Since 1994, what we now call IDEA Cafe Startup Workshops have been held to help people who are starting down a new path with a new project or campaign, a new career or new business. 5280 Magazine has said we've "infused Denver with an entrepreneurial spirit." Our Denver IDEA Cafe Group holds a startup workshop each Friday afternoon, and it serves as a model for new groups, we hope to have 10 or 12 in Colorado by the end of 2012. Each week we invite speakers to share their career, business, and p …

I am passionate about making the New Rich lifestyle my own. I am already on the journey, and even blogging about it. I am hitting a lot of little bumps in the road, as should be expected. The online articles and insights are great from others on their own paths, but I think a live, person to person, venue where we could share ideas, network, and support each other would be invaluable. Obviously, with one of the main points of Tim Ferris's book, The Four Hour Work Week (4HWW), being to avoid mee …

5280 Advanced Connections is a local chapter of BNI, the world's largest business referral organization. Each chapter accepts only one profession per chapter and these professionals are screened and interviewed before being inducted into the chapter. The primary purpose of each chapter of BNI is to exchange qualified business referrals to grow the businesses of our professionals. 5280 meets every Friday from 7:15 - 9:00 am at the Colorado National Golf Club, 2700 Vista Parkway, Erie, CO. Each Fr …