.

Last night several local Colorado Springs Sales Professionals described what is was like  dealing with a city whose airport is not well populated with Nationwide Airline Carriers.  When Southwest opted out of the Colorado Springs Airport and Western Pacific Airlines folded, the local economy suffered.  The reality is that business executives and sales pros alike need easy access to rocky mountain region, access to the rest of the country and the rest of the globe.  While Colorado Springs Residents leverage the local airport as much as possible, the airlines there are limited & incur additional stopovers in their travel.  Technologies like Zoom and other video conferencing technologies have alleviated this to a point.

Another tailwind that may spark a lot of growth in Colorado Springs is the talk of affordability vis a vis Denver.  There are ~100,000+ people coming into Colorado per year, primarily in metro-Denver.  This has pushed the cost of living up in Denver.  This trend has not hit the ‘Springs yet & makes the city an affordable option (think Denver circa 2005) with all the outdoor lifestyle benefits of living in Colorado.

Another interesting anecdote relayed to me was about the VC community.  Silicon Valley thrives, in part, due to the physical proximity of VC companies to founders and entrepreneurs.  The VC community in Colorado is centered around Denver.  Having this community expand to Colorado Springs would help considerably.

There was an electricity in the air at this meeting last night.  Several Sales Professionals were saying the city is poised for growth.  I’m excited about the Colorado Springs Chapter of the meetup and I’ll see you in November, January and beyond.

Denver Startup Week has announced the Venue for our 8AM Session on the 28th, the Polsinelli Offices on the 23rd floor of 1401 Lawrence St. in Denver.  33 sign-ups so far, with three weeks to go!

Try not to get distracted by the view when you arrive.

We are still finalizing our Panelists and can guarantee the content will be priceless.

In the meantime, we have our regular Monday night Meetup at Lustre Pearl on the 10th and our inaugural Colorado Springs Meetup on Tuesday night.