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Sarah Kauss (Acct ‘97) is the face of the June 2017 issue of Inc. Magazine. With $100 million in sales last year, S’well, the water bottle company she founded in 2010, is the fastest growing woman-owned company in the nation. Learn more about Sarah’s journey from accountant to successful entrepreneur in Inc.
Dr. Sharon F. Matusik has been appointed the permanent dean of Leeds by the University of Colorado’s Provost, Russell L. Moore. Dr. Matusik has been serving as the interim dean since January 2017, and she assumes the permanent role Thursday.
Jake Hurwitz and his business partner Nathan Moses, both graduating from CU Boulder this week, co-founded a company that supports student entrepreneurs through multimedia efforts including webinars, podcasts, and mentor-driven workshops. The company was voted one of the top startups to watch in 2017 by Built in Colorado.
To aspiring leaders seeking advice, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says not to be a know-it-all, but a “learn-it-all.” Cognitive scientists including Philip Fernbach, Assistant Professor of Marketing in the Leeds School of Business, agree with Nadella, saying that simply being aware of inherent biases is the key to excelling in both business and life.
Each year the Multicultural Business Student Association (MBSA) honors students and recognizes their achievements with this academic awards banquet. The theme of this year’s banquet was empowering each other and embracing differences – an
Leeds reclaimed the top spot in this year’s National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) Rocky Mountain Challenge real estate competition. The winning team was composed of four Leeds’ MS real estate students, two MBA
Coffee is returning to Leeds! Method Roasters, run by local entrepreneurs and Buff alumni, Alex Rawal and Kade Gianinetti will open a café, with a targeted grand opening set for the week of May 8 in the Koelbel building near the current
For the 8th year in a row, students from Leeds and the Law School with faculty help volunteered to prepare taxes for free through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which provides free tax preparation
Decades of research in cognitive psychology show that the human mind struggles to understand nonlinear relationships—that is, relationships between two factors in which a change in one factor does not correspond with constant change in the other. In business, there are many highly nonlinear relationships. To avoid costly misjudgments, it’s important to recognize when they’re in play.
Students from Leeds took part in an invitation—only real estate competition hosted by the University of Southern California. The International competition featured only nine schools with the best real estate programs in the country competing for the