Boulder Startup Week

Should you go global? Why and when should you do this? Strategies to be successful and pitfalls to avoid. Insights from product & service companies will be discussed. Mini case studies will be presented and discussed.

Adrian Tuck
As CEO of Tendril, Adrian Tuck is working to re-define the energy industry. Prior to spending the past 20 years building technology startups, Adrian spent time in the British Army, graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Erick Mueller 
Executive Director, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, Founder & Chairman, Funovation. Erick’s built stuff his entire life. Sometimes it’s been successful, sometimes not. He took one of his ventures global and will be sharing what worked and what didn’t.
Cynthia Banks
Cynthia is a seasoned entrepreneur and a passionate company leader raising her own global organization from the age of 25 and now helping others with strategy and business development. She joined the faculty at University of Colorado – Boulder in August 2016.
Madie Kern
Founder & CEO Reform. Recent CU PhD graduate that has created a better prosthetic to help lower-limb amputees in developing markets. She’s worked in South Africa, Guatemala and other regions in moving her venture forward.