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Crystal Thomas Provost Academy Colorado Hosts Open House

Provost Academy Logo.png Southern Colorado families can learn about new online school choice for high school students Provost Academy Colorado, a new public online high school that offers students an individualized learning experience, will host an Open House at Sand Creek Library tomorrow night from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. for families int… Continue

Added by Crystal Thomas on January 27, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Mike Schmidt Speaking at Social/Mobile Media Conference in Colorado Springs in February 2010 - Update

January 2010 - Update ! Please note: the date for the Social Media Conference has changed... It's now February 9, 2010... (See below). Please update your calendars. Regards, Mike Schmidt =================== Social/Mobile Media Conference in Colorado Springs in February 2010 To CSE Group Members: I have been invited to participate on a panel at the upcoming Social/Mobile Media Conference being put on by Qittle, (an Aspen, CO-based social media and mobile messaging solutions provider)… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on January 5, 2010 at 11:13am — No Comments

Mike Schmidt Will be Attending Peak Venture Group Breakfast on Nov 13th to Announce Seed Capital Fund

To CSE Group Members: To paticipate in the announcement of the new Colorado Seed Capital Fund as one of the founding partners of Velocity Innovation Partners, I will be attending the Peak Venture Group breakfast on November 13, 2009 entitled, "INNOVATIVE FUNDING STRATEGIES: Alternatives for injecting cash into your company". Here is the link for the PVG Event: Peak Venture Group Breakfast I will be supportin… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on November 13, 2009 at 4:44am — No Comments

Mike Schmidt Re-Cap of our October 2009 CSE Group Meetup...

CSE Group Members: To those "hardy" members who braved the snow to make it to our downtown Penrose Library Meetup... Thank you. We had close to 30 people on our RSVP initially and was expecting a full room turnout, but just 10+ made it to the meeting ! Hopefully we will not have a "snow-day" repeat in November. (Update: Our meeting in November will be held on Monday the 30th at the East Library at 6PM). We are putting together our speakers now, and will have additional information about… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on October 31, 2009 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Mike Schmidt October 2009 CSE Group Meetup is Jam Packed !

To CSE Group Members: Our October 2009 Meetup is shaping up to be a Jam Packed event with three innovative local entrepreneurs speaking, and some exciting announcements about some new funding sources for Colorado Small Businesses that is underway. Your CSE Group is right in the middle of some of these excitng developments. Meeting Location: Remember we are meeting at the Penrose Library downtown this month, (Not at the East Library). We will return to our "home-base" at the East Librar… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on October 23, 2009 at 12:09pm — No Comments

Mike Schmidt October 2009 Meetup Update - Business Speaker Announcement

October Meetup Developments !

This week I have confirmed the participation of Mr. Brent Mellow, the President and CEO of Mellow Ventures to be our guest business speaker this month. Mr. Mellow is an accomplished entrepreneur with a long history of banking and technology startup experience who has recently (within the last year) moved to Colorado Springs, CO from Texas and is actively developing a number of innovative… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on October 15, 2009 at 6:27am — No Comments

Vikki Walton Build a Stronger America through Entrepreneurship

The Kauffman Foundation is spearheading the Entrepreneurs' Movement to influence the dialog on the future of the country's economy so that entrepreneurs and their specific needs are at the forefront of the policy decision-making process.The Kauffman Foundation is often referred to as one of the largest foundations in the United States—or as the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship. When you join the Entrepreneurs’ Movement you can expect to: Receive news and informatio… Continue

Added by Vikki Walton on October 5, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Mike Schmidt CSE Group "Anchor" Web Site is "Live"

It's Alive ! At our September 2009 Meetup we launched the CSE Group "Anchor Web-Site" for supporting our CSE Group member businesses. The Web Address is: http://www.colospgsbiz.org Like our NING social networking site which has a focus on members and their personal and professional profiles, the emphasis for the new CSE Group web site will be to focus on profiling and highlighting member businesses, and providing a number of suppo… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on September 25, 2009 at 12:27am — No Comments

Mike Schmidt Your CSE Group is now 200+ Members and Growing !

CSE Group Members: Just a quick Blog post to thank you all for your continued support of the Colorado Springs Entrepreneurs Group over the last year... We have now reached a new membership milestone this week surpassing the 200 member mark !! At this rate and pace we will be able to surpass the 500 member mark in another 9 months. Now we have a long way to go to keep-up with the "Boulder/Denver New Tech Meetup group which as I have said before has over 3,400 members in their roster and meetups… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on September 18, 2009 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Vikki Walton Grant Opportunity for Economic Partnership

Open Society Institute Seeks Proposals to Promote Transparency and Equity in the Economic Recovery in Colorado, Florida, Louisiana OSI seeks to fund alliances that will seek comprehensive and timely collection and dissemination of recovery-related spending data, advocate for equitable spending, promote a strong social safety net, and spotlight the role of decision makers in the success or failure of economic recovery programs. OSI will consider grants of up to $500,000 per state to be… Continue

Added by Vikki Walton on September 11, 2009 at 7:45am — 1 Comment

Vikki Walton Entrepreneurship and the Economy

Beginning this month, the Kaufmann Foundation is launching a campaign, entitled Build a Stronger America, that seeks to foster a national dialogue around the importance of entrepreneurship to the economy and what can be done to encourage more firm creation. http://www.growthology.org/growthology/2009/09/the-campaign-for-entrepreneurs.html "Entreprenuership drives innovation. Innovation drives productivity. Productivity drives higher wages and higher standards of living." (S.K. Baruah). I… Continue

Added by Vikki Walton on September 10, 2009 at 11:14am — No Comments

Mike Schmidt Fun with Microsoft's Bing API and a Technology Contest Opportunity with my Son

To CSE Group... Here is one out of left field - file under human interests or family fun if you like... Wanted to put up a quick Blog post and share with you a couple of links to a technology demonstration that my son Lucas and I have had the pleasure of working on and putting together over the last week in alliance with the owners of the Alternate Energy Portal site "EnergyInfoForYou.com" to demonstrate a unique contextual i… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on August 12, 2009 at 1:42pm — 1 Comment

Vikki Walton Opportunity for Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty

Social Equity Venture Fund Announces Second Annual Open Enterprise Solutions to Poverty Request for Proposals The SEVEN (Social Equity Venture) Fund, a nonprofit organization that works to promote enterprise-based solutions to poverty, has published its second annual open Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty Request for Proposals. This competition is supported initially by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, and is expected to be held annually. The aim of SEVEN Fund sponsored r… Continue

Added by Vikki Walton on August 7, 2009 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Mike Schmidt Summer Fun with CSE Group ! - Info about our Meetup This Month...

Note: Because we have some character size limits on our Event postings on NING, I have created this Blog post to be sure you have the updated info on our speakers this month... -Mike Summer Fun with CSE Group ! Our July 29th Meetup should be one of the most memorable of the year ! We are "Moving-Up" to the larger Meeting Room (capacity 100) at the East Library since we have outgrown our current room size. Good Problem to have I guess... Right now we are over 30 people in RSVP's (and w… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on July 28, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Mike Schmidt Jeff Nabors New Book (Sneak Peak) at CSE Group !

For those CSE Group members who have already RSVP'd for this months meeting, you are in for a treat. Jeff Nabors will be speaking to our group as our Guest Business Speaker and will be addressing Alternative Investment Strategies for Self Directed IRA and Solo 401K accounts, and will p… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on June 23, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Mike Schmidt 2-Year Anniversary for CSE Group in July

Next month (July 2009) the CSE Group will be celebrating it's two year anniversary. I am considering the possibility of organizing a BBQ for members and their families to meet in a social context for 3-4 hours on a Saturday afternoon at one of our city Parks for some food and fun. I would like to get an idea if this stikes a chord with members, what a possible Saturday afternoon in July (calender-wise) might be the best to have the BBQ. We would definitely need to put together a small volunteer… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on June 13, 2009 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Mike Schmidt New Business and Entrepreneur Guest Speakers for our June 2009 Meeting

Business Guest Speakers:

As you know, last month we welcomed Mr. Eric Davis of Integrity Bank to present their unique Self Directed IRA Account services. It was a great introduction to the Alternative Investment potentials that IRA's and 401k accounts can offer individual investors to invest in commercial companies with either equity or debt investments. Also, we had Mr. Richard Sink present his experience as a LinkedIn professional to demonstrate how he uses Social Networking… Continue

Added by Mike Schmidt on June 11, 2009 at 5:49pm — No Comments

Kevin McFadden After you make your millions, are you still an entrepreneur?

No, I haven't made my millions, but a comment on TechCrunch referred to Michael Arrington showing the entrepreneurial spirit was alive and well regarding his CrunchPad. If you don't already know, the CrunchPad is a low cost, dedicated browser tablet (more or less). It seems very cool, and the current price point is 299, cheaper and bigger than a Kindle and targeted at the same market. My personal opini… Continue

Added by Kevin McFadden on June 4, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Erik Keith 2009 Clean Tech Open Announces Rocky Mountain Sponsors

The Rocky Mountain chapter of the Clean Tech Open (www.cleantechopen.com), the nation’s leading clean tech business competition, announced that it has received strong support from the region’s business community, but is seeking additional sponsors for the competition. The law firm of Faegre & Benson is the Rocky Mountain region’s lead Gold sponsor. EKS&H, Hein & Associates, Van Gilder Insurance, and KPMG have also pledged support. Additional local sponsors include: • South Metro Den… Continue

Added by Erik Keith on May 28, 2009 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Erik Keith New Survey Reveals Two In Three Could Easily “Break Up” With Their Current Bank

The most fundamental of American’s money relationships are with their banks, where a new study finds almost two in five Americans are unable to classify their current bank as “Mr. or Ms. Right,” with dissatisfaction higher among younger adults and those with most of their money in large banks. “Some relationships can lead in unhealthy directions without us even realizing it. The sad thing is, once it’s over you realize you should have packed up and left months ago,” said Gabe Krajicek, Chief Ex… Continue

Added by Erik Keith on May 28, 2009 at 11:24am — No Comments

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