Recent Articles from Eric Peterson
Taming Agriculture’s Energy Hogs
Sam Anderson, energy specialist with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, oversees the state’s ACRE3 program that provides agricultural producers with grant funding for energy-efficiency projects and renewable energy. Return on investment depends on the type of operation. “Dairies and year-round greenhouses are incredibly energy-intensive,” Anderson says. READ — Colorado Agtech Hi[...]
Made in Colorado 2022 — Outdoor Edition
LavaBox Portable Campfires Joshua Thurmond’s background as a rafting guide led to the launch of LavaBox in early 2021. A fellow board member at the Colorado Whitewater Association asked Thurmond if he could come up with something better than the big, round fire pits used on overnight trips. “I said, ‘Yeah, I can make one […]
Plains tourism pitch: Head east for peace, quiet and solitude
Getting away from it all has gotten increasingly difficult in Colorado’s high country. Heading west, I-70 is prone to traffic snarls, Vail and Breckenridge are the busiest ski resorts in the U.S., and lodging and lift ticket prices are sky-high. Then there are the great outdoors. Campgrounds in the mountains are at capacity and some […]
Colorado Agtech Hits Critical Mass
A third-generation Colorado farmer, Marc Arnusch grows barley and other grains on 2,200 acres in the Prospect Valley east of Keenesburg. His son, Brett, joined Marc Arnusch Farms after he graduated from Colorado State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences in 2018. “We didn’t know if he’d come back to the farm or not,” Arnusch says. […]
OPOPOP
The company “wraps” kernels with seven different flavors (including Fancy Butter, Chedapeño and Cinnalicious) at its facility in Englewood. Serial entrepreneurs and DJs Jonas Tempel and Brad Roulier have followed up success with Beatport with a move into a totally different industry than music samples and beats for DJs. “Nobody has done anything […]
Smart by Nature Soaps
Smart by Nature soaps contain no parabens or synthetic chemicals, using essential oils for scents and natural and organic ingredients wherever possible. Denise Weaver bought her soap-making business from the founder in 2008. Smart by Nature soaps contain no parabens or synthetic chemicals, using essential oils for scents and natural and organic ingredients […]
Old Tech, New Tech: 3D Printing with Adobe in the San Luis Valley
Approaching 600 years in age in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the oldest house in the U.S. is made of adobe. Outside Antonito, Colorado, and likewise made of adobe, Casa Covida is just a couple of years old. The construction materials may be the same old tech, but the method is cutting-edge: A robotic arm 3D-printed […]
Denver’s interviewIA Drives Interviews with Data
Initial Lightbulb: Founder and CEO Joe Thurman has seen the pain points involved with job interviews firsthand. Through his 15-year career in human resources, Thurman came to realize the interviewing process was fundamentally broken at most companies. “This largely unmanaged yet expensive process that is interviewing is where we spent a lot of time,” he […]
Fintech on the Rise
Colorado’s fintech footprint is getting bigger, with numerous companies launching and opening satellite offices in the state in the last few years. Industry observers see a burgeoning sector rooted in Denver but extending in both directions on the Front Range and beyond. Colorado has three cities — Denver (#9), Boulder (#20), and Colorado Springs (#49) […]
Top Entrepreneur: James Eberhard
It all started with a bow tie — or, more precisely, the lack of a bow tie. Serial entrepreneur James Eberhard needed one for his brother-in-law’s rehearsal dinner in August 2015. “I had left mine at home,” he remembers. “This was Brooklyn, New York. There’s got to be community sharing centers for a bow tie […]
Tech Startup: BioIntelliSense
BioIntelliSense’s “virtual care” products -- the BioButton and BioSticker -- automatically monitor a patient’s vital signs remotely to prevent this series of events from playing out.
Carlos Abisambra’s challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abisambra became CEO of Travelers Haven two months before the onset of COVID-19 restrictions. Among Abisambra’s immediate challenges as CEO: layoffs, reduced pay/hours for some employees, and budget cuts.