Santa Fe Business Incubator

Brand Therapy Office Hours
2020-10-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2020-10-06 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Virtual Office Hours
The SFBI is excited to be partnering with James Mowdy, Founder of BSPOKE Brand Consultancy to offer Brand Therapy office hours every Monday and Tuesday of the week. Not sure if you’re maximizing your digital presence? Want some feedback on your latest marketing materials? Ready to brainstorm new ways to engage your customers? Schedule your one hour Brand Therapy session with James today!
Brand Therapy is an opportunity to receive confidential feedback on your current branding strategies, challenges, and/or new projects and initiatives. This pro bono offer is for one* 60 minute session and open to both SFBI clients and other c-suite leaders, startup founders and small business owners located in Santa Fe.
*On a case by case basis, further sessions may be offered on a pro bono basis or at a reduced rate.

For more information and to book your session, please visit: https://jbmowdy.com/booking

KAE Virtual Happy Hour to Support Local
2020-08-06 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | Online Event
KAE Virtual Happy Hour to Support Local

Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs of Santa Fe is hosting their first virtual Support Local Happy Hour on August 6th. So go ahead and order takeout or curbside pickup from your favorite local restaurants, breweries and distilleries and join in virtually to share who you supported for the occasion. Here are a few suggestions so we can show some love to storyteller alumni and venues who’ve shown KAESF support over the years. Pick up some nutritious, delicious Verde juice or amazing organic food from Terra Verde or have it delivered by Santa Fe’s Original Delivery service, Dashing Delivery. Pick up some refreshing hard or not kombucha from HoneyMoon Brewery, either at their taproom location or Whole Foods. Or head to the south side for curbside pickup of your favorite from Santa Fe Spirits distillery on Mallard Way. And if beer’s your thing, you can get your favorite Santa Fe Brewing Company brew just about anywhere these days.
And we really won’t mind watching you eat, so grab some mouth-watering take out from El Callejon, Back Road Pizza or The Cowgirl BBQ (if they’ve reopened by then). If you’re in the mood to cook, you can dig into your Squash Blossom Blossom Bag and show us what you’ve whipped up. And if you’re joining us from beyond the Land of Enchantment, we look forward to hearing how you supported your local community.
Here is the meeting link to join on August 6th:
Meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/95321993284
Meeting ID: 953 2199 3284

Photo courtesy of Tim Mossholder on Unsplash.

Startup Storytelling + Networking with ABQ and Santa Fe Resources
2020-07-29 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Online Event
The world has changed and so should your business. During this series, we will look at various areas of your business to see how we can retool them for the accelerated future economy. There will be virtual networking that will require a camera and mic.
WHERE
Online Virtual, RSVP to register and get login information. CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION LINK!
Note: This is an active series meaning participants will be called upon to participate with others during the session. Your microphone and camera will be required for networking purposes.
TOPIC
Storytelling is a powerful tool to help transfer knowledge and connect communities. How can entrepreneurs and small business owners tell stories through modern digital platforms? What value does storytelling have for a startup company?
In this session, we will hear from a panel of founders and entrepreneur resource providers in New Mexico. There will be virtual networking after the webinar to keep the New Mexican startup community engaged and informed. A camera and microphone will be required for the networking portion of the event.
AGENDA
10:30 — Presentation with a panel of speakers
11:20 – Virtual Networking
Noon – END
SPEAKERS
Kanani Voegeli
Founder and CEO at FruitStand Technology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanani-voegeli-fruitstand/
Melanie Lenci
Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs™ (KAE)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanielenci/
Olivia Grabowska
Director, Strategy and Community Development at Santa Fe Innovates
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviagrabowska/
Marie Longserre
President/CEO at Santa Fe Business Incubator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-longserre-38623/
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HOST FACILITATORS
T.J. Cook, Fund Manager of ABQid Fund.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjcook/
Daniel Heron, Manager of Activate New Mexico
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielheron/
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About ActivateNM
Activate New Mexico (ActivateNM), Powered by CNM Ingenuity helps tech founders build valuable businesses that are going to disrupt a particular market through big visions and innovative, transformative ideas. We love New Mexico, and we believe entrepreneur-led economic development creates opportunities that lead to prosperity. We are committed to nurturing New Mexico’s entrepreneurial community and thus, promoting prosperity in our state.
To learn more, please visit: https://activatenm.com/

PITCH your way to RUNWAY!
2020-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Company, 37 Fire Place, Santa Fe, NM, 87508, United States
The Santa Fe Business Incubator (SFBI) presents PITCH your way to RUNWAY!, a fast-paced pitch event that gives entrepreneurs at any stage 120 seconds to pitch a new idea to a friendly audience and receive valuable feedback from experienced community commentators. All ideas are welcome – a new cat brush, a killer app, an uncarbonated soda, an artist retreat for llamas, or a holographic wrist watch – anything goes and no idea is turned away. So whether you’re pitching or participating as our esteemed audience, come on out for a free beer and some munchies and help us by voting on who will win the donation-based* cash prize. Select PITCH Participants will receive an invite to participate in a special edition of the SFBI’s RUNWAY pre-incubation program (for free!).
*$5 cash donation/person suggested in exchange for a ballot to vote for your favorite PITCH (all $ collected will be awarded to the night’s winning PITCH).
Limited # of PITCH participant and audience slots available. Registration required.
Event proudly put on in partnership with Creative Santa Fe.
REGISTER HERE!

Advantages of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Lunch and Learn
2019-11-20 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Are you interested in money saving opportunities for your company? Take advantage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs available to you.
You Hire, You Train, THEY Pay
The presentation will cover the Youth Program which benefits businesses in receiving up to 420 hours for paid work experience, and On the Job Training Contracts that offer up to75% reimbursement for training. WIOA benefits businesses and can lead to effective training while reducing costly turn over.
Limited space available, lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Please register to save your seat! Register HERE!

Entrepreneur Story Time: Parting Stone
2019-11-19 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | The Alley, 153 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
The Kick-Ass Entrepreneurs of Santa Fe are excited to welcome Justin Crowe, founder of Parting Stone, to share his story at The (finally-opened) Alley as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2019. Parting Stone has created an alternative to receiving ashes after a loved one dies that you can easily touch, hold and share among loved ones, an idea Justin gave birth to after the death of his granddad. Come hang out with other local entrepreneurs on November 19th to hear all about Justin’s “why”, the manufacturing process and how things work from the customer side. You don’t want to miss this one!

Investor Office Hours
2019-11-18 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Not sure what it means to take investment? What’s the difference between Angels and VC’s? Have a great idea for a start-up and not sure where to find funding or what path to take? Come talk to us!
We can help you figure out your options, or we can just chat about your cool ideas. Members of the New Mexico Angels and the New Mexico Start-Up Factory will be in attendance to bounce ideas off of and to answer your questions.
No reservation is necessary – first come, first serve.

Code4 with a Twist
2019-10-10 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Code4 is a community hacknight in the CoWorking space of the Santa Fe Business Incubator. Join us on the second Thursday of every month for some friendly hacking time. Bring your creativity, a laptop and a friend if you wish. Join a team and see how far you can get building something. Spectators also welcome.
Come one come all!
The problem will be deliberately a little vague, to allow room for creativity. In other words, it will be something subject to interpretation, like “create an app that lets people track their pets.” Except it won’t be that. Or will it? We’ll never tell, except at 5:30pm on that Thursday.

The Promise and Opportunity of 3D Printing— A Seminar
2019-10-02 17:00 - 19:30 UTC | Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87508
To celebrate National Manufacturing Day, SCORE, Fab Lab Hub, the Santa Fe Business Incubator, and Make Santa Fe are hosting a FREE event exploring the promise and opportunity of 3D Printing. From aerospace to healthcare, biotech to consumer products, and art to fashion, additive manufacturing is changing how we make things.
See 3D printers and the products they have manufactured including microfluidic devices, molds for jewelry, functional prototypes, art, prosthetics and more!
You’ll also hear from two leading voices in the additive manufacturing field, John Hornick and Sarah Boisvert, explaining the promise and opportunity of 3D Printing.
John Hornick, is an IP attorney who has followed the development of 3D printing and the impact this technology might have on the world and our lives. John authored the book 3D Printing Will Rock The World in which he discusses how 3D printing will change the way products are designed and manufactured. He outlines how new jobs will be created as a result of 3D printing; jobs that do not exist today. The potential of 3D printing is beyond what many today can visualize but John’s presentation helps us see future potential. His presentation is both educational and entertaining.
Sarah Boisvert has more than 30 years of experience in the design, development and commercialization of high-technology products utilizing digital fabrication including laser machining and 3D printing. She is the author of New Collar Workforce. Ms. Boisvert will discuss how the use of these new technologies can serve as a vehicle to restore the middle class in America via employment opportunities with good paying jobs based on digital technology. The demand for technology-trained workers exists today and will continue to grow across industries as disruptive technologies take hold. This is especially true in manufacturing.

Investor Office Hours
2019-09-30 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Not sure what it means to take investment? What’s the difference between Angels and VC’s? Have a great idea for a start-up and not sure where to find funding or what path to take? Come talk to us!
We can help you figure out your options, or we can just chat about your cool ideas. Members of the New Mexico Angels and the New Mexico Start-Up Factory will be in attendance to bounce ideas off of and to answer your questions. No reservation is necessary – first come, first serve. The Santa Fe Business Incubator staff will be available to answer basic questions about starting or growing a business.

Eureka Effect for BioScience Companies
2019-08-13 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
The award winning Eureka Effect returns to the Santa Fe Business Incubator on Tuesday, August 13th.
The Eureka Effect was created by the Santa Fe Business Incubator to help stimulate and foster Eurekas by bringing together small businesses, startups and scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in fun and thought provoking ways. It takes the form of a speed dating night where small businesses and startups are visited by scientists for 5 minutes at a time. Each business visits with approximately 6 scientists throughout the course of the night. The businesses come away with advice from some of the smartest people on the planet, a start to the process of receiving between $20,000 and $40,000 in technical assistance through LANL and the New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) program at no cost to the business, plus a whole lot of Eurekas.
This Eureka Effect is specifically for BioScience Companies in New Mexico. The Santa Fe Business Incubator has teamed up with the NMSBA to bring BioScience companies the smartest scientists, the best information on available assistance, and the most eurekas all within the greatest platonic match making service this side of the Rio Grande.
It’s like Speed Dating Only Smarter. It’s the Eureka Effect!
Space is limited. Must register by July 29th. Please register HERE.
Food, drinks and geniuses are provided free of charge.

Santa Fe Hackathon aka Code4 with a Twist
2019-08-08 17:00 - 20:00, 2019-05-09 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States

Learn about the NM Economic Development Programs for Business
2019-05-15 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Join Myrriah Tomar, Director of the Office of Science and Technology (OST) from New Mexico’s Economic Development Department (NMEDD) for a discussion and information session on the different Business Programs available for companies located in New Mexico.
The Office of Science and Technology was created to connect New Mexico’s innovation infrastructure to the commercial market. The OST strives to lead and execute programs that encourage and enable the start-up, growth and relocation of technology based industries in and to New Mexico by focusing on growing and diversifying existing technology companies, rapidly commercializing technologies, and promoting research and development in emerging technologies.
At this session you will:

Learn about the different programs offered
Find out about eligibility requirements and application deadlines
Hear stories from businesses utilizing the NMEDD’s Programs and how they have benefited greatly in doing so
Hear about a new pilot program the NMEDD will be announcing

If you own and operate a business in New Mexico you could be eligible to apply to one of the many programs offered. We hope you’ll join us on May 15th to find out!

Succeeding Together: Conversations for Moving from Blocked to Brilliant
2019-01-23 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Join the Santa Fe Business Incubator for the next installment of the Building the Business Different series entitled Succeeding Together: Conversations for Moving from Blocked to Brilliant.
Where do you want to struggle less for better results as you lead your business and life this year? Whatever your answer is, you’ll find an essential key here. Whether you work alone or lead a team, your entrepreneurial success depends on the quality of your conversations. Our conversations ignite curiosity and passion, galvanize commitments, and coordinate skillful action. Indeed, practically everything happens through conversation. That includes, of course, the ways we experience being “blocked.” Stuck. Tangled. Derailed. With whom are you challenged to lead and co-create important outcomes under pressure, transform conflict and express your creative brilliance…together? Insights emerging from neuroscience reveal the power of conversational intelligence for succeeding together. Join us to explore ways to upgrade vital conversations where you are so you can feel the joy of moving from blocked to brilliant.
Presenter:
Beata Lewis, JD, MSC – For over 20 years as an Executive Coach, Beata has partnered with business owners and senior leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals for next-level leadership and collaborative excellence. Getting to the heart of what capable leaders struggle with, Beata’s clients transform and innovate from a new center of being. They transform conversations, clarify choices, and cultivate an embodied capacity for leading with powerful resonance, resilience and wellbeing. Beata’s clients are accomplished professionals in (1) STEAM-driven businesses (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics), (2) entrepreneurial businesses dedicated to sustainable enterprise (growing specialization with B-Corp leaders) and (3) personal transition, reorienting to create a new path or impact.

Santa Fe Hackathon aka Code4 with a Twist
2019-01-10 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
You have 2 hours.
Join a team and see how far you can get building something. Spectators also welcome.
Programmers, designers, writers, product people… however you can contribute works for us. Bring a laptop.
This time around, all we can tell you is that you’ll be building a web application that has to do with weather. You’ll get the specifics at the beginning of the night. You and your team can implement it however you want.
The problem will be deliberately a little vague, to allow room for creativity. In other words, it will be something subject to interpretation, like “create an app that lets people track their pets.” Except it won’t be that. Or will it? We’ll never tell, except at 5:30pm on Thursday.
5:00 – Mingle. Eat pizza.
5:15 – Introductions: say your name and what you can do. Don’t be intimidated, the point of this whole thing is to learn.
5:25 – Join a team.
5:30 – Problem released, get hacking!
7:30 – Work stops, demos begin.
8:00 – Fin.
Did we mention you should bring a laptop?

Learn about The Loan Fund
2018-11-15 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Global Entrepreneurship Week is coming up on November 12th-18th! Join the Santa Fe Business Incubator and representatives from The Loan Fund for a discussion and information session on Small Business Lending led by The Loan Fund. The Loan Fund is an award-winning nonprofit organization that has helped hundreds of financially underserved small businesses and nonprofits across New Mexico to start, grow and thrive.
Quick Facts About The Loan Fund:

The Loan Fund’s loan portfolio supports over 1,200 New Mexican jobs
The businesses that we are helping generate over $100 million in revenues annually
60%+ of borrowers are minority entrepreneurs
45% of borrowers are women entrepreneurs
Nearly all of our borrowers were unable to access financing through banks or credit unions
The Loan Fund was founded in 1989 to help alleviate poverty across New Mexico
We are New Mexico’s oldest and most experienced nonprofit community lending organization

The Loan Fund Services:

Loans and lines of credit at affordable rates to new and existing small businesses, as well as nonprofit organizations
Loans range from $5,000 to $750,000
Pre-loan consulting services to help clients become credit-ready
Active-loan consulting and training services to help clients’ businesses succeed!
Hablamos español

At this installment of our Building the Business Different Series you will find out:

What The Loan Fund is
If you are eligible
Success stories from startup companies who received funds through The Loan Fund
General information about small business lending and how it might be the right fit for you

WE HOPE YOU’LL JOIN US!
THIS IS A FREE EVENT; REGISTRATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Public Lecture: Introduction to Design Thinking with Hugh Dubberly
2018-10-04 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Elevating Entrepreneurs: Fall Public Lecture
Santa Fe Business Incubator continues its 20th Anniversary Celebration with a public lecture on a hot topic for entrepreneurs.
Introduction to Design Thinking:
How observation + empathy + prototyping yields insights
Discover design thinking with lecturer Hugh Dubberly and how to apply it to learn more about user needs and develop more delightful, useable, and effective products, services, and systems.
Lecture + Q&A on Design Thinking
Thursday, October 4, 6:30 pm
FREE

Expert in the House
2018-09-26 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Join Executive Coach and Life Coach, Lisa Brewer for our next Expert in the House on Wednesday, September 26th from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Lisa specializes in helping her clients take their good lives and make them great! She helps her clients understand what’s most important to them and then bring those things to life. Over time her clients experience more joy, feel more focused, and reach their goals faster. Work life balance is a constant battle for entrepreneurs, let Lisa help you identify a happy medium. I have four ½ hour time slots currently available. Please contact me at your earliest convenience if you would like to reserve a time slot.

Founder's Lunch
2018-09-18 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Founders, CEOs and company Principals are invited to share a meal without employees or investors. The cross pollination and connections made during these lunches helps in community creation and fosters a network of incubator companies that lasts far beyond their time as clients.

Process and Product Advisory Council Meeting
2018-09-11 12:00 - 13:00, 2018-06-11 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Provide assistance, expertise and counsel to SFBI clients in the Process & Product category; create a community of interested and like minded companies and individuals; and develop strategies to overcome, circumvent or challenge bottlenecks and inefficiencies facing companies in this category. Process & Product Advisory Councill Meetings are held quarterly at the Incubator.

Entrepreneur Story Time: Woodruff Scientific & SciVista
2018-09-06 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | El Callejón, 208 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
So how does a Santa Fe-based physicist accelerate the development of commercial fusion? By building Woodruff Scientific, where he and his team provide assistance with all stages of scientific innovation: concept design, engineering design, procurement, fabrication, installation, testing, and operations. What they’ve built, they now offer as products and what they’ve learned to do, they offer as services. Founder Dr. Simon Woodruff is going to tell us all about it, including how the scientific computing boot camps he runs each year led to the founding of another one of his ventures, SciVista, which provides virtual room sharing so that data scientists can share their ideas in real-time.
And LiAnn Morales and her husband Raul will welcome the KAESF back to their authentic family restaurant, where they’ve been serving up some of the best and freshest tacos in Santa Fe since opening El Callejon Santa Fe in 2016.
As always, arrive on time to grab a drink to enjoy during story time. And don’t plan to rush off afterwards, as you’ll want to take some time to schmooze and get to know like-minded Santa Feans just as enthused about supporting our entrepreneur community as you are.

Code 4
2018-06-14 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Code4 is a community hacknight in the CoWorking space of the Santa Fe Business Incubator. It’s an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment, get and give advice about projects, share what you’re working on, or just get some work done. Professionals, beginners and hobbyists are all welcome. Stop in whenever you can, stay until 7 or skip out at 5:30 – it’s completely up to you. Build community. Don’t code alone!

Entrepreneur Story Time: VIZZIA Technologies
2018-05-03 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Evangelo’s Cocktail Lounge, 200 W San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
Get ready to hear Andy Halasz, co-founder and CEO of VIZZIA Technologies, share how he took his 2005 startup to a leading provider of technology solutions for healthcare organizations nationwide. We’ll hear what it’s like to stick it out with a slow startup, what drew Andy and VIZZIA from its original home in Atlanta to Santa Fe, and what it’s like to nearly double revenue over two years and grow from a one-man show to 30-ish employees. For a sneak peek at how Andy and VIZZIA utilized local funding sources to help bring internship and job opportunities to NM, check out the article, “Venture Accelerator Fund (VAF) Funding Helped to Fuel VIZZIA Technology’s ‘Internet of Things’ Laboratory.”
To hear Andy’s story, we’ll gather at family-owned Evangelo’s Cocktail Lounge, my personal favorite place in SF to grab an adult beverage (or 5) and shake it to some live music ‘til the band goes home. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to hear Evangelo’s son (Nick) or granddaughter (Kiki) share some of the bar’s history and shed light on the meaning of the old photos and memorabilia that make up its unique décor. Teasers: Photos taken by an iconic photographer during World War II led to the USPS putting Evangelo’s face on a stamp in 2002. And if you’ve ever watched the movies “Crazy Heart” or “Only the Brave,” then you’ve already seen the inside of Evangelo’s (which opened its doors back in 1971).
You may want to hit up an ATM on your way as Evangelo’s is a CASH ONLY bar. They also don’t serve food, but feel free to pick something up around the plaza and bring it in to eat while you enjoy story time.
And don’t plan to rush off afterwards, as live music will start at 9 PM, giving us the chance to show Evangelo’s how this group of kick-ass entrepreneurs gets down.

Expert in the House
2018-03-28 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Santa Fe Business Incubator, 3900 Paseo del Sol, Santa Fe, NM, 87507, United States
Alex Vaz is an enthusiastic marketing leader with a deep-rooted passion for innovation, technology, and business development, possessing a great experience in delivering strategic brand awareness and growth solutions to a local and global audience. He has in-depth knowledge of developing new product and services concepts, collaborating with cross-functional teams and launching high-performance campaigns across diverse market segments.
Vaz will hold office hours at the Incubator and is available to meet one-on-one with SFBI Clients for 1/2 hour sessions to discuss any social media and marketing questions you may have. Prior reservations are required to secure a time slot. Please contact Jessica Moose, jm****@**bi.net, to reserve a spot.
