About Bard Center
"An entrepreneurial spirit can lead to the successful growth of any business or industry. The Bard Center helps students learn to create this spirit and helps businesses employ it."—Richard H. and Pamela S. Bard
The Richard H. and Pamela S. Bard Center for Entrepreneurship was established in 1996 as a vehicle to help foster economic opportunities in the Denver metropolitan area. Richard Bard's dream was to create a program that would prepare future entrepreneurs for successful ventures, as well as to promote entrepreneurial spirit in the corporate environment. Richard and Pamela Bard's generous endowment turned this dream into a reality.
As part of the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver—the largest business school in the state—the Bard Center fosters and promotes new business opportunities, advancing the teaching, study and practice of entrepreneurship and new venture creation. The Center provides students with opportunities to create partnerships with the business community through academics, mentoring, and a variety of programs designed to drive entrepreneurial development.
The Bard Center offers graduate-level courses taught by the best Business School faculty and by outside professionals working in a wide range of entrepreneurial areas. Through its entrepreneurship curriculum, internships, mentoring, incubation, and funding of new ventures, the Bard Center contributes to Colorado's economy by providing an environment and resources that enable people to create new businesses or lead corporate innovation initiatives.
Located on the third floor of the historic Masonic Building in the heart of downtown Denver, the Bard Center has grown rapidly over the past 10 years and has gained a nationwide reputation for excellence. If you would like more information about the Bard Center and the entrepreneurship program, please contact Beth Polizzotto at bard.center@cudenver.edu or 303-620-4050.