Education  January 29, 2016

3 Day Startup program to offer CSU students basics of entrepreneurship

The 3 Day Startup, a program geared toward college students interested in entrepreneurship that is run on campuses across the nation, will be held at Colorado State University Feb. 19-21.

Founded by a group of students at the University of Texas in 2008, the program aims to provide students the basics in developing a business.

Focused originally on tech startups, the programming is offered now to those interested in starting a wide variety of businesses, from social innovation to energy to culinary to hardware.

Applications to the program are due Feb. 3, and can be found on the 3 Day Startup website.

“We are bringing in mentors from around the Fort Collins Startup environment, like Dan Holt, chief executive officer of BillHero,” said CSU sophomore computer science program James Cao, who is lead organizer of the program at CSU. “I think this will be a great learning experience for anyone looking to pursue entrepreneurship.”

The 3 Day Startup, a program geared toward college students interested in entrepreneurship that is run on campuses across the nation, will be held at Colorado State University Feb. 19-21.

Founded by a group of students at the University of Texas in 2008, the program aims to provide students the basics in developing a business.

Focused originally on tech startups, the programming is offered now to those interested in starting a wide variety of businesses, from social innovation to energy to culinary to hardware.

Applications to the program are due Feb. 3, and can be found on the

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