The Business School hosted the latest networking event for alumni on March 30 at the Rialto Cafe in downtown Denver.  More than 40 attended,  reconnecting with other alums, sharing stories about their families and their careers, and meeting new peers from the Business School. The networking event marked the transition of  alumni relations from Linda Brooker, Assistant Dean, to Karen Niparko, Director of the Graduate Career Connections™ (GCC) office of the Business School.    Read more

Presented by Kent J. Thiry, DaVita’s Chairman and CEO Kent Thiry, Chairman and CEO of DaVita, spoke at the Business School’s inaugural CEO Briefing about DaVita’s remarkable turnaround from a nearly bankrupt provider of dialysis services to its position today as a $6 billion leader in kidney care. When Thiry joined DaVita in 1999, the company was under investigation by the SEC.  Read more

Nuts for Business: 11-month MBA Grad Wins Bard Center Entrepreneurship Award

If every business owner had the same drive for social responsibility as Olomomo Nut Company founder Justin Perkins, the world would be a better place. A native of Boulder, Perkins started his business in an effort to provide a healthy alternative to snacks currently found in places like coffee shops.  Read more

In October 2009, the Center for Information Technology Innovation (CITI) and CU Denver Business School’s Information Systems Association (ISA) hosted the fourth-annual CIO executive panel event, “Become a Business Leader With an Edge.” The annual event provides an opportunity for students to learn about what executives are looking for and what they see as the future of business and information technology.  Read more

First Place: OLOMOMO NUT COMPANY Justin Perkins, Peter Genuardi

Olomomo Nut Company aspires to be the foremost high-end, all natural and organic nut brand with its kettle-roasted nuts, coated with original and unexpected exotic spices and flavor blends. Olomomo will initially distribute through specialty coffee shops across America to conscious consumers who crave quality, delicious, high-protein, socially responsible products.  Read more