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A Q&A from Nicole Glaros, Partner and Chief Product Officer at TechStars, and David Slayden, associate professor at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s College of Media, Communication and Information & executive director of IXDMA, a graduate degree program.

Qualify, a ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ startup, won the $10,000 Esprit Challenge prize for its college dating application. The challenge, sponsored by the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Chamber of Commerce, is an annual contest of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ entrepreneurs that started with 14 contestants who are whittled down to three finalists by the Tuesday night competition.

What’s one way to cut a car’s weight by 50 percent and improve fuel efficiency by up to 40 percent? Make it out of carbon fiber instead of steel. What if everyone had access to such a vehicle? Chris Kaffer, co-founder and CEO of Denver startup

Sixty seconds to pitch your big idea and excite a crowd of 200. Could you do it? On Thursday, Oct. 13, thirty teams will face this challenge as they participate in the annual New Venture Challenge (NVC) Quick Pitch Night, now in its ninth year.

The popular program, which is open to the entire campus community and progresses through a series of events and workshops throughout the school year, helps cross-disciplinary participants form teams and develop their startups, providing entrepreneurial skills, mentorship and networking opportunities along the way.