The BizWest Podcast
The BizWest podcast is a weekly rundown to keep you informed on the trends and news driving business in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley. We feature thought-provoking insights and best practices from business and community leaders.
Episodes
50 episodes
BizWest Podcast - A Day in the Life of Downtown Greeley
BizWest publisher Christopher Wood sat down in June during A Day in the Life of Downtown Greeley to chat with Richmark Holdings principal Logan Richardson, Greeley Downtown Development Authority executive Bianca Fisherand Centennial Hospita...
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April 6, 2021: Neil Best signs off from KUNC after almost 50 years
KUNC CEO Neil Best reflects on how he's watched Northern Colorado change over the past half-century from his perch as a program director, news director and CEO of the public radio station.
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March 23, 2021: Meet the guy trying to put CBD in, well... Everything
Lucas High chats with Quicksilver Scientific founder and CEO Dr. Christopher Shade on how the company is trying to develop ways to put CBD into food and beverages in novel ways.
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March 9, 2021: Steve Hughes on what'll drive natural/organic sales in the near future
BizWest editor Chris Wood talks with Sunrise Strategic Partners CEO Steve Hughes about what he thinks will generate the growth of natural and organic companies that he ...
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February 23, 2021: Cheba Hut tries to recreate its cannabis atmosphere with a mobile game
When your restaurant chain prides itself on its cannabis-themed interiors, how does it stay relevant during the pandemic when to-go is the dominant way people eat?
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How Lafayette reconciled with an apartment named after the city's founder - and her racist descendants
In January, the Lafayette City Council approved a deal to offer a delay in fee payments by a local developer who agreed to rename a new apartment building downtown after initially naming it after the city's founder Mary Miller. That came after ...
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January 26, 2021: Eric Pierce on natural & organic's path after the pandemic
In this week's episode, Lucas High talks with Eric Pierce of New Hope Network about Boulder's natural and organics industry as it loo...
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A short message on the BizWest Podcast's future
We're shifting our schedule for dropping new episodes of the podcast. Starting next week, we'll be dropping new interviews and insights every other Tuesday.
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January 15, 2021: Luke Johnson on how fin-tech can upend the mortgage industry
On this week's episode, Neat Capital Inc. CEO Luke Johnson describes how financial technology startups that eschew in-person meetings got hot during the pandemic, and how they can pe...
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January 8, 2021: Jessica Erickson & Andy Minden
BizWest editor Chris Wood talks with Jessica Erickson of the Longmont Economic Development Partnership about the group's new strategy to build an inclusive local economy , and D...
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December 30, 2020: The 2020 Year-End Wrap-Up
Dan Mika, Lucas High and Chris Wood take some time to talk about the highlights and the (frankly a lot of) lowlights of 2020 and what they're watching in the Northern Colorado and Boulder area business scene as the world prepares to emerge from...
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Merry Christmas from BizWest Media
We're taking a break from the podcast this week, so in lieu of a full episode, we have a brief message from all of us here at BizWest Media.
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December 18, 2020: Susan Kirkpatrick & NoCo's biggest IPO announcement of 2020
In this week's episode, Dan Mika speaks with Susan Kirkpatrick on how small retailers in the region have fared in this strange holiday shopping season, and Dan Mika and Chris Wood discuss Lightning eMotors' plans to go public and eventually pul...
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December 11, 2020: Colorado's not-so-rosy 2021 outlook & Greg Keller
Dan Mika and Lucas High talk about the worrisome predictions CU Boulder's Leeds School of Business has for Colorado's economic recovery in 2021, and Lucas speaks with JumpCloud CTO Greg Ke...
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Dec. 4, 2020: Friction between public health and business intensifies, and a look at the organic industry
This week, Dan Mika speaks with Colorado School of Public Health professor Glen Mays about how the fight between COVID-19 restrictions and the survival of small businesses reached a boil...
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November 23, 2020: A short Thanksgiving message
We're taking the week off from the BizWest Podcast this week in observance of Thanksgiving. From all of us at BizWest, please have a safe long weekend by staying at home and avoiding gatherings, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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November 20, 2020: Boulder Valley RE/Con REcap
In this week's episode, we have a recap of BizWest's 2020 Boulder Valley RE/Con. National Association of Realtors senior economist Lawrence Yun tells us why the winter may be one of the hottest seasons for homebuying in memory, while Lynda Gibb...
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November 12, 2020: Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference, State Farm office closure
BizWest editor and publisher Christopher Wood and reporter Lucas High preview what's in store for next week's BizWest Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference and discuss the breaking news of State Farm vacating its Greeley offices to allow employ...
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November 6, 2020: An Election Night Recap Extravaganza
We don't have those election results, but we do have a recap of the ballot measures that matter most to Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley with executive editor Chris Wood, managing editor Ken Amundson and reporter Lucas Hig...
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October 30, 2020: the Confluence of COVID, wildfires and water
This week, we bring you selected conversations from last week's Confluence, BizWest's symposium on how water impacts Northern Colorado’s present and future.USDA biogeochemist Chuck Rhoades tells us how Colorado’s record-setting fire sea...
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October 23, 2020: Jaime Henning & Mike O'Connell
Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Jaime Henning joins the podcast to reflect on her first year at the chamber's helm and managing COVID's economic effects, and Larimer Small Business Development Center director Mike O'Connell c...
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October 16, 2020: Recapping the Boulder Economic Summit & Lisa Hudson
Chris Wood and Lucas High recap the week's chats at the Boulder Economic Summit, and Chris Wood returns for a conversation with East Colorado SBDC director Lisa Hudson on how the pandemic is affecting the state's eastern front.
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October 9, 2020: Medtronic ditches Louisville & EV battery talk
Dan Mika and Lucas High discuss Medtronic's decision to abandon building its new campus at Louisville's 400-acre Redtail Ridge plot, and Dan speaks with Amy Prieto and Mike Rosenberg about Prieto Battery Inc.'s deal to develop batteries for all...
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