Our Favorite Week in Boulder (and Where to Find Us!)

Written By Dave Mayer

Boulder Startup Week is one of our favorite times of the year—it’s a celebration of everything that makes our community special: collaboration, creativity, excitement, and the deep sense of connection that comes from building something together. We’re continually inspired by the people who make it happen and the values that drive it. A special THANK YOU to all of the organizers and volunteers; we know firsthand how much work goes into pulling off this incredible week and we're so grateful for your heart, hustle, and dedication.

Now in its sixteenth year, Boulder Startup Week continues to embody everything we love about our hometown. We're proud to be back again as supporters, collaborators, moderators and participants in some amazing events this May 12–16, 2025.

Continue reading for a list of the events we’re sponsoring, hosting or co-hosting—and a few we’re just genuinely excited about!

We are proud sponsors of Boulder Startup Week 2025. For fifteen of the sixteen years that BSW has been around we’ve been involved as organizers, sponsors or general trouble-makers. We can’t wait to see you starting May 12th.

Specific Events We’re Supporting, Excited to attend or Helping to Organize:

CTO Lunches
🗓️ Monday, May 12th | 🕑 12:00–1:00pm | 📍 T/aco (1175 Walnut St.)
One of our favorite Technical Integrity sponsored gatherings returns! CTO Lunches is a laid-back, invite-only lunch bringing together engineering leaders, VPEs, and CTOs from across the Front Range. It’s all about authentic connection, real conversations, and peer support—plus tacos. Always tacos.

Flatiron Founders: Where Passion and Mountains Meet Innovation
🗓️ Monday, May 12th | 🕑 2:00–3:00pm | 📍 T/aco (1175 Walnut St.)
Join us for an intimate panel of mission-driven founders sharing real talk about building meaningful companies—right at the base of the Flatirons. 

AI Builders
🗓️ Tuesday, May 13 | 🕔 5:00–7:00pm | 📍 Founder Central by Sweater (2000 Central Ave. #100)
We're thrilled to co-sponsor this gathering focused on building responsible, creative, human-centered AI. Expect big ideas, local innovators, great people and lots of awesome networking!

LIT at BSW by Matchstick & Friends
🗓️ Wednesday, May 14 | 🕖 7:00–11:00pm | 📍 Bitter Bar (835 Walnut St.)
We’re showing up for this values-aligned community event centered on sustainability and long-term thinking. Expect good vibes, great conversations and lots and lots of fun!

Culture-first: Scaling Your Startup While Leading with Values to Create Thriving, Engaged Teams. 
🗓️ Thursday, May 15 | 🕒 3:00–4:00pm | 📍 sovrn (600 Pearl St. #200)
Sonya Hausafus, head of community & business development at Technical Integrity, will moderate this panel discussion featuring Jud Valeski, CTO at sovrn; Chrissy Ford, CEO at STOR; and Keri Rich, VP of Product Management at Lucidworks. Expect a lively conversation about hurdles and best practices in maintaining company culture as you scale up. 

A Few More Events We're Pumped About:

  • Welcome Breakfast & The Boulder Thesis with Brad Feld – Monday

  • First Time Founder Fuck Ups – Monday

  • Kickoff Party presented by Husch Blackwell – Monday

  • Startup Variety Show – Monday

  • Growing from Zero to $1M++ The Inner Game of Entrepreneurship - Tuesday 

  • Mind Blown: Navigating the Crazy Startup Journey and Mental Health – Tuesday

  • Startup Communities: The Next Generation – Tuesday

  • Investor Mega Panel: Hot Takes & Hard Truths – Wednesday

  • The VC Funding Landscape: Insights from Funders & Founders – Wednesday

  • Women in AI Colorado - Wednesday 

  • RMAIIG Member Showcase - Wednesday 

  • Seed to Series A Readiness with Next Frontier Capital and Matchstick Ventures - Wednesday 

  • BSW Pitch Competition Finals – Thursday

  • Startup Hike with Colorado Startups – Friday

There are so many excellent sessions, panels, and gatherings this year—too many to list here—but we hope you’ll come say hello, grab some stickers, and join us in celebrating this incredible community.

We love you, Boulder Startup Week. Let’s keep building something meaningful—together.

❤️ Dave and the TI Team

Dave Mayer
DAVE IS A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR WITH MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, COMMUNITY BUILDER & CATALYST FOR POSITIVE CHANGE.

Dave Mayer is the Founder and CEO of Technical Integrity. Dave is passionate about growing inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems based on the Give First ethos around Colorado and around the country. He has been consistent and highly visible in the startup scene of Colorado for more than a decade, scaling resilient startup communities, and building the most diverse and innovative engineering and executive teams in the country for his clients. To further emphasize their commitment to diversity in hiring, Dave and Technical Integrity acquired women-in-tech recruiting firm, FindMyFlock, in 2019. He and his recruiting team have been instrumental in helping clients scale intelligently so that they may move towards profitability, IPOs and acquisitions.

Dave also serves on the Steering Committee for Startup Colorado. He is the co-founder of non-profit Aspen Entrepreneurs, a founding member of two mission-driven tech startups, he's an angel investor and a regular speaker on the topic of Mental Health and Wellness in the startup realm.

Dave’s deep community-building experience includes working with the core team of organizers, alongside Downtown Denver Partnership, to produce Denver Startup Week in 2013. Technical Integrity has supported Boulder Startup Week for more than ten years both as an organizer and sponsor.

When Dave is not building teams or speaking in the startup community – you can find him hiking in the mountains with his wife and their senior great danes, riding deep powder on a snowboard, or discovering new music.

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