Time is running out to cast your session votes for the third annual Denver Startup Week. For one whole week, September 15-20, 2014, the Denver community will come together and learn about all the great innovations in business, design, manufacturing, and technology. Voting ends June 30. Voting is critically important to the success of Denver Startup Week. The event is surrounded around community involvement, from the session idea submissions to attending the event; it needs the community to weigh-in on what is discussed.  Read more

DENVER – The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship hosted three casting associates from ABC’s Shark Tank for a Denver College Day. The critically-acclaimed business-themed show, Shark Tank, has the Sharks continuing the search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer. The show received a nomination for a Producers Guild Award in 2013.  Read more

The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver Business School recently conducted their first “Virtual Pitch Night,” part of their 2014 Business Plan Competition. The virtual event allowed participants in the competition from outside of the Denver Metro area to compete in the annual competition. 2014 marks the first year the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship has opened the competition to individuals outside of the CU System.  Read more

DENVER – The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship recently announced that it will offer scholarship awards to students registered in graduate entrepreneurship classes during the summer of 2014—including Maymester classes. This represents a great opportunity for students, both current and prospective, to learn about entrepreneurship from the phenomenal faculty at the Jake Jabs Center.  Read more

AppIt Ventures, a software startup that got rolling after winning the 2012 Bard Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan competition (now the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition) at the CU Denver Business School, is going strong and just reached another milestone. Still at the helm of AppIt is company founder Rob Carpenter, who recently represented CU Denver in another prestigious competition—the University Startup Challenge at the University of Denver.  Read more

DENVER – The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition Orientation has officially kicked off the annual competition. The first event of the contest, the Business Plan Competition Orientation was held at the Jake Jabs Center on February 26th, 2014. Attendees were given details and tips about participating in the competition, which brings together challengers from Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming to vie for $75,000 in cash and in-kind awards.  Read more

DENVER – The website NerdWallet, a site that uses number-crunching to help consumers make informed decision, recently released their list of the 10 “Best Cities for Female Entrepreneurs.” Coming in at number 7 is Denver, thanks in part to the education offered by the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver Business School.  Read more