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Alumna Empowers Female Entrepreneurs in Russian Hometown

Alumna Empowers Female Entrepreneurs in Russian Hometown

Approximately 5,885 miles west of Denver, nestled just below the Oglahty mountains in south Siberia, sits little Minusinsk, a Russian town that’s probably not on most people’s minds, but is certainly on the mind of Katerina Arzhayev. Arzhayev (BA 2016, MS 2018) was...

The Unintentional Entrepreneur

The Unintentional Entrepreneur

What Ronnie Pollard gained from doing the unexpected Although death and taxes may be the two best-known certainties in life, Ronnie Pollard (BS 2007)—and all of the unintentional entrepreneurs out there, for that matter—would probably like to add one more to that list...

Engineering Innovation: Robots Providing Social Support

Engineering Innovation: Robots Providing Social Support

Q&A with Mohammad H. Mahoor and Josh Lane of Dream Face Technologies, LLC Mohammad H. Mahoor received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Miami in 2007, where he worked as a post-doctoral fellow and received the Marino Autism...

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Andy Levine

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Andy Levine

All Andy Levine (BA 1992) wanted to do was ride his bike. So the day after he graduated from DU, he got on a plane to France to do just that, not thinking about what he’d do next or dreaming up future business plans. He was just another American kid looking to bike...

Spotlight on Entrepreneur Kevin Wilhelm

Spotlight on Entrepreneur Kevin Wilhelm

Kevin Wilhelm (MBA 2001) had zero desire to become an entrepreneur, and growing up, he wasn’t an environmentalist. So, it’s kind of strange that Wilhelm is now one of the nation’s leading sustainability experts, writing best-selling books, teaching classes at Harvard...

From Scones to Spirits

From Scones to Spirits

After crushing the bakery biz, Fritz Knoebel alumnus set his sights on the booze world Braving new frontiers is cool and all, but braving new frontiers in the food and beverage world—specifically the killer combination of baked goods and spirits—is next-level. That’s...

Change for the Better

Change for the Better

PocketChange is looking to become a game changer for brands in the world of purpose-driven entrepreneurship It only took a few seconds back in 2017 for Christian Dooley to get hooked when he heard a classmate at the University of Denver share an idea for a company....

Innovations Inside Prisons

Innovations Inside Prisons

Q&A with the co-founder of the DU Prison Arts Initiative Ashley Hamilton is an assistant professor of theatre at the University of Denver. She’s also the executive director and co-founder of the DU Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI). Since earning her PhD in Applied...

Q&A: Meet DU’s New Director of Entrepreneurship Programs

Q&A: Meet DU’s New Director of Entrepreneurship Programs

Joshua Ross has taught at DU as an adjunct since 2009 In 1999, Joshua Ross was a bit like the brand-new Daniels College of Business building: The structure was there, but workers were still touching up the paint and securing some ceiling tiles as he sat in classes for...