CU Denver pitch competition expands scope to startups across state

DENVER — The Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver’s Business School is expanding its annual student business-plan competition to include a track for Colorado-based startups that are two years old or younger.

Submissions for the competition will be accepted from Sept. 1-27. A series of workshops will run through September and October, and the competition will conclude Nov. 10, when finalists will showcase their companies and compete live on stage in a Shark Tank-style pitch to celebrity judges. Winners will be announced and awarded more than $50,000 in cash and prizes.

For the first time in the…