Student Stories

  • matei fawzy
    Matei Fawzy (Bus'23) is a co-founder of ASANTe, an innovative social media platform that empowers and recognizes users who engage in service and socially conscious enterprise by sending TCards (thank you cards) to one another. Launched during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Matei and his team have made immense progress in just under a year by taking advantage of Boulder's innovative and entrepreneurial resources. Learn more about his journey:
  • mental health
    Founded in August 2020, CareBridge is a digital mental health platform geared toward alleviating the stress that comes with mental illnesses and connecting individuals with care that is catered to their needs. Undergraduate students (
  • lucas and luiz
    Lucas Gama (CompSci '22, pictured left) & Luiz Pompeo (Bus'22, pictured right) came separately to the U.S. from Brazil to study at Boulder, but they banded together on campus to form Zucchini, a B2B food platform.
  • kailey shara
    Kailey is the CEO of Chembotix, a company that is developing a robotic automation platform to dramatically speed up chemistry research & development (R&D). As a second-time NVC participant, she's immersed herself in Boulder's innovation ecosystem to help get her startup off the ground.
  • drum demonstrations
    Long before the pandemic sent people scrambling into isolation, musicians have longed to jam virtually with others across the globe. Now researchers from Boulder’s ATLAS Institute’s ACME Lab and Ericsson Research are developing ways for musicians to play together remotely through the AR Drum Circle project.
  • money
    We sat down with Henry Kvietok, leader of the GSF committee, to discuss how GSF wrapped up the 2020 fall semester. Henry and his team organize weekly pitch nights and offer feedback and networking opportunities to student entrepreneurs, in addition to funding. 
  • Business + Engineering Technology Scholars Program
    The Business + Engineering Technology Scholars program at the Leeds School of Business, also known as ‘BE Tech Scholars’ is a program for women from the business and engineering schools that equips them with the technical skills, action-based learning, professional development and extensive network needed to become influential leaders in technology.
  • maggie grout
    Meet Maggie Grout, a senior 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.
  • lochlainn renfrow
    Meet Lochlainn Renfrow, a soon-to-be graduate at Boulder, entrepreneur, and co-founder of the medical scheduling app, Hublete. He studies Information Management and Analytics, Operations, & Marketing with a Minor in Technology, Arts, & Media.
  • hannah richardson
    “In quarantine I had nothing to do, and I was sitting at home, and I felt like I needed a project to keep me going,” Hannah Richardson said. “I started looking back at some other songs I had written … and just started writing based off of how I was feeling.”
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