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Conor Swanson shared thisThanks for the opportunity to be involved. Lots of great folks helping make the community better. Appreciate it!Conor Swanson shared thisThanks all for making it to Code Talent last night for a great discussion on what AI tools you should be using at work! Here are just some of the great examples shared by our panel of experts at the Colorado Product Foundation... On the state of AI adoption in Colorado product: "80% of Colorado PMs use AI — but only 26% said it had a significant or transformative impact. The ones who find it transformative are in it all day, constantly building context. — Allegra Clark (Bishop) On eliminating a process entirely: "We went from 300–400 pages of PRDs per quarter to zero. Engineers get context through MCP [model context protocol] directly from the tickets and codebase. Nobody complained. — Michael Green On making time that doesn't exist: "We made it a forcing function. We had a multi-day AI hackathon because we knew time wasn't going to appear on its own. — Robin M. On what the workflow actually looks like at the bleeding edge: "I actually don't type at all [ex: to Claude]. I just talk to my computer all day [because talking is more words than typing, which makes for better results with AI]. I tell it what I want to do, and then there's a PR [pull request] at the end of it. — Skye Bacus Thanks to Code Talent for hosting, Allegra Clark for anchoring the evening in real Colorado data from the Colorado Product Salary Survey, and Mike Green, Skye Bacus, and Robin Morrison for forming such a great panel. As always, huge thanks to the greater Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group (RMAIIG) family, and to Lauri Hofherr, Sean King, Gary Fox and Jen Hanson for organizing. See you next month for The Vibe Games part 3! See the salary survey here: https://lnkd.in/gpV8kGkf
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Conor Swanson shared thisExcited for the new AI "Context Engineering" Meetup coming to Code Talent in a couple of weeks. Shout out to Donnie Flood for launching this and Matthew Boeckman and MagicSchool AI for the support. Adam Hevenor will be giving a great talk on Effective Evals for Agents. Come hang out!Conor Swanson shared thisSometimes you've got to create the thing you want which is why I started a new meetup around the AI discipline of "context engineering". Super excited to meet other folks who want to share and grow their knowledge in this space! No expertise required. Join us at the first event on Wednesday November 19th from 6-8p MT in Denver! - https://lnkd.in/dkA56RPC Thanks to MagicSchool AI for sponsoring the pizza and beverages and to CodeTalent for letting us use their space to host! Special thanks to Adam Hevenor, Conor Swanson, Matthew Boeckman! If you're interested in starting a context engineering meetup in your city, feel free to reach out.Launch, Short Talks, and Networking, Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 6:00 PM | MeetupLaunch, Short Talks, and Networking, Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
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Conor Swanson shared thisI'm a shameless promoter of all things Colorado, and this is a great watch, regardless of your personal passion for golf! The history/legacy of Cervi Championship Rodeo and Ranch is fascinating, and the footage of Colorado's Eastern plains is stunning. Get ready for Rodeo Dunes! https://lnkd.in/gRtYA-B6Exploring America's Next GREAT Golf Destination: Rodeo Dunes | Adventures in Golf Season 9Exploring America's Next GREAT Golf Destination: Rodeo Dunes | Adventures in Golf Season 9
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Conor Swanson shared thisGreat video recap! Thanks for including Code Talent in your visit!Conor Swanson shared this🎞️ 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 We’ve already shared a bunch of random snapshots from our 2025 Fall USA trip, but now the full road movie version is finally here. Why do we even make something like this? Sure, it looks good on LinkedIn. But for me, it’s something deeper, a small psychological checkpoint as a founder. Because every now and then, I need a reminder that this team can still take a blank piece of paper, sketch something wild on it… and then actually build it. This whole journey started back in May, when Megan La Grave casually tagged me under a post about Colorado Startup Week. Fast-forward a few months, and there we were, right in the middle of it all, meeting founders, clients, and friends who make this ride worth it. Building a company from scratch is always a roller coaster (no newsflash there). But sometimes it’s good to stop, breathe, and watch a little movie like this to remember that yes, it does make sense to take risks, to show up in unknown places, and to keep pushing. Because that’s how we grow, as a team, and as humans. Big thanks to the entire Bobcats Coding crew and everyone who made this trip such an unforgettable chapter. 🐾 ... and huge shoutout to András Pop Stereogram Stámusz Dániel Stephanie Battista Hubbard Humanity Innovation Labs Megan La Grave Thomas Feldhusen Sean King Jen Hanson Lauri Hofherr Gary Fox Code Talent AI & Product Colorado Colorado Startup Week Fabrica RiNo Dora Papp-Gyuris István Kárász for being an amazing partner is this. Genius behind the camera Stámusz Dániel. 🎥 🚀
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Conor Swanson shared thisWhoa - 🍻 Hacktoberfest at Code Talent this weekend! Great food, minihacking, and exciting content from Chris Sev. Shout out to 🦪Diana Pham, DigitalOcean Laravel, Auth0 & Major League Hacking for making it happen.Conor Swanson shared this📣 Calling all Denver Devs! I'll be hosting a minihack (3 hours of building) with DigitalOcean in RiNo. Come get your hands on exclusive Hacktoberfest merchandise and prizes worth $400 for the winners, and an awesome talk by Chris Sev. We’ll wrap up the hack with dinner/pocha (Korean bar foods) & karaoke for all hackers! 🇰🇷 Date: October 4th Time: 10 a.m. Location: Code Talent 3412 Blake St, Denver, CO 80205 🎟️ RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gjsY_DqM 🚨Dinner will only be provided to hackers who attend the entire event and submit a project. DigitalOcean Major League Hacking Auth0 Code Talent Laravel
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Conor Swanson shared thisI’ve been helping out with Colorado Startup Week (formerly Denver) for the last 15 years, and it’s pretty wild to think about how much progress Colorado has made during that time — and how much opportunity still sits on our horizon! Listening to Caleb Polley from Cubby Beds and Amol Deshpande from Frontera discuss their mission-driven companies was a powerful reminder of what makes Colorado special. Cubby’s early funding came directly from connections at Startup Week, and Amol not only chose to build Frontera in Denver, he's giving back through mentorship and investment in the community (check out the great event at the Frontera office on Thursday night - link below) I hope the spirit of Colorado Startup Week encourages you to get out, take risks, and chase your big ideas. Who knows, you might be our next great story! Let’s go, Colorado! 🌄🚀 https://lnkd.in/geCu9mti
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Conor Swanson shared thisHey all! The API Denver Meetup is back next week at Code Talent with guest speakers Stephanie Hingtgen, principal software engineer at Grafana Labs. She will present how Grafana is undergoing a significant architectural evolution—transforming itself into an observability application platform. Food & drinks, networking, and friends! Wednesday September 10 5.30pm => 7.30pm RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gqi-WD4G Shoutout to Oury Thomas for organization!Designing Grafana App Platform: Kubernetes Patterns for Application APIs, Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 5:30 PM | MeetupDesigning Grafana App Platform: Kubernetes Patterns for Application APIs, Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
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Conor Swanson shared thisClear your calendars and get ready! 😎Conor Swanson shared thisOur AI Builders crew has teamed up with Colorado Startup Week for a full-day mini AI conference as part of the official agenda. 🚀 September 17th! Mark your calendar, schedule below. This is Colorado's biggest startup event, and we'll have a FULL DAY of practical, founder‑led AI content — capped by a special edition of our AI Builders meetup that will feature some of Colorado’s leading early‑stage AI companies (plus a special guest appearance from our friends at Google DeepMind). Come for a session or camp out all day. Link is in the comments to see the schedule details and register. We've got a partial speaker list confirmed here and more will be announced soon: 10:00 AM – Powering the AI Era: Colorado’s Energy Innovators at the Forefront (facilitated by Kirsten Suddath from Next Frontier Capital) 11:00 AM – Climb the Efficiency Peak: Automation for Startups (with Lisa Chapello from Zapier and ⚡️Roman Villard, CPA from Full Send - Accounting | Data) 12:00 PM – GenAI: From Idea to MVP with AWS GenAI Tools (Amazon Web Services (AWS)) 1:00 PM – Betting Big on Agents: Founders on Building AI‑Native Companies (with founders building agent products - Alex Vogenthaler from Grounded Agents, Mike Conover from Brightwave, and Lucas Thelosen from Gravity) 2:00 PM – Data as the Differentiator for AI Products (facilitated again by Kirsten Suddath) 3:00 PM – How to Do Agentic Code Editing Like a Real Pro (led by Nathan Sobo, co-founder of the Zed code editor @ Zed Industries) 4:00 PM – Beyond the Hype: What Startup Leaders Need to Hear About AI Right Now (I’ll moderate with Kelly Schaefer from Google Labs, Sarah Guo from Conviction, and Amol Deshpande from Frontera). 5:30 PM – AI Builders meetup @ Colorado Startup Week — special edition of our popular meetups showcasing top Colorado AI startups like Frontera and MagicSchool AI, plus some of the latest from our friends at Google DeepMind. Huge thanks to all the speakers, partners, and the Colorado Startup Week team for making this happen. 🙌 If you’re building with AI in Colorado, this is the room to be in. See you there! #ColoradoStartupWeek #AIBuilders #GenAI #DenverTech #StartupCO
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Conor Swanson shared thisDon't miss this one! 🔥 Join an all-star discussion at Colorado Startup Week on the state of AI featuring Sarah Guo from Conviction, Kelly Schaefer from Google Labs, Amol Deshpande from Frontera and Ian Cairns from FreeplayConor Swanson shared thisWhich big headlines and promises on AI hold up in the wild? 🤖 Join four leaders in AI growth and product at one of our featured Grow Track panels during Colorado Startup Week 2025 next month! 📅 Wednesday, September 17 @ 4pm MT 🤖 Beyond The Hype: What Startup Leaders Need to Hear About AI Right Now 🎤 Panel: Ian Cairns, CEO of Freeplay; Kelly Schaefer, Director of Product at Google Labs; Sarah Guo, Investor & Founder of Conviction; Amol Deshpande, Founder & CEO of Frontera Hear unfiltered takes about the pitfalls for founders, under-discussed factors that separate winners from the rest, and the moves builders can make right now to be successful in an unpredictable market. Don't miss this and other great panels throughout the week. Cannot wait to see you at #CSW2025! ✍️ Register Here: https://loom.ly/rEspFm4 #CSW2025 #CoStartupWeek #AI #startups #leadership
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Conor Swanson reacted on thisConor Swanson reacted on thisWhat a dream this has been. Denver Summit FC smashed the all-time NWSL attendance record on Saturday at Mile High Stadium. By 22,000! It was loud, joyful, colorful. Records are rarely broken by margins like this and I don’t think it was accidental. This club was built from the ground up, by people who showed up before there was anything to show up for. And they kept showing up. At watch parties, at city council meetings, writing postcards to local officials… it was grassroots energy at its finest. When investment follows genuine community, something different emerges. What I saw on Saturday was 63,004 people who had a stake in making this club possible. It was a reminder that communities have power. For me, my family and my cofounders, it was a lesson that dreams can come true. PS: Sportico has a great piece on the club’s grassroots origin story. https://lnkd.in/e-PvuKaN
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Conor Swanson reacted on thisConor Swanson reacted on thisI keep accidentally building prototypes at at 6am (my sacred thinking time carried over from when I was as a teacher). Claude Code, Replit, agentic coding tools. I'm trying not to drive our EPD team at MagicSchool AI crazy with half-baked demos and wild "what if we..." Slack messages. (new cool things in MagicSchool incoming!) I used to be a teacher. I planned lessons. I broke big goals into small steps. I anticipated where students would get stuck before they got stuck. That is the exact skill set you need to direct AI agents to build software. Teachers are incredible planners. Detail-oriented. Outcomes-driven. They sequence complexity for a living. The gap between "idea in an educator's brain" and "working tool that solves a real problem in schools" has never been smaller. I hope more teachers are building right now. Not because the tech is cool (it is). But because nobody understands the problems in schools better than the people who lived them every day. The world needs the magic that's in your head. Get going!
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Conor Swanson reacted on thisWhen I was interviewing at Frontera over 2 years ago (back when Frontera didn’t even have a website and I wasn’t sure whether they were a real company), I was told a pretty simple story by Sara Williams, Amol Deshpande and the rest of the founding team. The autism space was in dire need of a pretty big overhaul, and that at the core of who needed some of the most help were parents. I honestly didn’t know that much about the space at the time, and autism wasn’t something I was personally connected to. What I was connected to, however, were a few basic truths about humans: That community has an unbelievable power to bring people out of fighting alone and into togetherness and support. That talking to someone who’s an expert in what you’re navigating can shed light and give hope while you’re drowning in struggle and doubt. That seeing hard evidence of progress and outcomes, however slim at times, can help push people through setbacks. When the vision was laid out to me to build an app for parents, I was sold. Two years later, and just 3 months since launching, we hit 1,000 registered parents on the Frontera Parents app - a haven for parents of kids with autism that offers all of the above. To be at the helm of this project has been one of the most rewarding journeys I've had in my career - and we’re only just getting started. Congrats to the village that has helped make this happen! Ravi Kumar Stephen Vogelmeier Brady Jacobsen Sydney Holmes Jennifer Cummings, PsyD, BCBA, LABA, LBA Lynnae Monson Rebecca Larson, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA Kuo Liu Chelsey Wildenborg Mollie McGrath Jacob Pelletier Grant Sickle Dimeil UshanaConor Swanson reacted on thisJust a start, but congrats to Alex Tzinov and engineering, product and clinical teams at Frontera! In just a few weeks since coming out of beta, its ramping. More posts in community, also saw already 150 or so behavior chats going. In just a few months Frontera parent support app will be the go to place to navigate to care. What is most interesting is these are all motivated parents, looking to ask questions, find the best care for their kids. This is the OPPOSITE of the crap you see in the autism industry today that people are fed up with. We have made this app FREE for parents. We have an amazing opportunity coming for ethical clinics. Reach out if interested, we welcome all clinics, clinicians and parents. Anyone can have access and utilize the innovations at Frontera for access to quality care. #autism #BCBA
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Conor Swanson liked thisConor Swanson liked thisJust got back from SF. And I keep finding myself reflecting on a moment that's hard to shake. I was sitting alone at a restaurant I've probably been to 50 times. Negroni. No agenda. Just my own thoughts. And I kept stopping mid-sip to laugh, get nostalgic, or just sit there kind of stunned. A close friend texted me something the night before: "As much as I hate on software, it's also kind of why I love it." I've been turning that over ever since. Because it's easy to get lost out here. The pipeline numbers. The comp comparisons. The LinkedIn wins that make you feel behind. The constant measuring of yourself against a leaderboard nobody actually published but everyone's secretly reading. That noise is loud. And it never stops. I think about the leaders and mentors who gave me time I hadn't earned. The customers who bet on a duct-taped product and a team running on belief. The people who trusted me with their careers before I'd done anything to deserve it. And then I think about the number of times a founder, a direct report, or a colleague has called me late the night before a big meeting. Not because I had the answer, but because somewhere along the way I'd become someone they trusted. Those mentors were paying it forward. I'm just trying to do the same. This is all that actually matters. Not the numbers. Not the titles. The way you made people feel. How you showed up when things got hard. The memories that still make you cry, laugh (or both!), and yes, occasionally spit with anger. The work takes a lot. It gives back more if you let it, and don't let it consume you. More grateful than ever. To everyone who's been part of this journey (past, present, and future) thank you.
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Conor Swanson liked thisI can confidently say that the team we've built at Candid Health is one of the best I've ever worked with. In recruiter parlance I often refer to the people who work here as having 'heavy resumes that hold doors open'. The level of talent and motivation that is concentrated in what is still a relatively small company never ceases to amaze me. We have alumni from virtually every impactful tech, RCM, healthcare, and consulting company you can imagine. These are not just people who did a quick tour at a marquee and punched out - we hire people with a track record of delivering exceptional outcomes. The company we're building is already transforming the way American healthcare does business, and we're just getting started. If you're a builder who wants to do impactful work with the best team you've ever collaborated with, we're hiring in virtually every function and department. https://lnkd.in/dwKjFuN2Conor Swanson liked thisWe spend as much time with our coworkers as we do with our closest friends and family. At Candid Health, we take that seriously. We’ve built a team of folks who energize, support, and push each other to be better every day. We believe that to transform an industry as complex as healthcare, you need a culture that values excellence and empathy in equal measure. We’re looking for new teammates to join our offices in San Francisco, NYC, and Denver (plus remote options!) across: 🚀 Engineering (Full Stack, AI/ML, Platform) 📈 Sales & Marketing ⚙️ Operations & Finance 👥 People & Talent Check out our open roles and see where you fit: https://lnkd.in/epZf34JG #TeamCulture #WorkWithUs #HealthInnovation #HiringNow #CandidHealth
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Conor Swanson reacted on thisConor Swanson reacted on thisJust a start, but congrats to Alex Tzinov and engineering, product and clinical teams at Frontera! In just a few weeks since coming out of beta, its ramping. More posts in community, also saw already 150 or so behavior chats going. In just a few months Frontera parent support app will be the go to place to navigate to care. What is most interesting is these are all motivated parents, looking to ask questions, find the best care for their kids. This is the OPPOSITE of the crap you see in the autism industry today that people are fed up with. We have made this app FREE for parents. We have an amazing opportunity coming for ethical clinics. Reach out if interested, we welcome all clinics, clinicians and parents. Anyone can have access and utilize the innovations at Frontera for access to quality care. #autism #BCBA
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Conor Swanson liked thisConor Swanson liked thisTonight at Let's Vibe AI (LetsVibe.org) meetup tonight, the presentations from community members were: - A trading bot, built on Kalshi - A 7 year old presented her pet's social media app that could translate pet noises and post on their behalf - I presented https://lnkd.in/g3eN3ETx that I created at the AI & Product Colorado Vibe Games event on Monday earlier in the week, as well as a Mileage tracker that I scheduled in my Claude desktop app. - A power hour attendee presented his first app, which will suggest flowers to buy based on his wife's health app's metrics - Warp CLI demo - PostMaloneYourself.com update, along with guyfierimyface.vercel.app - https://lnkd.in/gFrVq_7k where you give Claude various recreational and other drugs - SparkGame.fun - a game that helps with friendships and intimacy that asks questions like "Whats a guilty pleasure that you fully own and refuse to apologize for?" - app.prospairrow.com - competitor discovery tool - vibeswith.io - if you are a member of the vibe community, helps you track your contributions to the constant chatter and conversations we are having - Periphery - an app that watches your movements and identifies how you move, based on a "totem" (ala Inception), to learn your movements and identify the ways you are thinking and feeling. Tonight was awesome and the group set a new record for the youngest presenter at 7yrs old! If a 7yr old can figure out how to make an app with Claude... you can do stuff with Claude too.
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Chair - Developer Track
Denver Startup Week
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Economic Empowerment
Volunteer as a Co-Chair for Denver Startup Week which has grown to become the largest free startup event in North America. Provide direct oversight, organization, and logistical support for 40+ events listed under the technical track. Also assist and plan overall direction of entire week with other members of chair committee.
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Denver Startup Week
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Creator of the Denver Startup Week Ambassador Program
Beginning in 2017, the Denver Startup Week Ambassador Program brings 50 non-local startup and tech industry leaders to Denver to attend the largest free entrepreneurial event in the world, meet local leaders, and experience the Denver business scene first hand. The Ambassadors program provides an avenue for local tech and startup companies to build relationships with other startup communities, share best practices, and identify…Creator of the Denver Startup Week Ambassador Program
Beginning in 2017, the Denver Startup Week Ambassador Program brings 50 non-local startup and tech industry leaders to Denver to attend the largest free entrepreneurial event in the world, meet local leaders, and experience the Denver business scene first hand. The Ambassadors program provides an avenue for local tech and startup companies to build relationships with other startup communities, share best practices, and identify opportunities for collaboration. -
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Vibrant Denver - Mayor Transition Committee - Technology
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See projectVolunteer as a Co-Chair for Denver Startup Week which has grown to become the largest free startup event in North America. Provide direct oversight, organization, and logistical support for 40+ events listed under the technical track. Also assist and plan overall direction of entire week with other members of chair committee.
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DenverHappyHour.com
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Build and maintain local website delivering information about the latest and greatest happy hour spots in Denver.
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0101: Building Dev Teams & Culture Is Not Binary (Denver Startup Week '14)
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Soup to nuts concept --> execution for Denver Startup Week '14 panel comprised of Founders/Execs from leading tech companies (Ping, SendGrid, SolidFire, LoHi Labs, Photobucket, Entelo) focused on strategically building teams and organizational culture. Panel Moderator.
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MileHighTechJobs.com
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See projectBuild and maintain free local job board website catering to technology startups in the Colorado community.
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