Front Range business leaders join the startups they’re helping

Seven business leaders are looking to grow the success rate of later-stage startups by taking an entirely new approach to the accelerator concept.

Growth Sherpas is a new accelerator with partners in Boulder, Longmont, Denver and Castle Rock.

Rather than the traditional accelerator, where several (usually early-stage) startups join and graduate a program during a certain amount of time and get advice and guidance from mentors, Growth Sherpas is taking a more embedded approach.

The seven “sherpas” — one for strategy and operations, two for finance, one for marketing, one for revenue,…