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The ACA and workplace wellness programs
With 58 percent of Colorado adults overweight or obese and health care costs rising, employers face many concerns for their employee’s health. Our business, which specializes in developing and executing corporate wellness programs, is seeing an upsurge in corporations pursuing corporate wellness p...
Tech startup: Decibullz
Elite-level gymnastics coach Kyle Kirkpatrick always liked to listen to music while working out, but there was an inherent challenge. "I'd never been able to use earphones when doing gymnastics — or rollerblading, or snowboarding," he explains. "The movements are too aggressive. No earphone has a...
Made in Colorado: Meep records, Primary ties, Peacock candles, The LOOP
MEEP RECORDS Adam Baumester has played guitar in Denver bands like Bad Weather California, managed landmark record store Twist & Shout, and collected vinyl records since he was a kid. So he took the natural next step: He bought a lathe on eBay and went into the record-making business with Meep Records in 2012. “Vinyl [[...]
No end to fast-casual appetite
Denver is arguably the nation’s epicenter of fast-casual restaurant innovation, with a roster that includes Chipotle, Noodles & Company, Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, Qdoba, Tokyo Joe’s and Smashburger, to name a few. Anthony Pigliacampo and Rob McColgan sized up the Front Range landscape and didn’t see saturation; they saw a market where consumers were already familiar […]
Dakin’s tips for 1st Dollar Revenue
Cash is king. It is the oxygen of a business; without it your company is dead. There are two primary sources of business cash: revenue and capital funds. Generating revenue is the best approach. The goal is to create a sustainable business model which produces revenues, lots of it. This keeps you...
Four keys to continuity during crisis
For businesses, evaluating and implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans can make a world of difference; and can often mean the difference of whether a business continues to operate after the storm has passed. Business continuity and disaster recovery plans are IT processes that...
Made in Colorado awards celebrate state’s top manufacturers
The ColoradoBiz Made in Colorado Manufacturing Forum and Awards celebrated 250 Colorado Manufacturers on April 23, with six receiving top honors. The list of Colorado-made products includes spacecraft, beer and burritos – to name a few. And the state’s manufacturers are an increasingly nimble lot. Here are this year’s winners: Manufacturer of the Year: Small […]
Made in Colorado 2014: Creative/Home/Consumer;
Creative / Home / Consumer Omerica Organic Body jewelry / omericaorganic.com / Denver Ryan Lorenz started Omerica Organic in 2004. A decade later, Lorenz says the company is “definitely the largest” manufacturer of wooden earlobe plugs – worn in stretched piercings – in the country. “I was in the military and s[...]
Best of CoBiz: Nobody likes performance review surprises
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from business performance improvement expert Larry Valant’s book, Stop Breaking These Rules! 100 Hard-Hitting Truths for Business Integrity and Performance. True and honest feedback plays a huge role in performance and growth. Performance reviews must provide true and honest feedback. If they do so, they become the foundation for […]
Supply chain: Push or pull?
Optimizing your supply chain has become a key driver to success for manufacturing and distribution companies. Being able to deliver the right product at the right time to the customer has become a baseline expectation. Companies have made significant investments in Enterprise Resource Planning (ER...
Remote possibilities
From offices overlooking the snowy main street of a Colorado mountain town, business owner Michelle Geib helps customers with questions about sailing on a schooner on Lake Michigan or whale watching off the California coast. Geib runs Xperience Days, her company that offers unique activity gifts i...
Made in Colorado 2014: Industrial, miscellaneous
Industrial / Misc. Aqua-Hot RV heating systems aquahot.com Frederick Hap Enander patented an on-demand water heater in 1989 and moved from the RV aftermarket to factory installations with Winnebago and other major manufacturers by the mid-1990s. Aqua-Hot today commands a 95 percent market share for heating systems in high-end RV[...]
