Traveling through Asia on a recent furniture-buying trip, Jake Jabs kept seeing the same low-backed couch in market after market. Feeling a hunch, he put in a bulk order and shipped the “strange-shaped” sofas to his American Furniture Warehouse (AFW) showrooms in Colorado and Arizona. “We sold 69 sets in the first two weeks,” he said. “That’s what you have to do – you need to try things.  Read more

CU Denver faculty has discussed efforts to encourage millennial students, who have shown to be more risk-averse, to engage in entrepreneurship. Madhavan Parthasarathy, director of the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship, discussed resources the center offers to students, such as providing mentors, networks and the fundamentals to starting a business. He also outlined the Launchpad Certificate Program, which enrolls non-degree-seeking students in five courses that give them the fundamentals to start their own business or contribute an entrepreneurial perspective to an existing organization.  Read more

Gaurav Chandra is a Surgeon who just finished a Burn Surgery/Critical Care Fellowship in the University of Colorado Hospital prior to entering into the 11-Month MBA program at the CU Denver Business School. Chandra has worked as a Surgeon in North America, South Africa, and India for 15 years. Gaurav’s interest in the 11-Month MBA Program stemmed from his medical practice.  Read more

Rob Carpenter is an exceptional individual who has used the education he is receiving from the CU Denver Business School to become a very successful entrepreneur. Rob received his undergraduate degree in Entrepreneurship from Northern Michigan University and will complete his Master’s in Business Administration next summer with an emphasis in Enterprise Technology Management.  Read more

Being 23 years old, an entrepreneur, and the CEO of Recoup Fitness, certainly comes with challenges. Among these challenges is gaining the respect of those around you, including the older generation of business leaders. Through hard work, trial, error, and engaging with numerous successful people, I’ve learned a lot. Here are my four tips to be taken seriously as a young entrepreneur: 1) Passion Passion is key to anything in life and business is no exception.  Read more

A recent report puts Colorado as the number fourth state for most startup activity. The latest Kauffman Index report ranks both states and metro areas for the amount of startup activity. Among states, Colorado ranked fourth, and boasted 350 people becoming entrepreneurs each month for every 100,000 adults. Metro Denver ranked fifth among metro areas with 370 people becoming entrepreneurs each month for every 100,000 adults.  Read more

Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition awards start-up businesses with prize money DENVER (June 11, 2015) –An idea to turn algae that grows in ponds and oceans into sustainable and renewable ink won first prize yesterday in the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition at the University of Colorado Denver Business School.  Read more