Steve Lawrence and Paul Komor grant certificates to 2010 RETool participants. The 2011 certificate series begins January 28. Learn more or register.
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Newsbytes: January, 2011
Center Scenes Paul Jerde, Executive Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, will speak to audiences in Portugal on "Entrepreneurship in Times of Crisis" at the ISLA Lisbola's Alpha Forum in Lisbon. He'll present the Deming Center's entrepreneurship initiatives at Universidad Catolica Portuguesa in Porto. Read more about his travels upon his return at our blog, the Entrepreneur's Pitch.
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Recognitions and Awards
Board Members on the Move Jim Linfield, partner-in-charge of law firm Cooley LLP's Broomfield office, was selected as the chairman of the Colorado Governor's Venture Capital Investment Advisory Committee. Congratulations, Jim. Full Story, Daily Camera |
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Room for Cream? Michaela (Perea) DeGraw (MBA '06) opened a new business in Louisville along with a business partner: Bean and Berry, a coffee and wine bar. Armed with her notebooks from Frank Moyes' business planning class, DeGraw penned a a business plan that helped them with funding, a lease, and a liquor license (among other things.) "Thanks Frank," she touts.
DeGraw touts Bean and Berry's conference/meeting/event space as an ideal change of pace for students and alumni looking for a place for meetings and/or work group sessions. Reservations are free, as is the WIFI.
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Events
January 28: RETool, Opportunities in the New Energy Economy--the executive education 2011 series in renewable energy. Register at a discount until January 14. Learn more or register.
February 28: Save the date for Productive Collisions--the Deming Center's flagship discussion series reconvenes to focus the spotlight on the outdoor industry. To learn more about the Productive Collisions series, email jody.reale@colorado.edu
March 9: Save the date for this year's Entrepreneurship Week Celebration Luncheon. Details forthcoming in the next issue of Newsbytes.
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Students on the Move
 Team Spirit Three teams from the Entrepreneurial Environments course won prize money from Downtown Boulder in a feasibility analysis competition. Watch a video about the contest and the winners at YouTube.
Calling all Energy Talent Scouts and Employers When you register with CU Energy, a campus-wide student club of more than 700 members, you're granted access to the CUE Resume Book. Learn more and register to view resumes at
CUenergy.org
Help a Student Out
Jenny Spencer is an undergraduate student in need of survey-takers willing to help advance research related to corporate social responsibility, cross-sector partnerships, and international development. Her five minute online survey asks about corporate social responsibility practices; partnerships, especially with non-profits; experiences with successes and failures in partnerships, and more.
Take the survey within the next 10 days. Email Ms. Spencer with questions.
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