Couragent Celebrates Colorado Companies to Watch Award with an Open House

Couragent Celebrates Colorado Companies to Watch Award with an Open House
Couragent, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, has been recognized as one of the Colorado Companies to Watch for 2012 and will be celebrating with an open house on Friday, September 14, 2012, from 2-6 p.m. The open house offers the public a chance to meet and celebrate with the Flip-Pal mobile scanner team.

A ribbon-cutting award ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. with local dignitaries and media.

The open house will offer:
• Refreshments
• Tours of the office
• TV, radio and newspaper interviews
• An opportunity to meet dignitaries from the innovation, government and economic development communities
• Demonstrations of Couragent’s flagship product, the Flip-Pal mobile scanner
• Camaraderie

If you would like to attend, please use EventBright to register or contact the company at 970-221-7223.

“This year’s Colorado Companies to Watch winners show the impact small business has on our economy and demonstrate why Colorado is one of the nation’s leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship,´ said Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. “We want to congratulate each of these companies and wish them continued success.”

“Small businesses are the cornerstone of Colorado’s economy and a vital part of our economic recovery,´ said Ken Lund, Executive Director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. The winners employ nearly 2,000 and had combined revenue of $377 million. We are delighted to be part of the Colorado Companies to Watch program to highlight their accomplishments.”

Couragent launched the nation’s first equity crowdfunding solicitation for investors using the Small Company Offering Registration (SCOR) procedure to register and legally solicit its intrastate stock offering. The cloud-based campaign’s goal is to raise $350,000 in working capital to accelerate the company’s flagship product, the Flip-Pal mobile scanner, into the national and international retail marketplace, as well as to develop and bring to market additional digital imaging products.

Couragent utilizes crowdfunding technology developed by Boulder-based Funding Launchpad to facilitate transactions in Colorado, New York, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Illinois, and has fully registered its SCOR offering with the securities regulators of each of these states. Potential investors may visit www.courinvestor.com to download a prospectus for the offering.

About Gordon Nuttall, Couragent Founder and CEO
A Denver native, Gordon developed an early interest in electronics and attended the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering. He then enjoyed a successful and rewarding career at Hewlett Packard, where he was involved in engineering, innovation management, new business creation and strategic planning. He was selected for an HP Fellowship program and earned a Masters Degree in the Management of Technology from National Technical University, administered through the Center for Innovation Management Studies at Lehigh University. A published author, innovation presenter and highly driven entrepreneur, he has founded two other small businesses and three non-profits. Gordon currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Electronics Key Industry Network within the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT).

“Couragent’s values—courage, integrity, collaboration, innovation and care—were set before the company was formed. It has been our dedicated workforce and their sweat equity and collaboration, along with effective marketing beachheads established in scrapbooking and family history niches, that have weathered these tough economic times,” said Nuttall. The company sponsored two United Way “Make a Difference Day” projects: the IHN Angel House Project in 2010 and the Boys and Girls Club of Larimer County in 2011 and 2012. Couragent is also a sponsor of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Couragent provides patented solutions that solve everyday problems, are designed to be simple to operate so many can use them, and have a combination of benefits not available anywhere else.

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