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Colorado cool stuff: Cat-Ears, Powerice, Matterial, Livliga
CAT-EARS Rick Weissner liked biking with friends on weekends, but found chatting difficult. “Typically, you try to catch up, but you get a fair amount of wind noise,” says Weissner, a financial consultant. So he launched Cat-Ears in 2012 to solve the social biking conundrum. Inspired by the animal kingdom, Cat-Ears use fau[...]
Sports biz: Av-onomics: Looking up
For Colorado Avalanche fans, the best thing about the new National Hockey League season is that it’s just that: new. After closing the books on a forgettable year, the Avalanche returned to the ice with a legend in the coach’s box and a much-improved vibe among the fan base, if anecdotal chatter means anything. I know this be[...]
2013 Top Company winner: Oakwood Homes
REAL ESTATE / CONSTRUCTION OAKWOOD HOMES The credit crisis resulting from the bursting of the housing bubble is considered the primary cause of the 2007-2009 recession in the U.S. Suffice it to say, it was a challenging couple of years in real estate. But Oakwood Homes managed to make it out of the economic downturn and in fa[...]
Real estate: A tale of five cities
Following the collapse that began in 2007, Colorado’s residential real estate market has come roaring back, fueled by low interest rates, limited inventory coupled with buyer demand, and a gradually improving economy. Meanwhile, the commercial sector is at least on the mend, as evidenced by the redevelopment of Union Station in L[...]
Wild and woolly company wins big
Wool apparel manufacturer Voormi took home the winning title Tuesday as the state’s top outdoor lifestyle entrepreneur of the year at Something Independent’s 2013 Wright Awards. “At its heart, Voormi is a brand built around wool and built around the southern Colorado back country,” said Timm Smith, director of brand marke[...]
A financial year-end to-do list
Any minute, it will be Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and then the rest of the holiday season will come and go. Suddenly, it’s 2014. Before the year runs out, investors would be wise to consider planning opportunities available to them in areas of charitable giving, deduction planning and tax loss harvesting, among others. Chari[...]
GenXYZ: Amanda Mountain, 37
Mountain has dramatically increased revenue in the three years she’s worked for Rocky Mountain PBS. What inspired you to start the Tim Gill Center? A big part of what we want to do is create a pipeline for citizens to tell stories that wouldn’t be told. We partner with libraries and universities, provide a public medi[...]
Executive MBA program offerings promote corporate advancement
Not many would argue that a candidate with an MBA has a leg up on the job hunt. A master of business administration graduate has honed skills in areas including finance, human resources, information technology and economics. Put an “E” in front of the MBA and that degree becomes increasingly distinctive. When St. Louis-based [...]
2013 Top Company winner: Tourism & Hospitality
Winner: Red Robin Gourmet Burgers The burger chain founded in 1969 in Seattle is now headquartered in Greenwood Village and run under the four cornerstones: “People, Smiling Burgers, Core Values and the Gift of Time.” Differentiator Red Robin is known for its unique burger creations, such as the Bonzai burger with grilled[...]
Rocky Mountain Worm Company
Jay Williams graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and came home to Colorado Springs in 2010. His green-thumbed father, Ken, had started using compost in the garden, but something was missing: worms. “You need a lot of worms to keep your garden healthy,” says Jay. It follows that Ken and Jay bought a Worm Factory [...]
2013 Top Company finalists: Nonprofit
Nonprofit Goodwill Industries of Denver While many consumers know Goodwill for its thrift stores, revenues from the retail operations as well as donor contributions fund the 95-year-old organization’s work force development programs meant to benefit the community. Differentiator Last year, Goodwill helped more than 21,000[...]
Who needs estate planning?
With the recent passage of the $5 million estate tax exclusion, many people believe that they need nothing other than a simple will to cover their estate planning requirements. Estate planning deals with providing for ourselves as we age and taking care of our loved ones after we are gone. Did you know that important estate p[...]
Rundles wrap up: Traffic jams indeed
On my way to Denver International Airport recently for a passenger pickup, I used my preferred airport route and travelled the entire distance of I-225 from I-25 to I-70. I did that same thing the night I-225 opened way back in 1976 just to get a feel for the new “loop” on the east side of town. What has continued to amaze me [...]
Executive edge: John Hayes
When John Hayes was 4 years old, he’d peek over the pew of his church in suburban Chicago, decked out in hockey gear so he’d be ready to hit the nearby ice rink as soon as he said his last amen. “I’ve played hockey my whole life,” said the CEO of the Broomfield-based Ball Corp. “Hockey is not only a sport but it is o[...]
Colorado Family Care Act legal alert
On May 3, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law the Family Care Act. The law purports to broaden an employee’s qualifying reasons for leave under the federal Family Medical Leave Act. Specifically, the FCA provides that in addition to the leave that an employee is entitled to the under the FMLA, Colorado employe[...]
Best of CoBiz: Building with the arts
As we move our state ahead in developing our economy, one of the most crucial problems we must solve is how to finance our existing companies and provide funds for the many entrepreneurial organizations just waiting to take off. This challenge is just not a Colorado problem but a national one as well. Banks don't seem to be lendi[...]
Grocery goes micro
Like the television audience, the beer market, and most everything else in the new economy, the grocery business is fragmenting. Bigger is not better. Smaller is in vogue. And everybody from corner drugstores to massive supercenters are looking to nab a piece of this $1 trillion pie. Take Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage. The[...]
Best Companies to Work for in Colorado 2013: Small
1. Moneytree When Erika Herrera went to work for Moneytree as a teller, she figured it was just a job that would pay the bills while she finished school. Maybe it was the great benefits, or the employee recognition, or the company’s policy of giving back to the community, or the pleasure of working for a family-owned business [...]
Frackers and farmers
Story and Photography By Lee Buchsbaum As the tents go up at Front Range farmers’ markets each spring, it’s a sure sign of the immense and healthy bounty to follow. Beginning with bags of locally produced, organic, leafy greens, followed by bulbous tomatoes and an assortment of zucchinis, peppers and squash, the farmer’s ma[...]
Best Companies to Work for in Colorado 2013: Medium
1. PCL Construction You're tired, you're overworked, and you feel like your employer doesn't care. Chances are, you aren't crazy about your job. And chances are – you don’t work for PCL Construction. At PCL, employees depend on one another. They know their employers look out for them, and the entire staff is willing to lend[...]
