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Top Company 2021: Energy
Meet AET Environmental, Colorado Geothermal Drilling and Namaste Solar as they represent just some of the 2021 top company winners. From hazardous-waste disposals to affordable geothermal heating and cooling installations, these three firms are making a mark on the energy community.
Top Company 2021: Tourism & Hospitality
Meet Rocky Mountain Connections, Birdcall and Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center as they represent just some of the 2021 top company winners. From a luxury destination management company and a small restaurant group that specializes in making all-natural foods accessible to all, these three companies are making a mark on the tourism and hospitality community.
Top Company 2021: Technology, Software & Communications
Meet CSG, Hotel Engine and E2 Optics as they represent just some of the 2021 top company winners. From future-ready digital monetization to a travel tech company and an SBA-certified woman-owned technology integrator, these three firms are making a mark on the technology and software community.
Top Company Awards 2021
There might be no greater measure of a great company than the way it responds in a crisis, and tough times brought out the best in this year’s winners and finalists.
Agriculture Report: Breaking new ground
Lured by the lifestyle and opportunity, these first-generation farmers and ranchers see the value of making a living off the land and working for themselves
A tablet for playing board games
The Last Gameboard aims to change the game for board games with an internet-ready, touchscreen tablet that can be used for just about any game. Game pieces can be used, multiple Gameboards can be connected into a single unit, and people all over the world can play together online.
Parking spaces in urban areas targeted for redevelopment
While the growth in the 1950s to the 1980s was largely dictated by car culture, the parking pendulum is swinging the other way. Surface-lot redevelopment in the core of the city, like McGregor Square at Coors Field, is taking off.
Entrepreneur of 2021: Matanya Horowitz
The U.S. recycles just 33% of its waste. That creates greenhouse gases from extraction of virgin materials as well as emissions from landfills. Matanya Horowitz, founder and CEO of AMP Robotics in Louisville, aims to change that with robots.
Timeri Tolnay’s online marketplace for educational programs
An 18-year career as an educator showed Timeri Tolnay the pain points of curriculum adoption firsthand. She founded EdCuration in 2018 to solve the problem and launched an online marketplace for educational programs the next year.
Robin McIntosh’s goal to democratize access to addiction treatment
McIntosh and co-founder Lisa McLaughlin set out to create an online platform that would bring users in recovery for addiction and substance abuse "the best treatment in the world," McIntosh says.
An entrepreneur’s idea of providing GPS mapping services to developing countries
Aaron Young started Kaart in 2006 with the idea of providing GPS mapping services to developing countries. A pivot to software development and professional service sparked a growth spurt about a decade ago. The company now has 160 employees, including 100 at the Grand Junction headquarters.
Joni Klippert’s career of “building software for software engineers”
"The way we build software and procure software has to change," says the 38-year-old Klippert. "The code is changing so fast and so often, the idea that a third party who hasn't seen the code before could actually fix it was no longer true." StackHawk takes a different approach. "We help software engineers find and fix applicati[...]
