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Meet Marlo Vernon , CU Leeds School of Business alumna and CEO of CarePenguin , a company bringing non-invasive activity-monitoring technology to market. Marlo studied Marketing and got her Entrepreneurship Certificate through the Deming Center at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø! CarePenguin Growing up in an entrepreneurial environment, Marlo’s family was always building...

Meet Tim Visos-Ely, a 2019 CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø alum and co-founder of StrideTech , a company that produces an embedded walker attachment that provides real-time haptic feedback when incorrect walker use is detected. Tim developed StrideTech by taking advantage of the many entrepreneurial resources at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø! Tim utilized Design for...

Meet Alex Mulvaney, CEO and co-founder of ShineOn , a company providing a unique spin on the typical bike light. Alex graduated from CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø in 2019 with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. Alex and his co-founders, Katherine Vega and Taylor Brooks-Murphy, have a combined history of 10 years of...

Meet Brad Werner, Faculty Director and Instructor of Entrepreneurship at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Leeds School of Business. He is also co-host of the Creative Distillation Podcast (season 2 out now!) Each episode focuses on a recent entrepreneurial study and highlights how the academic research is valuable to not only students, but...

Meet Joni Klippert, Founder and CEO of StackHawk, Inc. , a software company that makes it easy for developers to find and fix application security bugs. Joni is a Colorado native and a CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø alumna. After graduating from CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø in December 2004, she worked for a company called...

A strong sense of self is a positive indicator in the future growth, success and sustainability of entrepreneurial ventures, new research shows. A recent study by Leeds Associate Professor of strategy and entrepreneurship, Jeff York and co-authors Isobel O'Neila, associate professor in entrepreneurship and innovation from the Nottingham University Business...

Get Seed Funding (GSF) is a micro-funding opportunity for CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø undergraduate and graduate students. While providing up to $500 in funding for entrepreneurial ideas in the making, GSF accepts applications on a rolling basis each semester. We sat down with Henry Kvietok, leader of the GSF committee, to discuss...

Meet Maggie Grout, a Senior at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø studying Business Management and Entrepreneurship. Maggie is the founder of the nonprofit, Thinking Huts , which she started at age 15 after being fascinated with the idea of leveraging technology to create architectural solutions that increase educational opportunities around the world. Thinking...

Meet Lochlainn Renfrow , a soon-to-be graduate at CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø, entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of the medical scheduling app, Hublete. Lochlainn grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has spent the last 5 years in Â鶹¹ÙÍø, Colorado. He studies Information Management and Analytics, Operations, & Marketing with a Minor in Technology, Arts,...

We are thrilled to be joined by Mark Hubbard of Blizzard Brewing Company , Australia’s highest and first brewery above the snowline and based in a ski resort, for our final Startups & Sandwiches event of the semester (4pm MT on December 3rd)! Mark is a CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø alumn and...