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

It’s not exactly news that the San Francisco Bay Area is a hot spot for tech startups, but let’s say you’re ambitious, talented and armed with a great idea but you don’t want to move there. What other places should you consider? Or let’s say you’re ambitious, talented and looking to land a job at a tech startup. Where, outside San Francisco and Silicon Valley, are prospective tech employers?  Read more

NOSH @ ROSENBERG’S DELI Authentic NY bagels in Denver? They’re here, thanks to Josh Pollack and lessons he learned through CU Denver Business School DENVER—It’s mid-morning on a Friday and you stroll in for a bagel and a chat with Denver’s newest bagel-shop proprietor. You find a spot in line—pretty far back, since the line stretches to the back door.  Read more

Want to find a Business School student with a strong entrepreneurial spirit? Look no further than Bachelor of Science in Finance student Travis Page. With the help of his roommate, Page started the crêpe-making food cart Batter in 2013. The summer following high school graduation, Page went on a trip through Europe with his high school orchestra class. Throughout the 12-country trip Page tried crêpes every place he could; Paris, he decided, had the best.  Read more

The third annual Denver Startup Week had a wonderful turnout. The Business School alone saw over 1,000 attendees. From September 15 through September 19 local entrepreneurs and professionals visited startup havens around Denver to hear industry experts share tips and tricks for creating a successful organization. The 2014 Denver Startup Week is over, but many of the presentations live on:

• Michael Collin’s Be Story Driven, held in on the fifth floor of the Business School, was a widely attended presentation.

During Denver Startup Week over 1,200 Denver professionals and entrepreneurs attended presentations at University of Colorado Denver Business School. On September 17 the Managing Attorney for Trademark Outreach for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Craig Morris, presented “Trademark Basics” on the fifth floor of the Business School in the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship.  Read more

From September 15 through 20, startup experts will present on entrepreneurial topics all over Denver for Denver Startup Week (DSW). The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at CU Denver Business School will be full of future moguls during DSW. On the fifth floor of the Business School building, the Laube Commons will host a presentation each day of the week. These are great opportunities for the entrepreneurial first-timer or the seasoned startup veteran.  Read more