Center for Entrepreneurship

Welcome to the MSU Denver Center for Entrepreneurship!

The Center’s primary goal is to provide our MSU Denver students with an outstanding education that fosters an entrepreneurial mindset and prepares students to solve problems and launch successful ventures. We also support our student entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurs and small business owners in our community through our programmatic activities and help our colleagues across campus incorporate entrepreneurship into their own curricula.

Entrepreneurial Mindset

An entrepreneurial mindset helps individuals see problems as opportunities, engenders creativity and a growth mindset, and increases one’s ability to be adaptable and flexible in the face of uncertain and changing circumstances. This mindset sets people up to be entrepreneurial: to start or lead a business, and to be intrapreneurial: to bring these much sought after skills to bear within a corporate setting.

Building skills to launch and lead your own enterprise

In addition to acquiring a strong foundation in general business classes such as accounting, management, marketing, and finance, you will also hone knowledge and skills specifically related to launching and leading your own enterprise. The entrepreneurship program focuses on experiential learning.

Center for Entrepreneurship Programs and Events

Launch Denver Fall 2024 - Free 10-week Business Startup workshop

LAUNCH DENVER

FREE 10-WEEK BUSINESS STARTUP WORKSHOP

Launch Denver – Next Cohort Fall 2026! 

Launch Denver is a 10-week Business Startup workshop that is free for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members. The program is designed to guide you through the process of entrepreneurship, starting and growing a business. This powerful program is taught by a variety of professors, alumni and community partners, including The World Trade Center Denver.

  • Who is invited? Open to students, faculty, staff, and the community.
  • Perks to joining? Business coaching, networking with other entrepreneurs, turning your passion into profits.
  • How is it structured? 10-week workshop, 2-hour classes, one-day a week, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. A combination of in-person and on Zoom

Study Entrepreneurship with our Innovative Curriculum

Meet Our Faculty

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Adam Melnick

Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Assistant Professor

[email protected] 303-605-7208
Becky Prater, Faculty, Department of Management.

Rebecca Prater

Instructor

[email protected] 303-605-7209

Lynn Hoffman, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus - Management

[email protected]

Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Council

Connecting with the Community

The Advisory Council consists of community members who are experienced in the field of entrepreneurship and are willing to spend time and energy providing assistance to the Center and our students. They bring a broad range of experience and expertise to the Center. If you’re interested in joining, please contact our Center Director, Adam Melnick at [email protected].