International education at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus took center stage in early June as 10,000 professionals poured into Denver for the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference. NAFSA last brought its annual conference to the Mile High City about 20 years ago, said Cecile Schoberle, director of marketing and communications, Office of International Affairs at CU Denver | Anschutz, so this was a major event and CU Denver | Anschutz took full advantage.  Read more

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