CRITERIA

Overview

The Boulder Innovation Center encourages ALL new and growing businesses to apply for our services. If we are not able to help you with the Boulder Innovation Center’s resources, we will make every effort to point you in the right direction of someone who can.

Below is a list of the criteria our most successful Clients meet. If you feel your business meets most or all of the criteria, please complete our short web questionnaire.

Key Criteria:

* Location
* Industry Focus
* Additional Client Characteristics

Location
The business is located in the Boulder Area.

Industry Focus
The Boulder Innovation Center will consider ALL new businesses. Our greatest success stories center round the following industries:

* Natural and Organic
* Software
* Renewable & Sustainable Energy
* Bioscience
* Nanotechnology, Optical and Engineered Products
* Space Technology

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer Advisor in the above industries, please click here.

Additional Client Characteristics

Business-Building Assistance is Required
Often times it takes many steps to achieve the goals set forth by entrepreneurs and their management teams. The Business Program will help you understand and formulate a plan to successfully address your critical success factors.

Limited Capital Invested
Our Clients have typically bootstrapped the business to get to where they are today or maybe they have borrowed the money from friends and family. Our Business Program can prepare entrepreneurs for professional (Angel, Venture Capital, etc…) investment and can springboard Clients into the investment spotlight.

An Open Mind
A key determinant in the success of past Boulder Innovation Center Clients has been a willingness to learn from some of the best and brightest in their industry and truly listen to what these Advisors have to say.

A Significant Growth Opportunity
The good news is your company has lots of options for growth, the challenge is deciding which one to pursue given limited capital and resources. The Boulder Innovation Center and its Advisor pool can help you evaluate your options and set a course for success.

If your firm meets the above criteria, please complete our short web questionnaire here.

A representative of the BIC will contact you and conduct a short interview either over the phone or we may invite you to come by our offices. If the BIC is a good match for your needs, the next step is to fill out the application describing your business in detail and send us a business plan (we understand that these can be a work in progress).