Ignite Boulder 15 Drops on May 19th

Ignite Boulder is heading back to the historic Chautauqua Auditorium! We’ll be one of the main events for Boulder Startup Week – a weeklong cavalcade of events celebrating the Boulder startup community. Want to participate in that? Please do! But enough of that, behold the Ignite Timeline: April 6th – Spark Submissions Open April 13th – Spark Submissions Close April 14th – Spark Voting Opens (vote now!) April 21st – Spark Voting Closes April 22nd – Speakers announced April 22nd – Tickets on Sale May 8th – Practice

Ignite Boulder 14 FAQ

Ignite Boulder 14 is Thursday night! If you didn’t buy a ticket, you’re out of luck – this starship is SOLD OUT. In order to prepare you, here’s a helpful FAQ: Are there any tickets left? Nope. We are completely SOLD OUT. None available at the venue, none in our cupboards. Sorry! I suddenly can’t make it. How can I transfer my ticket to a friend of mine? No problem. Have them check in under your name. Will there be food? Nope, but there are plenty of places nearby to stuff your face before or after. What time do things really get

Ignite Boulder 14 Speaker Lineup!

You are not ready for these jellies. Here are the speakers for Ignite Boulder 14: Brian Inderwies – You’re Being Watched! Living in this Data-Intense World Jonathan “Woody” Woodard – The Lowest Form of Humor (Hint: It’s Not Blood, Bile or Phlegm) Sarah Welch – How to Make Work Not Suck Trevor Stone – Money and Other Useful Myths Chase Hoffman – Legal Graffiti: The Art of Light Painting Michael Sitarzewski – Me, You, Not Tom Vu: 10 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom Jana Trantow – This is Why We Foster Kids

Want to Speak at Ignite Boulder 14?

Speaker submissions are now open! All you have to do is hit the link below, submit your talk and then we’ll open voting next week where your peers will determine who makes it in. Easy! http://igniteboulder.com/spark Before you submit your talk, please mind the rules: You have not spoken at the last two Ignite Boulder events. Your topic teaches something of social value. Your topic is above the belt. You have shown that you are prepared for your presentations (not missed the deadlines, blown off emails). Your topic is an original presentation (you can’t repeat

Ignite Boulder 14 on March 3!

The magic dragon that is Ignite Boulder will return to the Boulder Theater on March 3! Tickets go on sale next week and will be $10. Never attended Ignite Boulder before? Hit the About page to get an idea of what goes on. We hope to see you there!

Thank You

Ignite Boulder 13 has come and gone and left hundreds of happy people in its wake. Thank you for being part of it. It was an extraordinary night of laughs, lessons and lookin’ good. We’ll be announcing the date of the next event soon. Based on the number of emails we received after the event sold out, we urge you to buy your tickets as quickly as possible once they become available. When we say “This event will sell out!” we mean it. We hate turning people away, but we’re bound by our venue’s capacity. Look for more news soon! And thanks

What You Need to Know

Ignite Boulder 13 is tomorrow night! We hope you got your tickets because we are SOLD OUT. 850 peeps will be doing “the Dougie” en masse, so get ready for adorable chaos. Here are some FAQs that we’ve been getting: Will there be food? No. Eat beforehand or lasso some friends into getting dinner afterward. What time do things really get started? Doors open at 6pm. We will start at 7pm. We’ll be done at 9pm or so. What’s this I hear about a Hummer? Some local firefighters will be bringing their Hummer for photo ops. It’s going to be pretty

One Million Faces

Peggy Dyer is on a mission to photograph one million faces – and she’s bringing her camera to Ignite Boulder 13. The One Million Faces project, started in 2009, is not a race to set a record. Instead, Dyer aims to paint a portrait of America using her camera, documenting the beautiful faces that surround us. “I want to inspire a sense of connection and community,” she said. “And spread hope, love and peace all along the way.” She’ll be at the front of the Boulder Theater to share the pre-event excitement, as well as inside during

Ignite Boulder 13 Speaker Lineup!

The votes are in. Here are the speakers for Ignite Boulder 13 on December 8! Aimee Giese – The Mechanics of Logo Design Niles Emerick – “I Know, Right?” Language Evolution: What Shakespeare Would Tweet Sterling White – Beauty in the Numbers: Fibonacci Was Just the Beginning Tamara Kleinberg – Brainstorms Kill Creativity Ryan Angilly – Why Getting Your Heart Smashed into a Million Pieces is Actually Totally Awesome Leo Han – Things You Never Knew About the STDs You Always Had Sherisse – Mental Orgasms Taylor McLemore

Spark Voting IS CLOSED

It’s time to IGNITE THE VOTE! All the submissions are in and it’s time to vote for your favorites. The top 7 vote-getters will make it into Ignite Boulder 13, where they will be showered with love. Please, please, please vote for more than one talk. While it’s great to support your friends, it’s even better to support good content. Be