2009.04.22 Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Sam Zell

On Wednesday 2009.04.22 Entrepreneurs Unplugged hosted Sam Zell with Scott Peppet "leading" the discussion.

2009.04.17 CU New Venture Challenge Finals!

On Friday 2009.04.17 CU hosted the Finals for its first cross campus new venture challenge. Of the 8 semi-finalists, the 4 best teams were selected with 2 social-networking ventures (TechoShark and fetcht) , a biomedical venture (3Q Matrix), and a new charter school venture (Knova Learning)!

Full Competition
1st place: Knova Learning
2nd place: 3Q Matrix
3rd place: Fetcht

CS Prizes:
Cash: TechoShark
TechStars Space: Api.gy

Most Innovative Award: Conifer Quantum Technology

Congrats to everyone and Good luck with your ventures!

2009.04.17 CU New Venture Challenge Semi-Finals

On Friday 2009.04.17 CU hosted the semi-finals for its first cross campus new venture challenge. Plans were submitted for all types of ventures from Social Entrepreneurship, to non-profits, to high-tech ventures and all disciplines from education, medicine, to information and communication technologies. From the 18 submitted plans, 8 were selected for the Semi-Finals. Below are some of the pictures that I took; I was only able to take pictures of 4 teams as the semi-finals were run in a twin track format with 2 different panels of judges.

Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Glenn Jones

On Wednesday 2009.04.15 Entrepreneurs Unplugged hosted Glenn Jones with Phil Weiser and Brad Bernthal "leading" the discussion. Glenn's delivered a wonderful set of stories about his entrepreneurial past with an emphasis on his beginnings.

Feld-Weiser One-on-One: Feld on The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

On Wednesday 2009.04.15, Brad Feld and Phil Weiser had a one-on-one discussion on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Colorado.

Entrepreneurial Mashup 2009

Last tuesday night (2009.04.14) CU hosted our first Entrepreneurial Mashup to recognize and honor both individuals and companies in the community that have helped make our entrepreneurial community so vibrant. We had an amazing turnout of approximately 270 people joining in the celebration!

Below are select pictures that I took of the event

CUNVC Workshop: Presenting and Selling your Business Plan

On April 2nd, Frank Moyes led the final CU NVC workshop of the 08-09AY in preparation for the competition on April 17th on what else? How to pitch your business plan to different audiences. :)