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Made in Colorado 2013: Beer
New Belgium Brewing Fort Collins www.newbelgium.com Craft beer As usual, there’s plenty of news emanating from the macro-microbrewery that is now the nation’s third largest craft brewer and seventh largest overall. They’re getting ready to break ground on a new $175 million brewery in Asheville, N.C., that could ne[...]
Made in Colorado 2013: Toys
Trumark Manufacturing Co. Boulder www.slingshots.com Slingshots “We invented the wrist-braced slingshot in 1953,” says Mark Ellenburg, president of Trumark Manufacturing Co. The “we” Ellenburg is referring to is himself, his father Howard and his brother Steve. The trio used a dog collar to make the prototype on th[...]
Made in Colorado 2013: Medical & bioscience
Westone Laboratories Colorado Springs www.westone.com Hearing aid accessories In 1954, Ron and Mickey Morgan launched what is now North America’s largest hearing aid earpiece manufacturer from Divide. Nearly 60 years later, the company has sold millions of custom earpieces. “It’s probably 15 million to 20 million c[...]
Made in Colorado 2013: Spirits & wine
Leopold Brothers Denver www.leopoldbros.com Spirits There is a clear separation of powers at Leopold Brothers: Todd Leopold handles the distilling and Scott Leopold focuses on the business. Diversity of product is a strength. Todd has masterminded everything from absinthe verte to blackberry liqueur, stemming from th[...]
Chef Laura: Life in the “fast” lane
What would you do with an extra three hours in your day? This is free time to do whatever you want: play competitive ping pong, perfect your Irish Brogue, or get swept away in a Calgon bubble bath while reading a Harlequin Romance novel. You get to choose how you want to spend those “extra” 180 minutes. Is there anything miss[...]
Made in Colorado 2013: Kitchen & bath
Rosy Rings Denver www.rosyrings.com Candles Rosy Rings, now a successful small business with nearly 20 employees and an international presence in Japan and South Korea, began in a basement with an old crock pot, dented molds, some essential oils and beeswax. Founder Shannon Cumberland’s hobby became a full-fledged occupa[...]
Executive edge: Chris Lewter
Within weeks of moving to Colorado as president of the Mountain Region for Verizon Wireless, Chris Lewter faced his first crisis – devastating fires that engulfed 18,000 acres of Colorado Springs. “Our facilities and some of our network towers were in jeopardy,” recalls Lewter, who watched an 18-wheeler come up from Texas d[...]
Made in Colorado 2013: Miscellaneous sports
Wiggy’s Grand Junction www.wiggys.com Sleeping bags Jerry Wigutow started making sleeping bags in 1986. Today, his 35-person company is the only domestic manufacturer of sleeping bags in existence. His competitors “all left the country,” says Wigutow. “Nothing’s changed. They still don’t make any money on the[...]
Training in transition
Manufacturing did not disappear; it just changed. There has been much offshoring over the years, but companies are still making things in Colorado. According to the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment (CDLE), in December 2012 there were 5,311 manufacturing establishments employing 133,400 people in the state. That’s a[...]
Show me the money!
Despite the recent recession, Colorado is at the forefront of efforts to make capital more accessible to entrepreneurs, buoyed by the support of policymakers determined to spur economic growth through small business. Gov. John Hickenlooper recently told the Colorado Springs Business Alliance he wants the state to be “relentless[...]
The Uncle NIMBY syndrome
I know a guy who lives in West Arvada between Indiana and Highway 93. Every time I see him – let’s call him Uncle Nimby – I get to hear about how “they’re trying to force C470 through the neighborhood.” He exaggerates a bit. It’s three miles away. Usually, he’s happy because some recent study proved they can’t[...]
40 at 40
ColoradoBiz turns the Big 4-0 in 2013, and seizing the moment to flex our journalistic muscle, we’re offering up a narrative nod to some notable Colorado enterprises that have endured at least as long, and in the process helped shape Colorado as we know it. ColoradoBiz 40 At 40 is what the name suggests: a look at 40 Colorado [...]
Executive Edge: Nicole Singleton
Nicole Singleton last spring was named president and CEO of the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce, heading up an organization that represents 300 companies and 1,000 individuals. Prior to joining the chamber, she was president of The Third Eye, an association management company serving national and international professional soci[...]
CU Denver’s downtown brand
As the University of Colorado Denver expands its downtown campus, it is doing more than just constructing new buildings. The school, which has more than 14,000 students in downtown Denver, is building an education corridor. "The symbolism is that a corridor connects," says Chancellor Don Elliman. "As an urban-based research unive[...]
Business as usual: School for home-growers
The ink was barely dry on Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Executive Order formalizing Amendment 64 and making it legal to possess and grow marijuana in Colorado, when Matt Jones and Freeman Lafleur sprang into action, launching THC University. Named for the active ingredient in marijuana, THCU at this point is offering one full-day cl[...]
Colorado’s Most Powerful Salespeople: Joe Thurman
Joe Thurman, 28 Senior director of business development, Innovar Group, Greenwood Village WHAT HE DOES: Specializes in developing and cultivating business relationships that ultimately produce sales for Innovar’s technology staffing services. Efforts are focused on supporting C-level, director and management-level IT profe[...]
Colorado cool stuff: Skis, micropacks, snowboards, outerwear
MEIER SKIS After making his first pair of skis in 2009, Matt Cudmore today is “trying to keep up with orders – it’s a good problem.” Word of mouth pushed production to about 300 pairs for 2012, a tenfold increase over 2011. The secret is in the materials, including wood from Colorado, says Cudmore, some of it beetlekill[...]
2013 Made in Colorado 250
Company Category City A&M Aerospace Aerospace Denver AdamWorks Aerospace Centennial Ball Aerospace Aerospace Boulder [...]
Tech startup: Atargis Energy Corp.
INITIAL LIGHT BULB As an aeronautical research scientist at the Air Force Academy since 2000, Dr. Stefan Siegel moonlighted working on an underwater hydrofoil that could capture energy from the ocean’s currents better than existing technologies could. In 2008, Siegel was working in the field of feedback flow control, studyin[...]
DEMOGALA 2012
Photos by Michael Myers On the Web: www.demogala.com | www.coloradotechnology.org As a who’s who of the Colorado tech community noshed on breakfast the morning of Oct. 25, former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy took to the stage at the Sheraton Downtown Denver and delivered the keynote speech for the 8th annual DEMOgala, t[...]
