Boulder Innovation Center

The Boulder Innovation Center believes that life-long education provides entrepreneurs, business leaders, and our clients great opportunities for growth and development. We encourage you to use the resources listed below to help you learn as you join our community. Additionally, we seek your recommendations for resources you regularly use. Please share your ideas with us by sending them to Info@BoulderInnovationCenter.com.

Business Planning Resources
Writing a Successful Business Plan
Writing a Successful Business Plan is a comprehensive guide to writing a business plan and asking the hard questions that every business must answer in the planning stages. Courtesy of University of Colorado, LEEDS School of Business

Understanding the Market Feasibility of Your Product or Idea
A market feasibility study answers two basic questions; Will anyone buy my product or service? and Can I make any money selling my product or service? This is the place to start if you think you have a business idea. Courtesy of University of Colorado, LEEDS School of Business

Relationship Between Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
A simple table outlining the differences between Patents, trademarks and copyrights for quick reference.

Financial Knowledge
Financial Projections Model
An Excel spreadsheet that provides a comprehensive, customizable financial model for early stage companies. This will help model the financials of your company. Courtesy of University of Colorado, LEEDS School of Business

Naturally Boulder Creative Solutions for Financing Growth Presentation, courtesy of Ascendant. An overview of financing options for small and mid-sized companies.

Up Rounds vs. Down Rounds: An indicator of the Overall Investment Climate, courtesy of Cooley Godward Kronish. A look at the current investment climate provided by on of the top securities law firms in the country.

Entrepreneurial Articles
Inc Magazine “20 Tips for Finding Money Now”

Inc Magazine “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Start-Ups”.

Inc Magazine “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pr…” .

Technology Transfer Reading
“Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization”, courtesy of the Kauffman Foundation. Articles concerning the challenges of moving University Intellectual Property into the commercial world.

“Delineating the anatomy of an entrepreneurial university: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology experience”, courtesy of the Sloan School of Management. A systemic look at start-up companies based on University Technology.

“Gold in the ivory tower: equity rewards of outlicensing”, courtesy of Nature. An analysis of life science public offerings.