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Three weeks ago at the New Venture Challenge Climate Prize Night, five finalists competed for the chance to win a share of $20K. Teams showcased their passion and innovation to tackle pressing climate issues. Their solutions ranged from eliminating landfills to underwater vacuums. In first place was Agraaze with their...

Coming from a weaker institutional context can benefit entrepreneurs, Dean Sharon Matusik says on the latest Creative Distillation research podcast. When you’re the dean of a top-20 public business school, you need to manage a host of responsibilities, from setting a budget to setting a strategic course mapping out the...

Meet Brandon Slade , CU alumni and founder of Untapped Learning! Untapped uses research-backed methods to assist students who struggle with learning disabilities. Brandon grew up in Boulder, Colorado. Upon high school graduation, he attended college in Ohio on a football scholarship. He later went on to complete his Master’s...

Meet Mitch Rivard , CU Boulder alumni and founder of Wittit! Wittit is a housing and roommate search platform exclusive to college students. Mitch lived most of his life in Aurora, Colorado. He graduated from CU Boulder in 2013 with a degree in Economics. Upon graduating, Mitch pursued a career...

Haven’t seen a close friend or family member in a while and want to remind them you care? Do you look at greeting cards in the grocery store and find that none of them feel genuine? Keller Anne Ruble started PS Post , “a greeting card sending service that mails...

In addition to being one of COventure Forwards program mentors, Scott Gwozdz is an instructor at The University of Colorado Boulder and founder of First Person Marketing. He has experience with sales, financial services, marketing, branding, agency work, non-profit, and teaching. Like many others at the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship...

Meet Chase Prieve , CU Boulder alumni and founder of Hi There Solutions! Hi There Solutions is a mobile app that provides communication solutions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. In 2014, Chase graduated from CU Boulder with a degree in Marketing and Management. He also received Business of...

Meet Marie Soleil, founder of Mind Body SOLEiL! Mind Body SOLEiL is a fitness and specialty massage studio located in Durango, Colorado. At the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic, Marie was working in Sequoia, California as a massage therapist. As the world began to shift online, Marie noticed a rise...

Get to know the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship! The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship is dedicated to building a learning community around students starting and joining ventures that make an impact. In October 2021, The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship celebrated an impressive win at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC)...

Meet Jeanne Barthold , CU Boulder Alumna and founder of TissueForm! TissueForm has developed a platform technology for the biomimicry of body tissues to repair areas of significant tissue loss or injury. Jeanne grew up on the east coast in New Hampshire. She attended Colby College in Maine where she...