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My guest was Suzanne Miller. She is the Welcome Coordinator at the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce. She's a wife and a mom and a grandma, and she's just a really neat lady. We talk a lot about leadership …

Mike is the founder of Prairie Rose Development and the former executive director of the Colorado Lending Source and is a candidate for the Colorado Secretary of State. He is from Australia and studied at the university of Me...

In this month's blog, I’m going to dip into some business stories, including my own, and enter into an examination of the role that story and narrative play in our lives. How do the stories we tell each other provide …

My guests were Dr. Bobby and Jamie Cawthron, former owners of Aspen Grove Veterinary Care and The Cabins at Aspen Grove. Jamie is a LoCo facilitator and a former member of LoCo Think Tank , she's also the founder of …

My guest on today's episode was Heidi Ganahl. Heidi is a Republican candidate for Governor of Colorado, a Regent at the University of Colorado and she's the founder of Camp Bow Wow, as well as other ventures. She's a mom …

My guest today was Hunter Wylie, Co-founder and CEO of Beyond Blue Media, a full service digital marketing agency here in Fort Collins. They've grown the business in five short years to 16 full-time employees, and have a full...

My guest on this episode was Brad Piepenbrink, the Owner of Recycled Cycles in Fort Collins. He purchased the business in July of 2021. After 43 years of being owned by Dave Hudson, a long-time LoCo Think Tank member. Brad's …

My guest was Sarah Lukemire, Founder and Lead Strategist at Brindle Digital Media . Sarah tells a lot about her story of getting into the marketing industry, where she earned her chops early after college. How her dad talked ...

In this month's blog, I go through a discussion and examination of how we can show love through time, talent, and treasure - in our homes and in our business, and in our community. I share the experiences in my …

My guest today was Aaron Everitt. Aaron is a realtor at Resident Realty . He's a partner in a delivery services provider and he's the owner of a startup, a local delivery business called InMotion. He was educated in Canada …

Today's episode was with Greg Petri, the founder of One Business Connection or 1BC. They have over 60 groups virtually meeting every week. Over 40 groups meeting live every month. And they've been in business for 25 years and...

My guest for this episode was Sean Nook. Sean is the Founder and Owner-Operator at Black Bottle Brewery , which recently celebrated its 9th anniversary! Black Bottle was the very last business start-up loan that I funded bef...

My guest today was Stephen Morris. He is an EOS implementer and business coach, and a covid-transplant to Colorado. EOS is short for the entrepreneur's operating system, as first outlined in the book Traction by Gino Wickham....

Bonus Episode #1 - In this episode, I read my monthly blog post from The LoCo Perspective Newsletter. I will take you on a high-level flyover on the topics of money and prices and supply and demand, finally zeroing in …

My guest today was Emily Kinkaid, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Elevate Energy Services. She's a killer, managing a team of over 150 employees at the ripe young age of 33, and she's showing the old dogs some new tricks …

On this episode of The LoCo Experience my guest was Jeff Jensen, multi-journey business veteran and among the newest LoCo Facilitators. I would characterize Jeff as an engineer-type whose passion is making businesses work be...

My guest today was Elizabeth LeDoux , the Founder, and CEO of Transition Strategists , an international succession and transition planning company headquartered right here in Fort Collins, Colorado. We talked about her earl...

This episode features Greg Roeder and Josh Guernsey, Founders and Managing Partners at Waypoint Real Estate in Fort Collins. Josh and Greg founded the firm five short years ago, and have grown to become a leading full-servic...

On today’s episode of The LoCo Experience, I sat down with Alma Ferrer, our Everything Associate at LoCo Think Tank - master of most things digital, and my super-helper on the show. Alma and I discuss some of the highlight …

Jennifer Watson is the Founder of Jennifer Watson Leadership and Watson Wellness in Fort Collins, Colorado. The businesses allow her to pursue her twin passions of wellness and leadership, and provide her the opportunity to ...

Jeff Schuster is the Founder and owner of Mechanics & Mindset Business Coaching , and also the author of Business Mechanics & Mindset - How Your Thoughts Create or Sabotage Your Business Success. In a previous chapter of lif...

Allison Seabeck is a bit of an enigma - and a most enjoyable enigma to be around. She’s a linguist by education, met her husband while both were teaching and editing English in Japan, and moved to Fort Collins after …

A warm summer afternoon, Eric was looking for something to do while their son was napping. He and their 4-year-old daughter found some old scraps of wood and after a few hours of sawing, hammering, and nailing, the first-ever...

Betina Pflug is a difference-maker and has made amazing impacts at every station. Betina made her way to Fort Collins from her native Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2015 - with her husband’s transfer to the JBS offices in Greeley, alon...