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

Last week was Denver Startup Week, a week full of events centered on Denver’s startup community. The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the CU Denver Business School hosted several events and had over 2,000 attendees over the week. Started in 2012, Denver Startup Week is a unique week-long experience bringing together the entrepreneurs in our community. According to the Denver Startup Week website it is a “week of events showcasing Denver’s entrepreneur community in tech, design, business, and manufacturing, to highlight Denver as an entrepreneurial center and continue to build the sense of community amongst entrepreneurs.”  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

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

As part of its efforts to promote entrepreneurship in Denver, the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship hosted McWhinney cofounder and CEO Chad McWhinney for its Best of Colorado Speaker Series on November 18 at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Known for being a visionary leader, Chad McWhinney started small in southern California. After helping harvest on the family berry-farm, Chad and his brother started selling McWhinney Berries to his high school classmates in 1986.  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.