CU Boulder Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative

LAST CALL: Registration for NVC Women Founders Competition Closes on Sunday! The Women Founders Competition of the New Venture Challenge (NVC) is a multi-round entrepreneurial competition and signature program of?CU Boulder’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, led in collaboration with the?Deming Center for Entrepreneurship. Teams with at least one?core team member who is a woman can participate in this specialty competition and?win?a share of?$15,000!?Register Today! Stan Hickory Leah Jean Shafer Deming Center for Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship often starts with an idea- but sometimes, it starts with a friendship. That’s exactly what happened with Wade Turner and Kyle Wandishin, two CU Boulder students from completely different backgrounds who teamed up to tackle one of the most frustrating infrastructure problems: potholes.

A team of engineers and material scientists in the?Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering?at CU Boulder has developed a new technology?to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way that literally teases the basic law of thermal physics. The breakthrough was discovered by the?Cui Research Group, led by Assistant Professor?Longji Cui. Their work, in collaboration with researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Wisconsin, was recently?published in the journal?Energy & Environmental Sciences. Read the full story ??? and get more of the latest headlines about CU innovators and discoveries at https://lnkd.in/gYhGfBHi ?? Mohammad Habibi, University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science, Longji Cui, University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The NVC Women Founders Competition Finals are just weeks away – RSVP today at https://lnkd.in/g93ECsvS Stan Hickory Leah Jean Shafer Deming Center for Entrepreneurship Top student and faculty startups founded by women will pitch their business ideas to a panel of esteemed judges and you, a live audience. Come support the next big CU Boulder innovations as we give away $15,000 in funding! The Women Founders Competition of the New Venture Challenge (NVC) is a multi-round entrepreneurial competition and signature program of?CU Boulder’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, led in collaboration with the?Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.? ? ?? —Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for refreshments and networking.

Last call to pitch your innovative idea at an NVC Competition and have a chance to win a share of $320,000! Registration closes on Saturday, Feb. 8, so Learn More and REGISTER NOW https://lnkd.in/grFNr4DW With three competitions to choose from, the New Venture Challenge (NVC) offers options to undergraduates, graduates, PhD candidates, postdocs, faculty and staff. Participants represent majors and departments from across the university, and everyone is invited to pitch their idea! Participants have three competition options: New Venture Challenge, Social Impact New Venture Challenge and the Women Founders Competition. The New Venture Challenge is a signature program?of the?CU Boulder Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative. Stan Hickory Leah Jean Shafer ?? —This competition is for venture teams founded by current CU Boulder students, faculty, staff or recent graduates.

Feb. 8 is an important date for New Venture Challenge competitions! Venture registration closes for?BOTH the?New Venture Challenge (NVC)?and the?Social Impact New Venture Challenge (SINVC) at 3 p.m. MT. Registration Begins:?Venture registration (Feb. 8-22) begins for the?Women Founders Competition. Deadlines are firm: be sure to?register your NVC and SINVC ventures by 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8,?so your team can compete – there are hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake! Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/dAirKjnc. Stan Hickory Leah Jean Shafer ?? —This competition is for venture teams founded by current CU Boulder students, faculty, staff or recent graduates.

Registration closes on Feb. 8 for the?Social Impact New Venture Challenge (SINVC)?competition! SINVC is an offshoot of CU Boulder’s?New Venture Challenge, specifically for ventures that want to create a positive social impact. The New Venture Challenge (NVC) – a signature program of the University of Colorado Boulder's?Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative?— is a launchpad for aspiring problem-solvers and creatives. Compete in SINVC for funding to kickstart your venture; the culmination of SINVC is the final pitch competition, where teams pitch for funding—with $5,000 at stake and the top two teams gaining automatic acceptance into the July SEA Change Social Enterprise Accelerator Cohort! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g9WFnWKz Stan Hickory Leah Jean Shafer ?? —This competition is for venture teams founded by current CU Boulder students, faculty, staff or recent graduates.

Registration for the 2025 New Venture Challenge closes on Feb. 8! The New Venture Challenge (NVC) – a signature program of the University of Colorado Boulder's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative — is a launchpad for aspiring problem-solvers and creatives. Participants have the opportunity to build impactful ventures through entrepreneurial events and programming, community support, mentorship and the chance to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding! This year’s participants have three competition options: the New Venture Challenge, the Social Impact New Venture Challenge and the Women Founders Competition. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/dAirKjnc ?? —This competition is for venture teams founded by current CU Boulder students, faculty, staff or recent graduates.

Registration for the 2025 New Venture Challenge closes on Feb. 8! The New Venture Challenge (NVC) – a signature program of the University of Colorado Boulder's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative — is a launchpad for aspiring problem-solvers and creatives. Participants have the opportunity to build impactful ventures through entrepreneurial events and programming, community support, mentorship and the chance to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding! This year’s participants have three competition options: the New Venture Challenge, the Social Impact New Venture Challenge and the Women Founders Competition. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/dAirKjnc ?? —This competition is for venture teams founded by current CU Boulder students, faculty, staff or recent graduates.

Join the New Venture Challenge for the chance to develop and fund your innovative idea! Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/dAirKjnc #CUBoulder Stan HickoryLeah Jean Shafer