Attending JA Business Week for the first time, I was hoping to get a taste of the business world; something to give me an understanding of business and whether it’s...
E-Mentoring Provides Students with Insights into Entrepreneurship
Chef Lisa Givens I participated in the 2016 JA Business Week E-mentoring session held at Johnson & Wales University. This session was similar to "speed dating" or what I called...
So, What Exactly IS Business Week?
As a first year JA Business Week student with virtually no previous business experience, I was pleasantly surprised when I was moved to the Track 2 project working with Smoke...
JA Business Week Gives Kids Vital Skills
As a first-time Company Advisor (CA) who never had the opportunity to attend JA Business Week as a student, I had no idea what the week would have in store...
The Good Stuff You Don’t Learn in School
When I first attended JA Business Week following my sophomore year in high school, I was skeptical of what I was getting myself into. I asked myself WHY? Why would...
JA alumnus serves up sushi burritos and business guidance
Anyone hungry for a sushi burrito? That’s right. A sushi burrito. In October 2015, JA-Rocky Mountain alumnus and volunteer Alonzo Martinez and his business partner launched Komotodo Sushi Burrito, a...
Building on Colorado’s entrepreneurial legacy
As the city basks in the success of another tremendous Denver Startup Week, it is evident that an entrepreneurial spirit is part of our identity as Coloradoans. Our state was...
Startup Week’s top teen business wins startup capital
The Denver Office of Economic Development honors the best and brightest ideas in small business through the JumpStart BizPlan Awards, presented by Deloitte and and U.S. Bank. Judges selected three early-stage...
Do you love attending your kids’ sporting events but you’re tired of dragging around your canopy, chairs, cooler, and fan in the sweltering heat weekend after weekend? If that’s you,...
