Five Startups Win Cu Denver Business Competition And Get To Meet Jake Jabs

McBoat PhotographyBarventure won the top award in The Climb business competition, sponsored by The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Jabs, founder of American Furniture Warehouse, presented the giant checks. Noted: Five startups won the University of Colorado Denver’s business competition Thursday and not only picked up prize money but got to meet American Furniture Warehouse founder Jake Jabs. Jabs is also the namesake of the school’s department that sponsored the award. “The Climb: Jake Jabs Business Plan Competition,” from CU Denver business school’s Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship, gave awards to three collegiate startups and two in the community. The first-place winner in the collegiate competition was Barventure.