Striking a Balance Between Innovation and Law with Go Code Colorado (Law Week Colorado Intellectual Property Feature)
** Co-written with Rehan Hasan ** Colorado continues to reestablish itself as a leader in the technology industry, evidenced by an expanding base of tech powerhouses as well as its thriving startup community. Innovators, large and small, propel the State’s economy. Go Code Colorado, a public-private partnership pioneering and leading the open data movement, is harnessing the entrepreneurial spirt of...
The Nike Foundation and Unreasonable Group Name Rehan Hasan as Attorney in Residence for the Girl Effect Accelerator Program
The Nike Foundation and the Unreasonable Group have named Rehan Hasan, of Hasan, LLC, as the attorney in residence for its new Girl Effect Accelerator program, the world’s first accelerator dedicated to the most powerful force for change on the planet – adolescent girls!  As an attorney in residence, Rehan will assist companies who are part of the accelerator program with strategy, general business and legal...
Rehan Hasan to Present at Denver Startup Week 2014
Rehan Hasan will present at Denver Startup Week scheduled for September 15 – 20, 2014.  This week-long event brings together the most creative and well-connected innovators from Colorado and beyond for a week of learning, discussion, networking, and celebrating everything entrepreneurial in Denver. More than 5,000 startup community members are expected to engage in community-driven events emphasizing technology, design, social...
Mayor Hancock Appoints Rehan Hasan to Team to Lead Denver Performing Arts Complex Re-imagining Project
Mayor Michael B. Hancock appointed Rehan Hasan to its Executive Leadership Team of arts, business and civic leaders to launch a robust community input process to help determine a comprehensive vision for the Denver Performing Arts Complex and Boettcher Concert Hall. The team will work with Arts & Venues in a structured planning process that will include meetings, data gathering,...
Colorado GLBT Bar Association Honors Rehan Hasan with Exemplary Service Award
Rehan Hasan has received the Exemplary Service Award from the Colorado GLBT Bar Association in recognition of his work in obtaining 501(c)(3) status for the Colorado GLBT Bar Association Foundation.  The Foundation provides scholarships to individuals to promote educational advancement of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals in the law, and to protect and promote the welfare of all members of the...
Colorado Small Business Development Center: Top Notch Resource in Our Backyard
The Colorado SBDC, with 14 regional hubs and funding from the Small Business Administration, is focused on helping all businesses. Colorado start-ups to larger businesses can enjoy the resources supplied by the organization.  Areas of fundamental business help include: Information Counseling Technical assistance Training in business startups, operations and management They have just released their annual report, and the numbers...
Venture Capital Victory for Three Colorado Businesses
Pangea Organics, Simple Energy Inc, and Dabble successfully competed against seven other businesses by pitching their business plans at the i4c Campaign event on July 13th in Denver. The winning companies each received $50,000 equity investment from the host venture capital company, Galvanize, who is also offering a year's worth of rent-free workspace in downtown Denver as well as general consulting and...
Harnessing the Sun on the Front Range
Our beaming Colorado was one of six Western states selected to be a part of a large solar project sponsored by the United States Department of the Interior. The project, coined “All of the Above,” is slated to provide power to 700 million homes over the next 10 years, and is called “the nation’s first comprehensive plan to develop solar...
A Summer Salute to Colorado Entrepreneurs
  The Colorado business community and beyond has a lot to be proud of, including being a mecca for innovation and the entrepreneurs that are the engine behind the machine. · Goldman Sachs  will recognize Sue Allon, CEO of Allonhill, as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs of 2012 and will salute her innovation and leadership in the financial services...