Student Stories
The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship caught up with Zach Klaus, mechanical engineering sophomore, to learn about his passion for blacksmithing and how he's turning it into a functional business.
Graduate student Patrick Pischulti worked on the new design, which will help NASA send astronauts to the moon by 2024.
After her family struggled with coordinating the right care for her aging grandmother, Rachel Sharpe was inspired to build Trio Care Services, a software platform that enables in-home caregivers to manage care plans and communication between care teams and the adult children of seniors
Ted reflects on his startup journey for Myra Makes – a company that creates fun, educational activity books for creative kids.
Eager to make a difference in people’s lives through civil engineering and passionate for photography, undergraduate Joelle Westcott combined her two interests with enthusiasm in southern Africa this summer.
Marlee Durand and Julie Kinsella are two best friends and co-founders on a mission to encourage sustainable fashion at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder.
Twelve weeks ago, six student teams joined the Catalyze ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä startup accelerator with innovative concepts and a hunch that their ideas might be marketable. This week, they were proven correct, as all emerged from the program with viable prototypes, waiting customers and vastly improved knowledge of how to successfully launch a startup from scratch.
Drivewayz placed second out of 35 teams in the IT Track finals, winning $2,500 at the New Venture Challenge at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä in March 2019.
A group of three engineering students and one business student at the University of Colorado Boulder are using their specialized skills to improve bike safety. Alex Mulvaney, who graduated from ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä in the spring, tells CBS4 he came up with the idea two years ago.
A year and a half after starting the company, ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder startup ShineOn has grown to five employees and is preparing to launch its first product for cycling enthusiasts.