Articles written by: Kristal Griffith

Daniels MBA student turns improv comedy into a business

Daniels MBA student turns improv comedy into a business

When Bruce Montgomery (EMBA ’13) was looking for a change in his current job, he wasn’t expecting to launch his own business. At the time, he was director of IT for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), and he wanted to advance in his career. Moving up in […]

Countdown to Commencement: New MBA grads help businesses become B Corps

Jacklyn Ward and Betsy Fischer believe businesses can be much more than a profit source for their owners or shareholders. The two have a passion for aligning companies’ vision, values and purpose with their internal practices. It’s a passion Ward and Fischer realized during their full-time MBA program at the […]

Daniels team places 2nd in Aspen Institute’s International MBA Case Competition

Four MBA students from DU’s Daniels College of Business took second place in the prestigious Aspen Institute’s 2016 Business & Society International MBA Case Competition. The Daniels team included four full-time MBA students: Jim Gordon, Patrick Brennan, Brian Hartman and Shirin Porbanderwala. Gordon is also pursuing a master’s in international […]

Executives discuss ethical leadership at Daniels conference

Ethics play a vital role in business today, and ethics — or a lack thereof — often are what make a business thrive or fail. So said a group of Denver executives during a panel discussion at the Elevate Ethics event April 12 at the University of Denver. The event […]