Innovation CEO Roundtable: Necessity proved mother of invention during pandemic

BOULDER — The Boulder Valley has long been a hub for innovative companies and organizations, and the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath have galvanized the local innovation economy and highlighted both the region’s strengths and its ongoing challenges.
“Necessity being the mother of invention and innovation was definitely true during the pandemic,” Brynmor Rees, associate vice chancellor of research and innovation at the University of Colorado and managing director at Venture Partners at CU Boulder, said Tuesday during BizWest’s CEO Roundtable on innovation held in Boulder at the offices of Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP.
The Boulder area’s innovation environment “is so…
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