Grooveshark
Grooveshark, a peer-to-peer (P2P) music file-sharing community that brokers music transactions between members, is a service of Escape Media Group, Inc. By charging for the songs exchanged between members, Grooveshark will compensate copyright holders and users while providing the convenience and selection of P2P file sharing in an online music community. All Grooveshark files are made available by users so they are free of digital rights management (DRM) technology, allowing users to play the songs they purchase on any type of computer or digital music player. For more information, visit www.grooveshark.com or www.escapemg.com.
ASD
Based in Boulder and with customers around the world, ASD provides the most reliable, high-performance analytical instrumentation solutions to industrial professionals, analytical researchers, and remote sensing scientists. In collaboration with our customers since 1990, our applications support team remains unsurpassed in solving some of the world’s most challenging materials measurements problems.
Bearing Point
BearingPoint is a global management and technology consulting company known for its deep industry experience and high customer satisfaction. It collaborates with clients in government and industry in 60 countries to solve their most pressing challenges from strategy through execution. Their more than 17,000 employees provide strategic consulting, applications services, technology solutions and managed services to government organizations, Global 2000 companies and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. and around the world. Their service offerings are designed to help our clients generate revenue, increase cost-effectiveness, manage regulatory compliance, integrate information and transition to ‘next-generation’ technology. It earns recognition for our client service from leading analysts and trade publications for our high customer satisfaction scores.
CSG
Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, CSG Systems International (NASDAQ: CSGS) is the leading provider of outsourced billing, customer care and print and mail solutions and services supporting the North American cable and direct broadcast satellite markets. CSG’s solutions support some of the world’s largest and most innovative providers of bundled multi-channel video, Internet, voice and IP-based services. CSG’s unique combinations of solutions, services and expertise ensure that cable and satellite operators can continue to rapidly launch new service offerings, improve operational efficiencies and deliver a high-quality customer experience in a competitive and ever-changing marketplace. For more information, visit our website at www.CSGsystems.com.
Eighth Continent
Based out of Golden, Colorado, the Colorado School of Mines’ Eighth Continent Project is the world’s most comprehensive effort to integrate space technology and resources into the global economy. Eighth Continent provides the infrastructure and resources to solve a wide range of challenges from global warming to renewable energy development. Located in Colorado, home of the most concentrated entrepreneurial, investor and aerospace talent in the world, Eighth Continent brings space down to earth with the industry’s first trade association, incubator, venture fund and research hub, all working together to develop the next generation of space business ventures.
ClickBank
ClickBank is the largest online retailer for those engaged in buying, selling, and promoting digitally delivered products and services. ClickBank can be described as a virtual business network linking buyers, sellers, and promoters of digital products and services. ClickBank facilitates these interactions and transactions and provides guaranteed tracking of sales, state-of-the-art fraud protection, and a totally secure platform. ClickBank is firmly positioned in the list of the Internet’s Top Ten pure play Internet retailers focused exclusively on the digital and downloadable products. ClickBank handles an average of more than 20,000 transactions a day.
Successful Living
Successful Living is a Colorado-based global company offering time-tested methodology, educational courses, mentoring and support services to individuals seeking a healthy and rewarding lifestyle. We are the most complete education and coaching resource for wealth building, motivation, and healthy living. Successful Living grew out of Russ Dalbey’s acclaimed wealth building solution, the Dalbey Education Institute. After 11 years of success in the home business sector, Dalbey discovered that his teaching and motivational techniques worked well in all areas of success.
Embarq
Embarq Corporation (NYSE:EQ), headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, offers a complete suite of common sense communications services. The company has approximately 20,000 employees and operates in 18 states. EMBARQ is included in the S&P 500. For consumers, EMBARQ offers an innovative portfolio of services that includes reliable local and long distance home phone service, high-speed Internet, wireless, and satellite TV from DISH Network® -- all on one monthly bill. For businesses, EMBARQ has a comprehensive range of flexible and integrated services designed to help businesses of all sizes be more productive and communicate with their customers. This service portfolio includes local voice and data services, long distance, Business Class DSL, wireless, enhanced data network services, voice and data communication equipment and managed network services. In 2007, EMBARQ ranked highest in customer satisfaction among large enterprise businesses, according to J.D. Power and Associates Study. EMBARQ believes that by focusing on the communities the company serves and by employing common sense and ingenuity, it is able to provide customers with a committed partner, dedicated customer service and innovative products for work and home. For more information, visit embarq.com.
Tech Stars
We help startups start. TechStar’s was founded by a collective of Colorado-based entrepreneurs as a way of promoting entrepreneurial activity in their home state.
Gold Systems
Through its award-winning products and services, Gold Systems helps its customers identify where productivity can be improved with voice-driven solutions. The company’s unified messaging implementation services, as well as its self-service speech recognition solutions, allow businesses to improve productivity and profitability. Gold Systems is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Since 1991, Gold Systems software has automated more than 1 billion telephone calls around the world. More information about Gold Systems can be found at www.GoldSystems.com or by calling 303-447-2774 and saying "information."
Express Digital
ExpressDigital enables those engaged in the business of photography to maximize profits using technology. ExpressDigital designs products that cater to digital photographers, labs and large corporate photography businesses. ExpressDigital has a rounded product offering called Digital Everyday that includes Darkroom software, PhotoReflect.com internet storefronts, Labtricity lab connectivity and Enrichment business services. The Digital Everyday product offering empowers any size business using digital photography to incorporate a profitable workflow. ExpressDigital is a leader in the digital photography market and operates on the core values of service, innovation, and knowledge.
The Dalbey Education Institute
The Dalbey Educational Institute provides educational products and services for home-based entrepreneurs. The company maintains its corporate headquarters in Westminster, Colo. and is the most complete resource for preparing clients to profit in the seller financing market without investing money of their own. The institute, founded in 1995, has provided education to more than 400,000 students in all 50 states and eight countries. For more information on Dalbey Education Institute please visit www.dalbeyeducation.com or www.dalbeyblog.com.
Villij
A self-proclaimed "recommendation engine," Villij is a service that essentially matches people with similar interests. The site recommends individuals to one another based on the content people have themselves created on the Internet (i.e. blogs, social networking and bookmarking sites, etc.) Villij is a TechStars company.
My Plan After 50
My Plan After 50 is on online community and employee/employer resource partner that provides holistic life coaching and retirement planning services to America’s baby boomers – the first generation to aspire to continued productivity and engagement after traditional retirement age. Build upon 42 years’ experience solving employer retention issues and assisting people through life’s major transitions, My Plan After 50’s ‘Essential Elements’ program is a unique eight-step blueprint for leading a vibrant life after age 50. My Plan After 50 is a business service division of the non-profit Employee & Family Resources, Inc., headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. For more information, visit www.MyPlanAfter50.com.
Tombstone Cards
Based in Boulder, Colo., Tombstone Cards provides a unique way for users to celebrate and extend the memory of the moment for businesses, hobbies, and life with a new take on the traditional deck of cards. With an easy-to-use online graphic design tool, Tombstone allows users to create a personalized deck of cards, using their own photos and picking their own design. Whether used as a gift, memento, business card, promotional item or simply as a unique way to print a favorite digital photo, Tombstone Cards lets you pick your design and takes care of the printing, production and shipping.
Alaska Communications Systems
ACS is the leading integrated communications provider in Alaska, offering local telephone service, wireless, long distance, data, and Internet services to business and residential customers throughout Alaska. More information can be found on the company's website at www.acsalaska.com or at its investor site at www.alsk.com.
Platypi
Located at the heart of downtown Denver in the award-winning Denver Media Center, Platypi offers the state-of-the art in video and audio production facilities combined with legal, talent, business, product development, financing and entertainment industry expertise. Platypi gives companies, entrepreneurs, inventors, artists, songwriters and bands the tools they need, all under one roof, to succeed in business. The company works with clients to create, brand, package, protect, promote and distribute their intellectual property through converging media and distribution channels, helping bring their product, music or movie to the broadest markets possible.
eQuilter
eQuilter is known in some circles as the amazon.com for quilters, sewers, designers and craft enthusiasts, and hosts the world's largest selection of online offerings serving quilters, fiber artists, crafters, fashion and interior designers. With over 20,000 products in stock and available online, eQuilter is renowned for its fast service, huge variety and charitable stewardship. Since its founding, the company has committed 2% of all sales directly to charity and, to date, has given over $500,000 to organizations such as the Breast Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Borders. More than 90,000 subscribers are updated weekly via eQuilter's online newsletter, announcing 1,000 new products every month and offering seasonal clearances. The eQuilter 15,000 sq ft warehouse is located in Boulder, Colorado. For more information is available online at www.equilter.com.