Silicon Couloir

Silicon Couloir hosts an annual event called pitch day.entrepreneurial ventures submit applications to a screening committee which picks 6 finalists to present their business to the public in a public venue.average attendance is 300-400 people for this event. The event is also streamed live to a larger virtual audience. The ventures benefit by publicizing ideas,business model and prospects to a wide audience, some of whom may wish to become engaged with the venture. The audience benefits by being exposed to entrepreneurial ventures in their community that they otherwise would not be aware of and possibly become inspired.

Silicon Couloir provides a cowork space to the public. This cowork space is communal, shared office space that allows small businesses, entrepreneurs & others to receive the benefits of leasing office space without the long term commitment and cost.the cowork space also provides a communal environment for entrepreneurs & others to help support each other & a resource that would otherwise not be available to solve business issues. The cowork space includes an open area with desks, semi-private and private offices, telephone booths for private conversations, a conference room with state of the art video and tele-communications equipment, a kitchen area and restrooms. Silicon Couloir also hosts learning events at the cowork space to help clients further their personal and business lives. At least 50 members and tenants benefit from the offering.

Teams (teton entrepreneurs and mentors services) is based on the mit vma model and connects experienced entrepreneurs and successful business executives(the mentors) with non-tourism or hospitality related business ventures(the ventures).the program is strictly structured with regular meetings and deliverables for both mentors & ventures including regular face-to-face meetings. Each venture is assigned 3 or more mentors and there are currently over 50 mentors and over 20 ventures in the program. Teams program has been instrumental in improving the odds of success for participating ventures.

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