Calling all entrepreneurs, mentors, dreamers, and doers! Join us Thursday, April 28th for our inaugural Ascent Startup Summit! Guests will enjoy community, dinner, stand-up comedy, and live music by the Ascent House Band! All of this while learning about the progress of the Ascent Central Mountain Entrepreneurs accelerator, its cohort, and programs.

At the Startup Summit on April 28th, we’ll host a Fireside Chat with Elizabeth Marsh, the Director of the SCAPE accelerator in Durango and manager of the associated SCAPE Investment Funds. Since 2013, Elizabeth has developed an extensive understanding of her region’s resources for economic growth and the experience necessary to leverage these resources for new business development. She has overseen the creation of 42 new businesses in Southwest Colorado and helped facilitate $30M of investment in rural companies.

The SCAPE accelerator program is an award-winning, results-oriented engine for innovation and growth.

It’s also a model we can learn from. We hope you’ll join us for this fascinating conversation about what it takes to build companies–and community–in the Mountain West.

Get your tickets here: https://drivenbynature.co/startupsummit/