The LoCo Experience

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 Health offers a monthly membership whereby patients receive regular check-ups, discounted testing and blood work, and most importantly - a relationship with their doctor!  

This episode explores the business of medicine, the respective family stories of Trevin and Allison, and most especially, the entrepreneurial journey that they’ve been on since starting the practice in January of 2021.  It’s always a joy to connect with entrepreneurs on an impactful journey, and so I hope you’ll enjoy it.

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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 substantial commercial maintenance division.  They employ more than 80 full time employees at peak season.  

Tim & Ami share a business journey that overlays the entirety of their relationship, and the growth and changes and course corrections that allowed the development of the Lindgren Landscape of today.  

This conversation was the first I’d spent time with either Tim or Ami, and it was one of the more enjoyable conversations I’ve had on the show.  Neither flinched at my question: “Pandemic, Plandemic, or Shamdemic?”, and Ami shares the most near-death LoCo Experience we’ve ever heard in the closing segment.  Please tune in and enjoy, as I did, my conversation with Tim and Ami Lindgren. 

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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 at the Forge Campus in Loveland.  Initially offering hydraulic-hybrid drivetrain modifications to enhance fuel efficiency, Lightning Hybrids subsequently shifted its entire business model (and name) to instead provide fully-electric drivetrain systems for mid-size commercial transportation vehicles as Lightning eMotors. 

Dan’s journey is filled with learning and creativity, a passable engineer that found more utility in roles involving communicating and demonstrating!  Dan has a fun accent and a sparkling personality, and I hope you enjoy, as I did, my conversation with Dan Bennett.  

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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 market demanded it.  Rayno grew the enterprise to around a dozen locations before selling 90% of the franchise company, and then watched The Egg & I grow to over 100 locations before being acquired by First Watch - which was one of Rayno’s first restaurant industry contacts going back to the early 80’s!  

 The Egg & I story has many chapters, and in some ways started when his then-girlfriend Patty loaned him $5,000 - half the money he needed to buy into the restaurant he managed in Vail.   It seems that Rayno loves everyone he meets, he’s lived a life centered in service - and I hope you enjoy, as I did, my conversation with Rayno Seaser.  

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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, Kayman Direct, Iron Clad Manufacturing, Truck City, Drivewise, and Driven Financial.  All are in the automotive industry and adjacent, and Warren has spent his whole career in the automotive sector - which like any sector - is the people business.  

This episode runs fast through a series of foundings and acquisitions, with lots of discussion about the why at each stage.  The Yoder companies are known across the region as employers of choice, and we spend a lot of time discussing how they’ve managed this during a season with so many labor challenges.  

Warren is a natural entrepreneur and a gifted leader, and it was great getting to know him during this conversation and our preceding coffee.  When he’s ready, Warren would make an amazing LoCo Facilitator, and I’m honored to share with you all my conversation with Warren Yoder.  

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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 heritage, and before getting into technology, he was a Loan Officer / IT Administrator for their family banking organization - and he remains CTO today!  

We talk about a lot of nerdy stuff in this one - building and maintaining secure systems, common mistakes business owners make with their technology and security, and the attack vectors that ransomware hackers are using the most.  And, we get into current events in banking and economics and politics too, there’s something for everyone and Sean’s one smart cookie, so I hope you’ll tune in and enjoy my conversation with Sean Fox. 

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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 NeuroPong™  system to forestall and even reverse the effects of neurodegenerative diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons, and cognitive impairment - and is highly effective in supporting youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder - AKA ADHD.  

Dr. Barbera began his medical career in Italy, and was a leading-edge gynecologist in Europe and the US for over 30 years.  He was forced into retirement by the effects of Multiple Sclerosis in 2017.  A roller coaster of emotional and financial and physical challenges followed, along with the discovery of the beneficial effects of new neural growth - such as can occur through bilateral activities like table tennis.  

Today, Dr. Barbera is healthy and spry, and took it easy on me in winning by a comfortable margin in our ping pong match. This is a wonderful conversation with an amazingly interesting and thoughtful man.

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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 website. Additionally, she operates Site Consulting Services, assisting creatives in maximizing their online presence. 

This episode zooms in on the life and journey of a creative solo-preneur - how to build community among creatives with authentic communications, intentional partnerships, and scroll-stopping content.  Chas has become a member of LoCo Think Tank, and we’re excited to have her big ideas, charming personality, and marketing savvy in the chapter meetings every month.  Please enjoy an amazing conversation with one of my newest friends, Chas Greener.  

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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 at Madwire, and is a lifelong student of brand and marketing.  

Together, Samson and Darius have created the Pain to Profits Podcast, and are building a business education and brokerage platform for the next generation - Clearly Acquired.  Their mission is to simplify business valuation and acquisition - and skills development - to allow a generation of independent business owners to transition to the next phase of life.  They’ve got an event coming up a few weeks after this podcast publishes - the Sales & Leads Summit on June 9 - 

Both of these men have inspiring journeys of overcoming obstacles, and we share a conversation that’s both philosophical and practical.  Marketing trends, business and demographic opportunities, fear, love, pain and addiction - it’s all in this one, so please tune in, and enjoy my conversation with Samson Jagoras and Darius Bell.  

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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 Wellness carries the highest-quality retail CBD products in the region, and has a very education-focused and consultative approach. 

Buzz Screens was founded in 2022, as an efficient way for local businesses to reach community marketplaces - their screens are located in dozens of locations around Loveland, Wellington, Johnstown, and Berthoud - especially in popular restaurants and taverns.  They allow businesses to promote their products and services in a non-intrusive way.  

This episode features great discussion about the why’s and the waypoints that go into an entrepreneur’s journey.  Chris’s businesses aren’t just about CBD and promotional TV screens, they’re about solving real problems - finding solutions to market pains.  He’s an authentic guy and a great conversationalist, and so I invite you to enjoy, as I did my conversation with Chris Cox. 

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