Free Newsletter
Boulder-based pet nutrition company launches new magazine
DROOL is a new platform from pet nutrition company, BIXBI, to share the most interesting stories about dogs. The inaugural issue introduces readers to 96 pages of curated, dog-centric editorial with in-depth features that uncover compelling canine stories.
50 Colorado Companies to Watch 2020
Now in its 12th year, Colorado Companies to Watch recognizes second-stage companies that are fueling the economic fire across Colorado. Since the program’s inception, 600 winning companies, including this year’s class of 50, have created more than 22,000 full-time-equivalent jobs and generated revenues exceeding $5 billion i[...]
Kaiser Permanente becomes first carbon-neutral health system in the U.S.
The organization’s mission to improve individual and community health drives its longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability and slowing climate change. This move to carbon neutrality eliminates the organization’s 800,000-ton annual carbon footprint, the equivalent of taking 175,000 cars off the road.
Colorado updates paid sick leave provisions for 2021
Certain provisions of HFWA will go into effect January 1, 2021. HFWA will be phased in during a two-year period. Starting January 1, 2021, employers with 16 or more employees will be covered by the paid sick leave requirements. On January 1, 2022, all employers in Colorado, excluding the federal government, will be required to p[...]
Top Company Awards 2020
There might be no greater measure of a great company than the way it responds in a crisis. So it’s no surprise that when the ColoradoBiz 33rd Annual Top Company winners and finalists found themselves thrust into the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, they stepped up to meet the moment.
Starting your own business in a COVID-19 environment
This challenging economy may actually be the perfect time to flex your entrepreneurial spirit. From a legal perspective, that means choosing an entity, raising capital, and navigating other start-up considerations that will help guide your business decisions, tax efficiencies and ability to scale.
Denver company launches new electric vehicles to solve foodservice challenges this fall
Gallery E Vehicles help food, beverage and merchandising operators bring their products directly to consumers. The environmentally friendly, cost-effective, fully customizable light duty vehicles are the latest in Gallery’s line-up of innovative products being used in venues across the country, from major NFL stadiums to colle[...]
A company’s out-of-the-box pivot during the pandemic
During pre-pandemic days, about 80% of Rainbow Ryders’ customers were tourists from corporate groups and leisure travel. During this COVID-19 era, the company reevaluated its operations. Now the company creates flying billboards for its partners that bring brand messages right to people’s homes, during a time where most of o[...]
Does Your Business Need a LIFT?
Every business needs a financial plan to help guide and keep them afloat no matter how good times may be or how plentiful the work may appear. With the reality of the the last few months in mind, here are four key actions to take now to “LIFT” businesses.
How leaders can better support black employees
If there is one place where rapid change can happen, where diversity, equity, and inclusion can be real more quickly, it's in the American workplace. We know that most companies are quite agile when they need to be, and business leaders are at the helm. Here are five ways to start supporting black employees.
Many U.S. CEOs remain confident despite challenging environment
Among top executives at companies with more than $500 million in annual revenue, 60 percent were more optimistic now than the start of the year about their three-year prospects. As much as COVID-19 changed how people work and how organizations invest in technology, companies are re-assessing their values and purpose. CEOs also a[...]
A budding relationship between cannabis and real estate
Cannabis is a $9 billion-dollar industry expected to reach $26 billion by 2025. With nearly 25 million monthly cannabis customers in the United States and more than 500,000 new jobs projected by 2022, the economics of cannabis–and as a result, their impact on real estate–can’t be ignored.
