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Southeast leaders and community members were honored at the eighth annual Mayor’s Young Leader Awards at 3E’s Comedy Club on Oct. 28. Corey Williams, president of the Harrison School District

Owen Hill and Adam Alphin started their business just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to hit hard.

Ask Gretchen Bliss about the United States’ biggest cyber vulnerabilities, and she won’t start with the power grid, or voting machines, or even the nation’s satellites.

Startup accelerator Exponential Impact’s Pitch Night returned in-person May 20 after a year-plus hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ColoradoBiz Magazine May 18, 2021 Photo courtesy of soona. Colorado’s entrepreneurial streak is hotter than ever, as the state’s startups rethink everything from traffic signals to football helmets. These five innovative companies are making waves on both sides of the Continental Divide. Founded: 2017 Boulder AI’s patented cameras leverage “edge” computing to make for smarter traffic signals, safer pedestrians, and better city planning. Underpinned by an AI platform that identifies pe...

Today Isolated thunderstorms early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low around 45F. SSW winds shifting to NW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%.. Tonight Isolated thunderstorms early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low around 45F. SSW winds shifting to NW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Updated: May 19, 2021 @ 4:28 pm

Matt Zelenok — District 5, central Colorado Springs Zelenok, 34 and owner of Springs Preferred Realty, grew up in Colorado Springs and would bring a scientific background to council as a biochemistry major who founded a company that built equipment and provided research and development support to the U.S. Energy Departments Sandia National Laboratories. When the contract ended he moved into real estate. Zelenok would prioritize introducing modern technology to increase traffic flow and effici...

Today Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming cloudy with periods of rain later in the day. High 49F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%.. Tonight Periods of snow. Low 27F. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 90%. 3 to 5 inches of snow expected. Updated: March 21, 2021 @ 12:01 am

Tech accelerator and incubator Exponential Impact has launched a new startup community program called Springs Startup. It’s billed as new early-stage and community programming for startup founders “for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.”  “After a year of starts, exits, and closures of both startup support resources and startups themselves a group of Colorado Springs founders are teaming up to bring pitch nights, startup weekends, and an entry point into the entrepreneurial...

Applications for a new round of Survive and Thrive funding to support local small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic will open Feb. 15.