At a recent ACG Denver luncheon (http://chapters.acg.org/denver/), Chris Carrington, CEO of Alpine Access Corporation, spoke about Alpine Access' 11-year journey to cross the chasm and achieve significant adoption. Alpine Access provides 100 percent virtual call center services for 24 x…
HOTTY HOODY Aundrea Rosdal's inspiration for the Hotty Hoody came from a scary accident in 1997. "My son had an accident when he was 4 - he's now 16 - when he grabbed the barrel of my curling iron and…
INITIAL LIGHT BULB: After meeting as students at the University of Michigan, Jeffrey Powers and Vikas Reddy decided to start a business together. They launched Occipital from an office on Beaver Island, Mich., before relocating to New York in early…
Denver-based ReadyTalk chose last month's Fifth Annual CSIA DEMOgala to announce its newest product: the ReadyTalk Media Player, which helps businesses make better use of social media by allowing them to easily embed recorded content into websites, blogs and other…
Denver is already the cradle of the giant burrito, with Chipotle, Qdoba, Chez Jose, Bocaza and Illegal Pete's all emerging here in the early 1990s. Boulder's Phil Anson aims to make this the mecca of the frozen burrito, too. Less…
The growth of women-owned Hispanic businesses hasn't escaped the notice of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which included a Latina Summit in September when it met in Denver for its 30th annual convention.
As his most recent answer to the small business crisis, President Obama just held a press conference to give more money to banks. As usual, it was just another photo op for politicians who continue to do nothing to solve…
In Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman told his son: "It's not enough to be liked, Biff. You've got to be well-liked!" And an Ad Biggie in Denver once told his account service staff: "Make friends of your clients. Because…
For a small business owner, it can be hard to draw the line between what's professional and what's personal. After all, you've used countless hours and resources of your own to build your business. But when the lines between your…
Sometimes finding a plumber or other service provider can be akin to pulling a marble out of a jar. You can just pluck it out and hope it's not a bad one. But there are too many different marbles to be sure.
John-Paul Maxfield envisions the day when hauling trash to a landfill is as unthinkable as smoking on airplanes is now. But that day, he concedes, is 10 or 20 years down the road. In the here and now, Maxfield cites…
The sputtering U.S. economy has taken its toll on Colorado businesses - not to mention workers who have suffered job losses in record numbers in 2009 - but those hardships aren't fully reflected in the ColoradoBiz Top 250 Private Companies ranking.
The majority of forecasting economists see U.S. economic growth returning in the current quarter, with most forecasts actually revised higher in recent weeks to reflect stronger performance. Reasonably solid growth during 2009's final quarter also seems on tap, with…
When Barry Cooper, chairman and CEO of Cooper Tea Co., made the list of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year finalists for the third year in a row, he didn’t write an acceptance speech. After being nominated twice without…
When we talk American craft beer, you’re likely thinking in terms of Americans enjoying American-brewed beers from small (less than 2 million barrels of beer brewed annually), independent brewers. How about those same beers being enjoyed by suds lovers on…
A few things are certain in life: death, taxes and financial bubbles, be they tech stocks or subprime mortgages. A panel that convened in Denver in April as part of the annual convention of the Society of American Business Writers…
Three years ago during an interview for a story on local burger wars, Good Times President and CEO Boyd Hoback described the Front Range to me as “one of the most saturated markets in the country. He added, ”If you’ve…
You might recognize a few of the companies among this 2009 Colorado Companies to Watch list but for the most part, you'll be scratching your head. Who? What? In Colorado?
Last year, Englewood-based engineering giant CH2M Hill took over the No. 1 spot in ColoradoBiz magazine’s Top 250 Private Companies ranking when former No. 1 Swift & Co. was bought by South American meat processor, JBS S.A. (Download the full…
