For the next three weeks, hundreds of small business owners and craftspeople will take their trades to holiday markets all around the state
small business
Posted inBusiness
The giant troll in Victor: A Danish artist brings one of his international sculptures to an old Colorado mining town
The Gold Camp District Impact Group brought in Thomas Dambo’s “Rita the Rock Planter” as it tries to bring together the community and spark the local economy
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Insurance brokers are giving the Colorado Option a fair shot
If small businesses aren’t choosing the public health insurance option, it’s because other plans are better and cost less.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: The Colorado Option is great on paper. If only insurers would put it into action.
Small businesses need government to enforce the rules, to produce the premium reductions necessary to keep providing health coverage to workers.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: The anti-TikTok movement is anti-business
Removing TikTok would harm Colorado small business and remove an inclusive avenue for underrepresented communities to amplify their voices.
Posted inOutdoors
From hijabs to collapsible baby bottles, Denver’s Big Gear Show makes move toward inclusivity
There were times when Natalia Ospina felt as if she had to pick between her beloved outdoors and her hair. The Denver resident loved climbing and trail running. But she loved her hair, too. It reminded her of her mother, the only other one in her large family who had the same thick, luxurious curls […]
Posted inOutdoors
A Colorado program is training the next generation of outdoor innovators
Western Colorado University is becoming an institutional hub for the outdoor recreation industry and the Gunnison River Valley as a hotbed for outdoor businesses
Posted inBusiness
What’s Working: Where a company that develops cancer tests, other startups are finding funding in Colorado
It’s the state’s Advanced Industries program, which has provided $128 million in grants to early-stage companies in the past decade. So, what do taxpayers get out of it?
Posted inEconomy
What’s Working: 44% of Colorado small businesses surveyed have put hiring on hold
But 44% of small businesses surveyed in Colorado have put hiring on hold.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Tim Reichert’s economic plan is too heavy on regulation
A little background about myself. I have started and run several electronic manufacturing companies during the past 40 years. During that period I have seen the decline of America’s manufacturing industrial base. My current company is Xetawave, based in Louisville. Living in the 7th Congressional District, I looked at all the candidates for the U.S. […]