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02/23/2022

Follow the latest and greatest in entrepreneurship in Albuquerque and New Mexico with Activate NM!

05/12/2021

If you or someone you know is looking for the perfect cofounder to strengthen your startups team, apply to participate as one of our top startups for the Cofounder Fiesta. Apply by May 16th at: cofounderfiesta.com

04/14/2021

Meet great cofounders, or find an awesome startup to join, at Cofounder Fiesta, bringing together top startups with great cofounders on May 27. Applications open now at www.cofounderfiesta.com!

03/25/2021

Don't miss this month's ActivateNM workshop: Stay Close to Customers. We’ll learn from Mentor Trisha Terhar, Director of Research & Market Intelligence at Visit Albuquerque. In the interactive session, participants will actively work on a framework for engaging with customers. Register early to save at https://loom.ly/ENVZ808

Staying Close to Customers from Start to Scale  The notion of ‘staying close to customers’ is not as simple as it sounds. While physical proximity to customers can be helpful, the real objective is to understand your customers and their pains, motivations, context, etc. Staying close to your cu...

12/02/2020

Want a peek at the future of Space technologies? Join us at the winner announcement for the 2020 Hyperspace Challenge cohort TOMORROW at 10am MST -- www.hyperspacechallenge.com/summit!

10/02/2020

A huge thank you to our participants, judges and attendees for joining us for our . We had more than 100 people attend today and appreciate you coming along for this year's virtual journey. You can catch out all of today's impressive pitches on the ActivateNM's YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2Gt83UY

10/02/2020

And the first place winner of Balloon Pitch 2020 is... Parting Stone! Congratulations to Founder/CEO Justin Crowe for giving such a great experience for the judges and the viewers--Parting Stone even won the Fan Favorite vote! A big congratulations to GPER G-1 Development Group for winning second place, and Osazda Energy for winning third!

1st place: Parting Stone
2nd place: GPER G-1 Development Group
3rd place: Osazda Energy

You can watch the winning pitch here: https://bit.ly/3jtsekf

Pitch 7 - Parting Stone - ABQid Balloon Pitch Parting Stone. Empowering families choosing cremation by providing a form of remains that can be touched and he...

10/02/2020

And we're off! Virtual Balloon Pitch 2020 has begun. If you couldn't join us but want to keep in the loop, stay tuned to our Twitter and Facebook for periodic updates and live tweets, or join us on YouTube!

Thank you to Balloon Pitch's Gold Sponsor, Rook Advisors, for helping us with this year's event. Thank you to our silver sponsors Sun Mountain Capital, Crosslink Capital, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, The Armstrong-Humphrey Group and Kickstart Seed Fund.

10/02/2020

Virtual Balloon Pitch 2020 is today! If you haven't had the chance to register, and you're interested in viewing 10 of NM's best startups as they pitch their orgs to over 20 investor judges from across the nation, then do so now! https://abqid.com/balloon-pitch/

10/01/2020

Where would startups be without angel investors? We are so grateful to (clockwise from top left) Stu Rose, Laina Greene, John Strong and Ben Marans for participating in this year's as judges.
Virtual Balloon Pitch is tomorrow! Register here: https://bit.ly/3jim9H

09/30/2020

As we head toward Balloon Pitch 2020, past Ski Lift Pitch winner UbiQD is making headlines from business publications like Fast Company to scientific journals like New Scientist. We are happy to see this company making waves (or dots, rather) for New Mexico!
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3jg4q3i

09/30/2020

This Friday, join us for Virtual Balloon Pitch 2020 and watch ToSERVO, Quotient, Rerouted and Parting Stone pitch their fantastic companies for a chance at great prizes, courtesy of our amazing sponsors.

Learn more and register: https://abqid.com/balloon-pitch/