DENVER – The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver Business School was recently highlighted in an article by ColoradoBiz magazine. The article featured the eponymous Jake Jabs, who is best known as the Founder and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse. In the article, Jabs discusses his background and business philosophy, the story behind his television commercials (which have become somewhat iconic in Denver and surrounding areas), as well as the reasons behind his $10 million donation to name the Center for Entrepreneurship.  Read more

Executives explain what skills employers are looking for, how to land dream job DENVER – Hundreds of thousands of information technology and computer-related jobs are currently unfilled in the United States due to a shortage of qualified applicants. The sector’s long-term employment outlook remains robust. Those were two of many promising messages that information systems and other business students heard at the 8th Annual Business Executive Panel.  Read more

Innovative program created in partnership with energy industry to address workforce development needs ALAMOSA, Colo. – Touring two huge solar farms in the San Luis Valley and getting a chance to ask technical questions about the operations are yet more reasons two Middle East oil company managers are excited about the CU Denver Business School‘s Global Energy Management program.  Read more

The Global Energy Management (GEM) Program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School is excited to offer an open access energy business course on Coursera. Coursera is a learning platform that partners with universities to offer free online courses globally.  This opportunity gives the GEM Program worldwide exposure to diverse audiences and raises the program’s visibility in the energy community and across society as a whole.  Read more

DENVER – Another reason to love Denver: A recent study by the Trust For Public Land ranked the city 17th in the nation on their ParkScore index.  Read more

Center to dramatically expand entrepreneurship education, research, programmatic reach and caliber Jake Jabs’ vision to provide students in the Rocky Mountain region with an unrivaled education in entrepreneurship became a reality on Aug. 29 when the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship officially opened in the CU Denver Business School.  Read more