Thinking about making the move to Boulder, but need the on the ground contact to answer those questions that you might have.
There are an amazing amount of people who want to answer your questions and help with your move.
List of Helpful Folks
If you are thinking about moving to Boulder, these folks would love to talk to you.
Ari Newman
Ari is an accomplished entrepreneur, start-up advisor, and founder and president of Filtrbox, Inc. He made the move from the SF bay area to Boulder in 2002 and hasn’t looked back. Ari’s mantra is “work-hard / play-hard”, and he thinks Boulder is the ideal place to live the dream. When he’s not at the Filtrbox office or hanging with the family, you’ll find him on his road or mountain bike somewhere in the front range. Find him here on twitter, or just email him at ari@filtrbox.com.
Brad Feld
Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over 20 years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies and later became a venture affiliate of the predecessor to Mobius Venture Capital. Brad blogs here.
Kevin Menzie
Kevin is the Founder and CEO of Slice of Lime, a web strategy, design, and development firm. Kevin loves the collaborative tech community in Boulder and works to give back to it by sponsoring programs like TechStars, PodCamp, and WordCamp as well as hosting Boulder Creative Commons. When not at the Slice of Lime office or drinking coffee at The Cup, Kevin can be found cartooning, writing music, or mountain biking. Find him at kevin@sliceoflime.com or @kmenzie.
Jeremy Tanner
Jeremy is a geek, startup junkie, party crasher from Detroit, now based out of Boulder. Likes: clean air, motorcycles, mountains and vibrant downtowns; Hates: Artificial grape flavor, smog, cube farms. Blogs here Contact him at jeremy@jeremytanner.com.
Krista Paul
Krista Paul is the founder of Travelfli, a company that specializes in solving problems for frequent flyers. Her team is part of the 2008 Techstars program. She has a strong background in Internet technology and Web 2.0 applications. Her education ensued at the University of Colorado, where she earned a Bachelor of Science and Business Administration Degree in International Business. She has a wealth of experience working for Internet start-ups in Silicon Valley, notably as the Marketing Director for an Email Marketing company called Boomerang.com. She is a Colorado native and is looking forward to showing you around! krista@travelfli.com.
Andrew Hyde
Founder of Startup Weekend, spends his time now fulltime at TechStars, Andrew moved to Boulder from Providence, Rhode Island, right after college. You can read his blog here, his twitter here, and contact him at andrew@techstars.org.
Anthony Dimitre
Design is his game, Anthony is from Seattle, having moved to Boulder in 2007. You can see his portfolio here, and contact him at anthony@anthonydimitre.com.
Jason Mendelson
Jason is a partner at the Foundry Group, a recovering lawyer, software guy and musician. He blogs at Mendelson’s Musings. A great piece on what Boulder means to Jason is found here.
Brad Bernthal
Associate Clinical Professor at Colorado Law School, tennis enthusiast, and the Director of Entrepreneurial Initiatives for Colorado University’s Silicon Flatirons Center. Brad leads the law school’s Entrepreneurial Law Clinic which provides free legal help to Boulder area start-up companies between September and April. Email him at brad.bernthal {at} colorado.edu
Dave Angulo
Successful technology generalist, currently a full-time telecommuter slinging code for Cisco and is actively involved with several early stage ventures. Often found at his other office, Saxy’s Cafe, Dave and family could have lived anywhere in the world and chose Boulder for the mountains and sushi. He’s continually amazed at the energy and culture of collaboration in the startup community here. You can contact him at daveangulo at gmail dot com.
Josh Fraser
The king of the community applications, Josh is a founder of EventVue. Sporting what is most certainly the best accent in Boulder, Josh an incredibly nice guy who loves the area. Reach out to Josh at josh@eventvue.com.
Ingrid Alongi
Ingrid Alongi is a developer at QuickLeft and a Boulder native. She left her position as Director of Technology at an interactive agency in San Diego to get back to the balanced lifestyle of Boulder. Ingrid was a national level road and track cyclist back in the day, as well as an accomplished violinist playing gigs in San Diego and at LA’s Knitting Factory. She blogs here and can be seen on twitter here. Email her at ialongi@yahoo.com.
Tara Anderson
Tara Anderson is a community catalyst for Lijit Networks and a very enthusiastic Boulder evangelist. Her job allows her many opportunities to meet new people, hear their stories and spread the word of new technology. Boulder has been home for the past 5 years and when not working, Tara can be found running trails, exploring the backcountry, or riding her bike all over town. Not to mention, playing Ultimate Frisbee. Or baking cookies.