Deming Center News & Stories

Mackenzie Culver and Rhiannon Martin posing with their backs together at a table. Picture yourself in the heart of Boulder's vibrant entrepreneurial scene, where link-minded students show you how to gain practical, real-world skills with resources and hands-on experiences. In January 2022, the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship set out to...

Meaningful impact and an expanded perspective, that’s what Entrepreneurship and Empowerment in South Africa (EESA) did for me. My name is Lauren Vogt , and I am a sophomore at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) studying molecular, cellular and developmental biology at the College of Arts and Sciences...

Nine years ago, the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business launched the first-ever Rural Colorado Workshop Series (RCWS) in Chaffee County, Colorado. In the town of Buena Vista by the Arkansas River Valley, entrepreneurs gathered to learn how to grow their ventures. In this historically agriculture-based...

Entrepreneurship can mean many different things to many different people. I come from an extremely creative family of artists and creators as well as a father who’s been a business leader in software as a service (SaaS) for over 30 years. As a result, I have been drawn to entrepreneurship...

The Demystifying Entrepreneurship Rural Colorado Workshop Series (RCWS) in partnership with Northwest Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is coming to Craig, Colorado, on October 20th and 21st for their fourth year of the Rural Colorado Workshop Series: StartUp to ScaleUp Yampa Valley ! This two-day event allows entrepreneurs with...

Moved by their clients’ tenacity, student consultants worked night and day to fortify entrepreneurs with what they needed to succeed. Students who’ve ventured on the Entrepreneurship and Empowerment in South Africa (EESA) program collectively agree: It ranks up there as one of the most life-changing experiences they’ve ever had. Described...

Evan Baltman's fluency in German is unique. Unlike most people who acquire language skills through traditional means, Evan's journey into the world of German was anything but conventional. You see, Evan's family did not speak German, he never resided in Germany, and there was no practical reason for him to...

Over the past four years, the Telluride Venture Network (TVN) and the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder 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...

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...

As an incoming freshman, the University of Colorado Boulder’s (CU Boulder’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...