Community Events

The 2026 call for Community Events has closed. Please visit the 2026 Event Schedule to register and attend community Events.

A huge strength of Colorado Startup Week is that it is for the community, by the community. Streamlining the number of sessions for the event means there are fewer “official” slots, but we don’t want that to keep the community from putting together great content.

That’s why Colorado Startup Week supports Community Events! Think of it like the cork board at your local coffee shop. Whether your hosting a meetup, run club, happy hour, coffee klatche, morning yoga or anything else, it’s all welcome. The CSW team reviews all Community Event submissions to ensure they are within our guidelines (below), once approved, your event will be listed on the CSW schedule designated as a Community Event.

Your events time, location, logistics, support, and promotion are all up to you. We’ll make sure that the Colorado Startup Week community knows to check out these events and find which ones they want to attend via our website schedule.

2026 Community Events

Community Event submissions for CSW 2026 are closed, thank you for everyone who submitted great event ideas! If your event was accepted, you should have received an email from information@costartupweek.com with your acceptance and next steps.

Community Events are managed by the event platform, Catalyzer. Community Event organizers are responsible for updating their event details (date, time, location) within the Catalyzer platform. Event details can be updated leading up to the event if last minute changes occur but Community Event details should be updated by the hosts by end of day Friday, August 14, prior to event registration opening. An invite to join the Catalyzer platform was sent to Community Event Organizers, please check your spam folder if you do not think you’ve received this email. For any questions, please email info@costartupweek.com.

Here are the guidelines for Community Events:

  • These sessions are truly “for the community, by the community”

  • Organizers are responsible for securing their own budget, finding a venue, coordinating the logistics for the event and promoting the event

  • Sessions must be somehow related to innovation and entrepreneurship

  • Sessions must abide by CSW Code of Conduct

  • No sales pitches or political or vulgar content

  • DSW reserves right to decline session submissions

  • Submissions close July 1st, 2026

  • Organizers may use CSW toolkit for promotion

  • Sessions will be listed on the CSW schedule, clearly designated as Community Events

Because this is new, here again is what Community Event organizers are responsible for and what Colorado Startup Week will provide:

Community Event Organizers:

  • Come up with event content and recruit speakers

  • Find a venue

  • Coordinate any necessary logistics

  • Secure any necessary budget

  • Promote your event

  • Make sure event abides by CSW Code of Conduct

Colorado Startup Week team:

  • Approves appropriate submissions

  • Lists approved Community Events on the Colorado Startup Week schedule

  • Allows Community Event Organizers to see registration numbers on the schedule

  • Provide marketing for all CSW events