Ken Colwell PhD MBA

Dr. Ken Colwell, PhD, MBA, and author of Starting A Business QuickStart Guide and Running & Growing a Business QuickStart Guide, is a seasoned strategic and operational leader with extensive experience working within entrepreneurial ecosystems and interacting with relevant private and public sector stakeholders at all levels in order to accomplish objectives. He has consulted for hundreds of start-up ventures and is the principal of Innovative Growth Advisors in addition to his duties as Dean of the Monfort College of Business at Northern Colorado University Dr. Colwell holds a PhD 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.