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Santa Fe Innovates concluded its fifth cohort with an idea pitch on Saturday, November 12, 2022. Nine entrepreneurs pitched ideas they have refined over the course of five weeks to a panel of judges that determined the top … [Read more...] about Top Idea Pitches – Fifth Early-Stage Entrepreneur Program

Santa Fe Innovates, in collaboration with the new UNM Anderson Center for Responsible Entrepreneurship, is now accepting applications for our fall 2022 early-stage idea and business model validation program to begin the week … [Read more...] about Validating Your Startup Idea – A 5-Week Process and Program

A Focus on Support and Resources for Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders Two community input sessions were held. The first was hosted at the Santa Fe Public Library – Main Library on July 21, 2022, and the second was hosted … [Read more...] about Santa Fe Entrepreneur Community Input Sessions

The Lean Startup is a popular methodology for bootstrapping a tech company. It’s based on experimentation and building products that are stripped down to core elements, shared with customers, and rapidly iterated, based on … [Read more...] about Debating the Lean Startup Approach

Bringing a Policy Focus to Building an Economy that Works for Everyone I attended a virtual briefing from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for the recently released America’s New Business Plan for 2022. The briefing … [Read more...] about America’s New Business Plan for 2022

Note: As a Benefit Corporation in New Mexico, part of our responsibility is to file a report on how well we are doing on our stated purpose. Below is our report. We are grateful for all those who supported us and our … [Read more...] about Santa Fe Innovates – Benefit Corporation Report

In 2000, I had a good job at IBM. I managed worldwide channel marketing for the Tivoli division, working with global systems integrators like Deloitte, distributors like Ingram Micro, and resellers across all geographies. It … [Read more...] about Blockchain, cryptocurrency, and DAOs inspiring Web3

Santa Fe Innovates wrapped up its early-stage program in collaboration with UNM Anderson on Saturday, February 26.  A group of entrepreneurs pitched their startup ideas they have worked on for five weeks to a panel of … [Read more...] about Early-Stage Program on the Outdoor Economy Wraps up with Idea Pitch

Business writing - whether a blog, website, newsletter, press release or article - doesn’t have to be boring. Infact, there are 10 things you can do right now to punch up your prose. Kelly Koepke, content … [Read more...] about Putting the Pizzazz in Your Business Writing

Professor John Benavidez, a Principal Lecturer at The University of New Mexico (UNM) Anderson School of Management, shared his perspective and practices for building an engaged and meaningful social media community for your … [Read more...] about Building Your Social Media Community