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March 21, 2022

EXPERIENCE 55 | Hunter Wylie, Co-Founder and CEO of Beyond Blue Media

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...

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March 14, 2022

EXPERIENCE 54 | Brad Piepenbrink, Owner of Recycled Cycles

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 …

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March 11, 2022

EXPERIENCE 53 | Sarah Lukemire, Founder and Lead Strategist at Brindl…

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 ...

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March 9, 2022

BONUS EPISODE #2 | February Blog | Who Do You & How Do You Love?

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 …

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March 2, 2022

EXPERIENCE 52 | Aaron Everitt, Real Estate Expert and Entrepenuer

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 …

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Feb. 22, 2022

EXPERIENCE 51 | Greg Petri, Founder of One Business Connection

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...

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Feb. 16, 2022

EXPERIENCE 50 | Sean Nook, Founder and Owner-Operator of Black Bottle…

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...

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Feb. 8, 2022

EXPERIENCE 49 | Stephen Morris, Former World Cup Yacht Designer & EOS…

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....

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Feb. 3, 2022

BONUS Episode #1 | January Blog | Inflation for Dummies

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 …

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Jan. 28, 2022

EXPERIENCE 48 | Emily Kincaid, Co-Founder & Managing Member at Elevat…

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 …

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Jan. 21, 2022

EXPERIENCE 47 | Jeff Jensen, Multi-Journey Business Veteran

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...

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Jan. 14, 2022

EXPERIENCE 46 | Successful Small Business Transition with Elizabeth L…

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...

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Jan. 6, 2022

EXPERIENCE 45 | Josh Guernsey & Greg Roeder, Co-Founders of Waypoint …

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...

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Dec. 30, 2021

Experience 44 | Season 1 Wrap-up and Get-to-Know with Alma Ferrer

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 …

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Nov. 3, 2021

EXPERIENCE 43 | A Leadership & Wellness Journey with Jennifer Watson

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 ...

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Oct. 27, 2021

EXPERIENCE 42 | Mechanics and Mindset for the Business Leader with Je…

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...

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Sept. 17, 2021

EXPERIENCE 41 | Linguist, Integrator, Innovator, and Warehouse Busine…

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 …

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Sept. 10, 2021

SHORTS 21 | Fatherhood Is The Mother of Invention with Heather & Eric…

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...

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Sept. 8, 2021

EXPERIENCE 40 | From Brazil With a Purpose with Betina Pflug, Founder…

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...

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Aug. 23, 2021

EXPERIENCE 39 | Talking Bourbon and Business with Mike Root, Founder …

Mike Root is the Founder of Copper Sky Distillery, Axiom Consulting Group, and the non-profit Kingdom Advancement Project - all based in Longmont, Colorado. He’s also the author of For God & Country, a Discussion on Servant ...

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Aug. 16, 2021

SHORTS 20 | Valued Employee Takes Over with Amanda Frost of ProCopy B…

Amanda Frost of ProCopy Business Center in Longmont Colorado loved her job so much that the original owner of this thirty-three-year-old company offered to sell it to her! She took over four years ago, and has grown the busi...

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Aug. 9, 2021

EXPERIENCE 38 | Building an Icon into a Brand with Louann DeCoursey o…

Louann DeCoursey worked at iconic Fort Collins restaurant Panhandler's Pizza in Fort Collins as a youth, later spent time as a manger and then GM, and was a major Pans Fan throughout the intervening years of raising a family...

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Aug. 3, 2021

EXPERIENCE 37 | Healthcare pioneer Jason Rogers, Founder of Starlight…

Jason Rogers is the founder of a Direct Primary Care practice called Starlight Health, based in Fort Collins, Colorado. DPC represents a change in the business model of medicine, with a membership model providing access to a...

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July 20, 2021

EXPERINECE 36 | Stronger Together - Jerri Schmitz, Founder of The Mat…

Jerri Schmitz is a hero of mine, and an amazing example of putting faith in action to create lasting community change. Jerri founded The Matthews House in 2005, a non-profit organization that now ranks (per CSU research) as ...

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