Entrepreneurship

  • Stride Tech walker
    Four undergraduate students studying mechanical engineering worked with senior residents to test out their new invention, an accessory for walkers that the team hopes to make widely available to seniors and others. They believe their device could help prevent debilitating falls. Stride Tech received the first place prize in the New Venture Challenge.
  • Mike Maloney KOTA Longboards Artwork
    ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder mechanical engineering alumnus Mike Maloney chooses to take risks, try new things, serve others and get things done all while having fun! He began his career as a pilot in the United States Navy and has since founded KOTA Longboards.
  • Tim Visos-Ely holds a giant check after winning the New Venture Challenge
    When his grandma took a devastating fall using a walker, Timothy Visos-Ely channeled his love and concern into a brilliant idea: digitally enhanced walkers that would help seniors correct user errors before they result in dangerous mishaps.

    The Stride Tech team won the 2019 New Venture Challenge (NVC) and walked out of the Boulder Theater with $100,000 toward their invention and the opportunity to hobnob with venture capitalists, business leaders and more. Stride Tech was one of two undergraduate teams in the NVC finals, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder’s premier entrepreneurial startup competition, after emerging as the winner of the hardware track.
  • Jeanne Barthold, co-founder of TissueForm, wins $6,000 and first place at the NVC 11 R&D Track Finals.
    TissueForm seeks to help patients suffering from tissue disease, damage or aging through its simple, low-cost and long-lasting dermal filler technology. Their technology, called the ClayMatrixâ„¢, originated from research that fourth-year PhD student Jeanne Barthold performed in the Mechanical Engineering Department's Neu Soft Tissue Bioengineering Lab.
  • Stride Tech team stands together after winning the hardware track
    After his grandmother sustained injuries from a fall and struggled back to health, Tim Visos-Ely, Stride Tech CEO and Engineering Plus senior, was inspired to come up with a solution for safer senior care.
  • Nimb.ly team celebrates its success at the IT track finals
    The team is creating a revolutionary software platform that helps catering companies keep their events efficiently staffed.
  • A student participant pitches her venture at Catalyze demo day
    Applications just opened for Catalyze ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, a summer-long startup accelerator with a track record of launching fledgling ideas on the path to successful ventures.
  • Participants at last year’s Starting Blocks received expert feedback to help them hone their business model and pitches.
    ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Commercialization Academy is excited to introduce a new Research-to-Market program for technologists looking to take their idea to market. Through lectures, workshops and interviews with industry professionals, R2M participants will learn the process of customer discovery.
  • New Venture Challenge logo
    The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder New Venture Challenge is recruiting participants for its 11th cohort, offering mentoring and resources for budding entrepreneurs and more than $200,000 for campus startups to make their ideas a reality.
  • A close up of a team's low-cost educational breadboard at Catalyze ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥.
    It’s been a big year for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Engineering entrepreneurship. After starting at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder in mid-January, I have been focused on creating the most impactful set of integrated resources and opportunities, in and out of the classroom, to support our student and faculty founders and align with our college’s Strategic Vision.
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