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Navigating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Insights from Professor John Sebesta
Tucked on the sixth floor of the Daniels College of Business sits Professor John Sebesta. Sebesta’s beat is social entrepreneurship—a field that aims to improve the business world through innovation, empathy and putting people over profit. Sebesta has researched,...
Entrepreneurs Kickstart Their Creativity at BASE Camp 2024
Every year, the University of Denver invites all DU students and alumni to apply to the intensive entrepreneurship incubator program known as BASE Camp. This year’s cohort included teams of teachers, engineers, poets, athletes and students from across the DU...
The Garage: Hub for Innovation, Collaboration and Entrepreneurial Growth
At an academically rigorous university, on a campus teeming with traditional study spaces, there’s often a gap between the classroom and the real world—a place where ideas can move beyond ideation, into practice. The University of Denver recognized this need and...
Alumna Supports Athletes at the Paralympics
In 2008 and 2012, Emily Lloyd swam in the U.S. Olympic trials. Though she didn’t make the team all those years ago, she’s found her way to the Olympics in a new way. She’ll be at the Paris Paralympics with a press pass in hand, representing the U.S. Olympic and...
An MBA Helps ‘Wound Wizard’ Build a Health Care Empire
Wound care specialist Dr. Traci Kimball views each patient at her WISH Clinic as Dorothy Gale, starting their journey down the yellow brick road. The wound is the wicked witch, challenging patients and disrupting their lives. A patient’s friends and family are their...
E Week Highlights Entrepreneurship in Denver
“I can’t believe you made this,” one person said to a student vendor. “This is so adorable!” With the warm Colorado sun against the backdrop of a bluebird day, the University of Denver’s Entrepreneurship Week started off with a bang. Each year, Entrepreneurship@DU...
The Madden Challenge: Spring 2024 Recap
On June 6, Entrepreneurship@DU capped off the 2023-24 academic year with another enthralling Madden Challenge. This quarterly pitch competition has been running since 2012, providing students of Daniels’ Fourth Industrial Revolution course (BUS 1440) the opportunity...
Introducing the 2024 BASE Campers
In 2022, Entrepreneurship@DU launched its summer BASE Camp accelerator, which was open exclusively to current DU students. However, E@DU has now invited both students and alumni to apply for this six-week intensive program that has kickstarted several burgeoning...
Alumni Apparel Company Takes Swing at ‘Golf Gap’
Sammy (Berger) Diniz (BSBA 2015, MBA 2016) and Tara Collins (BSBA 2016) are just another COVID-19 success story. In 2020, the two Daniels College of Business grads—best friends who had met as roommates during a DU study abroad stint in Bilbao, Spain—started golfing...