The WAREHOUSE

Your Guide To Manufacturing & Tech Beyond STartup To SCALEUP

HOW We Help Companies in Scaleup Phase

  • Tap into industry knowledge with seasoned experts in business strategy, finance, manufacturing operations, supply chain, product development, sales, people leadership and change. Our team of mentors, coaches and subject matter experts have been in the trenches too.

  • Flexible production-ready space where you can tap into a shared equipment shop, loading docks, compressed air, 3-phase power and other plug-and-play industrial infrastructure at the Forge Campus (a former HP manufacturing facility). The Warehouse Innovation Hub is a place to land and grow.

  • You don’t get to scale successfully on hustle and a great technology alone. We help engineers and inventors build a scalable and sustainable business around the innovation they have developed, from funding and financing to people and culture to processes and systems.

  • Just-in-time knowledge and training opportunities to help you tackle your business’s most important barriers. We help you wade through the overwhelming flood of resources and programs to find the information you need when you need to know it.

  • Innovation happens when creative ideas collide. Fight the loneliness and isolation of being on a small team. Increase the opportunity for “creative collisions” in our entrepreneurial community of like-minded business leaders.

  • Not every founder starts with a built-in network of professional connections. We help technical founders and new entrepreneurs access the programs, people, and knowledge that will carry their company forward past startup phase to realize its greater long-term potential.

WHO WE ARE

Every entrepreneur has a vision for the successful and prosperous future of their company. But reaching that future takes more than vision alone. You need a catalyst for your growth. You inevitably encounter new and different challenges as you grow. You have a plan to take your developed product to scale, but you realize that your plan isn’t as comprehensive as it needs to be. THAT can leave anyone feeling stuck.

At the Warehouse, we have been “in the trenches” of startups and have successfully come out the other side. For the last 10 years, we have worked along side companies looking to succeed beyond the incubator stage. We connect tomorrow’s innovative companies with a road map for success. Our programs provide access to experienced mentors and education, proximity to other industry-leading organizations, and the flexible space you need to grow.

  • Scaleup Accelerator Programs

    In the Warehouse Business Accelerator program, your company works with seasoned executive mentors to design a custom roadmap and to connect you with tailored resources for your unique growth path. Our strategic approach will help you navigate the messy process of scaling up to achieve consistent and predictable growth.

  • Innovation Hub Facility

    Northern Colorado’s home for the next generation of great technology and manufacturing companies is the Warehouse Innovation Hub. The facility provides flexible, affordable and secure production floor spaces, comfortable meeting rooms and access to shared resources, plug-and-play industrial infrastructure, loading dock and more.

Meet our Warehouse members & alumni

Meet the Team

  • Professional photo of Warehouse Executive Director Allison Seabeck

    Allison Seabeck

    Executive Director

  • Professional photo of Warehouse Community Engagement Manager Christina Eccleston

    Christina Eccleston

    Community Engagement Manager

  • Professional photo of Warehouse co-founder Jay Dokter

    Jay Dokter

    Co-Founder

  • Professional photo of Warehouse Co-Founder Dan Kamrath

    Dan Kamrath

    Co-Founder

REGIONAL partners

Regional organizations that support the Warehouse Business Accelerator
Employees discussing manufacturing process

The warehouse STORY

The environment for innovation and entrepreneurship in Northern Colorado is strong. The community is home to renowned incubators, entrepreneurship training and support resources for launching a business. The region has a legacy of producing cutting-edge technology and advanced engineering.

However, we see a gap in the region’s business ecosystem. New companies that find early traction can plateau, stop growing and ultimately fail in the transition from start up to scale up. The challenges of running a tech or manufacturing company do not stop after the technology is developed and the business is launched. Space, suppliers, leadership skills, systems, processes, business models and funding sources all need to grow as the business grows.

The Warehouse Business Accelerator nonprofit 501c3 was founded in 2013 with the vision to support prosperity and economic influence for Northern Colorado by ensuring that more of the great ideas that start in Northern Colorado stay here and grow into their full potential here. The Warehouse’s mission is to deliver tailored support for scale up phase companies. Our nonprofit impact focuses on the economic health of the community, tracked through measures of new job creation, investment dollars raised, and revenue infused into the community by member companies.

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