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March 27, 2023

EXPERIENCE 108 | John Kefalas - Larimer County Commissioner, Behind t…

John Kefalas is currently a Larimer County Commissioner, elected to his second term in 2022, and previously served many years as a Colorado State Representative and later, State Senator. He previously worked in education, ad...

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March 20, 2023

EXPERIENCE 107 | Drew Yancey - On Peer Advisory, Leading Performance …

Drew Yancey is the President and COO of Incite Performance Group in Fort Collins, and the LoCo Facilitator for a pair of Next Level chapters. He’s also the author of a new book, his third, with co-author Larry Linne - “ Leadi...

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March 13, 2023

EXPERIENCE 106 | Aaron Everitt - InMotion, Real Estate Update, & Stop…

Aaron Everitt, broker with The Group, joins us to give his quarterly update on the Northern Colorado real estate market, sharing market and interest rate updates, and examples of opportunity in any market. Aaron is also one o...

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March 6, 2023

EXPERIENCE 105 | A Brothers Fountain II - Fall Tour, Muscle Shoals, B…

My guests on today’s episode were AJ and JJ Fountain, bandmates with locally-famous campfire folk music band A Brothers Fountain , and co-founders and partners of Stoked Ember Productions . This was the brothers’ 2nd time on...

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Feb. 27, 2023

EXPERIENCE 104 | The Trainor Brothers Circus! - Brian, Adam, & Joe Tr…

This week we somehow fit three of the Northern-Colorado famous Trainor Brothers into the podcast studio, with Brian, Adam, and Joe Trainor all sharing their stories and philosophies with me and with our listeners. The three ...

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Feb. 20, 2023

EXPERIENCE 103 | Becky Allsup, Designing a Team & Building an Integra…

Becky Allsup is the owner of Becky’s Custom Interiors, which in turn holds Niche Design House and Rebecca Windsor & Associates. Niche is primarily an upscale commercial and residential design center, and Rebecca Windsor prov...

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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 book...

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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 and ch...

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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 sponsored b...

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