Boulder Startup Week: Innovation in rural startups

BOULDER — While Colorado’s Front Range cities have become startup hubs over the past two decades, that culture of innovation isn’t limited to Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins. Entrepreneurs are also thriving in the state’s rural areas, environments that bring their own benefits and challenges to startups.

That was the message from the Entrepreneurial Stories and Insights from Outside the Front Range session Wednesday afternoon at Boulder Startup Week. The session was moderated by Erick Mueller, adjunct professor and executive director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Boulder. 

Rural startups can face challenges in attaining resources, personnel…