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Launching a Business During a Pandemic
A few years ago, my family and I purchased a hemp farm in Boulder. It’s one of the original Colorado homesteads, fed by pristine water flowing from Rocky Mountain National Park. We knew this place had the power to really help people. Driven by our desire to help everyone, from grandmothers to Gen Zers, find balance and harmony in [...]
Building autonomous mobile robots from a garage in Boulder, Colorado
While it's no secret that their fulfillment and delivery teams have been busier than ever supplying customers with items during the pandemic, Amazon's robotics team has been working behind the scenes to re-engineer bots and processes to increase safety in their fulfillment centers. While some folks are able to do their jobs at home [...]
A budding relationship between cannabis and real estate
Landlords have found a new best friend in cannabis. Today, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are navigating an unprecedented and potentially devastating one-two punch of COVID-19 and shifting consumer purchase behavior driven by the proliferation of e-commerce and new digital technology solutions. At the same time, cannabis,[...]
Fentress Architects’ DEN Passenger Terminal Lands AIA Colorado’s Twenty-Five Year Award
Designed by Denver-based Fentress Architects, DEN is recognized worldwide for its iconic peaked roof inspired by the Rocky Mountains. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado chapter selected the Denver International Airport (DEN) Passenger Terminal as the recipient of the 2020 Twenty-five Year Award. As one of the most [...]
How COVID-19 has impacted millennials in the workplace
Millennial workers have long been known for seeking employers that provide flexibility, a positive workforce culture and opportunities for growth. And more than other generations, millennials have had a habit of jumping ship if their employers didn’t deliver. In a survey taken by Gallup last year, millennials were 10 times more lik[...]
Handling a new normal in the workplace
Never in a million years did I think we'd have a serious business conversation about how many lawyers should be allowed to use the bathroom at once. What’s the right number? Is it two? Four? Even six? Do we need to investigate the matter and do a little research? Maybe count stalls, measure floor plans, even (God forbid!) do a com[...]
Colorado’s oil industry faces rocky road to recovery
In late May, just seven drilling rigs were operating in Colorado, compared with 31 on the same date a year earlier. And the price of oil may not have fully justified even those seven rigs: It was near $60 a barrel at the year’s start but dived to $15.71 as of May 1. The battering the Colorado oil and gas sector has taken this year [...]
Silverton snowboard maker is up for the ‘venture’
Lisa Branner has her high-altitude, sunbaked, snow-caked hands full. In addition to running a craft snowboard manufacturer, she’s the community relations manager for the Town of Silverton, where she lives and with her husband has run Venture Snowboards — alongside other ventures — for more than 20 years. A New York City native[...]
Made in Colorado: Products to spice up your summer
Cooper’s Small Batch Hot Sauces When Michelle and John Davidson ran The Crushery on Denver’s Old South Pearl Street from 2007 to 2012, John, the chef, and Michelle, the marketer, developed hot sauces that have since taken on a life of their own. They relaunched them in 2018 and now sell through more than 160 retailers. The catal[...]
No mountain is too high for Vail’s COO
Beth Howard | Chief Operating Officer, Vail Mountain Age: 57 Hometown: Corwith, Iowa What she’s reading: “The Power of Moments” and “Epic by Nature” podcast Beth Howard is an icon — and an anomaly. Starting as a college intern at Colorado’s Beaver Creek Resort, she has spent 35 years winding her way through food and [...]
Small processors step up to ease beef supply-chain woes
When one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 shut down JBS USA's meatpacking plant in Greeley for nine days in April, it sent a shockwave through the beef supply chain. The closure of the 3,000-employee plant, and others like it across the U.S., made for a bottleneck for the cattle ranchers who supply JBS. It also raised the specte[...]
Vail Valley real estate experiences heightened interest amidst uncertainty
Clearly, the first half of 2020 has brought noticeable market shifts in real estate, both in the Vail Valley as well as worldwide. While every market experienced a pause due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, what has been unexpected is the amount of activity and price point increases throughout the Vail Valley since restrictions[...]
Mask makers pivot back to pre-coronavirus products
Businesses often have to pivot during a crisis, and for some Colorado manufacturers, that meant making face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the companies have to decide when to get back to regular business, or at least new normal business. Over the years the fourth-generation Dardano’s went from being a shoe repair busines[...]
BDO USA expands in Rocky Mountain Region with addition of ACM
BDO USA, LLP, an accounting and advisory firm, recently added 167 professionals from ACM LLP (formerly Anton Collins Mitchell LLP), a Colorado- and Wyoming-based public accounting firm headquartered in Denver. ACM has been a member of the BDO Alliance since 2002, prior to that the firm was a part of BDO. The combination is subject to[...]
Without sports, how do we even recognize our seasons?
Now and then a car passes by on Blake Street. Sometimes a bicyclist’s silhouette materializes behind the green screen of a temporary fence. But mostly it looks like a painting, this view of Coors Field. I’m not here, of course. I’m watching a live stream delivered by a webcam. Low in the frame there’s a rooftop patio with ora[...]
Young entrepreneurs promote self-care, wellness and community
glow + gather is a family-run business, co-founded with two young entrepreneurs from Castle Rock. They promote self-care and a healthy lifestyle through their natural body and spice products. Best for Colorado spoke with co-founders, Sarita Parikh, Kerala (age 13) and Jaxon (age 11) to learn more about this small business’ story. [...]
Business leaders launch movement to build more diverse Colorado economy
Denver-area business leaders recently launched the Colorado Inclusive Economy, a new movement aimed at rebuilding the state’s economy to work more effectively for all Coloradans. Employers who join the movement commit to hiring and advancing employees of color, developing more supportive workplace cultures and investing in workforc[...]
San Luis Valley keeps Colorado near the top in fresh spud output
The San Luis Valley, the world’s largest alpine valley, is often associated with the Great Sand Dunes, UFOs and vortexes. But its potato industry is another big, if more mundane, calling card. The wide swath of high desert flatland between the Sangre de Cristos and the San Juans is a massive alluvial plain. The sandy soil, in conc[...]
Made in Colorado: Four great picks for summer
Evergood Elixirs A decade ago, a friend offered avid homebrewer Matt Hexter something new to drink. “Someone brought some fermented lemonade,” Hexter says. “I was like, ‘Dude, give me the recipe.’” Hexter’s results prodded him to start Evergood Elixirs in early 2018. Not technically beers — the government defines the[...]
Josh Freed is leading the work-from-home transformation
Josh Freed | Co-founder and CEO, Proximity | Ridgway / Montrose / Grand Junction About 40% of U.S. employees now work away from a company office, and Proximity is at the front end of the transformation. The company's growth has been fueled by its software platform for the management of coworking spaces. Now 28 employees, Proximity s[...]
