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Are you LinkedIn?

February 29th, 2008

The Bard Center recently hosted Mike O’Neil from Integrated Alliances to teach a seminar for Bard Center students and alumni. Mike does training for people who want to better maximize their networking potential on LinkedIn. Of course LinkedIn completely overhauled their website layout 2 days after the training.
One great thing that I discovered was that LinkedIn […]

Upcoming Events

February 20th, 2008

There are so many events in the Denver area for Entrepreneurs. I ran into Jerome Rifkin of Tensegrity Prosthetics, a past Bard Center Business Plan Winner, at Larry Gold’s Presentation on “Bridging the Gap between Academia and Entrepreneurship” hosted by the DaVinci Institute.
We are hosting or helping to sponsor a number of upcoming events.
February 26, 2008 6:30-8:30PM at the Bard Center […]

Bard Center Business Plan Competition Important Dates

February 4th, 2008

The Bard Center Business Plan Competition
June 11th, 2008

$10,000 1st Place
 

The 7th annual Bard Center Business Plan Competition seeks to promote the development of high caliber business plans, recognize the most outstanding plans with cash and in-kind awards from area businesses, and encourage the creation of new businesses.

Support students, alumni and faculty researchers in their entrepreneurial […]

Bard Center in the News

February 1st, 2008

A Denver Business Journal article on the Bard Center came out today.
Bard Center: 10 years of education, incubation
This was my favorite picture from our recent 10th Anniversary Celebration.

 

Alumni Association hosts Real Estate Mogul, Paul Ruff of Triumph Real Estate Corporation

January 31st, 2008

February 13, 2008 7:00-9:00PM at the Bard Center
Alumni Association hosts Real Estate Mogul, Paul Ruff of Triumph Real Estate Corporation
Mr. Ruff, President of Triumph Real Estate Corporation will talk to students on Buying and Selling Real Estate. Mr. Ruff founded Triumph Real Estate for the purpose of pursuing innovative new approaches to property development, operations […]

Read the Spring 2008 Newsletter

January 22nd, 2008

The Bard Center Entrepreneurship Council Spring 2008 newsletter has been posted and is ready to download.
Spring 2008 Newsletter
Find out more about upcoming events and activities through the Bard Center EC.

Announcing the 2nd Business Survival Series Event

October 12th, 2007

The Entrepreneurship Council is pleased to present the second event in the Business Survival Series. Mastering Marketing & PR on a Shoestring Budget will equip you with the tools and techniques that successful entrepreneurs have used to turn their companies into an “overnight success”.
All startups and small businesses struggle to find new customers, to create […]

Year 2: Announcing Our Host and Panelists

March 15th, 2007

We are pleased to announce our host and panelists for the “Building Momentum in Year 2″ event.
The panelists are all local entrepreneurs that have lived the start up experience and are willing to share their successes and failures with you. The event on April 4 will include the following:

Our Host: Mark McIntosh, 9 News Colorado […]

Introducing the Business Survival Series

March 6th, 2007

The Entrepreneurship Council is pleased to announce the launch of a new speaker & panel series called “Business Survival Series”. The events focus on helping entrepreneurs succeed by offering real-world solutions to common problems that new business will face.
Our first event, to take place on April 4th, is titled How to Build Momentum in Year […]

The Good Guys Didn’t Win

November 1st, 2006

On October 24th, 2006 Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling was sentenced to 24 years 4 months as the sole remaining defendant in the Enron scandal. He will also be ordered to pay approximately $45M to a defendant restitution fund. The remaining money he has will go to pay his lawyers. The Judge […]