Newsbytes: August 2011
Center Scenes | The Deming Center Thanks Steve Lawrence for Four Years of Service as Academic Director, Welcomes Sharon Matusik
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Events and Gatherings
Fall Networking Night | September 15 5:30-7:30 PM
Join students, alumni, advisory board members and business leaders for our annual evening welcome reception held on the CU campus. Make new acquaintances, reconnect with colleagues over food and drink and hear a keynote from alumnus and entrepreneur Erick Mueller of Funovation (recently featured in a Channel 2 news segment.) Space is limited--register to attend today.  Meeting of the Minds 2011 | September 21-23 A two-day event that challenges old paradigms with untold urban sustainability innovations and fresh ideas from around the world. More than 200 leaders from a dozen countries will convene in Boulder to explore a rich variety of smart design, planning, policy and technology innovations that enable cities/regions to respond to increasingly complex challenges and explore innovative approaches that help to accelerate the transition toward post-carbon metropolitan regions. Learn more or register to attend. Productive Collisions Lunch Series | October 21 noon-1:30 Please join us for the next installment of Productive Collisions on Friday, October 21: "The Crowd, the Cloud, and the Future of Work." Read the full topic description and register to attend. |
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Campus News
New Year, New Reports | Deming Reports Published
The Deming Cente r released its 2011-12 Annual Report and Academic Report this month. The Annual Report is a great way to learn about the Center's relationship with Leeds students, faculty and board leadership, while the Academic Report highlights scholarly research and faculty achievements. You can find both publications online and in print.
Fall Windfall | The new Cross Campus Entrepreneurship Certificate is a program for undergraduate students from any discipline developed by Leeds professor Frank Moyes. It provides students with the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship in the classroom and to study, meet and work with entrepreneurs who have experienced the challenges in starting a new venture. The certificate program is open to all non-business upper division students (at least 60 credit hours), but interested students should plan ahead for next semester--the fall roster is full with an impressive wait list.
Calling all Biopreneurs | Biotechnology Entrepreneurship
Beginning this fall, those who are hankering for a course on the business of life sciences can enroll in BADM 6820. Led by Deming advisory board member J. William Freytag, Ph.D., Biotechnology Entrepreneurship will provide a fundamental understanding of how to start, grow and exit a biotechnology company. Learn more about Dr. Freytag.
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| Real Deals
CU Cleantech and the Power of Three | The new CU Cleantech Program, a collaboration between the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship and the CU Technology Transfer Office, launched this summer to provide a platform for: 1) Student engagement and opportunities within the clean technologies and renewable energy sector; 2) Commercialization and economic development; and 3) Industry engagement with the Leeds School and CU-Boulder. The program is actively supporting student internships, market analysis, and proof of concept grants for promising cleantech technologies at CU-Boulder. Learn more
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Recognitions and Awards
Community and Board Members on the Move | IQ Awards Congratulations to all those who were nominated as Boulder's most innovative companies at this year's Boulder Country Business Report's IQ Awards. Among the notable nominees: Green Garage | CFO Chris Wand is a Deming Center advisory board member. BlogFrog Inc. | Co-founder Holly Hamann is a Deming Center advisory board member. Boulder Innovation Center--co-winner in the Innovation Accelerator category | The Innovations Center's executive director, Tim Bour, is a Deming Center advisory board member. Napkin Labs Inc. | COO Warren Ng is a Leeds alumnus (B.S. in Marketing '05)
Read more about the awards, nominees and winners at the Boulder County Business Report.
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Faculty on the Move
The work of Leeds professor Pete McGraw was featured this summer in the WIRED article "One Professor's Attempt to Explain Every Joke Ever." McGraw's research has landed him at such popular venues as Ignite Boulder and TEDx. Learn more about McGraw and his research.
 Students on the Move
Jen-ai Stokesbary (MBA '12), under the guidance of the Deming Center and the Business Research Division at the Leeds School of Business, is conducting research for Naturally Boulder that will describe the economic impact of the natural and organic product industry on Colorado. You can learn more, and participate in the study by providing survey information, at the Leeds web site.
Alumni on the Move
Dane Voboril (MBA '11) accepted a full-time position in the sales and marketing department of the energy entity Abound Solar. Voboril interned at Abound last summer, and knew it would make a great fit for him and his career.
Markus Fitza (PhD '10) was a finalist for the Best Dissertation award sponsored by the Business Policy and Strategy division at the Academy of Management for his dissertation "IPO Underpricing From the Perspective of the Issuing Firm: Money Left on the Table of Strategic Gain? "
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