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Monday, March 10
 

5:00pm MDT

Kick Off Social (Offsite)
Monday March 10, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MDT
Join us for our kick off social to meet fellow attendees, volunteers, and the community. We'll also hear from two local entrepreneurs about their journey and how they've navigated the challenges of founding and growing their business.

Kick Off Social takes place downtown at the Visit Fort Collins Welcome Center on Mountain Ave. We recommend parking in the garage across the street.
Moderators
avatar for Jana Sanchez

Jana Sanchez

Chief Alchemist, Alchemy With Words
Jana Sanchez has been helping companies get results for more than 20 years. With an extensive background in organizational management, marketing, and facilitation, she helps companies get clarity to know where they need to go, and which tools will get them there. She’s an entrepreneur... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Dain Johnson

Dain Johnson

Engineer-turned-Psychologist, Rev 0 LLC
Dain Johnson is an engineer-turned-psychologist who coaches technical experts to become high-performing organizational leaders. Dain spent ten years working on and leading high-tech projects destined for the ocean floor to the lunar surface before becoming a leadership coach. He began... Read More →
avatar for Jamie Blanchard-Poling

Jamie Blanchard-Poling

Founder/Owner, Compost Queen PBC
Jamie Blanchard-Poling is the founder and owner of Compost Queen PBC, located in Fort Collins. Jamie's desire to create a better environment through sustainability has led her to be an entreprenuer, educator, sustainability expert, and expert certified composter (CCOM). She started... Read More →
Monday March 10, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MDT
Visit Fort Collins Welcome Center [Offsite]
 
Tuesday, March 11
 

6:00pm MDT

BrainChange: Thought-Provoking Speakers Who Foster Connection and Inspire
Tuesday March 11, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm MDT
What if you could turn your thoughts and feelings into action and connection—right in the moment? Welcome to BrainChange, a one-of-a-kind speaker event designed to foster connection, spark innovation, and give back to our community.

Please note: This featured evening event requires a separate ticket (not included in General Admission). Click the button above "Get Your BrainChange Ticket."

As you step into the venue, you’ll receive $5 in quarters. At each table, you’ll find a coin jar waiting. Throughout the night, a lineup of incredible speakers will present powerful ideas, unspoken truths from a place of radical transparency, and thought-provoking insights designed to inspire you.

When an idea resonates with you—whether it challenges your thinking, makes you laugh, or stirs your emotions—put a quarter in the jar and shake it.

As the room fills with the sound of coins clinking in the jars, a truth rings out: we are not alone in our thoughts. BrainChange transforms the passive act of listening to a speaker into a powerful communal participative experience—an audible connection binding us as a community.

At the end of the night, all the quarters will be donated to the Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County, helping to fund mental health initiatives that make a real difference in our community.

BrainChange isn’t just about hearing great ideas—it’s about making them count. In a world where connections shape our future, BrainChange a unique way to find your people. Bring your own quarters if you’d like and amplify the good we can do together!

Why It Matters: In a time when connection is more important than ever, BrainChange provides an innovative platform where shared ideas create real connection, which builds the capacity for lasting change. By aligning audience engagement with charitable giving, we offer more than inspiration—we offer action. BrainChange embodies the spirit of being future-ready/future-proof by blending ideas with connection and community impact, ensuring that every idea, every quarter, makes a difference.
Speakers
avatar for Nick Armstrong

Nick Armstrong

Geek-in-Chief, WTF Marketing
I’m Nick Armstrong and I’m #2 on the speed dial of most small business owners, right after mom. When they’re stuck in a rut and need a whiteboard-worth of fun, profitable marketing strategies to fill up client waitlists and bank accounts for a year, they call me.
Sponsors & Partners
Tuesday March 11, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm MDT
Prairie Sage 1 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526
 
Wednesday, March 12
 

9:00am MDT

1 Million Cups: Connecting Entrepreneurs, One Coffee at a Time SEATS AVAILABLE
Wednesday March 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and engage with their communities over a million cups of coffee, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation developed 1 Million Cups in 2012—a free program designed to educate, engage and inspire entrepreneurs around the country. Through the power of volunteers, 1 Million Cups has grown to more than 180 communities.

As a program of the Kauffman Foundation, 1 Million Cups works with entrepreneurs, empowering them with the tools and resources to break down barriers that stand in the way of starting and growing their businesses.

We meet in a hybrid model every Wednesday morning at 9am to hear presentations from 2 business owners. Join us!

March 12th session will take place on-site at the Fort Collins Senior Center as part of Founded in FoCo.

Learn more about their weekly meetup here >
Speakers
avatar for Jana Sanchez

Jana Sanchez

Chief Alchemist, Alchemy With Words
Jana Sanchez has been helping companies get results for more than 20 years. With an extensive background in organizational management, marketing, and facilitation, she helps companies get clarity to know where they need to go, and which tools will get them there. She’s an entrepreneur... Read More →
avatar for Sharon Pitkin

Sharon Pitkin

Content that connects, Something Polished
Sharon is a (primarily technical) communicator, connecting experts with the customers who need to understand what they do. With careful editing and content writing, she gets your words out to the right audiences. Together, you’ll create something polished: an RFP bid, website copy... Read More →
Sponsors & Partners
Wednesday March 12, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am MDT
Prairie Sage 1 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526

5:00pm MDT

Trout Tank: NonProfit Pitch-a-Thon SEATS AVAILABLE
Wednesday March 12, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MDT
This event is inspired by “Shark Tank,” but way more kind! Trout Tank is a pitch-a-thon event where local nonprofits pitch in-person to corporate and individual sponsors (Trouts!) at Founded in FoCo. The nonprofit can pitch a program or event that needs additional funding. Sponsors then choose from the pitches presented to make a direct donation.

This is a great opportunity to see business sponsors connect and support local nonprofit organizations that are working hard to improve our community. Come watch pitches to learn about what it takes to get people onboard for your organization, and connect with other nonprofits in the area.

Who should apply to participate to share their pitch?
501(c)3 nonprofits involved in a wide range of causes are encouraged to apply to Trout Tank. We will be looking for organizations primarily located in, or impacting the northern Colorado community. Organizations with a primarily religious or political mission are not eligible for participation.

If you are a non-profit you can apply here.
Applications open February 1!
Deadline: Feb 21st
Final Decisions Announced: Feb 25th

Who serves on the feedback panel as a Trout and provides sponsorship to NonProfits?
Trouts are individuals who listen live at the event to provide feedback and commit to distribute individual or corporate grants of $1,000 or more during the event. Anyone who is interested in being a potential trout at the event, please reach out to Alex Koenigsberg at alex@arulainc.com
Speakers
avatar for Maya Ortega

Maya Ortega

Maya Ortega is a writer, community leader, creator of rituals, bathing expert, and inter-personal consultant. She specializes in leveling things up by creating events and experiences to hyper-connect communities through communication, art, and collaboration.
avatar for Alex Koenigsberg

Alex Koenigsberg

Fundraising, Philanthropy, Biz Dev, Arula
Alex founded Arula Fundraising in 2019 and grew the company to eight staff before making it an employee-owned company. He co-founded 1+ to help people start and administer philanthropic foundations. Alex also serves as the Business Development Officer for Quorum Prosthetics, the country's... Read More →
Wednesday March 12, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MDT
Prairie Sage 1 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526
 
Thursday, March 13
 

5:00pm MDT

Closing Social & Community Celebration SEATS AVAILABLE
Thursday March 13, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MDT
Details to be announced.
Speakers
avatar for Nick Armstrong

Nick Armstrong

Geek-in-Chief, WTF Marketing
I’m Nick Armstrong and I’m #2 on the speed dial of most small business owners, right after mom. When they’re stuck in a rut and need a whiteboard-worth of fun, profitable marketing strategies to fill up client waitlists and bank accounts for a year, they call me.
Artists
avatar for Saja Butler

Saja Butler

Saja Butler is old Southern roots Music wrapped up in a crispy, sex'd up, Blackneck shell. Birthed down South and living in Colorado, her sound emits tones of sultry smoky seduction, airy breezy hope, and down right dirty sass. She's been playing Music since a kid and has honed... Read More →
Thursday March 13, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm MDT
Resource Hub (Prairie 2 & 3) 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80526
 
Founded in FoCo 2025
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