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  1. Business owners talking at a networking event in our space

    How to Grow a Small Business Once You Have Steady Customers

    2 min readGrowing a business

    To grow a small business that already has customers, find the step where you lose people and fix that first. Three numbers from your own business show you where.

  2. A ribbon cutting in front of our building, with a crowd of local business owners and a South Metro Denver Chamber ribbon

    How to Start a Business in Colorado: What to Do After You File

    2 min readStarting a business

    The steps to start a business in Colorado, in order, with the fee for each and where to do it, from the state filing to your city license.

  3. A black-tie dinner on our event floor, guests in evening dress at round tables set with white flowers

    Best Event Venues in Lone Tree, CO: Top 10 for 2026

    Updated 5 min readEvents

    Ten Lone Tree event venues ranked for business events and parties of 30 to 175 guests, with capacities and what each is best for.

  4. Business owners meeting on the sofas and high tables of our lounge

    Business Foundry: Lone Tree’s business accelerator for small businesses, trades and entrepreneurs

    8 min readUpdates

    New partnerships, a free workshop series starting in 2027, and everything else a growing business can use at our Lone Tree campus, from marketing and books to event space.

News.

What we have announced since we opened, newest first.

  1. We partner with The Happy Crew to support teen mental health in Douglas County

    The Happy Crew is a nonprofit for teen mental health and suicide prevention. We announced that it would run a cafe on our business campus from March 1, 2025, and that all cafe membership proceeds would go into new mental health and suicide prevention programs that The Happy Crew and we build together.

    See the cafe

  2. Ribbon cutting for our Business Acceleration Center, with Lone Tree Mayor Marissa Harmon

    We announced the opening of the center for June 24, 2024, with the mayor of Lone Tree as guest speaker. It brought together networking groups, marketing services, coaching, photo and video production and technology support, and visitors could tour the facilities that day.

    Explore our campus

  3. We partner with Entrepreneurial Performance Labs

    Entrepreneurial Performance Labs (EPL) makes the Entrepreneur Core Characteristics Profile, an assessment of how a person's personality and interests line up with what running a business demands. We announced that members would get the profile, a review of their strengths and gaps, online learning and one-to-one coaching.

    See strategy and coaching

  4. We merge with Martek, a digital marketing firm

    Martek's digital marketing team joined us, which let us offer brand development, web and mobile development, digital advertising, content marketing, social media, photo and video, and AI in marketing. The announcement followed our partnership with the American Marketing Association, Colorado Chapter.

    See marketing

  5. Grand opening: Networking at the Foundry

    Our first event was an evening of networking for small business owners and entrepreneurs in south Denver, from 4 to 7 pm, with small bites and refreshments. Guests were asked to bring business cards and marketing materials.

    See our events