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

Middle-market companies lack the influence and power of large corporations and don’t get the support and resources showered on small businesses. But there is a growing movement to help the middle children of commerce forge a separate identity and speak with their own voice. “The middle is overlooked,” said Gary LaBranche, president and CEO of ACG Global, speaking at a panel on the topic held at the University of Colorado Denver Business School on Tuesday evening.  Read more

KUSA – Four Colorado cities made Bicycling magazine’s annual list of the top 50 cycling cities in the U.S. – and two of them made the top 10. Perennial cycling powerhouse Boulder came in at No. 6, followed by Fort Collins at No. 9. Denver came in at No. 12, and Colorado Springs ranked 45th. New York was this year’s top city for biking, with Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland and Washington D.C.  Read more

University of Colorado Denver Business School strives to be a global sustainability leader. Thanks to a generous donation from Johns Manville the Business School is expanding it Student Sustainability Experiential Learning Program (SSELP). Since 2008, CU Denver Business School has enhanced its Managing for Sustainability program year over year. The donation from Johns Manville will increase students’ ability to directly apply their classroom knowledge in real world settings.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School is launching the Student Sustainability Experiential Learning Program (SSELP) to offer students the opportunity to gain practical experience working with the opportunities and challenges associated with sustainable business as an integral part of the Managing for Sustainability (M4S) curriculum. Students enrolled at the Business School can participate in the SSELP through specialized internships, a Sustainability Field Study Course, and a guest speaker series.  Read more