Colorado Startup Week | Sept. 14–18, 2026
The Fastest Way to Level-up.
New ideas, expert insight, and the latest business strategy, all compressed into one free week.
From Grassroots to a Colorado Staple
Founded 2012
10,000+ Annual Attendees
250+ Sessions
200+ Community Events
100% Free
"Colorado Startup Week is a great resource for startup leaders and founders across the country, looking for advice, inspiration, fellowship and sisterhood with other entrepreneurs."
— Bryan Leach, CEO of Ibotta
Build Your Custom Conference
CSW is made up of hundreds Main Stage and independently sponsored sessions. This allows attendees to create their own conference experience and choose from:
20 Main Stage Sessions
100 + Independent Hosted Sessions
200+ Community events and meet ups
Over 5 days (Mon-Fri)
Be Inspired and know what’s coming next
As the largest event of its kind in North America, CSW brings together over 10,000 entrepreneurs, investors, creatives, and changemakers for a week of learning, inspiration, and connection.
Colorado Startup Week unites Colorado’s entrepreneurial ecosystem with groundbreaking ideas and insights to amplify their businesses. With 250+ sessions across four tracks — Ignite, Create, Operate, and Grow — CSW offers something for everyone who believes in building the future.
All of our talks fit into one of the four categories to best serve you:
Ignite — spark the idea, find your why
Create — build the thing, shape the product
Operate — run the business, sharpen the systems
Grow — scale up, go further
It did not start with 10,000 people…
In 2012, Colorado Startup Week started with a handful of community-organized sessions in downtown Denver. It was built by entrepreneurs who knew exactly what it feltalike to build alone and decided no one else should have to.
Over a decade later, we've watched thousands of startups go from ideas to real companies — which means we know what actually helps a business move forward, and what's just noise.
That's why every track, every session, and every connection at CSW is built around one thing: moving your business forward, faster than you'd get there alone.
What started as Denver's event became Colorado's movement, and in 2025, the name finally caught up to the reality: Colorado Startup Week. Today, it's the largest free event of its kind in North America — 10,000+ entrepreneurs, 250+ sessions, 200+ community-built events.
HQ: The Link
930 15th St, Denver, CO
This year's track sessions – Create, Grow, Ignite, Operate – will take place at The Link in the heart of Downtown Denver. All HQ sessions will be featured here as well as the Colorado Startup Week information hub, sponsor booths, and coworking space.
Thank you to Westside Investment Partners for hosting CSW 2026.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Colorado Startup Week is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors. Their investment fuels Colorado’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and ensures that this one-of-a-kind event remains free, inclusive, and community-led.
These partners share our belief in the power of bold ideas, meaningful connections, and the importance of building what’s next—together. To our sponsors: thank you for helping make Colorado Startup Week a place where innovation thrives and communities grow.
