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Communication is the Key: High 5 Plumbing Explains the Unique Nature of Working with a Spouse
Starting an independent business can be a difficult venture. Along with having the money to fund the project, one must develop a business plan, create working systems, hire employees, convince customers to purchase the product or service, and a multitude of other important business management issues. It is a long and sometimes d[...]
Good Company: Eric Phillips and his 3E’s Comedy Club
Eric Phillips Owner of 3E’s Comedy Club Hometown: Cleveland What he’s reading: Phillips subscribes to Colorado Springs’ local newspaper, The Gazette, and reads the print edition every morning, along with online trade publications covering the comedy industry. ColoradoBiz: We’ve got plenty of technical ques[...]
Spring Brings Fresh Home Renovation
As we enter the spring and summer home design and decorating season, there are a number of things homeowners and home buyers should consider as they plan for and make their design decisions and purchases. Here are some helpful tips from our team of experts at Design Studio Interior Solutions: 1. The sun in […]
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 […]
Top Entrepreneur Finalist: Katherine Wells
Wells, 55, founded Serenity Engage in 2019 following more than 20 years in software marketing. “This is my first startup,” she says. “I’m really proud I’m a female founder starting a company over the age of 50.” The idea for the company originated when her mother was in memory care and her fat[...]
Top Entrepreneur Finalist: Thierry Schellenbach
After starting and selling Fashiolista, an early-moving social network in his native Netherlands, Schellenbach, 35, brought his next startup, Stream, to Techstars in New York in 2016 and subsequently moved the headquarters to Boulder, while maintaining an office in Amsterdam. The company began providing a platform for online act[...]
Top Entrepreneur Finalist: Jenn Knight, CTO and Niji Sabharwal, CEO
The wife-and-husband duo of Knight and Sabharwal met working together at LinkedIn in the Bay Area. “We really liked working with each other and were hoping to find another opportunity to do that,” says Sabharwal, 37. “I never would have thought it would be regulatory compliance software for the insurance indust[...]
Top Entrepreneur Finalist: Helen Young Hayes
Helen Young Hayes, 59, founded Activate in 2016 after a long and storied career as a fund manager and chief investment officer. “I spent 20 years on Wall Street, most of that at Janus, and retired from the financial industry,” she says. Then, after a 10-plus-year hiatus, she started Activate, a registered nonprofit, [...]
Breaking the Bias: 3 Harsh Realities of Gender Bias in Healthcare
Here’s the reality: gender and power significantly influences healthcare. It shouldn’t, and my hope is that we continue to build a future where all that matters in healthcare is what you need. Before I continue, I want to be clear that when I say “woman” or “women” in this article, I’m referring to any and [&hellip[...]
Good Company: Ted Leighty
Ted Leighty has been CEO of the Colorado Association of Homebuilders (CAHB) since 2017 as well as CEO of the Homebuilders Association of Metro Denver since late 2020. The CAHB has 10 local builder associations across Colorado and a statewide membership of nearly 2,000, representing 40,000 jobs in the industry. The CAHB advocates[...]
CBCA Awards 12 Honorees in Business for the Arts 2022
On March 15, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) celebrated 12 honorees at its 2022 Business for the Arts Awards, presented by EY and PNC Bank. CBCA’s largest annual fundraiser and celebration — the Awards luncheon is the only statewide event honoring companies and individuals for their outstanding partnerships[...]
Snooze Partners with World Central Kitchen to Support Ukraine
Denver’s treasured breakfast eatery, Snooze, has partnered with global culinary and humanitarian group, World Central Kitchen, to support refugees and workers on the ground in Ukraine by donating restaurant sales from pancake specials in the initiative, “Pancakes for Peace.” From Thursday, March 17 through Wednesday, March[...]
