The Jake Jabs Center for EntrepreneurshipJake Jabs Center For Entrepreneurship, Center web page is an entrepreneurial concept development center and a graduate and undergraduate-level entrepreneurial training center at the University of Colorado Denver Business School.
History Denver philanthropist Richard Bard provided start-up funding for the Center, which was named Bard Center for Entrepreneurship in 1996.The Denver Business Journal, This Bard is all about making movies In 2013 the Center was renamed the Jake Jabs Center For Entrepreneurship after Jake Jabs, a Denver-based furniture baron, donated $10 million to the center, largely due to his friendship with the Center's director, Professor Madhavan Parthasarathy.The Denver Post, Furniture baron Jabs gives $10 million to CU Denver Business School As of March 2014, this was the largest single donation in the history of CU Denver's downtown campus, and the largest single donation ever made by an individual entrepreneur to a Business School department or Center. In 2018, Jabs donated a further $2 million, increasing the value of his gift to $12 million.
Programs The Center offers graduate and undergraduate AACSB accredited courses, with entrepreneurship being one of CU Denver's most popular MBA specializations. Furthermore, specializations in entrepreneurship are offered as part of the MS in Management, MS in Marketing, MS International Business, and MS in Information Systems programs. The Center offers several graduate and undergraduate programs, including 1) graduate MBA specialization in entrepreneurship, 2) graduate certificate in entrepreneurship, 3) graduate certificate in bio-entrepreneurship, 4) graduate international entrepreneurship certificate/badge, 5) undergraduate major in entrepreneurship for business students, 6) undergraduate minor in entrepreneurship, offered to non-business students, and finally 7) undergraduate certificate in entrepreneurship.
The Jake Jabs Center provides an accelerator program for start-up businesses. The Center also offers mentorship programs, the Best of Colorado speaker events, and its signature event THE CLIMB Business Plan Competition. THE CLIMB is open to any Colorado collegiate team and more than $25,000 worth of monetary and in-kind prizes are awarded each year.
CLIMB competitions
2018 CLIMB Competition results +Business NameResultVita Inclinata Technologies1st PlaceProject [un]Contained2nd Place & Social Impact AwardPark-ItPeople's Choice AwardTrailhead WoodworkDean's Innovation AwardGeriAssistFinalistBarrel MavenFinalist
Fall 2017 Competition results +Business NameResultDiagnosis AICollegiate 1st PlaceBoogaloo BedsCommunity 1st PlaceLocal Beer ConnectionCollegiate 2nd PlaceSpinhead MediaCommunity 2nd PlaceNutrition LeadersCollegiate People's Choice AwardSilver Spoons KitchenCommunity People's Choice AwardUtiliChairCollegiate FinalistPantreeCollegiate FinalistMilk StashCommunity Finalist
Spring 2017 Competition results +Business NameResultBotanexCollegiate 1st PlacePuppTechCollegiae 2nd PlaceHeart BeetsGraduate People's Choice AwardSUBLMNLUndergraduate People's Choice AwardSpinPulseGraduate FinalistSTACKED HomesGraduate FinalistSHRPAGraduate FinalistFiXDLYGraduate FinalistScience PlayhouseGraduate FinalistWAKupUndergraduate Finalist
2016 Competition results +Business NameResultBARVENTURECollegiate 1st PlaceLITHIC Nutrition (now known as Lithic Foods)Community 1st PlacePocket PasserCollegiate 2nd PlaceBarmadeCommunity 2nd PlaceVeloce CorporationCollegiate 3rd Place
2015 Competition results Business Name Result Living Ink Technologies 1st Place Pronto Express Carwash 2nd Place Crea+e Coffee 3rd Place Nile Travel Finalist PetraFluids Energy Finalist Gist Spirits Finalist
2014 Competition results Business Name ResultBard Center Business Plan Competition 2014 , Official Results. Superior Ecotech 1st Place SuperCryt Technologies 2nd Place GeoCity 3rd Place Red's Shed Finalist Knob Where You Need It Finalist YouGlycemia Finalist
2013 Competition results Business Name ResultBard Center Business Plan Competition 2013 , Official Results. Allergy Solutions 1st Place Nanoly 2nd Place & Best Bioscience Fenix Paddles 3rd Place BlBabylon Produce Finalist BH Apparel Finalist SnowGate Finalist
2012 Competition results Business Name ResultBard Center Business Plan Competition 2012 , Official Results. AppIt Ventures Co-1st Place MicroBeautifuli.com, LLC Co-1st Place Empire Bagels, LLC (now Rosenberg's Bagels and Delicatessen) 3rd Place Blue Sun Restaurant Finalist Clean Sling, LLC Finalist Two Sisters, Inc. Finalist DiningEvo Finalist
2011 Competition results Business Name ResultBard Center Business Plan Competition 2011 , Official Results. Viktorian Guitars 1st Place Microsopy Learning Systems 2nd Place RoomCycles 3rd Place Clubhouse Executive Coaches Finalist The Ski Lift Finalist Vanguard Medical Systems Finalist
2010 Competition results Business Name ResultBard Center Business Plan Competition 2010 , Official Results. caraSolva 1st Place Diego Zhang's Burger Cafe 3rd Place Shelter-Me Photography Finalist, Best Nonprofit Award and Best Non-profit ePRepSolutions, LL Finalist Physical Activity Innovation Finalist
2009 Competition results Business Name ResultBard Center Business Plan Competition 2009 , Official Results. Olomomo Nut Company 1st Place The Organic Dish 2nd Place VibraLung, Inc. 3rd Place and Best Bioscience Award Global CafeNation Finalist, Best Nonprofit Award and Best International Western States Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Finalist Also Energy Finalist
2008 Competition results Business Name ResultBard Center Business Plan Competition 2008, Official Results. Developing Minds Software 1st Place Gobai Culturally Inspired Cuisine 2nd Place Snoasis Medical Inc. 3rd Place Healthy Travels Finalist and Best International Award Robotics Assisted Gait Training Finalist and Best Nonprofit Award Tissue Genetics Finalist and Best Bioscience Award
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