Episode 067-CV04: CU’s Rachel Sharpe is 3-D Printing Masks for Healthcare Workers

Boulder Tech Podcast
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Episode 067-CV04: CU's Rachel Sharpe is 3-D Printing Masks for Healthcare Workers
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Week 2 of our coronavirus coverage begins with this interview with Rachel Sharpe, a CU senior studying engineering-plus and an engineer at CU’s Integrated Teaching & Learning Lab. Rachel is managing 16 3-D printers cranking out masks for healthcare workers — part of the Make4Covid initiative. I spoke with Rachel via Zoom on Friday, March 27th.

Learn more about how Rachel and other Coloradans are mobilizing to fight the coronavirus at Make4Covid.

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The Boulder Tech Podcast is made possible in part by Glider, a Colorado-based Community movement and non-profit that produces Boulder’s Ignite and TedX events, as well as Boulder Startup Week. Learn more and consider a donation at glider.com

The Boulder Tech Podcast is produced by Joel Davis. Your feedback, criticisms and comments are welcome. If you or your company or organization have switched your focus to helping solve the many problems arising from the Coronavirus pandemic, and you’d like to come on the podcast to talk about it, reach me at joel@dojo4.com or DM me on Twitter @bouldertechcast.

Thanks for listening. We’ll see you back here for the next episode of the Boulder Tech Podcast.

Episode 017: Mary Katherine Keller, Boulder Community Fellow, Watson Institute

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Episode 017: Mary Katherine Keller, Boulder Community Fellow, Watson Institute







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Episode #17 of the Boulder Tech Podcast features Mary Katherine Keller, Boulder Community Fellow at Watson Institute. Among other things, our fun and lively conversation covers:

  • her work mentoring at-risk teens in Boulder
  • the entrepreneurial mindset since she’s had since she was twelve and where that’s leading her
  • Boulder’s reputational marketplace
  • her advocacy for agency over apathy

Follow Mary Katherine on Twitter at @mkatkeller.

Episode #17 of the Boulder Tech Podcast is presented by Boulder Startup Week Adventure track sponsor, Brandzooka.

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The Boulder Tech Podcast is presented by Honey. joinhoney.com

The program is also made possible in part by Boulder StartUp Week platinum sponsors MatterZayoGoogle and Boulder Engineering Studio.

We’re also presented by Glider, a Colorado-based Community movement and non-profit that produces Boulder’s Ignite and TedX events, as well as Boulder Startup Week. Learn more and consider a donation at glider.com

Thanks to dojo4 for providing space for our podcast studio, and to KGNU Community Radio for the recording gear.

Our intro music is by Eccodek.
Our outro music is by EarthRise SoundSystem.

The Boulder Tech Podcast is produced by Joel Davis. Your feedback, criticisms and comments are welcome.

Episode 009: Sarabeth Berk, Director, Innovation and Entrepreneur Initiative, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Episode 009: Sarabeth Berk, Director, Innovation and Entrepreneur Initiative, University of Colorado-Boulder







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Our guest for Episode #9 of the Boulder Tech Podcast is Sarabeth Berk. She’s the Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneur Initiative at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Our conversation covers:

  • the many roles she fulfills in her job
  • the entrepreneurial energy on the CU campus and the surprising prevalence of student-run ventures
  • the special relationship she’s building between the university and the Boulder tech and startup community
  • and her thoughts on Boulder’s unique startup scene

Learn more about CU’s Innovation and Entrepreneur Initiative at colorado.edu/innovate. See the many ways in which Sarabeth Berk is #morethanmytitle. Follow Sarabeth: @sbberk11

Episode #9 of the Boulder Tech Podcast is presented by Boulder StartUp Week’s Internet of Things track sponsor, UpRamp.

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The Boulder Tech podcast is presented by Honey. joinhoney.com

The program is also made possible in part by Boulder StartUp Week platinum sponsors MatterZayoGoogle and Boulder Engineering Studio.

We’re also presented by Glider, a Colorado-based Community movement and non-profit that produces Boulder’s Ignite and TedX events, as well as Boulder Startup Week. Learn more and consider a donation at glider.com

Thanks to dojo4 for providing space for our podcast studio, and to KGNU Community Radio for the recording gear.

Our intro music is by Eccodek.
Our outro music is by EarthRise SoundSystem.

The Boulder Tech Podcast is produced by Joel Davis. Your feedback, criticisms and comments are welcome.