Ken Colwell

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ABOUT KEN COLWELL

KEN COLWELL is Professor and Dean of the Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado. He was previously Professor and Dean of the College of Business at University of Houston - Victoria, the School of Business at Central Connecticut State University and the Long Island University/Brooklyn School of Business. He has held faculty positions at the University of Miami and Drexel University. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Oregon and an MBA from San Francisco State University. He has taught Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, New Venture Planning, and Entrepreneurial Consulting at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. Dr. Colwell is a seasoned strategic and operational leader with extensive experience coaching consulting founders, entrepreneurs, and others in the entrepreneurial ecosystems in order to improve performance and achieve objectives. He is author of the Amazon Bestseller The Quickstart Guide to Starting a Business as well as the recently published Quickstart Guide to Running and Growing a Business. Prior to entering academia, he worked in the financial services industry, most recently at Charles Schwab & Co, where he was a Director, Senior Project Manager, and Department Manager. Specialties: Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking; Managing people, projects, and academic units; University and executive teaching and training; Entrepreneurial finance and the new venture startup process; Consulting with organizations to foster innovation and manage change.