STORIES + TIPS
Get inspired by what’s happening across our network of starters, communities, and partners.
This Simple Tool Could Save Your Business
While the CO.STARTERS Canvas is most often used for people who want to turn an idea into a business, we believe this simple tool can help any business owner who is stuck and guide you through this time of uncertainty.
Starter Story: Will Lovelady // Stix N Smoke
“I had to start thinking about customers and clients, and how to best communicate with them about my business. It made me think about how to continually grow the business.”
Building Community Immunity
What happens when “together” gets cancelled? How do we continue our mission of supporting business starters and growing communities in the face of catastrophic circumstances? How do we support each other when the word “community” itself feels like a threat?
Serving the Underserved: The Commons on Champa // Denver, Colorado
From providing a tech hub to those without access to technology, to workshops designed to engage female entrepreneurs, to offering our very own CO.STARTERS Core program to the city, The Commons on Champa truly embodies the CO.STARTERS mission.
There’s More to Funding than Grants
Other ways to fund your nonprofit idea—the second in a series on funding by CO.STARTERS Director of Program Development Rebekah Marr.
Finding POSSIBLE: The CO.STARTERS 2019 Impact Story
The importance of our work with entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders is often hard to communicate. This year, when we put our annual report together, we tried to capture the deeper story between the numbers—of [...]