About Ken Colwell

Empowering Professionals for Purposeful Growth and Abundance

Ken Colwell is a business and life coach, author, and entrepreneur. He was previously Dean of four accredited business schools. Prior to becoming Dean, he was Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at the University of Miami School of Business Administration and a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Drexel University. He holds a Ph.D. in strategic management and entrepreneurship 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.

Dr. Colwell is a Certified Whole Person Coach and a member of the International Coaching Federation. He 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. He is the founder of Creative Endeavors LLC, a coaching and consulting firm, as well as Innovative Growth Corp. which owns the Denver franchise of Square Cow Moovers.

Prior to entering academia, he worked in the financial services industry, most recently at Charles Schwab & Co., where he was a Director, Senior Project Manager, and Department Manager.

Specialties: Coaching individuals who want to transform their lives & find meaning and purpose in what they do; Consulting with organizations to foster innovation and manage change; Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking; Managing people, projects, and academic units; University and executive teaching and training; Entrepreneurial finance and the new venture startup process.