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Staying Afloat in a Stormy Economy

Staying Afloat in a Stormy Economy

Has there ever been a more chaotic time to be in business? Subjectivity aside, Matthew Pohl says today’s companies need a specific mindset and skill set to push past roadblocks and thrive. He founded ReWild Group to help businesses find the roadmap to resilience. On this episode of the Voices of Experience podcast, Pohl recounts his personal transformation and explains how to prosper through chaos and competition.

Table of Contents • 1:03 Prospering through chaos and competition • 2:13 Roadblocks businesses face • 4:25 Can a business be recession-proof? • 7:25 The meaning of ReWilding • 8:57 Looking back to look forward? • 10:10 Pushing past plateaus • 14:12 Discovering the stages of growth • 17:06 The last business frontier • 18:04 Show notes and credits

Burns Student Spotlight: Gracy Weil

Burns Student Spotlight: Gracy Weil

Gracy Weil is a graduate student at the Burns School who is seizing every opportunity to learn, grow and build meaningful connections.

The Grind Doesn’t Stop for Budding DU Entrepreneurs

The Grind Doesn’t Stop for Budding DU Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship@DU BASE Camp accelerator helps student and alumni startups take off during summer break On a sweltering early August afternoon, the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business was (mostly) a ghost town as students and faculty enjoyed their...

Spring 2025 4impact Challenge: The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Spring 2025 4impact Challenge: The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

On June 4, Entrepreneurship@DU hosted its quarterly 4impact Challenge at the University of Denver’s Community Commons, an exciting evening that brought together students, alumni and judges to celebrate student-powered innovation. As a capstone experience for the...

Inventing Their Future

Inventing Their Future

Entrepreneurship@DU celebrates 35 minor graduates from the class of 2025 On Monday, May 19, Entrepreneurship@DU held a celebratory dinner for students who are graduating with a minor in Entrepreneurship. As two dozen students mingled with E@DU faculty members in the...

Daniels Service Spotlight: Ron Sidwell

What are your responsibilities and contributions as a member of the Values Committee? We have, as a committee, led faculty and staff case studies centered around students who might be encountering a difficult issue in the classroom. We've launched the Why Race Matters...

The Business Behind a Blockbuster

The Business Behind a Blockbuster

Randy Greenberg can remember his first movie experience like it was yesterday. He watched James Bond’s Goldfinger at a drive-in movie theater from the back of his family’s car, imagining that he too was floating down a canal in Venice. It opened his eyes to the power of film and set him on his own winding journey. But the executive producer is concerned that this in-person experience will disappear with the availability of at-home streaming. Greenberg is a Daniels alumnus and accomplished Hollywood executive, working on films like the Meg and Cowboys and Aliens, among many others. He now runs the Greenberg Group and teaches college courses on the business of film. On this episode, Greenberg shares how he picks the projects he works on, the impact of AI on the film industry and why it’s crucial you get off the couch and go to the movie theater.

Table of contents
• Falling in love with film
• Producer vs. Executive Producer vs. Director
• Why business school led to a film career
• Why the first 10 pages of a script are everything
• Managing creative egos on set
• AI as both a threat and opportunity in Hollywood production
• The business importance of going to the theater
• Try it, fail fast, and pivot

Daniels Service Spotlight: Kathleen “KED” Davisson

What are your responsibilities and contributions as a member of the Academic Standards committee? I was appointed as the faculty representative to the University Academic Standards Committee three years ago. As a member of the committee, we review students that have...