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While it seems like both a lifetime and no time at all since the first all-virtual Boulder Startup Week in 2020, I am excited to share that I have the privilege of being the marketing track captain for Boulder Startup Week 2021. It is an honor to support the vibrant Boulder startup ecosystem, especially during a time that has been challenging for so many. The theme this year is resilience, and our spotlight marketing event will focus on the role that marketing plays in driving revenue for today’s cloud companies.

Boulder Startup Week 2021 Event: Marketing = Revenue

A panel of marketing leaders from the startup ecosystem including Carly Brantz, CMO of DigitalOcean, Cate Lochead, CMO of JumpCloud, Lizelle van Vuuren, CMO of Undock, Olivia Omega, Strategist at Wallace Marketing Group, and I will discuss the topic of how marketing contributes to pipeline and revenue. This event is aimed at those who want to align marketing, sales, product, and customer success teams, understand how to take a revenue marketing approach and the role that data and account-based marketing play in successful go-to-market programs.

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Life has changed a lot in the past few months. In personal news, I moved back to Boulder late last year, and am thrilled to share I recently started a new role as the head of marketing at Intricately, the leading provider of product adoption, usage, and spend intelligence for cloud sales and marketing teams.

While this is a time of hardship for so many in our community in Boulder and beyond, I’m inspired by the resilience of the Boulder Startup Week team, who have been working hard to ensure the success of this year’s online-only festival. A special shout-out to Ben Travis, who runs the Boulder Marketing Meetup, and Rendl Clark, Director of Boulder Startup Week, for their amazing organizing efforts!

I’m looking forward to hosting two events (all-remote!) during this year’s Boulder Startup Week:

BSW ’20 Panel discussion: How To Grow Your Startup Marketing Career

A panel of marketing leaders from the startup ecosystem (Rachel Beisel, Simone Johnson, and Victoria Stitt, MBA. ) will discuss the topic of how marketers can level up and achieve their goals along their startup career path. Watch the Recording

BSW ’20 Film Screening: Chasing Unicorns (“Ükssarvik”)

One of the most successful Estonian movies of 2019, Chasing Unicorns is a semi-satirical narrative feature about a female founder trying to make it a male-dominated tech world, from Estonia to Silicon Valley. RSVP to join us

Why an Estonian startup film? After traveling to Tallinn, Estonia in February, I was inspired by Estonia’s thriving startup ecosystem, including their innovative e-residency program. After watching the satirical Estonian startup film Chasing Unicorns, I reached out to the filmmakers Tõnu Hiielaid and Rain Rannu about the possibility of sharing the film with our Boulder startup community. Several months later, we’re partnering to host a virtual film screening during this year’s BSW. While Tallinn and Boulder are distant, I’m grateful for this opportunity to connect our startup communities through the film.

Looking forward to seeing folks (virtually) at BSW! For those interested, consider supporting Colorado’s COVID Relief Fund.