Recent Articles from Kyle Ringo
RII Sports Technology uses data to give football coaches an edge
Tom Woods doubled down and started a second business built off the model of his first, but the new idea was rooted in football – the perfect elixir for a die-hard sports fan like Woods.
Sports Biz: CSU stadium investment a sensible risk
Colorado State University is making the smart choice to build a new on-campus football stadium. It’s an investment in the future with the potential to help improve the football program and the school for decades to come.
Back in Boulder
Not many successful CEO types would jump at the chance to lead an organization failing as badly as the University of Colorado’s athletic department was just one year ago. Fixing a department drowning in debt, hemorrhaging customers, with apathy among donors and competitors relishing every chance t...
Alone in the Mountain time zone
When the Colorado Rockies set up shop in Denver and began play in 1993, the organization brought Major League Baseball to the Mountain time zone, and millions of fans from the region finally had a team to root for and travel to see. For the past 21 seasons, the Rockies have been consistently among the […]
Brainstorming in Steamboat
Employers planning a corporate retreat face the dual challenge of deciding on a site that advances company goals but that still feels like a reward. Many discover that harmonious middle ground in Steamboat Springs, a community of nearly 17,000 located 160 miles northwest of Denver and named for its hot springs, which remain a relaxing […]
Colorado’s Top 100 Public Companies
Englewood-based Dish Network sits atop the Top 100 Public Companies ranking for the third straight year with revenues of $14.3 billion in 2012, but a much smaller Colorado public company not even on the list has generated just as much buzz on Wall Street of late. You won’t find Rally Software on this year’s ranking […]
Research rock stars: Bio-derived star
The end of the 1985 film “Back to the Future” features Dr. Emmett Brown returning to present day in his time machine to pick up Marty McFly so he can return to the future and show him a problem concerning McFly’s children. Before they can make the trip, Brown opens a trash can in the […]
Research rock stars: Water star
Chuck Henry has loved the art of experimentation since he was a small boy visiting his father’s chemistry lab at College of the Ozarks in Branson, Mo.He says he always was destined for a life in science even though he didn’t necessarily enjoy the side of chemistry that keeps most who practice it cooped up […]
Research rock star: Solar star
It’s an exclusive club Dr. W.S. Sampath belongs to. Not many people can claim to have revolutionized a field of study and product development on a scale with the potential to affect the entire world. Sampath’s life’s work has been focused on improving solar technology to the point where implementing it as a primary energy […]
Choosing to Go Green
Kai Abelkis compares his work as sustainability coordinator for Boulder Community Hospital to the “I Love Lucy” episode where Lucy can’t seem to keep up with the chocolates on the conveyor belt. Though he might feel overwhelmed at times in a world that doesn’t always consider sustainability first, his passion for sustainable business practices and […]
Sustainability spotlight: Goodwill Industries of Denver
Goodwill Industries of Denver has started an Energy Workforce Program at East and Montbello high schools
Sustainability spotlight: Boulder Valley Credit Union
Sustainable practices: Some companies say they’re green, but you walk into their offices and see aluminum cans in the trash and employees drinking their morning coffee from Styrofoam cups. None of that happens at Boulder Valley Credit Union. When the credit union’s management decided to go green a few years back, it committed to doing […]