Here is how things work in Boulder. A couple of weeks ago, my friend Eric, CEO of Gnip swung by the Lijit offices to say hi. During that conversation, he said he was talking to Josh, co-founder and CTO of Eventvue about a concept of getting 100 kick-ass developers to Boulder.

The idea? Get 20 companies to each pony up a bit of cash to cover the expenses of bringing all these top notch developers out to Boulder. A job fair if you will.

Now, here it is a couple weeks later, and BAM!

So far, the hiring companies include: Aegis, Eventvue, Filtrbox, Gnip, HiveLive, Me.dium, printfection, Rally Software, ReturnPath and SocialThing (an AOL company), with more to come.

Whats interesting about that list, is that 4 of them didnt exist until recently (with 3 from the TechStars program). Clearly, this is a great example of how the TechStars program is having a direct postitive effect on the Boulder economic scene.

There are several write ups on the event: Boulder.me (which is becoming a great resource about Boulder), ColoradoStartups, Foundry Group and even TechCrunch (Yeah, I was kinda amazed too).

Are you a kickass developer and want to work in Boulder? Click on the image above and apply.

I would love to see some of the developers I have met across the country apply and come live in our town.

And, yes, that is how things seem to happen around here. One great idea is given life by the community.

Yay Boulder.

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