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Feb. 13, 2023

EXPERIENCE 102 | Working In Your Strengths with Serial Entrepreneur, …

Matt Shoup is a serial entrepreneur, author, inventor, real estate broker and investor. He’s the President of M & E Painting and Roofing , Inventor of The Pirate Patch , and a realtor with C3 Real Estate . Matt’s first …

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Feb. 6, 2023

EXPERIENCE 101 | Nick Armstrong, WTF is up with Nick, Founded in FoCo…

Nick Armstrong is among Fort Collins’ most interesting people! He’s the Geek-in-Chief of WTF Marketing , the Pepper Pioneer of FTW Hot Sauce , and the Lead Organizer of both Founded in FoCo and Fort Collins Comic Con ! He’s...

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Jan. 30, 2023

EXPERIENCE 100 | Dudley Brown and Ben Gates, More Guns for a Safer Am…

Dudley Brown is the Founder and President of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO), and the President of the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR), both based in Loveland, Colorado. Ben Gates is a previous guest and longtime...

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Jan. 23, 2023

EXPERIENCE 99 | Dr. Heidi Golding, Traditional Medicine, Modern Techn…

Dr. Heidi Golding is the Founder and Practitioner at Living Well Chinese Medicine in Loveland, Colorado. She’s an acupuncturist, an herbalist, and one of the most interesting health professionals I’ve become acquainted with....

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Jan. 16, 2023

EXPERIENCE 98 | Annie & Mike Griffith on Travel, Law, Rotary Club, an…

Annie and Mike Griffith are fellow members of the Rotary Club of Fort Collins Breakfast - or, more commonly known - Breakfast Rotary. We meet at 6:45 am at Ginger & Baker in Fort Collins, every Thursday morning - come …

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Jan. 9, 2023

EXPERIENCE 97 | Dan Anderson, Business as Ministry & Faithfully Navig…

Dan Anderson is the President and CEO of Kingdom Way Ministries , and a Strategic & Leadership Coach with Five Capitals. Kingdom Way's mission is to help marketplace leaders thrive in business, life, and ministry. They do t...

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Jan. 2, 2023

EXPERIENCE 96 | Kent Obermann, Creating Bright Smiles Through Dentist…

Kent Obermann is the Founder of Tooth Zone Network , a pediatric dentistry enterprise that grew to include locations in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Longmont and as many as 60 employees. Kent founded the practice in 1982, fre...

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Dec. 26, 2022

EXPERIENCE 95 | The HQ Team, Get to Know Alisha Jeffers and Year-End …

In this episode you’ll get a glimpse behind-the-scenes of LoCo Headquarters in my conversation with LoCo Experience Producer Alma Ferrer and our new Marketing Manager Alisha Jeffers. We give focus especially to Alisha, her ar...

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Dec. 19, 2022

EXPERIENCE 94 | Althea Hrdlichka, Delivering Babies and Knowledge to …

Althea Hrdlichka is the Founder and Owner and Midwife at Tender Gifts Midwifery and Birth Center in Fort Collins. After years of supporting Northern Colorado moms through at-home births, Althea took a leap of faith and opene...

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Dec. 12, 2022

EXPERIENCE 93 | Hope Hartman on Empowering Small Businesses

Hope Hartman is the Executive Director of the Larimer County Small Business Development Center, located on the Front Range Community College campus in Fort Collins. The Larimer SBDC provides education and connection to entrep...

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Dec. 5, 2022

EXPERIENCE 92 | Aaron Everitt Delivers the Goods on the Real Estate M…

Aaron Everitt is a regular guest of the LoCo Experience, with this being his fourth appearance. He’s well-connected in Fort Collins as a real estate broker for Resident Realty, operating a delivery service provider organizati...

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Dec. 1, 2022

Bonus #8 | November 2022 Blog: Fateful, Grateful and Plate Full!

Bonus episode from the blog: Sharing gratitude for new additions to LoCo and new offerings just around the corner, the serendipitous path that led to this plate full of blessings, and exploring the meaning of the word fateful...

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Nov. 28, 2022

EXPERIENCE 91 | Mandy Mullen at the Intersection of Fitness & Communi…

Mandy Mullen is the Founder and Owner of the Run Windsor Race Series. She also founded and serves as Executive Director of Windsor Gives, a non-profit extension providing fitness opportunities and education throughout the co...

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Nov. 21, 2022

EPISODE 90 | Bob Flynn on Building a Green Business

Bob Flynn is the co-founder of Green Ride Colorado, which sold in 2018 to become Groome Transportation here in Northern Colorado. Groome specializes in airport-to-city shuttling between Northern Colorado and Denver. Bob talks...

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Nov. 14, 2022

EXPERIENCE 89 | Ty Fulcher, Food & Beverage King of Old Town!

Ty Fulcher is the owner of four of the finest eating and drinking establishments in Old Town Fort Collins: Social, Union, the Melting Pot and Rodizio Grill. Ty came to Fort Collins in 2002 from Washington State and trained as...

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Nov. 7, 2022

EXPERIENCE 88 | Margo Karsten on the Health Care Industry

Margo is the Western Region President at Banner Health and has her PhD in Organizational Development from CSU. Margo shares her inspiring journey from frontline nursing into management, developing a passion for education and ...

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Oct. 31, 2022

EXPERIENCE 87 | Richard Fagerlin on Building Teams of Trust

Richard Fagerlin is the founder and president of Peak Solutions Group and author of the book Trustology. Richard is known across Northern Colorado - and the nation - for his keynote presentations and his team’s effective eng...

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Oct. 28, 2022

BONUS #7 | October 2022 Blog - Scary Times

In this month’s blog, I’ll be taking a broad-scope view of the scary times we’re in - and sharing reflections and examples of why we should fear not - but plan and work hard instead. The LoCo Experience Podcast is …

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Oct. 24, 2022

EPISODE 86 | Kim O'Neil on Scaling, People, and Processes

Kim O’Neil is the former Chief Operations Officer and current shareholder and Board Member of Encompass Technologies, and investor/advisor for a new startup: Beverage Distribution Consulting (BDC). In this episode, we talk a ...

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Oct. 17, 2022

EXPERIENCE 85 | Mark Weaver on Organizational Culture

My guest on today’s episode was Mark Weaver. Mark is the Founder of Open Door Organizational Solutions and has been serving businesses with Human Resource and Culture solutions for over 15 years. He’s had an influence on many...

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Oct. 10, 2022

EXPERIENCE 84 | Wade Troxell on Innovating At The Intersection of Loc…

My guest on today's episode is former mayor of Fort Collins, Wade Troxell. Wade continues to serve in a faculty role at CSU and in many high impact, low touch roles across our region. Wade's story is a fascinating one, …

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Oct. 3, 2022

EXPERIENCE 83 | Tanis Roeder on Communications

Today’s episode welcomes public speaking expert Tanis Roeder, founder and CEO of Elevate Your Communications in Fort Collins. We focus on best practices in the realm of public speaking, and take a look at an assessment tool u...

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Sept. 26, 2022

EXPERIENCE 82 | Seth Silvers on Podcasts

Seth is the Founder and Owner of Story On Media and Marketing. We went over industry analytics, best practices, and how to create a podcast as a small business. Seth also shared about the podcast movement conference where he ...

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Sept. 19, 2022

EXPERIENCE 81 | Tom Lucero on Politics

Tom Lucero is a political consultant whose organization, L3, helps aspiring leaders of any political persuasion through a leadership journey into the field of politics. Tom’s understanding of different perspectives comes from...

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