Colorado Investors

Dan Caruso considered locating in Silicon Valley, Boston or Washington,
D.C., when he left WorldCom Inc. to start his own company in 1997. But he
chose Colorado instead.

The move didn’t make much sense. Colorado was still known more for its
ski resorts than startups. But Caruso loved the state, and so he thought
that the kind of talent he wanted to hire would love it, too.

Now, his fondness for the state continues to drive his business decisions, only as a venture capitalist. In the past year, he’s focused his efforts on
quantum, AI, space and digital infrastructure. He’s also funded the Roots Music Fest, a three-day music festival in Boulder, and helped bring the
Sundance Film Festival to Boulder.

This deck, developed by Caruso Ventures and Endeavor Colorado, focuses on the Investment Landscape and Capital Formation scene in Colorado. It anchors in 2007, when Foundry and Techstars were born. The steady growth of startups that had (or are on […]

The Business Principles that Guide the Decision-Making of the Zayo Management Team Published January 2014 by Dan Caruso, Chairman and CEO of Zayo Group Introduction: In 1983, Warren Buffett drafted a set of business principles; in 1996, he published them […]

“My Most Important Innovation,” Dan Caruso Introduction: Management’s primary responsibility is to create Equity Value [DC1] at a pace that exceeds their investor’s return threshold for an investment of a similar risk characteristic. Despite universal agreement, private companies have no […]