I love your small businesses, from the nail salons, to the cafes.

The Rural Colorado Workshop Series (RCWS) through the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder offers a hands-on, interactive approach to entrepreneurship. These flexible, scalable sessions empower small businesses, startups and local governments in rural Colorado with the tools to tackle business and organizational challenges using an entrepreneurial mindset.

This interactive certificate course is hosted across Colorado, for anyone interested in launching their own business or improving upon an existing one. Each workshop provides essential frameworks and resources to help entrepreneurs develop sought-after products and services, avoid common pitfalls and succeed.

These unique programs, in partnership with local communities, allow the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder greater exposure to mountain regions, potential future partnerships and data sources for future research. In turn, these small mountain communities develop better economic viability and sustainability through education from the University of Colorado.