The Davidoff sisters' new business launch aligned almost perfectly with the start of the pandemic, and suddenly the found themselves in uncharted territory. While launching a business during a pandemic brought unforeseen and very real obstacles, it taught the pair valuable lessons as first-time entrepreneurs. Here are three important lessons every new entrepreneur should consider.
Tia Jenkins is owner and architect at Kieding, a Denver-based interior architecture and design firm. She’s also a prolific seamstress. After sewing masks for her office team at the beginning of the pandemic, Jenkins and crew decided to add these hand-made masks to their marketing campaign—offering a practical tie-in and real-time solution to one issue many people and businesses were facing with the virus.
Just beyond commercial airspace around 60,000 feet above Earth, the stratosphere has not generated the interest or investment of points in either direction. Urban Sky Theory is looking to change that.
While there’s no question that flea markets have had many challenges in this past year, they are reliably consistent over the long-term. Here are six predictions about the future of flea markets.
In times of uncertainty, seasonal employees can help you keep a business afloat without taking on an excess of full-time employees. By learning the legalities regarding seasonal workers and implementing efficient hiring practices early on, your business can be better prepared.
These may be unprecedented times, but some aspects of business will never change. One of those timeless, irreplaceable realities of business is the need to gather, to network, to celebrate, to brainstorm, to unwind. Introducing the new conference center in the Denver Metro area, the Hyatt Regency Aurora – Denver Conference Center.
These may be unprecedented times, but some aspects of business will never change. One of those timeless, irreplaceable realities of business is the need to gather, to network, to celebrate, to brainstorm, to unwind. For months, these opportunities were limited to the virtual, electronic sense, but gradually the familiar in-person get-togethers have begun resuming. Plan now for your next retreat or meeting. It will remind you why you do business in Colorado.
Their goal is to give food service operations everywhere the power to make a positive impact on the world by preserving fresh water, while reducing monthly water bills.
Design-build is an alternative delivery method that combines the design and contracting teams into one, so the project stays within one firm from start to end. Here are three things you need to know about how design-build benefits citizens, the community, and the industry as a whole.
Each purchase of a Giving Meal will equal one free meal to someone in need. For only $12, guests will be able to “get a meal, give a meal.” You can also purchase a meal outright.
Denver-based Vectra Bank will celebrate a significant organizational milestone this week with a virtual groundbreaking ceremony designed to mark the start of construction on the bank’s new corporate center at I-25 and Belleview Station. The three-year, multi-million-dollar project represents a significant real estate investment during an uncertain and challenging time.
For Matt Bliss, Modern Christmas Trees are all about honoring the legacy of his late grandfather, Lawrence “Bud” Stoecker. His Denver-based company now sells a wide variety of tree-shaped cones of concentric rings, bedecked with lights and baubles. Bliss says sales are snowballing at a rate of “about 70% a year.”
Terra LaRock—child, family, and school psychologist, and the founder of Mindful Mamas—partnered with another Colorado-based, female-led company AppIt Ventures to develop an app made specifically for the unique mental health needs of mothers at every stage of motherhood. Mindful Mamas was awarded an OEDIT Advanced Industries Grant by the State of Colorado and is set to raise a total of $1 million by the end of 2020.
EarthHero is on a mission to make it normal to consume in a way that’s easier on the environment, while meeting the convenience we’ve come to expect. Founder and CEO Ryan Lewis talks about the online marketplace's commitment to sustainability and doing business better.
While the shoppers are preparing and checking their lists twice, now is the perfect time to prepare your web presence for the holiday season.
The Denver-based full-service commercial general contractor held their third annual Chipping in for Charities golf tournament.
Best for Colorado celebrates companies that are leveraging the power of business to do better in Colorado. In a year shrouded in uncertainty, Best for Colorado not only reminds businesses that resiliency is possible, but that they have a responsibility to their communities—a commitment worth celebrating.
The Pueblo Chile Growers Association started to take shape in 2015. Now with about 15 member farms, the association helped cement the Pueblo chile brand instead of the previous, less geographic moniker: the Mirasol chile. Pueblo chile acreage in Colorado is rising.
During the month of October, people were encouraged to support female-owned businesses, and celebrate these women who have made a substantial difference in the growth of our country’s economy. Every month we should be lifting up female business owners and making a concerted effort to support them.
While some funeral trends were emerging before the pandemic, many were hastened by COVID-19. Here are ten factors to consider in planning a funeral in the age of COVID-19
It's important that the Denver community continues to support Latinx and Hispanic owned small businesses, not just for one month, but all year round.
If operators are not educated on how to safely operate them, it can be hazardous to the operator, costly and a liability to the company. FMH Material Handling Solutions' goal is to ensure that everyone who operates a forklift knows the importance of doing it in the safest way and every employee, operator and contractor leave the job unharmed.
Non-profit organizations that are considering designing and building a new structure or renovating an existing building, need to enter the project with their eyes-wide-open in regards to the design and construction process. Here are some of the things a non-profit should keep in mind as they make plans for a major undertaking.
Especially in these uncertain times, Colorado construction companies find that having the right small business insurance is very reassuring. Few can afford the financial hit from damage to customer property, stolen tools, or other common business risks.
