2017 EY Next Wave Leadership Award paints the creative economy of the future [VIDEO]
The 2017 CBCA EY Next Wave Leadership Award finalist and winner divulge their creative inspirations.
Colorado attorneys are using their skills to support the arts
The Colorado Business Committee for the Arts is all about making connections between the state’s creative and business communities through advocacy, engagement, leadership training and programming — including CBCA’s newest acronym: CAFTA.
Eyes on the road, and on the money
Sue Heilbronner started her business accelerator, MergeLane, because she noticed something about female business owners: There weren’t many of them.
Good company: Cole Finegan
While some dip a toe in a range of projects or professional pursuits, 58-year-old Cole Finegan immerses himself in law, business, politics, finance and development. He is entrenched in Denver. Recognized in 2013 as “Lawyer of the Decade” by Law Week Colorado, Finegan presently serves as regional...
Opening the door to entrepreneurs
Over scrambled eggs and smoked salmon with Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital (he had yogurt), we talked about immigration reform and our broken immigration system.
Good company: Alex Bogusky
Alex Bogusky joined Miami-based ad agency Crispin and Porter as art director in 1989, but he never saw himself as a “lifer” anywhere. He added his surname to the agency’s nameplate in less than a decade and racked up industry accolades, awards and an affinity for outside-the-box campaigns. But in...
Colorado Business Hall of Fame Laureates: Klaus Obermeyer
At 95, Klaus Obermeyer does not get discouraged, no matter what the day brings. Obermeyer, an avid skier who founded Sport Obermeyer more than half a century ago, has never worried about snowfall, recessions, even snowboarders. “The challenges and the opportunities never end,” he says. “That’s alw...
Colorado Business Hall of Fame Laureates: Pat Bowlen
Pat Bowlen bought the Denver Broncos in 1984, with a background in oil and gas and real estate in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. For the next three decades under Bowlen, the franchise put together a nearly unprecedented run of success. Through the 2013 season, the team won 289 regular-season games and...
Colorado Business Hall of Fame Laureates: Cannon family
Hugh Brown Cannon was one of the people responsible for Denver’s cow town status. Cannon arrived in Denver in 1885 and went to work for a dairy north of the city. Later Cannon founded the Windsor Farm Dairy, and in 1918 built the dairy’s processing plant on 1855 Blake Street. The Windsor Dairy Bui...
Colorado Business Hall of Fame Laureates: Tom Petrie
The five laureates inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame for 2015 represent the state’s most distinguished group of business leaders from past and present, selected for their professional contributions to the state as well as their community service. international travel was all in a day’s work for Tom Pet[...]
Colorado Business Hall of Fame Laureates: Bob & Joanna Sakata
The five laureates inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame for 2015 represent the state’s most distinguished group of business leaders from past and present, selected for their professional contributions to the state as well as their community service. Bob Sakata, who with his wife, Joanna, owns Sakata Farms in Br[...]
Sports biz: Improving on the old college try
Your kid just scored the goal, blasted the home run, swished the three, leapt over the linebacker, or chipped it in for birdie to win the tourney. Later than evening, as you burn a fresh DVD highlight reel, you can almost feel that $30k tuition melting away. But here comes George White, ex-college coach, with some advice: Stop r[...]