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Dr. Sam Monson Founder & CEO, We Hate Exercise

When Technology Becomes Treatment-How Digital Therapeutics Are Creating a New Category of Healthcare

Dr. Sam Monson · Founder & CEO, We Hate Exercise

Dr. Samantha Monson, founder and CEO of We Hate Exercise, explores how digital therapeutics can combine behavioral science, AI personalization, and human support to help people build sustainable movement habits. The conversation also examines clinical evidence, the role of venture philanthropy in funding health innovation, and what it takes to build a mission-driven digital health company in Colorado.

PJ Bullock Founder & CEO, Pickup Play

August 12, 2026

Building A Social Platform That Wants You to Log Off

August 12, 2026 · PJ Bullock · Founder & CEO · Pickup Play

Pickup Play founder PJ Bullock shares what he has learned building a marketplace designed to make pickup sports easier to organize and bring people together through play. The conversation explores product-market fit, trust and safety, monetization, app fatigue, and why founders should focus on solving the problem rather than falling in love with their first solution.

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Nichole Sterling Mayor of Nederland , Founder & CEO, MyTown AI

August 5, 2026

A Mayor Built the AI Tool Her Own City Needed

August 5, 2026 · Nichole Sterling · Mayor of Nederland , Founder & CEO · MyTown AI

Most local governments aren't short on data — they're short on access. In this episode, Nichole Sterling, a sitting mayor turned AI founder, explains how she built a tool to surface the board meetings, zoning codes, and buried records that even elected officials struggle to find. From a lawyer's frustrating run-in with AI bias to a town manager's simple RV park request that revealed a maze of hidden zoning constraints, this conversation is a grounded look at what it actually takes to bring AI into government — and where it should never go near the process at all.

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Tyler Svitak Executive Director, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance

July 29, 2026

Smart City AI: Why Colorado Pilots Fail Before They Scale

July 29, 2026 · Tyler Svitak · Executive Director · Colorado Smart Cities Alliance

AI is helping Colorado cities catch potholes, water leaks, and wildfires before they become emergencies. Tyler Svitak of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance explains how smart infrastructure works — and why most pilots stall before they ever scale.

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The Decisions, Failures, and Breakthroughs Behind Product, AI, and Startup Innovation

Go behind the scenes with founders, product leaders, and technology innovators as they share the hard lessons, failures that became stepping stones to success, strategy, tradeoffs, and the decisions that shaped their journey and their companies.

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Stories, insights, and voices shaping Colorado tech.

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