With venture funding on the decline, “pre-founding” startup capital emerges to reward ideas. Plus: Denver’s venture industry declining less than other cities, rising minimum wages and more
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What’s Working: Job openings in Colorado decline as employers presumably find the staff they need
Job openings are in decline nationwide, too. Have we reached a new equilibrium? Plus: Who stopped looking for work?
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So much money, so little of it invested in female founders’ ventures. Colorado entrepreneurs wonder why.
While female-founded companies are attracting more venture capital, their share of the pot was 1.9% last year, and has been stuck around 2% for more than a decade.
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What’s Working: Colorado moves past bank failures, while startup industry reassesses
“Talk to a person, not a building,” says Alpine Bank’s president. Plus: Companies are STILL hiring, reader’s economic outlook, and more!
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What’s Working: Colorado entrepreneurs must make money to spend it as recession talk increases
Women entrepreneurs have an answer to a more balanced venture industry. Plus: When local business leaders believe a recession will start, job growth vs. layoffs and more!
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What’s Working: Colorado business bankruptcies decline; startups on the rise
A record number of companies filed to start a business last year, but what does that mean? Plus: More money for rural startups, unemployment issues and the latest labor law poll tally
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What’s Working: People with a felony record are getting more opportunities from Colorado employers
Workers with a felony in their past could really use Honest Jobs. Plus: Denver’s slowing inflation rate puts it among “least rising” in U.S., fraud updates and more!
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What’s Working: Colorado is expected to follow the U.S. economy’s slight 3rd quarter growth
Despite inflation, job and income growth provided a needed nudge. Plus: The politics of inflation, the state’s VC arm adds its first Black founder-led fund, and more.
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Denver Startup Week highlights underrepresented founders while looking for the next big thing
A diverse group of entrepreneurs talk about the difficulties of being a startup trying to attract attention and funding.
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What’s Working: Here’s how Colorado plans to dole out $104.7 million to small businesses
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell for the sixth straight month to 3.3% in July, the lowest (again) since the pandemic began but not quite down to its pre-pandemic low of 2.8%. However, a state economist thinks we’ll get back to that low rate, despite talk of recession, by the end of the year. But first, last […]