Colorado Springs Entrepreneurship Scene

by Al Davis

1. Contact Al Davis at [email protected] to suggest changes and additions to this map

2. Workforce

2.1. Career & Placement Offices

2.1.1. UCCS Career Center

2.1.2. UCCS COB Career & Placement

2.1.3. PPCC Career Planning

2.1.4. Pikes Peak Workforce Center

2.2. Staffing Agencies

2.2.1. Add Staff

2.2.2. Community Outreach

2.2.3. Express Employment Professionals

2.2.4. Goodwill Staffing

2.2.5. The Personnel Department

2.2.6. Trojan Labor

2.3. Web-Based Resources

2.3.1. Monster

2.3.2. Employment Guide

3. Finance and Capital

3.1. Banks

3.1.1. National Banks

3.1.1.1. ANB

3.1.1.2. Bank of America

3.1.1.3. Chase

3.1.1.4. Compass

3.1.1.5. First Bank

3.1.1.6. First Citizens

3.1.1.7. First State

3.1.1.8. Key

3.1.1.9. Kirkpatrick

3.1.1.10. TCF

3.1.1.11. UMB

3.1.1.12. US Bank

3.1.1.13. Wells Fargo

3.1.2. Local Banks

3.1.2.1. Academy

3.1.2.2. Adams Bank & Trust

3.1.2.3. AFBA

3.1.2.4. Bank of Broadmoor

3.1.2.5. Bank of Colorado

3.1.2.6. Central Bank & Trust

3.1.2.7. Ent Federal Credit Union

3.1.2.8. Mountain View

3.1.2.9. Peoples

3.1.2.10. Pikes Peak National

3.1.2.11. Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust

3.1.2.12. Vectra

3.1.2.13. Canon National

3.2. Loan Underwriters

3.2.1. Colorado Capital Access

3.2.2. US Small Business Administration

3.2.3. Colorado Credit Reserve

3.2.4. Cash Collateral Support

3.3. Micro Lenders

3.3.1. Rocky Mountain Microfinance Institute

3.4. VCs

3.4.1. Certified Capital Companies

3.4.2. Colorado Mile High Fund

3.4.3. High Country Venture (and Colorado Funds I and II)

3.4.4. Murphree Ventures

3.4.5. PV Ventures

3.5. Angel Investors

3.5.1. High Altitude Investors

3.6. Funding Assistance Sources

3.6.1. Colorado Microfinance Alliance

3.6.2. COS Technology Incubator

3.6.3. Colorado Venture Capital Authority

3.6.4. Peak Venture Group

3.6.5. Rocky Mountain Venture Capital Association

3.6.6. SBDC

3.6.7. SCORE

3.7. Investment Bankers

3.7.1. Local

3.7.1.1. BiggsKofford

3.7.1.2. Core Capital Group

3.7.1.3. J.P. Turner

3.7.2. National

3.7.2.1. Stifel

3.8. Business Brokers

3.8.1. First Business Brokers

3.8.2. National Business Brokers

3.8.3. Robert Hedges Co

4. Education

4.1. Institutions

4.1.1. Colorado College

4.1.1.1. Economics & Business

4.1.2. Colorado Technical University

4.1.2.1. Business & Management

4.1.3. Pikes Peak Community College

4.1.3.1. Business Administration

4.1.3.2. Ice House

4.1.4. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

4.1.4.1. College of Business

4.1.4.2. Bachelor of Innovation

4.2. Faculty

4.2.1. Terry Boult

4.2.2. Al Davis

4.2.3. Tom Duening

4.2.4. Dan Johnson

4.2.5. Stephen Kaczmarek

4.2.6. Michael Larson

4.2.7. Matt Metzger

4.2.8. Jim Parco

4.2.9. Colleen Stiles

4.2.10. Greg Stock

5. Information

5.1. Colorado Innovation Network

5.2. COS Business Journal

5.3. COS Independent

5.4. COS Manifesto

5.5. COS New Tech (aka PVG)

5.6. COS Regional Business Alliance

5.7. Colorado Technology Association

5.8. El Paso County Enterprise Zone

5.9. El Pomar Institute for Innovation & Commercialization

5.10. Pikes Peak Library District

5.11. SCORE

5.12. Small Business Development Center

5.13. Startup Colorado

5.14. The Gazette (Business Section)

6. Incubators

6.1. COS Technology Incubator

6.2. Tri-Lakes Business Incubator

7. Working Spaces

7.1. Epicentral

7.1.1. Sub task

7.1.2. Sub task

7.1.3. Sub task

7.2. eSuite360

7.3. Startup Factory

7.4. The Enclave

7.4.1. Sub task

7.4.2. Sub task

7.4.3. Sub task

8. Social Networks

8.1. COS Entrepreneurs Group Meetup

8.2. COS Rising Professionals

8.3. CSYP Facebook Page

8.4. IndyBlog

8.5. PVG Pitch Night Meetup (COS New Tech)

9. Regular Events

9.1. Big Idea

9.2. Colorado Innovation Week

9.3. COS Entrepreneurs Group

9.4. COS Young Professionals

9.5. FalconWorks Projects

9.6. Mashup Colorado Springs

9.7. Middle Market Entrepreneurs

9.8. One Million Cups

9.9. PVG Pitch Night (COS New Tech)

9.10. Regional Entrepreneurial Alliance

9.11. So Co Economic Forum: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

9.12. Startup Weekend

10. Success Stories

10.1. ADDStaff founded in 1984

10.2. Current, Inc. acquired in 1986 for $114M

10.3. Help Desk Institute

10.4. Internat Express acquired by First World in 1999 for $2M

10.5. LeadWorks acquired by Ernst &Young in 2003

10.6. Murphy Construction founded in 1960

10.7. MX Logic acquired by McAfee in 2009 for $140M

10.8. Saligent acquired by Protocol Integrated Direct Marketing in 2000

10.9. Telephone Express acquired by Var Tec in 1997

10.10. Woodford Manufacturing moved to Colorado Springs in late 1970's

11. On-Line Assistance

11.1. Offtoa Financial Planning for Startups