Entrepreneurs panel featured at BTI breakfast

LONGMONT — The Boulder Technology Incubator, or BTI, has invited several of the Front Range’s most accomplished entrepreneurs to help it celebrate its 10th anniversary at the incubator’s annual spring awards breakfast.

The breakfast, scheduled for 7:15 to 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 26 with exhibits continuing until 10 a.m., will be held at the Raintree Inn Conference Center, 1900 Ken Pratt Blvd. in Longmont.

A panel discussion on “Boulder Lifetime Entrepreneurs of Distinction — Lessons We Have Learned” will feature Bob Gill, chief executive officer of MobileForce and former CEO of Frontier ConferTech; Meg Hansson, founder of Geri Baby Products, Adrop Inc., Earth Inc. and PureCycle; and R.C. “Merc” Mercure, chairman of CDM Optics, Xertex Inc., Colorado Greenhouse and founder of Ball Aerospace and Colorado Venture Management.

SPONSORED CONTENT

22nd Annual Vintage Affair: A Community Gathering to Support Pathways

The 22nd Annual A Vintage Affair event, presented by Wilbur’s Total Beverage, benefits Pathways’ mission of providing expert medical and comfort care for individuals navigating the last months of life.

Edward Lehman, publisher of Longmont’s Daily Times-Call and 1998 Boulder County Business Hall of Fame winner, will moderate the panel.

In its first 10 years, BTI has assisted numerous technology-based start-up companies to succeed. BTI was named the 1998 Business Incubator of the Year by the National Business Incubation Association and it received a Vision 2000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration. BTI’s Web site is located at www.bouldertechincubator.org.

Registration for the awards breakfast before Friday, May 14 is $45 per person. After that, the price is $55 per person; tables of 10 are $450.

For information, including event registration, contact Dianne Bush of Chrisman, Bynum and Johnson at (303) 546-1418 or by e-mail at [email protected].