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How to Get Out of Payday Loan Debt in Colorado
Despite all the advantages and disadvantages, payday loans remain the most convenient option for people to meet immediate cash needs. Payday loans can cost you much more in the long run than you originally intended to borrow. Payday loans can quickly become a trap for borrowers due to their high-interest rates and fees. The bill com[...]
Tips for a Business Succession Plan
As a business owner, you already know that planning for the future is imperative. While you are already likely doing this, you may not be planning as far into the future as you should be. Inevitably, there will come a day that you are no longer around or capable of running your business. As older generations take on estate planning[...]
Data and Content Democratization
In the data-driven, modern economy, democratization is more than a buzzword. In fact, the democratization of both data and content is hugely important for businesses, allowing for scaling, agility, and innovation on an unprecedented scale. Across the digital world, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day. These vast rese[...]
Talent Sourcing in a Candidate’s Market
It’s been quite a few years now since the recruitment equation switched — from employers sitting in the “catbird seat” — to jobseekers taking over that perch. The job market has only continued to tighten with each passing year. Today, it is the companies that need to prove their worth, rather than the other way around. Talent sourci[...]
Increase Women in the Trades through Education
I was never supposed to have a life in the trades. I focused my life on going to college and being a teacher. During those days, the pathway to success was written in stone. To have a great life, you had to go to college and find the right career. Fast forward, and I am the co-owner of a successful plumbing company alongside my husba[...]
High 5 Plumbing Advances with Technology
In 2018, High 5 Plumbing recognized a need in the plumbing industry in providing “accurate” quotes without an on-site visit. We would receive multiple calls from new clients daily “calling around” to receive quotes for plumbing work. Due to plumbing systems in the Denver Metro Area varying based on location, age, and material[...]
Colorado Female Business Owners Have Stories to Tell
Last month during Women’s History Month, we celebrated the contributions of women throughout history and today. As a female business owner myself, I empathize and understand the struggles of women-led businesses that continue to be hit hard by the impact of the pandemic. That’s why, I encourage my fellow Coloradans to please consider[...]
Fintech on the Rise
Colorado’s fintech footprint is getting bigger, with numerous companies launching and opening satellite offices in the state in the last few years. Industry observers see a burgeoning sector rooted in Denver but extending in both directions on the Front Range and beyond. Colorado has three cities — Denver (#9), Boulder (#20), and Co[...]
Denver Metro Chamber Names 2022 Business Awards Finalists
In an effort to recognize the best of businesses in the Denver metro area, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has named 17 organizations as finalists for its 2022 Business Awards, presented by BOK Financial. A winner will be chosen for each of the six categories by a panel of judges, and for the first time, there was also a commun[...]
High Country Conundrum
The ability to work from anywhere and a shift by property owners to rent short-term rather than long-term has made it so difficult for people in mountain towns to secure housing that businesses in those communities are having a tough time finding employees. Retailers, restaurants and other businesses are restricting their hours and[...]
Mici Handcrafted Italian Finds Recipe for Success
Mici Handcrafted Italian has grown to seven locations since three siblings from Florida opened the first restaurant in Denver 18 years ago, and the family business is on the verge of getting much bigger. The restaurant group that touts family recipes and fast-casual efficiency recently signed franchise agreements for 50 stores, with[...]
Home Real Estate: Why it’s Still a Good Time to Buy
It’s no secret that inventory levels across the country are, for the most part, at all-time lows and multiple offers on homes commonplace. As a result, one of the most frequently asked questions among buyers is, “should we just wait?” Waiting, in almost all instances, only creates frustration for buyers in the long run. In our more t[...]
Gotcha Covered Recognized in Top 200 Franchises of 2022
A to-do list among many Coloradan homeowners right now includes: updating their windows. Any visit to Nextdoor will quickly reveal communal concerns for increased utilities' costs, which tends to up the ante for getting your windows into sealed, safe, and tip-top shape. You may be searching for the perfect window installation servic[...]
A Virtual Fix for Plumbing Services
We all dread the day that arrives — when suddenly our garbage disposal stops working, our water heater goes down, or pipes become clogged reaching our washing machine. We dread the day, not only because of the sudden disaster we have on hand, but also because of the new budget we need to negotiate. It's no secret that plumbing servi[...]
A Group Approach to Leadership that Mobilizes
Good leaders are organizational architects — because they know how to organize and mobilize followers so that their energies are focused on the strategic mission — as explained by James G. Clawson, an Associate Professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business. Leaders, today more than ever, are using a group approach to social ca[...]
Colorado’s Women-owned Staffing Firm Celebrates 25 Years
Colorado Network Staffing (CNS) — a staffing agency that is 100-percent women-owned, specializing in recruitment, payroll, HR management, and project management located in Westminster, Colorado — rings in 25 years of service in March of 2022. Founded in 1996 by Pam Fritzler, CNS transferred ownership to Sandra (Sandy) Miller in 2019[...]
Earning the Trust of Talented Candidates in 2022
Pandemic recovery and The Great Resignation are continuing to cause challenges and uncertainty for business leaders at every level. In 2022, an increasing concern is: how to recruit and retain talent. You know you need to compete for high quality people with the right skills and cultural fit to achieve your business goals. However[...]
Feeling Stressed? New Challenges Inspire New Hobbies
As we approach year-three of the global pandemic, more and more people are seeking new hobbies and ways to stay active while working from home. For many, juggling work and home life during the pandemic has turned both into stressful environments, and more people than ever are expressing feelings of burnout. Studies have shown that on[...]
Coloradoans are Playing an Important Role in the Global Energy Evolution
Energy powers the world, plain and simple. It’s what keeps our lights on, our homes warm, and provides us with so many daily necessities whether we realize it or not. When you think of the individuals who have played an important role in energy’s evolution historical figures probably come to mind: Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin, or Joh[...]
Digital Nomads: How to Run a Business from Anywhere
The world is fast turning away from the physical location of work. Many people have resigned from or adjusted jobs that should have ordinarily needed their presence in the office or workplace. Since the coronavirus-era and the lockdown accompanying it, many organizations and individuals are moving toward work from home. Working from[...]
