Metro Denver’s economy last year ranked 18th out of 381 metro areas in terms of the value of its goods and services produced, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysisreport released Tuesday. Led by the natural resources sector, metro Denver’s GDP (gross domestic product) was $178.8 billion in 2013, up from $168.7 billion in 2012, the BEA report said. That gave the metro area 4.3 percent GDP growth last year, ranking it 47th out of 381 in percent change.  Read more

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? “Keep yourself uncomfortable. The beaten path is boring and slow. Do things that no one else is doing. It’s exciting. It’s fun.” At the University of Colorado Denver Business School, executives from local businesses visit frequently. Usually they visit classes to provide real-world experiences relative to course materials or act as a client in experiential-learning courses.  Read more

DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL – There’s nothing hipper in the business world than being a successful startup. It’s exciting to talk about nimble, young entrepreneurs taking risks to create their own opportunities and add jobs to the economy. Read More…  Read more

Study after study shows students involved with clubs perform better academically than those that aren’t. On September 3 and 4, the University of Colorado Business School lobby hosted its student organizations for recruiting. From 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM organizations like Net Impact and Society for Human Resource Management handed out brochures, event invites, and goodies to everyone that stopped by.  Read more

Taxes. “Everyone has to pay them and they’re fairly complicated,” said Eric Zinn, director of the Master of Science in Taxation degree program at University of Colorado Business School and owner of a private tax law practice. “The tax code is changing all the time because there are always new laws coming into effect.” CU Denver is the only public university in Colorado and one of only 15 in the nation to offer the degree.  Read more

Louis “Kip” Cheroutes thrilled graduate marketing students on August 27 when he visited their International Marketing course. Instructor Lawrence Cunningham invited Cheroutes, an expert in all things Vietnamese, to share his real-world knowledge with the class. For nearly two decades, Cheroutes was District Director to U.S. Representative Patricia Schroeder.  Read more

The Denver area has the nation’s seventh-fastest growing tech industry wages, and one tech-friendly neighborhood where office rent is among the fastest rising in the country. A national report on U.S tech industry real estate markets recently released by Jones Lange LaSalle (JLL), the Chicago-based real estate firm, ranked the Denver area among the two dozen U.S.  Read more