Colorado Business Podcast

Chris Dyer is the owner and founder of Chris Dyer Consulting, Embellished Butterfly, and Positively Panache. She is a multi-passionate entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in clinical education, sales, health administration, leadership, entrepreneurship, and health and fitness. She now helps other women entrepreneurs succeed through her consulting business, emphasizing the whole person and using her proven T.R.A.C.K. process. She also has two startups, Embellished Butterfly, which offers customized gifts for businesses and individuals, and Positively Panache, which supports and markets other women's creative businesses through an online gifting platform. Chris's niche is creatives and her goal is to help women create the life of their dreams while doing what they love.

On today's episode, we're excited to introduce you to a true connector in the community. This individual is passionate about serving others by connecting the right people at the right time and in the right place to strengthen small business. They understand the importance of a strong small business community in creating a strong overall community. In fact, small businesses have generated over 65% of the net new jobs since 1995. The guest on the show lives by the motto, "Life is a team sport" and believes in connecting and teaming up in the community in order to continue growth. The guest is a professional who helps business owners and individuals "Find the Crease" which means maximizing their sales revenue through efficient and effective use of resources. Tune in to hear more about "Sales Made Simple" from our guest today.

On this special, two-part episode of the Colorado Springs Business Podcast, we welcome Santa Claus and Mark Barsocchini. Both Marcus & Andrew serve up questions regarding the history of Christmas along with how the tradition stays alive in today's ever-changing world.   

0:00 Intro-hook 

0:43 Intro segment  

0:57 Beginning - How have thing been for Santa this time of the year?

 2:00 How did Santa come to be? 

6:23 Sponsor segment 

8:20 Logistics for Santa 

10:14 Most impactful moments for Santa 

12:44 How does Mrs. Clause deal with Santa working? 

16:12 How has Covid impacted Santa? 

17:56 Does Santa do social media? 

18:34 Does santa make any profit? 

19:46 Santas plans in Colorado Springs 

20:14 Santa interview wrap up 

21:28 Transition to Mark 

21:37 Mark interview beginning - How did he get into being one of Santa’s helpers 

25:04 Santas in Colorado springs and a special moment  

27:53 How does Mark market himself for Santa work? 

32:27 Private gigs vs public pro/cons 

37:41 How is the spirit of Christmas in today's times?   

41:32 the Story of Norad 

45:22 when to charge when not to charge,  values and expectations  

50:14 start up costs for becoming a Santa’s helper 

55:14 Becoming santa 

58:35 challenges of being Santa in todays age with trusting stranger 

1:00:35 beginning outro  

1:02:45 Where to find Mark 

1:03:34 Final outro

In this episode, we have on Elijah Smith, Pro Fighter. His dad Gilbert Smith runs a MMA Gym in the Southeast side of town. Elijah talks about his upcoming fight on Dec. 18th and how he got into becoming a professional fighter.  

Welcome to the Colorado Springs Business Podcast, on today's episode we have on Brett Curley with Recon Marketing.   

These are the things we discuss in this episode:  

1:11 Recap with Recon Marketing 

3:55 YT Shorts Over TikTok 

7:41 SEO & Recession 

9:36 Consistency with YT Shorts  

15:15 Strategic Partnership 

16:11 Juice The Value 

17:30 War For Attention 

18:21 Brett's Origin Story 

23:20 The Family Element  

27:43 What Recon Wants To Accomplish  

30:20 Supporting Non-Profits

On this episode of the Colorado Springs Business Podcast, Marcus & Andrew dive into Tik Tok in the US, Keystone Habits, and the Entrepreneurial community!

On this episode of the Colorado Springs Business Podcast, we welcome Matthew McCuistion, owner of Briargate Taekwondo. After growing up in a rough neighborhood in California, his parents decided to enroll him taekwondo for self-defense. Find out more about his story and how he became an owner of his own studio!

On this episode of the Colorado Springs Business Podcast, we welcome Antonio Diaz. While his parents own El Super Taco, he will certainly helps run the show, and will eventually take the family empire to new heights as the baton is passed over to him!

On this episode of the Colorado Springs Business Podcast, we meet Matthew Shem, owner of Peak Brain Performance Centers which strives to empower individuals who may have lost hope, by providing them with a personalized and innovative treatment regimen to overcome a wide range of neurological, physical, and metabolic conditions. Find out more about his backstory and how he plans to expand!

Craig is business coach, speaker, and author of The Power To Change. Upon publishing his book, he realized that coaching & speaking would help instill education around entrepreneurship and his concepts.