Boulder Startup Week - 1 year later

Intrigued by the idea of meeting entrepreneurs and seeing Boulder — a city quickly accumulating accolades for being a startup haven — Jason Sosa last May departed his home and a rough economy in Grand Rapids, Mich., and unknowingly embarked on a life-altering adventure.

Sosa came to Boulder to attend the first-ever Boulder Startup Week, an event designed to build community among startups, entrepreneurs and software engineers. Between the couch-surfing, the meetups with local entrepreneurs and the climbing of Mount Sanitas, Sosa phoned his wife to tell her to sell most of their items, pack up the house and the kids and move to Boulder.

“I came out here and, man, I just fell in love with the scene, the culture, the town,” said Sosa, who since co-founded Immersive Labs, a digital advertising company that recently captured the interest of investors and multibillion-dollar clients.

My Entrepreneurial Story - Part 2

How one thing leads to another…

In the year 1999 at the age of 19, I began my first solo entrepreneurial adventure, well…not including my experiences at the restaurant as a kid. Working a full-time 10 hour shift at a furniture factory and working late nights, I began teaching myself web design, actionscript and started finding local clients. I was young, cocky, and full of passion. There was a whole lot I didn’t know, and that was a very good thing…

4 Things the UFC taught me about being an Entrepreneur

“Entrepreneurship is a full contact sport”

By Jason Sosa

Being both an Ultimate fighting Championship (UFC) fan and an entrepreneur, I have come to realize that there are some striking (pun intended…see what I did there?) similarities between these two professions. Both Mixed Martial Arts and entrepreneurship requires being both a specialist and a generalist at the same time. Overall, the person that is the most well rounded is usually the most successful.

New Boulderite

Boulderite

From the Urban Dictionary A general class of people similar to the Hippie, who live on a diet of fruits, nuts, granola and other organic foods. Often liberal in thinking and very much into outdoor activities. They can be distinguished by their economial yet functional vehicles and their equally functional attire. Name is derived from the “all natural” town of Boulder, CO

For the last few months I’ve been researching the various emerging tech communities in the US. I’ve been looking to move to a community that offered a combination of innovative thinking, great weather, a startup culture, and a healthy lifestyle. After scouring the internet for possible city candidates, inspecting neighborhoods with Google street view, and doing comparative analysis on city-data.com, I felt like I had a pretty good idea of what I was looking for. So far after being here in Boulder for the last week I really like the vibe, the startup culture, and the collaborative energy that to me, gives this town electricity. Having the chance to actually visiting Boulder this spring only re-affirmed to me what I already knew.

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