Many firms outsource audit work, investors see lower quality DENVER — As major accounting companies increasingly outsource audit work to other firms, a new study from the CU Denver Business School says greater transparency is needed to help investors assess the quality of those audits. “Many people don’t realize that most audits of multi-national companies involve more than one auditing firm,” said study author Carol Dee, associate professor of accounting at the CU Denver Business School.  Read more

As the national job market continues to strengthen, Business Career Connections is also expanding. In order to better serve undergraduates, graduates, and alumni, BCC added Marci Grant to the team. “I knew when I first walked in that I needed to be here. There is so much diversity and the Business School has vibrant energy in a true urban environment.  CU Denver is unique in that it is located in the thriving business center of Colorado.”  Read more

This was originally featured in Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado’s January 2015 issue of Colorado Insurance News. It was Nov. 7th, 2014 at about 8:40 am and I was sitting in my car in the middle of a parking lot at the Northfield Mall at Stapleton waiting for it to be 9am. A little about me here: I have prior work experience in insurance and I am a big fan of the industry to say the least.  Read more

Football, basketball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse – Colorado has it all. “Colorado is a ‘hotbed’ of sports – from professional to minor league to college,” said Cory Hilliard, CU-Boulder Buffs’ associate athletic director, Business Operations, and adjunct instructor in the CU Denver Business School. For the past two years, Hilliard has taught a graduate-level course: Finance in the Sports and Entertainment Industries (BUSN 6860).  Read more

Business Career Connections at the University of Colorado Denver Business School will host its third career fair Tuesday, March 10th, in the lobby of the Business School building. The Business School is located at 1475 Lawrence Street, at the corner of 15^th and Lawrence streets in Downtown Denver. The career fair is open to all CU Denver Business School Students, or anyone interested in becoming a Business School Student.  Read more

THROUGHOUT COUNTLESS business community conversations, you’ll hear the same call to action: “We need a big success; we need an IPO,” said Pete Khanna, CEO of TrackVia last year on a Rocky Mountain Tech Meetup panel. Often initial public offerings are interpreted as symptoms of big things brewing and validation that the rest of the world is watching. Bold, buzz-worthy IPOs secure a spotlight and generous payday for the companies as well as the communities they’re stationed in.  Read more

With an ever-growing influx of workers and its growing reputation for being a hub for tech and entrepreneurs, the Mile High City once again lands on a ranking for best places for people to find a job. Denver, along with Aurora, join several in Texas and others scattered across the country in NerdWallet’s top 20 “Best Cities for Job Seekers” report.  Read more