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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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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. 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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July 12, 2021

SHORTS 19 | Creating Emotional Intimacy In The Workplace With Kris Bo…

Kris Boesch is the CEO and Founder of Choose People and author of Culture Works: How to Create Happiness in the Workplace. Emotional health and intimacy directly correlate to the context and the culture within which your comp...

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July 7, 2021

EXPERIENCE 35 | The Wild West of Small Businesses with Marchel Mornin…

Marchel Morningstar is the Owner/Operator of Consolidated Resource in Greeley, Colorado, and L & L Fabrication in Douglas, Wyoming, and he's traveled some wild and crazy roads along the path to building his successful enterpr...

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June 25, 2021

SHORTS 18 | Normal Is Boring with Jane Brewer

Dr. Jane Brewer is now in her 6th year of owning Precision Chiropractic who focuses on NeuroStructural Correction. Jane believes that this area of the neck is one of the most important things to take care of as it supports …

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June 23, 2021

SHORTS 17 | Andrew (AJ) Lyle, Owner/Partner of Solar Sandbox

AJ is a CSU engineering grad who went from working in bars and custom car restoration to a draft engineer to starting a solar company. Understanding that what we were doing yesterday is not going to work tomorrow, AJ takes …

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June 18, 2021

EXPERIENCE 33 | Blake Craig - Helping Laborjacks (and Jills!) Find Th…

Blake Craig is the Co-Founder and Chief Labor Officer at Laborjack, LLC . Probably best understood as the Uber of Labor, Laborjack matches a flexible and ambitious labor force - mostly comprised of college students - with tho...

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June 14, 2021

EXPERIENCE 32 | Navigating Change & Transition with Award-Winning Aut…

In this episode Curt sits down with Cheryl Benedict - owner of MORF Consulting and the author of The Wisdom of Transition, released in January 2020 just as the nation was (unknowingly) preparing for the abrupt transition of C...

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June 9, 2021

EXPERIENCE 31 | Jim Rohrer - Win-Win-Win Leadership (Before it was Tr…

Jim Rohrer began his career as a young man in the Sears organization, and quickly rose through the ranks as an innovative thinker, new programs leader, and turnaround specialist for underperforming divisions. Among his accom...

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May 24, 2021

EXPERIENCE 29 | Jeff Beyle - Co-Founder & CEO of Sticker Control

In this episode of the LoCo Experience podcast, Curt sits down with Jeff Beyle , CEO and Co-Founder of Sticker Control . Sticker Control makes Industry 4.0 tools accessible to small and medium size companies using RFID-powere...

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May 21, 2021

EXPERIENCE 28 | Getting Real with RealWare Founder & CEO Ali Davachi

What I’m thinking after interviewing Ali Davachi , is that this man needs to be a LoCo Facilitator for a future Longmont / Boulder County chapter of LoCo Think Tank. Stat. It’s the coveted win-win-win-win - 1) Ali would win …

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May 11, 2021

EXPERIENCE 27 | God's Business - Planting and Growing a Church with P…

In today's episode, I'm joined by Pastors Aaron Santini and Daniel Smith of The Crossing Church in Fort Collins. The Crossing was planted as a life group of Crossway Chapel in Greeley in the fall of 2009, and officially laun...

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May 6, 2021

EXPERIENCE 26 | Finding Your Path & Building Your Tribe with Jeff Wil…

Jeff and Noah are "business neighbors" to LoCo Think Tank, and operate the Time Emporium Escape Rooms in Fort Collins and Loveland. Jeff acquired Loveland Laser Tag in 2011 after a pair of false starts to his entrepreneurial ...

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April 27, 2021

EXPERIENCE 25 | Every Business is the People Business with Peter Melb…

In this episode, Curt enjoys time with Peter Melby , CEO of Greystone Technology, only one week removed from their 20th birthday! Peter shares important lessons from Greystone's founding and first years in business, and refl...

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April 22, 2021

EXPERIENCE 24 | The Business of Politics with Jacob Leis of Wintermin…

Jacob Leis and his partner Brian Oaks are "a couple of farm kids from Eastern Colorado" who've been involved in political marketing almost since college. They founded Wintermind Group in January of 2019, after their employer...

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April 21, 2021

SHORTS 16 | Eric Coet, Getting Real with Business Strategy

Do you know how to grow your business past yourself? Eric Coet , Owner of 44 N and Strategic Practice Leader at Peak Solutions , shares his business strategy knowledge in this LoCo Shorts episode. Sometimes YOU are the greate...

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April 20, 2021

EXPERIENCE 23 | Making an Insurance Business Journey Cool with Brando…

Brandon Avery is a VP Risk Advisor for IMA Financial Group, heading the Commercial Insurance Division. Sounds pretty boring, and Brandon would tell you that insurance isn't very exciting overall. BUT - Brandon's business jou...

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