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Colorado Companies to Watch 2016: Making it in the mountains
Here are the 2016 Colorado Companies to Watch winners who have made it in the mountains and beyond: Pinnacle Mountain Homes www.pinnaclemtnhomes.com Base: Breckenridge In 2002, serial entrepreneur Chris Renner and his wife, Shannon, found themselves facing a decision: He had just cashed out of the Texas internet company he founded[...]
Colorado Companies to Watch 2016: Taking it to the next level
Meet the innovators, the disruptors, the risk-takers, the success-seekers. Chosen from more than 1,000 nominations, this year’s 50 Colorado Companies to Watch (CCTW) are second-stagers ready to power their businesses to the next level in increasingly bold and imaginative fashion. Some appear to have gone from zero to success i[...]
How Metro State and Lockheed Martin are growing aerospace careers
Filling the skill gap and work-force diversity were hot topics at the groundbreaking of Metropolitan State University Denver’s $60 million Aerospace and Engineering Sciences (AES) building last fall. The new 118,000-square-foot, four-story facility will house laboratories, classrooms and spaces such as the Institute for A[...]
The Antlers at Vail honored for community impact
The Antlers at Vail hotel has received the Community Impact Award from Vail Valley Partnership. The Antlers was one of 13 Vail area organizations honored May 13 at the Vail Valley Partnership’s 13th Annual Success Awards. Even as the awards ceremony was taking place, representatives from more than 20 Colorado Front Range nonpr[...]
Centennial Bank adds treasury management executive
Centennial Bank and Trust has hired Brendan Morse as senior vice president and manager of treasury management. Morse has more than 16 years of experience in treasury management. Prior to joining Centennial Bank and Trust, Morse was with UMB Bank in Denver for 11 years and with JP Morgan Chase. He is a graduate of the University of C[...]
Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 personal development winners
Here are the Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 awards in the personal development category: BEST NONPROFIT The Denver Hospice Over the last 37 years, more than 70,000 patients and their families have turned to The Denver Hospice during difficult times. The organization and its team of medical experts provide care for the elde[...]
Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 real estate winners
Here are the Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 winners and finalists in the real estate category: BEST COMMERCIAL BUILDING SERVICE Encore Electric Inc. The electrical contractor Encore Electric is a single source for all things power, technology and energy. Leading through the technical expertise of its people, Encore [...]
Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 maintenance winners
Here are the Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 winners and finalists in the maintenance category: BEST CARPET AND RUG CLEANING Stanley Steemer The family-owned Stanley Steemer was founded in 1947 in Columbus, Ohio. It is the first carpet cleaning service to be certified Asthma and Allergy Friendly by the Asthma and All[...]
Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 lodging winners
Here are the Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 winners and finalists in the Lodging/Accommodations category. BEST BUSINESS HOTEL Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center People think the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center is new, but it has been there for ten years. The layout, the design and [...]
Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 finance winners
Here are the Best of Colorado Business Choice winners and finalists in the finance category. BEST BANK FirstBank of Colorado Customers like FirstBank because they get the technology and capabilities of a large bank and the superior customer service of a local bank. For example, says chief operating officer Jim Reuter, FirstBank u[...]
Best of Colorado Business Choice 2016 transportation winners
Here are our Best of Colorado Business Choice winners and finalists in the "Transportation" category: BEST AUTO DEALERSHIP Schomp Automotive The family-owned Schomp Automotive owns Honda, BMW and Mini Cooper auto dealerships. The company has been in business since 1941. Third generation owner Lisa Schomp and her husband [...]
The Broadmoor names a new VP of food & beverage
The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs has named John Johnstone as Vice President of Food & Beverage. He will oversee not the resort as we as overall food and beverage operations at The Broadmoor Wilderness properties of The Ranch at Emerald Valley, Cloud Camp, The Broadmoor Fishing Camp and Seven Falls. Most recently, Johnstone serv[...]
Our 2016 Best of Colorado Business Choice Awards!
We introduced the Best of Colorado Business Choice Awards last year as a way of letting readers and their friends weigh in on their favorite places not just for doing business, but for enjoying life outside the workplace, either for pure enjoyment, or for socializing in an atmosphere that might help foster future business dealings. [...]
Meet our Entrepreneur of 2016: Koel Thomae
Koel Thomae’s entrepreneurial success story reads like a classic dairy tale romance. Girl meets yogurt. Girl falls in love with yogurt. Girl brings yogurt home. Everybody falls in love with yogurt. Eighteen flavors and $100 million in sales later, it’s fair to say that Noosa Finest Yoghurt is still the love of Thomae&r[...]
ISSAC offers enlightened data solutions
ISSAC Corp. (Colorado Springs – issaccorp.com – Founded: 2006 ISSAC is a service disabled, veteran-owned small business with core competencies in: Data analytics Systems engineering and integration Modeling and simulation Algorithm and software development The firm has experienced rapid growt[...]
Wowza wows with awesome streaming media solutions
Wowza Media Systems Golden – wowza.com – Founded: 2005 Oprah and the Pope. Customers like that surely warrant a “Wow.” These days, media viewers maintain high expectations when they stream video from around the world and around the clock. As such, Wowza Media Systems powers streaming video and aud[...]
A glimpse into the future at Aleph Objects
Aleph Objects Loveland – alephobjects.com – Founded: 2011 In mid-spring, Forbes published an article titled, “LulzBot 3D Printers: A Glimpse Into the Future of American Manufacturing.” The subject was the boom of the 3D printing market, and Aleph Objects was at the center of the game-changing storyline.[...]
Here are our top 15 municipal golf courses
Municipal golf is at the soul of the game. Without it, there would be no game, no industry, no golf superstars on television. While country club golf represents the cream of the crop, municipal golf is where every man gets his start. “Thank goodness for muni golf,” said Ed Mate, executive director of the Colorado Golf As[...]
You need to play these scenic Colorado golf courses at least once
Let’s go on a little fantasy golf tour. It’s not going to be about the highest-rated courses, whatever that means in the subjective world of course ratings. Let’s just say, “Hey, we’re in Colorado with an unlimited budget and a month of free time. Where do we play we might not have heard of?” This[...]
A downtown revitalization is stirring in Sterling
As in many small towns, when folks in Sterling watch a live performance, they are likely sitting in the high school auditorium or maybe the mixed-use event center/gymnasium at the regional college. While Sterling locals attend comedy nights at restaurants or concerts at the First Presbyterian Church, downtown revitalization supporter[...]
