Jeff Erickson

Founded in 2005, Alpha is an invite-only networking community for founders, CEOs, and leading technology influencers. The idea is simple: to create an environment where leaders in tech can connect and collaborate with their peers in a private setting where they can speak candidly. Alpha curates events that foster strong professional and personal relationships. We bring together the brightest people on a subject, theme or technology trend and let them decide where to take the conversation. Alpha… Show more

Founded in 2005, Alpha is an invite-only networking community for founders, CEOs, and leading technology influencers. The idea is simple: to create an environment where leaders in tech can connect and collaborate with their peers in a private setting where they can speak candidly. Alpha curates events that foster strong professional and personal relationships. We bring together the brightest people on a subject, theme or technology trend and let them decide where to take the conversation. Alpha hosts 60 events per year across 10 cities (Salt Lake City, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, Austin and Atlanta). Show less

OneValley is a global entrepreneurship platform for founders, startups, and corporations seeking innovation and accelerated growth. OV provides a highly curated and immersive experience through its innovation centers, enterprise services, and Passport, the world’s most comprehensive online innovation platform that connects entrepreneurs and emerging startups to key networks, essential tools and resources, and savings on world-class services.

The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers). The accelerator’s primary screening criteria is on teams, with primacy placed on having distinctive technical co-founders. The accelerator seeds around 75 enterprise-monetizing ventures / year. Over 50% close institutional rounds within 12 months of their Alchemist Demo Day.

70% of the companies that go through the VentureCapital.org programs raise capital within 12 months of completed mentorship. On average our VCO alumni startups collectively go on to raise $45M of early stage capital each year.

VCO’s up featured programs include: 1) Mentorship & Education Program; 2) College Intern Program; 3) Women Entrepreneurship Program, and 4) Veteran Entrepreneurship Program.

SEED SPOT IS ON A MISSION TO EDUCATE, ACCELERATE, AND INVEST IN ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE CREATING SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
SEED SPOT is dedicated to supporting all social entrepreneurs creating a product, service, or technology that improves lives or makes the world a better place. We support entrepreneurs by surrounding them with the right access to resources, mentors, business fundamentals, community partners, capital sources, and anything they need to succeed.

Startup of the Year® helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource.

PandoLabs is a non-profit organization focused on supporting founders, startup companies and entrepreneurs through its Entrepreneurs Execution Network. The goal of the program is to build a network of people with diverse skills who can help each other with their startup endeavors. The program includes monthly events where subject experts educate members about topics such as how to run the financial side of a business or the best way to pitch to investors. Attendees also have the opportunity to… Show more

PandoLabs is a non-profit organization focused on supporting founders, startup companies and entrepreneurs through its Entrepreneurs Execution Network. The goal of the program is to build a network of people with diverse skills who can help each other with their startup endeavors. The program includes monthly events where subject experts educate members about topics such as how to run the financial side of a business or the best way to pitch to investors. Attendees also have the opportunity to share the projects they are working on and network with other entrepreneurs, founders and mentors. Show less

Top 20 University Entrepreneur Competition Program
In its thirteenth year, CU Boulder's New Venture Challenge (NVC) has been ranked No. 13 on the Top 20 U.S. University Entrepreneurship Competitions list.

The W Collective Co is a reimagined media company in Utah focused on aspirational women with a strong desire for success. We highlight and feature women and organizations across Utah and beyond. Our mission is to amplify and elevate the women, organizations, and conversations that make our community unique. Areas of focus include closing the gender pay gap, promoting women of influence, encouraging diversity of thought within organizations, and initiatives tot amplify and elevate women.

Munich Germany / Northern Austria Mission