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Jan. 13, 2025

EXPERIENCE 202 | Rick Gardner - Bull Rider, Roofer, Rocket Scientist,…

Rick Gardner is an EOS Implementer in our Northern Colorado region. He grew up in Leadville, Colorado, and had his dreams of a long professional bull-riding career ended by injury. He’s gone on to a series of interesting pr...

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Jan. 6, 2025

SEASON 4 RECAP | Meet Ava Munos, our new Producer for The LoCo Experi…

In today’s conversation, I’m joined by longtime Producer of The LoCo Experience, (and continuing as Operations Manager of many hats at LoCo Think Tank) Alma Arellano, along with our newest employee and incoming Producer of th...

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Dec. 30, 2024

EXPERIENCE 200 | Nate Hines - Philosopher, Historian, and President o…

Nate Hines is the President of Hines, Inc ., a global leader in design solutions for irrigation water management. He is a husband, father, armchair historian, philosopher, and business enthusiast. He received his secondary ...

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Dec. 23, 2024

EXPERIENCE 199 | Healthy Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Lens…

Becky Lauridson is the Founder of IOME Self Care , a LoCo Think Tank member, a fan of Lens Neurofeedback, a wife, mother, and elk hunting guide on her family ranch near Craig, Colorado. The LoCo Experience Podcast is sponsore...

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Dec. 16, 2024

EXPERIENCE 198 | Creating a Vibrant Business from an Innovative Produ…

My conversation today was with Ryan Reed-Baum , CEO and Owner of TruLog , a company founded by his father, Ted, but that Ryan basically re-launched years later. To set the stage, we need to add some context. In the …

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Dec. 9, 2024

EPISODE 197 | Anti Work Girl Boss and Real Estate for Good - Gabriell…

I met Matthew Fugate circa summer 2017, when LoCo Think Tank was really starting to become a thing, and Matthew was a fresh-in-town Realtor. I remembered him well for two reasons 1) He was enthusiastic about LoCo Think Tank ...

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About the Host

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Curt Bear

CREATOR, HOST, & FOUNDER OF LOCO THINK TANK

Hi, I'm Curt and I love a good story. During my career in banking and as Founder of LoCo Think Tank, I have been blessed to hear thousands of inspiring and insightful business stories. I've observed that story is a powerful medium for learning. Much of the impact of our LoCo chapters is also from members sharing and learning in this way. We created The LoCo Experience to share this bounty of wisdom and experience for anyone to partake. I hope you listen and love it.
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