Law Firm Dentons Sponsors Prize Money for Entrepreneurs

April 2022 (Lexington, KY) - The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship is proud to announce that Dentons Bingham Greenebaum will provide two $500 awards to two standout Entrepreneur Bootcamp 2.0 graduating teams.  The “Dentons Choice Award” recognizes the importance of early stage funding to help validate a startup’s proof of concept stage, while encouraging entrepreneurs to press forward. 

About Dentons

Dentons is designed to be different. As the world's largest law firm with 20,000 professionals in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries, Dentons can help clients grow, protect, operate and finance their businesses. Dentons' polycentric and purpose-driven approach, together with its commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and ESG, ensures the firm challenges the status quo to stay focused on what matters most to clients.

Dentons provides solutions for Lexington entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in a variety of key areas, including corporate formation and structure, intellectual property protection, financing, employment and labor issues, business strategy, mergers and acquisitions and exit planning.

“Dentons Bingham Greenebaum is proud to support the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 2.0. As members of the Lexington community, we look forward to watching these innovative business ideas come to life and help grow our economy.” – Jake Michul | Business & Commercial Real Estate Lawyer at Dentons

Bootcamp 2.0

The Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 2.0 takes place in the Spring 2022 semester and is a continuation of entrepreneurial learning for startups that graduated from Bootcamp 1.0 in the Fall semester.  The program is offered virtually and made available to all Kentucky residents, and students in any university across the state.  Recently, the program has gained traction with international participants because of the virtual learning offering.

The Spring 2022 Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 2.0 program will end on April 14, 2022.  The winning teams will be announced through social media via LinkedIn and Twitter, as well as the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship website and newsletter. 

“It’s been a pleasure working with Jake Michul and the Dentons team. Having access to legal resources in the greater Lexington area is critical for startups.  We are very thankful for their mentorship, guidance, and early stage startup capital. These awards help catapult entrepreneurs in the right direction, giving them continued confidence to keep dreaming big.”  - Mariam Gorjian | Assistant Director of The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship & Co-Founder of The Entrepreneurs Bootcamp Program

Contact

For more information about Dentons’ services, email Jake Michul at jake.michul@dentons.com

For more information about Bootcamp, email Mariam Gorjian at mariamgorjian@uky.edu