Pitch-perfect plan: Crank up the volume

Loveland-based Decibullz LLC won the inaugural Colorado State University Blue Ocean Enterprises Challenge business-pitch competition in May, taking home $250,000 in cash, six months of business coaching and other prizes aimed at helping founder Kirk Kirkpatrick scale his brainchild business. He shared how he got into making custom earphones in the first place, and what he plans to do with the new funding.

Question: What brought you to the Blue Ocean Enterprise Challenge and how did you prepare for it?

Answer: Charisse Bowen, director of entrepreneurship at CSU, told me about the BOEC.

Q: Why do you think Decibullz was the winning venture?

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