It's Boulder Startup Week and we're bringing back our noteworthy Hack the Dot. A Hack the Dot is a two-hour hackathon where coding school students, junior developers, experienced developers, marketers, designers and curious web people come together to build ideas around a domain name. Our events are meant to be a quick and fun way to build a humorous (and functional) product quickly while meeting people in your tech/startup community.
There will be pizza. And probably beer.
What to Bring / How to Prepare:
• Bring your laptop (fully charged). Bring your charger just in case.
Optional:
• Install the Atom text editor. Go here: https://atom.io/
• Setup a github.com account
How does it work?
Step 1: Attendees are broken up into random teams.
Step 2: The teams are provided with the same undisclosed domain name by Name.com, arbitrary and often hilarious.
Step 3: Teams have just two hours to come up with a functioning site inspired by that domain. The team builds the most creative and fun idea for the domain wins.
Participants will be judged on four criteria: (1) functionality, (2) design, (3) humor, and (4) creative domain name interpretation.
What do you get at the event?
FOOD!
SWAG!
FRIENDS!
How much does it cost?
It’s FREE!
Questions? Send them to HacktheDot@name.com.
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-the-dot-galvanize-boulder-startup-week-2017-tickets-34119609671
Join us for an interactive session to increase "Innovation + Impact" for our community. At this Open House event you’ll have the opportunity to connect with people across sectors and discover ways to make a difference in your own backyard.
Our goal for the community showcase is to advance the knowledge and integration of corporate social responsibility and impact in our community. By attending and hearing stories of impact in our community, we will increase our local knowledge. We will ask selected companies to present their largest roadblock to advancing their impact. We hope that other members across the community will be able to help remove blockers and amplify successes. We will work in small teams to try and address cross-sector roadblocks to increasing our impact.
Finally, we will take one or two actions items away from the meeting to share at community pitch night and execute in the coming year.
If you want to present your story of community Impact + Innovation, please let us know by completing this form. Attendees and presenters will be facilitated from 3 - 5pm in the Boulder Theater by Greg Berry and Ryan Martens. This and the evening pitch competition is being made possible by a gift from Foundry Group and Techstars. It is supported by Pledge1%Colorado and the Colorado B Corp Community.
Recognizing Innovation and Celebrating Impact in Our Community
Pledge 1% Colorado, Techstars, Foundry Group, the Community Foundation Boulder County and the community of Colorado Certified B Corporations are excited to host an inaugural Pledge 1% Pitch Contest as a part of Boulder Startup Week. The Pitch Contest, through an interactive and fun event, seeks to recognize and support entrepreneurial and innovative nonprofit ideas to solve pressing problems and critical issues facing Boulder County.
Speakers and judges include:
$10K will be awarded to the winner selected by a panel of judges and audience votes. Throughout the night we’ll be highlighting inspirational stories of how startups are positively impacting community.
Tentative Agenda:
6:30pm - Doors Open, 7:00pm - Show Starts
Looking for a job or an in with a startup company in Boulder? This is a great opportunity to meet with 15 + local companies looking for great talent.
Participating companies:
Zayo
10-4
Applied Trust
Brandzooka
BSW Wealth Partners
City of Boulder
Code Craft
CU
Gloo
Matter Communications
name.com
Occipital
Sphero
The Trade Desk
UpRamp
Sonotize
Gaia
*If you're a Boulder-based business and would like to participate in the job fair, please email rendl@boulderstartupweek.com if you have 5+ positions open.
