Colorado Product

What Colorado Product does

Colorado Product Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization serving product management professionals across Colorado's Front Range. Founded in 2010 as the Boulder Product Meetup by Adam Tornes, David Hoffman, and Alex Haar, the organization expanded to Denver in 2014 during Denver Startup Week and was formally incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in 2020 under the leadership of Founder and Treasurer Adam Tornes, President Holly Vezina, and Directors Todd Atkins, Allegra Clark, and Wendy Johnson. The organization operates as a volunteer-led Board with no formal employees, all programs are free to community members, and it is funded through sponsorships from technology companies including Alteryx, BearPeak Technology Group, Bonusly, connectedFi, and fuego-ux.

The organization's core offerings are community programs rather than a technology product. These include monthly speaker and panel events across Denver and Boulder, an annual 1-on-1 mentorship program pairing roughly 50 mentors and mentees per cohort, an annual salary survey published continuously from 2019 through 2025 with segmentation by gender, race, role, and seniority, invite-only executive dinners for senior product leaders with 10+ years of experience, and a Slack community of approximately 3,000 product professionals accessed through coloradoproduct.slack.com. The underlying technology stack is composed of Slack and Meetup.com with no proprietary platform components, APIs, or integrations.

The business model is sponsorship-driven. Revenue is generated through monetary and in-kind contributions from technology companies that derive value from access to Colorado's product management talent pipeline for hiring and brand recognition. All community programs and resources are provided at no cost, with no paid tiers, subscriptions, or membership fees. The organization explicitly serves a horizontal persona (product management professionals) and a secondary business segment (Colorado technology employers seeking PM talent), and operates solely within the Colorado Front Range geography.

Name

Colorado Product

Legal name

Colorado Product Foundation

Website

https://coloradoproduct.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Colorado Product Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization that runs events, mentorship, salary surveys, and a Slack community for roughly 3,000 product management professionals across Colorado's Front Range, funded by technology company sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Sponsorships: Colorado Product Foundation operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded through sponsorships from technology companies. Sponsors provide monetary contributions and services to support the organization's programs and events.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Colorado Product Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs free community programs for product management professionals across Colorado's Front Range, including monthly speaker/panel events, a 3,000-member Slack community, an annual mentorship cohort, and an annual compensation survey (2019-2025). It is funded by corporate sponsorships rather than fees charged to community members.

Product overview

Colorado Product Foundation operates as a single unified nonprofit service offering multiple interconnected community programs for product management professionals. The core offerings include Events & Meetups (regular speaker panels and workshops across Denver and Boulder), an annual Mentorship Program (1-on-1 pairing of mentors and mentees since 2017), an annual Salary Survey (compensation data from 2019-2025), Executive Programming (exclusive dinners for senior product executives), a Slack Community (approximately 3,000 members), and Resources (curated job boards and educational content). These programs work together to fulfill the organization's mission of establishing Colorado as the epicenter of product management practice and thought leadership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Events & Meetups Regular speaker, panel-based, and workshop events plus networking opportunities for Product professionals across Denver and Boulder, including participation in Denver Startup Week and Boulder Startup Week.
• Slack Community Online community platform (coloradoproduct.slack.com) of approximately 3,000 current and aspiring Product professionals, featuring channels for discussions, job postings, salary discussion, office hours, and peer networking.
• Mentorship Program Annual 1-on-1 mentorship program pairing mentors and mentees through speed dating events, supporting approximately 50 pairings per cohort since 2017.
• Salary Survey Annual compensation survey analyzing salary data across gender, race, company size, title, experience, and other dimensions for Colorado's product management community, with reports published from 2019 through 2025.
• Executive Programming (Executive Dinners) Invite-only executive dinners for Chief Product Officers, VP Product, and Head of Product roles with minimum 10 years experience, providing peer networking for senior product leaders.
• Resources Curated resources including recommended books, blogs, articles, and links to job boards (Built In Colorado, LinkedIn Jobs) for product management career development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 18% base salary increase and 40% total compensation increase negotiated using salary survey data
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BearPeak Technology GroupcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for Colorado Product events. BearPeak Technology Group supports the organization's mission to establish Colorado as the epicenter of product management practice.
• BonuslycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity sponsor supporting Colorado Product's community programs and resources for product professionals.
• fuego-uxcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity sponsor supporting Colorado Product's community programs and resources for product professionals.
• CraftedminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFormer sponsor that valued the diverse and engaged community Colorado Product has built. Adam Oliver, Founder of Crafted, notes the organization is always willing to share, collaborate, and make the local community better.
• AlteryxcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-term sponsor of Colorado Product, providing excellent partnership in brand recognition, marketing, and talent placement. Has helped hire Product Interns, Product Managers, and Technical Product Managers.
• Connected Financial TechnologyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor supporting Colorado Product events and programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ColoradoProduct
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/jobs/search/?keywords=product%20manager&location=Colorado&locationId=STATES.us.co
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@coloradoproduct

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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