Staff Resources

Note: You need to be logged in to your CU Boulder Office 365 account to access many of these links.

Branded Promotional and Business Resources

• Programming Promotional Kits Directory
• Venture Partners Letterhead
• Venture Partners Sticky Nametags
  • ​*For use with Avery Flexible Name Tags that use print Template 8395
• CU Boulder Portrait (Headshots) Services
  • ​Available to all CU Boulder employees
• Slidedeck Template
  • ​*Rember to check the Promo Kits Directory for premade slides promoting upcoming programming.
• Email signature guidance
  • It is generally inadvisable to include an image file (like a logo) in an email signature, as it increases the likelihood that your message will be flagged as spam

Key Messaging

• About Venture Partners at CU Boulder
  • Behind our innovation engine is a team worth celebrating
  • University of Colorado Boulder ranked No. 1 for launching startups based on university discoveries
  • Expanded opportunities for innovation and partnerships at CU Boulder
  • Commercialization through Venture Partners at CU Boulder drives $8.7 billion impact nationwide
  • CU Boulder and Techstars announce partnership to accelerate Colorado’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Protect your discoveries before you publish them
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• Find the market for your innovation
  • NSF I-Corps at CU Boulder helps researchers solve pressing problems
• Fund your research or creative work through commercialization
  • CU Boulder awards pre-seed funding to alum’s promising GPS startup
• Research into Impact
  • Key investment is the latest milestone for CU Boulder startup Manifest Technologies and founders Camila Uzcategui and Johnny Hergert
  • New NAI Fellow Xuedong Liu leads in research and medical innovation
  • CU Boulder spinout Solid Power is building a better battery for consumers and the climate
  • The coolest technology in the universe
  • SomaLogic, spun out of the Gold Lab at CU Boulder, revolutionized protein discovery methods to provide insights into disease discovery and treatment
  • Alum Sristy Agrawal leads CU Boulder startup Mesa Quantum to success
  • Richard Noble bridges the gap between research and industry
  • Astronomical achievements: On its way to outer space Ball Aerospace launched CU’s entrepreneurial engine
  • LongPath Technologies, a CU Boulder spinout, leads on methane detection
  • Ventures putting people first at CU Boulder
  • University of Colorado Boulder ranked No. 1 for launching startups based on university discoveries
• Frequently Asked Questions

Photos

• Iconic Venture Partners photos
• Iconic CU Boulder photos
• Royalty-free photo resources
  • Pixaby
  • Pexels
  • Unsplash
• Adobe Stock photos
  • We have a license to use Adobe Stock photos for a range of non-commercial purposes. Reach out to Daniel, who has access to this resource.

Print Materials

• Visit Daniel Leonard' cube (320G) at the Pearl East Circle offices where available print materials are on top of his gray cabinet.
  • Ex: annual reports, Venture Partners programming flyers, etc.
• If you need additional or special print materials, contact Daniel.

Other promotional tips and tricks

• QR Code Generator
• CU Boulder Stock Photo Database
• Playbook for on-campus grassroots outreach

Event Planning and Scheduling Resources

Event Calendars

• Venture Partners Events Tracker
• Venture Partners Publicized Events Calendar
• Internal Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative Planning Calendar
• Research & Innovation Office Publicized Events Calendar
• CU Boulder publicized Events Calendar
• CU Boulder Academic Calendar
• Boulder Events Calendar

Event Planning

• Venture Partners Event Request Form
• CU Boulder Events Planning & Catering (including campus venue booking)

Event Vendors

• CU Buy Local Program

CU Boulder branding

  Check the promo kits or "Branded Promotional and Business Resources" (above); they may have what you need.

When in doubt, check in with Daniel Leonard when you need to do something new with CU Boulder or our individual (ex, Destination Startup, I-Corps, Ascent, etc.) program branding. Generally, though, you can find more information about our visual identity at the CU Boulder branding website.

Logos

• Venture Partners logo
  • ​Important: To build and amplify the university's reputation, CU Boulder has rules and best practices for how CU logos can be used. Please check in with the communications team before sharing a CU logo file with someone who is outside of CU.
• Venture Partners program wordmarks (ex: Ascent, I-Corps, LVC) are a little tricky design-wise. If you need them for a presentation, check out the wordmarks provided in the presentation template (above) and for other uses, reach out to Daniel Leonard, who will get you what you need!

Fonts

• "Helvetica Neue" is the official font of the CU Boulder visual identity.
  • "Helvetica Neue" is a licensed font, if you need a license and font file, contact Daniel Leonard.
  • Licenses are limited to a single device; font files should not be transferred to unlicensed devices, so using "Helvetica Neue" in collaborative or shared documents is not recommended.
  • Use Helvetica Neue when a visual material will be exported in an image format for display or printing.
    • Ex: Exporting slides as a .png to insert in a shared presentation or exporting a .pdf flyer to print and post.
• "Roboto" is the official web application font for the CU Boulder visual identity—Ex: All of CU Boulder's websites use Roboto.
  • "Roboto" is a free font that should be available in most applications.
• If you do not need/want a license to use "Helvetica Neue" some excellent, free alternatives exist:
  • The standard "Helvetica," "Arial" and "Arial Nova" fonts are the the recommended substitutes that should be available to you in most applications.

Colors

• CU Gold: C0 M10 Y48 K22 | (PANTONE® 4525 C) | R207 G184 B124 | #CFB87C
• CU Black: C0 M0 Y0 K100 | R0 G0 B0 | #000000
• CU Dark Gray: C38 M28 Y21 K63 | (PANTONE® 425 C ) | R86 G90 B92 | #565A5C
• CU Light Gray: C16 M11 Y11 K29 | (PANTONE® 422 C) | R162 G164 B163 | #A2A4A3