Women Entrepreneurs Articles

Building Sustainable Boundaries

Building Sustainable Boundaries

Alison Agley (MBA 1998) co-founded Ali & Shea Property & Design in December 2020. Agley has more than 20 years of architecture experience, which she has combined with her business partner, Carrera Shea’s, interior design skills to launch a multi-faceted home...

Hustle For Every Opportunity

Hustle For Every Opportunity

Carrie Gamper (BSBA 2011) was a Division I athlete on the University of Denver’s lacrosse team. Post-graduation, Gamper worked various jobs in the sports industry, as well as completing a master’s degree at Durham University in the UK. In May 2021, Gamper co-founded...

Alumna Fashions a New Style of Arts Education

Harry Potter has his “Room of Requirement,” a space at Hogwarts that transforms into whatever he needs it to be. Skye Barker Maa has Factory Five Five. At 10255 E. 25th Ave. in Aurora, the computer lab is also the tap dance studio. The dressing room holds props. The...

Shark Tank Investor Says “I Do” to DU Alumna’s Wedding Business

After years of hard work, DU alumna Caroline Creidenberg (BS 2017) has found the perfect match to elevate her virtual wedding business via partner Robert Herjavec from Shark Tank. Dressed in all white with a veil, Creidenberg confidently pitched her growing company,...

“Illegal” Innovations

“Illegal” Innovations

Clare Whetzel transferred to DU at the start of the 2020­­–2021 school year. She studies finance and is expected to graduate in 2023. Despite her first year at DU being fully virtual, she quickly got involved with Entrepreneurship@DU, using grant money from the Spring...

Immersed in the Business of Wellness

Immersed in the Business of Wellness

Growing up, Colleen Reilly (MBA & MS 2000) wanted to be a doctor, like her neurosurgeon father. She pursued that dream through college as a pre-med major. When her dad died in her 20s, she realized it wasn’t actually her dream at all. “He was the only neurosurgeon...