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The UNM Anderson Center for Responsible Entrepreneurship is hosting two Saturday workshops in June to guide you through a process to test, iterate, and validate your startup idea. As you may recall, Santa Fe Innovates is … [Read more...] about Two Saturday Startup Workshops: First Steps

Last year, we announced the creation of the UNM Anderson Center for Responsible Entrepreneurship. We continue to support his effort by merging our efforts and work into this sustainable and exciting way to support local … [Read more...] about Are You Ready to Build Your Venture?

The past year has been exciting with a lot of hard work to put a foundation in place for the long-term. We are energized by the next steps of merging our efforts into the UNM Anderson Center for Responsible Entrepreneurship … [Read more...] about Santa Fe Innovates: Responsible Entrepreneurship

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