The year four RCWS team in Telluride

Shore Up Your Business: Rural Colorado Workshop Series Finale in Telluride!

Sept. 28, 2023

Over the past four years, the Telluride Venture Network (TVN) and the Leeds School of Business at the 񱦵 have hosted the Rural Colorado Workshop Series (RCWS), a workshop series dedicated to providing college-level business education from award-winning professors to entrepreneurs in rural Colorado. This year, TVN...

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Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur and Win Big! Apply for New Venture Launch

Sept. 21, 2023

Everyone’s entrepreneurial journey starts somewhere. Whether you saw a problem and innovated a solution you transformed into a business or you improved upon an already existing idea or business, everyone can be entrepreneurial! Here at the Leeds School of Business , we know that the best businesses come through hands-on...

Luke Bille with the ClimateScaping team holding their award check

Luke Bille: A Testimony On The Impact Of The Deming Center’s Resources

Sept. 14, 2023

As an incoming freshman, the 񱦵’s (񱦵’s) campus can be quite intimidating. There are thousands of students rushing to and from buildings, people whizzing by on their bikes, and campus sometimes feels like it goes on for miles. People’s nerves are high with excitement for what...

Liz Compos in front of one of her murals

Liz Compos: Empowering Boulder’s Art Community Through Business

Sept. 7, 2023

“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who is inspired by others”. –Salvador Dalí Art serves as a unifying force, fostering community, connection, and conversation between people. Meet Liz Compos, a dedicated artist devoting her life to supporting the growth and monetization of other artists. Led...

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Empowering the American Dream: Fangarde’s Battle Against Soaring Ticket Resale Prices

Aug. 31, 2023

Taylor Swift is breaking records with her high ticket prices this year. Despite having 52+ tour locations at some of the biggest stadiums in the world, prices for a single ticket will cost concert-goers an average of $500 resale compared to the original $245 price. This price surge is not...

16 participants from Demystifying Entrepreneurship – StartUp to ScaleUp on August 11 and 12 standing together for a group photo

The Third Rendition of the Demystifying Entrepreneurship Workshop Comes to Ignacio, CO

Aug. 24, 2023

[Ignacio, Colorado, August 17, 2023] The Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the 񱦵 hosted the third year of the multi-year entrepreneurial workshop series, “Demystifying Entrepreneurship – StartUp to ScaleUp” on August 11th - 12th, 2023. Taught by award winning faculty members...

Aditi Joshi presenting Speaking Grey

Speaking Grey: Empowering Mental Wellness Through Conversation and Community

Aug. 10, 2023

Mental health is health. How are you really? This phrase is core to the Speaking Grey mission, started by changemaker Aditi Joshi . While 1 in 5 live with mental illness, 5 in 5 have mental health. Nearly two-thirds of people who struggle with mental illness never seek professional support...

Participants and faculty from last year's Demystifying Entrepreneurship Workshop

Rural communities get demystified when starting their businesses

Aug. 2, 2023

University of Colorado teams up with the Southern Ute Tribe to help business ideas come to life Southwest Colorado Demystifying Entrepreneurship workshop. Erick Mueller/Courtesy photo One day in 2017, Yuma resident Tanya Flemister was distracted at a workout class by a woman in front of her who had, she estimated,...

Kayla Toledo, member of the Jemez Pueblo

Empowering Native American Communities: Kayla Toledo’s Journey with RCWS Ignacio

July 6, 2023

Kayla Toledo , a member of the Jemez Indian Tribe located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been caring for children her whole life. Since the age of 12, Kayla has played a huge role in raising her family's children and caring for the “little ones” during the summer, some as...

Rural Colorado Workshop Series Grand Finale participants standing together smiling

Logan County Celebrates their Fifth and Final Year of the Rural Colorado Entrepreneurial Workshop

June 15, 2023

[Sterling, Colorado, June 12, 2023] The Logan County Economic Development Corporation and the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the 񱦵 hosted their fifth and final year of the multi-year entrepreneurial workshop series, “Demystifying Entrepreneurship - Shore Up Your Small Business” on June 2-3, 2023. Taught by award...

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