Colorado Business Podcast

Mandy is a seasoned entrepreneur who owns both Lighthouse Group (Insurance Business) & 3 Cord Meadows (Wedding Venue) in Colorado Springs. Lighthouse Group's mission is to help other families by providing high-quality, affordable health and wealth services; while 3 Cord Meadows is a chic venue that has a mission help you create the wedding or event that you have been dreaming of, while remaining budget friendly and stress free!  

Coming back for their third year at Smith Farms, Scorched Earth Haunted Farm is dedicated to giving back to their community in Falcon. This year is no different besides a whole new theme to their haunt! Tune in for details for this year's haunt season in Falcon, CO!

Emi and her mom went into business 6 years ago in hopes to help all of those with acute injuries. Their slogan, "Helping you and your animals heal faster" is exactly what Archuleta Pain Solutions exhibits for the community.

When Steve moved to Colorado Springs 6 years ago, he had little money, and big dreams to create a video production company that would hold through the test of time. Mission Accomplished! But now he is moving back to his roots in New York. Check out what's next for Steve Weed!

This episode we're live at The People's Tiny House Festival with guest Dave Childress with Mattersville.

0:00 Intro

0:35 COSBP intro

1:15 Introducing Dave

1:40 Daves story and Mattersville intro

2:20 What is Mattersville

3:40 Where is Mattersville located

4:45 Daves Journey

5:45 What’s Daves plan with Mettersvilles

6:40 What got Dave started on his Journey

7:55 How is Dave able to do his Journey

8:57 Struggles on the journey

9:44 Sponsors

10:27 Back from Sponsors

10:30 Drew introduction

11:12 Drew talks about his back story

14:32 How Marcus and Drew knew each other

16:55 Paul Wedge Award

18:07 Helen speech

21:17 Drew Speech

23:36 Dave speech

24:19 Marcus awards Cory

25:30 Cory Speech

26:20 Marcus’ Parents present him with an Award

30:30 Outro

After finally being fed up in the tech industry, Vernon decided to dive right into massage therapy. He created Solor Oasis, clinical bodywork therapy, which services Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Bodywork Stretching, Hot Stone Massage, Oncology Massage, Red Light Therapy Cupping with Massage, Prenatal Massage, and Postnatal Massage. Check out his story and how he runs his business! 

Back in Montana a few years back when Paul was running his construction company building a massive brewery is when disaster stuck. One day Paul woke up and all his tools had been stolen. He quickly realized he wasn’t fully prepared for this and that ultimately lead to him starting this company. Powertool Safe is a web based application that helps you be prepared for when theft happens to you. They’ve simplified the process and created a massive database to make this possible. PowerTool Safe has built the technology and is currently building a community on top of it to help fight against theft.  

On this episode we have Paul Bierman, Founder of PowerTool Safe. Premiering Saturday, August 20th on the YouTube channel “COS Business Podcast” and any where you get your podcast.    

Visit www.PowerToolSafe.com to check out the application and get started.   

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Flip is back on the show for the 3rd time and he brought his wife Maritza to talk about their upcoming wing festival called Best of the West Wing Fest. They explain what gave them the idea, how they went about making it a reality, and what it’s been like running an events company. Flip & Maritza also run other monthly events and have learned a lot when it comes to running an events company. Their company Sophisticated Events COS was created so that they can do amazing events and bring fun and exciting things to Colorado Springs!  

Get your tickets at bestofthewestwingfest.com   

0:00 Introducing the guests

0:13 The Best of the West Wing Fest

1:19 Sponsors

2:14 What inspired the festival?

4:04 Hot Ones & Hot Wing Competition

5:12 3E's Sponsors the Clean Comedy

6:36 Making Ideas A Reality

9:43 Having A Career While Being An Entrepreneur

11:37 Taking Care Of Yourself as an Entrepreneur

14:19 Were You Doing Events Before Moving To COS?

15:22 Growing An Events Company

21:20 Starting A Business From Zero

23:13 Working For The Man Vs Being An Entrepreneur

24:16 Maritza's Entrepreneurial Journeys

27:43 Being A Slave To Your Business

29:44 How Maritza's Son Is Doing

31:06 How Flip's Businesses Are Doing

37:47 Advice For Starting An Events Company

40:37 Colorado Springs Projected To Overtake Denver

46:16 Andrew's First Impression of Flip

47:42 The Entertainment At Best of the West Wing Fest

52:12 Wrapping up the Show!

He originally started his business in 2019 but didn't go full time with it until just a few months ago and his schedule is already filling up! Learn how Matthew Halaseh is navigating the first few months of his HVAC & Plumbing business full time on this episode of the podcast. Airing July 21st, 2022 on our YouTube channel.

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John Martinez, the owner of Polar Bear Mechanical, is no stranger to business after studying to get his MBA at CU. So when he decided to start his own business, he made sure to do everything right. And it seems to have paid off. In just two short years, Polar Bear Mechanical has become one of the most successful businesses in the area. John attributes their success to their commitment to customer service and their willingness to go above and beyond for their clients. But whatever the reason, one thing is clear: John Martinez knows how to run a business. And Polar Bear Mechanical is proof of that.