LONGMONT For many entrepreneurs, the focus of much of their efforts during the startup phase is simple: Make enough money to keep the lights on for another month.
But as the world has become increasingly interconnected and societal woes have simultaneously stacked up, some startup leaders are beginning to question whether this slavish devotion to cold-eyed capitalism can be fulfilling.
“Returning value to shareholders is the bare minimum we can do,” WinterWinds Robotics Inc. CEO Valerie Eastman said during the “Startups as Agents of Change” panel discussion Monday during the first day of the annual Longmont Startup Week.
Making the world a better place, even on a small, community scale, should be baked into the very fabric of a company, Robauto Inc. founder Jalali Hartman said.