Boulder, CO – Small Business, Entrepreneurs

Nov20

“Business is never B2B or B2C. It’s H2H – Human to Human.”

Erika Napoletano

RHW Media

Head Redhead

http://www.ErikaNapoletano.com

Erika Napoletano holds no fancy titles and is an expert at nothing except screwing up royally and learning from her mistakes.

As the person behind the RedheadWriting online persona, Erika’s been hailed by Forbes as a “spinless spin doctor” for her BS-free perspectives on business, marketing, branding, and life in general. She’s a twice-published author, including The Power of Unpopular (Wiley 2012), a columnist for both Entrepreneur Magazine and American Express OPEN Forum, and speaks at conferences across the U.S. on the inherent power of truth in business… or as she refers to it, the power of unpopularity. A recent speaker at TEDx Boulder – the world’s largest independently organized TED event – she’s a gal who’s come to be quite comfortable living in her “unpopular” skin . She lives in Boulder, Colorado and is the Head Redhead at RHW Media, her branding and business strategy consulting firm that helps businesses get UNstuck and over those annoying problems that keep them from being awesome.

MO: What are the most common issues you see plaguing people or businesses that keep them from being awesome?

Nov14

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“Grandparents tell us they just love being able to listen to these little kids talking and singing over and over – it’s just so emotional.”

Steve Norman

DoubleScoop

Founder & CEO

http://DoubleScoop.net

DoubleScoop is an application that was created to help children and grandparents build a richer relationship by enabling two-way communication with real-time back-and-forth conversation via drawings, photographs and voice recordings. The application can be used on PC and Mac computers, iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices. DoubleScoop is built on the belief that there is a special relationship between kids and grandparents that is worth growing and nurturing.

DoubleScoop currently supports four types of communication: text messages, drawing, voice messages and photo sharing – all in a very simple stream that creates a digital scrapbook where families can cherish their daily interactions. In the future, DoubleScoop will provide a platform for all kinds of engagement: games, storytelling, learning, family history – all curated to enhance the relationship between kids and grandparents.

MO: Can you elaborate on the idea behind DoubleScoop and how it was born while in an ice cream shop with your parents in Atlanta?

Aug28

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“Rotary Swing Golf founder Chuck Quinton talks about the one main key that every entrepreneur must take to experience and maintain the 25% annual growth his company has managed even through this economic downturn.”

Chuck Quinton

Rotary Swing Golf

Founder

http://www.RotarySwing.com

Master Rotary Swing Tour Instructor Chuck Quinton has taught and done research on the golf swing for over 15 years. His obsession to dissect and understand the mechanics of the swing and the learning process have developed into a very successful business that literally started from nothing.

Rotary Swing Golf was the first to bring online golf instruction to the world. We offer the world’s first completely objective look at the golf swing based on science. We have an advisory panel composed of a Ph. D. Biomechanist, several orthopedic surgeons and learning experts that have validated the research of founder Chuck Quinton. Utilizing research into physics, biomechanics, anatomy and motor learning, RotarySwing.com has developed a following of over 36,000 members worldwide.

MO: How did you come up with the concept of Rotary Swing Golf?

Mar14

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“Where’s Your Capital?”

Zamil Hudani

Kaiser Silverman Global, LLC

Chief Operations Officer

http://ksgllc.com/

Zamil Hudani currently serves as Kaiser Silverman Global’s marketing and business development associate. Zamil attended both New York University and Southern Methodist University where he graduated with honors and received degrees in both finance and economics and is currently pursuing a CFA certificate. Mr. Hudani’s focus is to market life settlements as a mainstream asset within the private wealth sector as well as its use in venture capital applications.

Kaiser Silverman Global, LLC serves high net worth clients, foundations, institutions and corporations in the aggregation of life settlements. KSG specializes in the management of customized investment portfolios in the secondary market for Life Insurance for individual and institutional buyers who seek to out perform relevant market indices with a conservative level of volatility.

MO: What attracted you to such a niche market?

Mar7

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“We don’t have an national economic crisis as much as a crisis in creativity.”

Dr. Simeon Hein

Mount Baldy Institute

Founder

http://www.mountbaldy.com/

Dr. Simeon Hein originally came out of academics with a Ph. D. in sociology with an emphasis on statistics and research methods. In order to have more contact with the public, he started his own research and teaching company, the Mount Baldy Institute in 1996. Dr. Hein wants to give people the opportunity to learn remote viewing a type of intuitive training that taps into our subconscious intelligence. Dr. Hein is also the author of, ‘Opening Minds: A Journey of Extraordinary Encounters, Crop Circles, And Resonance’ and ‘Planetary Intelligence: 101 Easy Step to Energy, Well-Being and Natural Insight.’

The Mount Baldy Institute offers people the ability to tap into their hidden potential and innate intelligence through online courses and live group coaching classes.

MO: You originally pursued a degree with an emphasis on statistics and research. How did you make the jump to founding a company that helps people tap into their subconscious?

Mar7

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“All I can say on that one is that we may have come up with the name over a couple of margaritas at The Rio in Boulder.”

Kevin Menzie

Slice of Lime

Founder & CEO

http://www.sliceoflime.com/

Kevin Menzie is the Founder and CEO of Slice of Lime. He loves having one foot in design and the other in technology and growing a team of smart and talented people. When Kevin isn’t busy working on award winning campaigns and running his thriving company, he likes to write music, write and illustrate stories for his daughter and travel the world with his wife.

Slice of Lime focuses on marketing websites and user interface design for web apps and mobile apps. Now in their 12th year of business, they combine their expertise in strategy and design to create web experiences that deliver results for their clients and drive action.

MO: How did you come up with the name Slice of Lime for your company? It reminds me more of gin and tonics than marketing and design.

Feb24

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“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Will Powers

Lokalite

CEO

http://lokalite.com/

Lokalite was founded in May 2010 by 3 Colorado University graduates who eat, drink, and play at the same places you do. They wanted to share the love.

Lokalite is a hyperlocal event curation and aggregation platform that is changing the way people discover new and exciting things to do.

MO: What influenced you to start a new company 2 days after graduating college? Did you have any concerns that you weren’t really prepared to undertake such a massive endeavor?

Jan27

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“I think I can honestly say we’ve created the most sophisticated personal finance software on the market.”

Ryan Bales

Budgetable

Founder & CEO

http://budgetable.com/

Founded in early 2011 by two brothers in Boulder, Colorado, the concept behind Budgetable arose after realizing that nobody has quite gotten budget software right. Since then, they’ve devoted their energy towards developing the most innovative and intuitive personal finance software on the market. You can sign up to try for free at: Budgetable .

Ryan Bales is the founder and CEO of Budgetable. In addition to setting the company’s overall direction, Ryan is responsible for implementing key technical aspects of Budgetable.

MO: How did you and your brother come up with the idea behind Budgetable?

Jan17

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“I knew that in order to follow my passion – to continue to do all the things I’d been recognized and rewarded for – and listen to my heart, I needed to take risk.”

Lida Citroen

LIDA360

Principal

http://www.lida360.com/

Lida Citroen is the Founder of LIDA360, a brand marketing firm that focuses on developing strong brands. LIDA360 was launched in 2008 and is based out of Colorado but works internationally. LIDA360 believes brand equity, when integrated into thoughtful and targeted marketing and promotion strategies, produces high-impact results and reduces costs. LIDA360 is comprised of experts in brand strategy, communication, social media, target marketing, research, design and web development, making LIDA360 the first stop when taking your professional reputation to the next level.

In 2009, after seeing a tribute to veterans, Lida decided to dedicate a large part of her work to helping veterans find jobs. Within two years she has worked with 30 veterans. In 2011, Lida published a book called “Reputation 360: Creating power through personal branding,” in which she highlights many case studies of executives, professionals and veterans as they find success through personal branding.

MO: Where did you get the idea/inspiration to start your business? Where did you gain your experience in marketing?

Jan11

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“The heart of the problem is that for most people writing is hard Hard HARD!”

Scott Yates

BlogMutt

Co-Founder & CEO

http://www.blogmutt.com/

Scott Yates was an award winning journalist, author and writing instructor in New York and Colorado before he started venturing into the world of start-ups. After founding two successful internet companies, Scott founded Blogmutt with his longtime technical partner, Wade Green.

Blogmutt is a crowdsourced blog writing service. Writers provide blog content for businesses with blogs, but the people at that business just don’t have time to write the blog posts.

MO: I’ve never heard of a crowdsourced blog writing service before, can you explain how Blogmutt works?

Dec15

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“As your trusted advisor, it is our responsibility to ensure that you are compliant and doing business the right way. Sometimes what we have to say isn’t easy to hear, but that’s our job.”

Jim Thibodeau

StaffScapes

President & Founder

http://www.staffscapes.com/

Jim Thibodeau founded StaffScapes in 1996 with 20 years of business experience and brought a complete understanding of the needs facing small businesses. He oversees the daily operations, sales, marketing, Workers’ Compensation Administration and Risk Management for the company. Located in Westminster, CO, StaffScapes is a Human Resources Outsourcing firm that specializes in “the business of employment.” They assist small business owners with human resource tasks such as benefits, workers’ compensation, unemployment, payroll, risk management, legislation, taxes and more.

MO: What are the advantages of outsourcing?

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“Rotary Swing Golf founder Chuck Quinton talks about the one main key that every entrepreneur must take to experience and maintain the 25% annual growth his company has managed even through this economic downturn.”

“Where’s Your Capital?”

“We don’t have an national economic crisis as much as a crisis in creativity.”

“All I can say on that one is that we may have come up with the name over a couple of margaritas at The Rio in Boulder.”

“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

“I think I can honestly say we’ve created the most sophisticated personal finance software on the market.”

“As your trusted advisor, it is our responsibility to ensure that you are compliant and doing business the right way. Sometimes what we have to say isn’t easy to hear, but that’s our job.”

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