Student Stories
- Bright Wearables brings both style and communication together in order to eliminate the need for business cards. Their micro-chip embedded fashion accessories allows contact information to be passed to smartphones with just a tap of the phone.
- New Venture Challenge Track Finals are in full swing, and we're excited to announce KartWheel as the second NVC 11 Championships finalist! KartWheel is a specialized transportation company established to transport students with disabilities and injuries from their homes to specific buildings on campus.
- Nimb.ly took home the first place prize and $3,500 at the NVC 11 IT Track Finals after pitching their business idea to a panel of judges and 100 more in attendance. The team is creating a revolutionary software platform that helps catering companies keep their events efficiently staffed.
- Bridge USA is about bridging the divide between differences in ideology, something that great leaders need to be able to foster. This organization was co-founded by Courtlyn Carpenter who student environmental engineering at CU Boulder.
- CU Boulder student Kevin Emory chats with fellow mechanical engineering student Tyler Edens about Respect Your Mother (RYM) Recycling — his Boulder-based startup that’s striving for zero waste through a university-based recycling model. Emory
- Background CU Boulder Senior Chad Piatek founded the venture Sweat Points. The idea for this specific type of app came to Piatek as he was talking to his fellow members of the CU Boulder Club Lacrosse team about what they
- The Story John Moore, student and aspiring entrepreneur, decided to test the boundaries of experimental legislation when he came up with the idea for his latest venture. The Grove is founded on the idea that like minded people who enjoy
- Background Ryan Pfeifer, a CU Boulder student, and his brother Steven are the founders of Nektyd, a platform designed for innovative individuals. Steven and Ryan have put in over 18-months of coding and sweat to help create a go-to search