Cross Campus Entrepreneurship
The Deming Center collaborates with multiple programs across campus that are at the edge of innovation.
E-ship
--The E-ship program serves a diverse student population, offering
certificate programs to undergraduates, graduate students, and working
professionals. The Deming Center plays an integral role in the E-ship
program by providing access to its capstone business plan development
course, the Leeds School of Business annual business plan competitions,
and the Deming Network of entrepreneurial leaders and members of the
financial community.
Entrepreneurs with engineering and
scientific know-how are hot commodities in the job market of the 21st
century. The Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate Program serves
undergraduate and graduate engineering students who not only want to
design and build technologies for the future, but who also seek to
develop entrepreneurship skills that will help them succeed in bringing
new products to market. By learning key principles and applying them in
a real-world project, students can effectively fuse innovation with
invention.
Silicon Flatirons
--The Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and
Entrepreneurship brings to campus individuals from legal, technical,
regulatory and business backgrounds to discuss issues facing the
telecommunications and information technology communities. It creates
an environment for analyzing the continually changing dynamics in the
telecommunications and information technology industries and the
resulting entrepreneurship in these fields; prepares students for
leadership in these important areas; and supports initiatives to
encourage entrepreneurship at the University and surrounding community.
CIMB
--Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology is an initiative at CU
to foster new research, teaching, and technology development at the
interface of life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and
computational sciences, and engineering. The area referred to as
"molecular biotechnology" includes new methods in genomics, proteomics,
molecular and cellular imaging, biophysics, mathematical analysis,
materials engineering and chemical synthesis, which are leading the way
towards fundamental changes in experimental design.
RASEI
--The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute works to create the
innovative solutions that will provide abundant, clean energy sources
to power the 21st century and beyond. In addition to world class
research and development, RASEI places a heavy emphasis on technology
commercialization. Working in conjunction with the Leeds school of
Business and the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, RASEI has
developed a number of platforms for increasing interaction, improving
commercialization process, and becoming leaders in the entrepreneurial
activities. To connect your business to the RASEI, contact
Trent Yang.
Technology Transfer Office
--Technology transfer is a key part of the research process for
scientific and technical disciplines. For scientific and technical
research to be of use to society, the research process doesn’t stop
with completion of a study, publication of a paper, or graduation of
students. The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) provides valuable "next
steps" leadership: i.e., identifying, protecting, packaging, and
licensing to business the intellectual property (IP) and know-how
resulting from the research process.
New Venture Challenge
--CU’s New Venture Challenge aims to galvanize entrepreneurship at the
University and surrounding community. The Challenge offers a series of
workshops, “office hours” with faculty and business leaders, and a
spring business plan competition open to all students, faculty and
staff. Through the Challenge and its underlying events, the CU NVC
encourages students, faculty and staff to become a part of the
entrepreneurial ecosystem at the University and surrounding community.
Campus OrganizationsThe Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute --The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) works to create the innovative solutions that will provide abundant, clean energy sources to power the 21st century and beyond. In addition to world class research and development, RASEI places a heavy emphasis on technology commercialization. Working in conjunction with the Leeds school of Business and the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, RASEI has developed a number of platforms for increasing interaction, improving commercialization process, and becoming leaders in the entrepreneurial activities.
Engineers Without Borders --Engineers Without Borders at CU began in 2000 by Professor Bernard Amadei with the goal of creating positive change for developing communities through the combined efforts of students, faculty, professional engineers and community members. Opportunities to collaborate on projects with MBA students abound.
CU Environmental Center --The CU Environmental Center educates, activates, and inspires the campus community to understand and engage in local and global environmental issues. Established in 1970, the Environmental Center is considered one of the country’s leading examples of campus-wide environmental stewardship. Volunteers and student employees of the Environmental Center take on projects, where they learn to analyze environmental problems, propose solutions, and work on implementing these solutions.
CEES --An interdisciplinary research and policy center at the University of Colorado Law School, CEES works to develop practical strategies and solutions for moving international society toward a global sustainable energy future. At CEES we address issues of energy security and climate change by anticipating emerging concerns, establishing new lines of inquiry, developing and deploying strategic programs and projects, and charting the territory for responses by government, business, and society