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Marc Torres started his journey with Cheba Hut in perfect “cheba” fashion - a failed drug test foiled his job prospects with the City of Fort Collins, and a snarky friend said “you should go work at Cheba Hut, I bet they don’...

Greg Roeder is a 2nd time guest on The LoCo Experience, and was my guest with then-partner and co-founder Josh Guernsey of Waypoint Real Estate, in Episode 45 . They were celebrating their 5th anniversary and had already gro...

I was introduced to Cameron Singh by our mutual friend, Fort Collins Mayor Emeritus Wade Troxell, and we’ve enjoyed some wonderful conversations in the few short weeks since. During the first, Cameron shared his experiences ...

Kristin Todd joined the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado in April of 2021, continuing a career of impact in the realm of philanthropy. Prior to joining the Community Foundation, she spent over 15 years with Daniels ...

Matt Gettig is my neighbor of 14 years, and his home at the corner of Whitcomb and Laporte in Fort Collins is the epicenter of a neighborhood phenomenon known as Lightning Mini Golf. During the summer of 2020, Matt and his s...

Sean Follin is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Encounter Strategies , based in Fort Collins, Colorado but serving clients nationally, and occasionally internationally. He’s a great example of Fort Collins as a choice...

Jennifer Lewis grew up in West Loveland in an entrepreneurial family and started her career with Mr. Neat’s Formal Wear when she was 15 years old. She excelled in sales and relationship building, and became a store manager an...

Colin Jones and partner Neil Fisher founded WeldWerks Brewing Company in 2014 in a long-vacant property just off Highway 85 in Greeley. Neil had been a talented homebrewer for years, and Colin was the Director of Technology a...

Hope Hartmann, Kat Hart, and Lisa Hudson are the leading ladies, respectively, at the Larimer Small Business Development Center, Loveland Business Development Center, and East Colorado Small Business Development Center. Thes...

Dan Garvin is the President of Colorado Iron & Metal , one of our region’s largest metal recycling centers with locations in Fort Collins and Loveland. This was my first time really digging into the industry, and I was surpr...

Jen Henderson is the Founder and CEO of Tilt - a SaaS platform and team that provides companies with professional, consistent, and compliant leave management. As with many founding stories, Jen’s mission developed from her o...

Nathan Scott is arguably one of Fort Collins most interesting people, and this podcast episode was spawned, in part, by Nathan’s introduction of so many inspiring guest candidates! He’s one of the show's biggest fans, and he...

Dr. Kristen Truman-Allen is the Founder and Chief Experience Officer at PULP Leadership Coaching , and a LoCo Facilitator for the Catalyst Collective chapter, a post she’s now held for about 8 months. Kristen founded the bus...

Aaron Everitt is back in The LoCo Experience studio for our quarterly-ish real estate update, where we always remember - there’s opportunity in every market! We talk about current interest rates and inventory especially, alo...

During Dr. Trevin Cardon’s residency with Poudre Valley Hospital, he determined to follow a less-traditional path. He and his wife Allison founded Hometown Family Health . A Direct Primary Care (DPC) office, Hometown Family ...

Tim and Ami Lindgren started Lindgren Landscape while they were engaged to be married, and still in college at CSU. They’ve been building the best backyards in Northern Colorado ever since, and have also developed a substant...

Dan Bennett is in his second season with Lightning eMotors , previously known as Lightning Hybrids, and has had a front row seat to the evolution of a significant local enterprise, now employing over 200 as the anchor tenant ...

Rayno Seaser founded The Egg & I in 1987, as a breakfast and lunch restaurant in what is now mid-town Fort Collins. Before long, additional regional locations were added, and though a franchise was never the plan - the marke...

Warren Yoder is the CEO of the Yoder Family of Companies , which includes numerous Weld and Larimer County enterprises - namely Weld County Garage , Yoder Chevrolet , ABRA of Fort Collins and Greeley , The Carriage Shop, Kaym...

Sean Fox and his partner Zac Horton founded Mjolin Technology in 2018, after working together at Greystone Technology. We might call it a boutique IT agency, named after Thor’s hammer! Sean’s family has a long banking herit...

Antonio Barbera is the Founder and CEO of Table Tennis Connections , a 501c(3) Non-Profit Organization that builds community and empowers neural development through table tennis AKA ping-pong! Dr. Barbera has developed the N...

Chas Greener, formerly a Dance Director at Mountain Kids in Fort Collins, transitioned into content creation after an injury in 2019. She now runs Chas's Crazy Creations with over 10,000 YouTube subscribers and an active webs...

Samson Jagoras was a Division I football player at CU, and soon became an early-stage and key leader and eventually minority partner in Madwire/Marketing 360. Darius Bell came to know Samson while he was a standout employee ...

Chris Cox found relief from long-term back pain through use of CBD in 2016, and soon turned his growing knowledge of and passion for holistic medicine into a retail enterprise - Plenty Wellness in Loveland, Colorado. Plenty ...