Entrepreneurship
Big Dreams Made Into Realities
To find where Colorado Springs’ innovation stems from, you need only look at the region’s entrepreneurs and the countless resources available to anyone ready to build something of their own.
Military personnel stage their “second acts” in a region teeming with veteran resources and a community built to help them succeed. Bluestaq, an enterprise software firm serving U.S. defense agencies, started within Catalyst Campus. Red Leg Brewing got its start in Colorado Springs and now brings in $1 million in annual revenue from locations across Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Tech entrepreneurs like Mario Ciabarra, whose Quantum Metric grew to unicorn status in 2021, find that same solid ground. Similarly, Cherwell Software was acquired by award-winning cybersecurity provider Ivanti in 2021, a major growth moment for a small business that started here back in 2004. Supporting new tech ventures is Exponential Impact, offering resources, expertise, and mentorship for growth through a three-tiered program built to help businesses thrive.
Ideas reach their summit faster in the Colorado Springs startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem, backed by the Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center and incubators and accelerators like Catalyst Campus and Exponential Impact — a community that shows up for the people building their future here, one idea at a time.
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The Entrepreneur Community in Colorado Springs is powered by experience and innovation
As far as growing cities go, Colorado Springs continues to maintain a small-town feeling. This allows business leaders and entrepreneurs to forge strong, mutually beneficial connections. At Southern Colorado Startup Week, Colorado Springs entrepreneurs bring their ideas and transform them into innovation.
In Colorado Springs, good ideas get paired with industry-tried expertise.
This makes energy-intensive efforts like starting a business a lot less difficult in the region. Resources like COS Open for Biz provide a step-by-step walkthrough for entrepreneurs to move from great idea to grand opening, while MyBizColorado offers one of the fastest and easiest ways to register and manage a business.
Local institutions like the University of Colorado Colorado Springs’ College of Business also offers resources and education geared toward starting a business, including a faculty of nationally known business scholars and authors. The college’s Center for Entrepreneurship features a minor in entrepreneurship that is open to all UCCS students.
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