Co-Organized Startup Weekend Denver 5, May 2013. 

Co-Organizer

Coach and mentor to the participants and the organizing team of Startup Weekend Denver 6, June 2014.

Coach & Mentor

Honored to help on Business Track team and organize the largest free Startup Week event in the U.S.

Organizer

Connecting future founders and EIRs with resources to launch mission-driven companies.

Venture Partner

Alumni, Boulder

In 2023 I invented an AI cofounder, which triggered the BookBuddy concept and led to Knolly. Founder Station is an open project where I build with fellow founders, leaders, teams, startups and organizations looking to solve a problem with the power of AI and technology. Founder Station was also at one point a community, launchpad and AI tools for founders and builders. Makers of Alpha, an AI-powered co-founder.

Builder

Instantly schedule, host, and document meetings. Coordinate when work happens. At Undock we built an AI-powered calendar that schedules, hosts, and documents your meetings. Solving the nagging pain of easily connecting the world in a more meaningful way.

Co-Founder, CMO

For Denver FC, a group of investors, entrepreneurs, and community leaders passionate about women’s soccer, announced its intention to bring professional women’s soccer to Denver. Join the community and get involved, fordenverfc.com. I happily contributed to the official launch of FDFC.

Founding Coalition

Leading the Community Round team to empower everyday customers, community and fans for the first time ever to invest in the startups they love. Democratizing access to capital for founders from the most crucial investor of all, the customer and their community.

Founder in Residence

Dove in to lend a hand on branding, positioning, GTM strategy, product development, and overall growth. Helped founders get into a prestigious accelerator and happy to report that OwnTrail was acquired in 2023.

Chief Growth Officer

Advisor to OwnTrail, a social platform for people to achieve their next milestones in life and work. Excited to have worked with this team. OwnTrail was acquired in 2023.

Advisor

Honored to have joined the External Advisory Board at CU Boulder's Innovation & Entrepreneurship division.

External Advisory Board

Women Who Startup connected over 30,000 members in Colorado and globally and was an instrumental entrepreneurial platform for founders and business owners to gain access to community, peer mentorship, meaningful programming and education and capital. From 2012 until 2023 we told the stories of women entrepreneurs. https://womenwhostartup.com

Founder

Invented an AI-powered second brain to advance human intelligence, knowledge sharing and make conversational learning accessible. Makers of Knolly, a second brain for content creators, knowledge workers, students, and lifelong learners.

Founder, Builder.

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