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THE BEST OF COLORADO TECH
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THE BEST OF COLORADO TECH
Printfection isn’t your typical swag creating company. They’re disrupting the swag market by offering a full service solution to your swag branding. They offer a suite of tools easily accessible through their online platform.
Are you on the hunt for a new job and need help starting your search process? These resources can get you started down that road.
Have you started your job search and realized you need to update your resume? Maybe it's outdated and you need to start from scratch. Here are a few helpful resume tools that are easy to use and provide good looking results.
Closetbox is a fast growing company that’s locally based in the Denver area. It started out as just an idea by a father trying to make room for his growing family in 2014. In just a few short years, they have raised $19.8 million and $7.3 million of that within the last month.
With CES 2018 behind us, there’s a lot to look forward to in the upcoming year in technology. The largest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas displayed various exhibits that brought the tech world’s excitement back to reinvigorate innovative ideas to this industry.
SendGrid launched its IPO and hit the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, November 16, 2017. It was quite an exciting and successful day for this local company. They increased their shares by close to 15% by the end of the day.
Candidate experience is the way your hiring process is experienced by others. Strong candidate experiences often correlate to strong company culture, while bad candidate experiences are often tied to a weaker culture in the office. Code is here to help your company make your candidate experience better for both your candidates and hiring managers.
Interview Feedback: Why is it Necessary?
According to a recent Career Builder survey, 70% of employers use social networking sites to research job candidates. This is up 10% from last year's same survey. The most popular employers to screen candidates? Information and Technology services.
With everything just a click away, technology enabled businesses no longer are able to stick to the traditional nine to five workday. That's why VictorOps created a platform to help teams find the problem and address it collaboratively, no matter where they are, what device they're using, or what time of day it is.
Earlier this summer, global real estate services firm, Cushman & Wakefield, released their first Tech Cities study. Tech Cities 1.0 looks at the driving factors behind what makes a true tech city and ranks the top 25 markets. No surprise that our own mile high city made the list, and was ranked #8.
This week I had the opportunity to sit down with Denver tech leader Jason Waldrip. After I had him pick out a good beer for me (he brews his own, so I trusted his opinion), we got into the details of his career, experience with startups, the Denver community, and more. Continue reading to hear all about this local tech star.
Havenly makes interior design simpler and cheaper. Rather than paying the outrageous fees a traditional interior designer costs, Havenly connects you to a real, live interior designer for a low fee starting at just $79 with their most expensive package priced at $149.
How does your resume look? Often, the recruiters at Code Talent find that many tech candidates struggle to perfect their resume. Here are some tips from the people who look at dozens of resumes everyday to help you revamp your resume and get the job you really want.
The unique Denver event, 10.10.10 was a huge success yet again! In just 10 days, 10 prospective CEOs and serial entrepreneurs look to address one of the 10 wicked problems in health presented to them. There are three events open to the public: The Big Reveal, Mid-Point, and The Grand Finale. Though the entrepreneurs are not expected to have begun ventures by the end of the 10 days, the event hopes that in 9 months their ideas will be in action.
Derive Systems believes that drivers should have control over their vehicles, rather than settling for the generic programming. Their solutions provide increased safety, decreased costs, and customization that fleet vehicles need and individuals are excited about.
Code, the Technical Talent Agency is excited to share with the Denver community that we have officially moved office spaces. While we loved our old location, our new space fits our company goals and needs better, allows for more growth, and keeps us in our beloved RiNo neighborhood!
Located in Golden, HomeAdvisor aims to take the hassle out of the process and make home improvement easier and more efficient—and they recently became the #1 industry leader. Learn their full story.
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with someone who helped fuel the start of the Denver tech scene, and continues to do so to this day, Josh Churlik.
Josh and I met at Well Data Labs — the sixth company he's founded— to talk about the progression of our Mile High City, his past entrepreneurial experiences, his current company, and more.
As a renewable energy leader, Colorado's energy industry has more opportunities than ever, especially with the renewable market growing steadily. The Colorado State Energy Office emphasizes just that in the introduction of their 2014 report:
"Colorado's diversity of energy resources, business-friendly environment, and world-class research institutions puts the state on a path toward a more secure energy future."
With these perfect conditions, people are merging Denver's love for tech with the opportunities in the energy industry. Companies are innovating new ways to save money, power, and other resources; whether it be connecting power consumers to investors or putting them at the center of everything.
Last week, I had the opportunity to interview Denver tech leader Dan Hannigan! Dan is the founder of DenverDevs, an organizer for Develop Denver, and a general role model for the community.
Read our full interview and learn about the "accidental" founding of DenverDevs, Dan's thoughts on the open office plan, why he came to Denver, and more!
Company Profile on Shutterstock: leading provider of high-quality images, vectors, illustrations, videos, and music to businesses, marketing agencies, and media organizations around the world. With over 125 million images and 6 million videos available, and increasing each week, Shutterstock has revolutionized the stock imagery industry. Continue reading and see how.
The Progressive Policy Institute teamed up with Microsoft's TechNet to explore the importance of the startup economy across the nation and how we can further accelerate it. The study revealed Denver's startup metro index of 2.3, #13 overall.
While ping-pong tables and office kegs are fun, they're not attracting and retaining the technical talent your company demands. Check out these 5 tips straight from our top tech recruiters on getting top talent—and keeping it.
Industry disruption and innovation aren't new for Denver startups. Learn about iTriage, the Denver-based healthcare technology company putting consumers at the center and in charge of their own healthcare decisions.
Even if you're not into arts and crafts, we bet this Denver native can pique your interest. Craftsy is an online community of over 11 million artists, makers, and crafters that also provides all the supplies you could ever need to make your ideas come to life. Read our newest company profile on Craftsy and, who knows, you may be quilting by next week.
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