Startup Colorado Releases Annual Report

Published on January 27, 2022

In the 10 years since its inception as a summer startup program at the Silicon Flatirons Center, Startup Colorado has evolved into a statewide network for rural entrepreneurs and small business owners. With a remote and rural staff of 4.5 full-time employees, we have provided service to entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders in all 47 rural and frontier counties in Colorado. Our approach supports the development of the ecosystem through relationships and ongoing collaborative partnerships with local and regional ecosystem builders.

Startup Colorado is proud to share all that we accomplished for the rural Colorado startup ecosystem in our most recent annual report. Download the PDF. For an easy to digest one-pager about our work, click here. 

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