“We’d rather be on the side of governments stopping human trafficking and with international communities working to stop drug trade.” Dan Smoot, CEO, VantorDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“3 Rows… thousands of plants at a time are growing in that space.” Jake Savageau, Co-founder, FarmBox FoodsDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“(I recognized that)… having machines see stuff could now be more lucrative… I started to think about trash as an underappreciated problem.” Matanya Horowitz, Founder & CTO, AMPDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“The branding connotes the positive image of the quality of the food inside.” Jane Hartgrove, Owner and “La Jefa,” Tres PicososDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“The world is based upon small ball and squabbles – things that aren’t important – none of that matters.” Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO, Voyager TechnologiesDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“Blind spots are when we’re not aware of ourselves – most of the time that works for us but sometimes those normal behaviors become problems.” Martin Dubin, Author, Blindspotting – How to See What’s Holding You Back as a LeaderDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

Dave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

Dave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“The largest pickleball age demographic is 24-35.” Adam Kahn, co-Founder, 3rd Shot PickleballDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“My advice to anybody: be extremely careful about who you’re bringing in.” Landon Mossburg, CEO, Peak EnergyDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"We are the official sausage of the Colorado Rockies, DU Pioneers, Ball Arena and the Colorado Avalanche.” Melodie Polidori Harris (and Steve Polidori), Polidori SausageDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"We thought: it makes sense – maybe we should keep trying.” Eric Davis, Founder & CEO, PretredDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"I’ve always wanted to surround myself with entrepreneurs who think differently, do differently.” Jaime Zawmon, Founder and President, Titan CEO & Titan 100Dave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"If I’d known then what I know now, I think I could have accomplished what I accomplished with a little more EQ.” Dan Caruso, Caruso Ventures & Author of BandwidthDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“I think we were one of the inventors of the breakfast burrito.” Carmen Morales, Founder & Owner, Santiago’s Mexican RestaurantsDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"If this works, we might be able to solve the biggest health epidemic of our generation.” Sami Inkinen, Founder & CEO, Virta HealthDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"This is the time for us to strike while the iron’s hot.” Rick George, Athletic Director, University of ColoradoDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"We are doing something that may not have been done before in this country: almost doubling capacity while remaining open.” Phil Washington, CEO, Denver International AirportDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"We bypass our lawmakers and put our pet issues on the ballot...” Dave Tabor, host, ProCO360Dave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"I am a very strong person... If you think that I am done because I lose one business, just wait!” Dana Rodriguez, Chef and Restaurateur, Carne, Work & Class, Casa Bonita Executive ChefDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"A lot of brands are shipping from a ping-pong table out of their garage...” Irene Scharmack, CEO, QuickBoxDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"Actually, there was a light bulb moment where the combination of chemical reactions to make the whole process occurred to me...” Laura Lammers, Founder & CEO, Travertine TechnologiesDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

"Even before we had a business, we talked some people into letting us do some catering for them – just on our good word.” Jeff Kennedy, co-founder, Moe’s Original BBQDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“I reached $17 million before I hired my first employee.” Leah Garcia, Founder & CEO, NulastinDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“We fix attitudes all day with better golf swings.” Joe Assell, CEO, GOLFTECDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“An automotive company would have hundreds or thousands of people to build an entirely new vehicle – we're doing it with 75.” Toby Kraus, co-Founder, Lightship RVDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“Changing the trajectory of someone’s life is the most contagiously happy thing you can imagine doing.” Helen Young Hayes, Founder & CEO, ActivateWorkDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“When you empower physicians with those test results you really are playing a pivotal role in the treatment going forward.” Scott Hutton, CEO, BiodesixDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“Consumers have the hardest job here – they are carrying the guilt of what to do with the package...” Ian Jacobson, Eco ProductsDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“...and those are the times when you go all in... what’s portrayed in the media, in TV shows – that's REAL.” John Nellen, Founder & CEO, Todyl  Dave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“People are willing to ignore security policies in order to gain the productivity benefits (of AI).” Steven Walchek, CEO & Co-founder, LiminalDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“Owning the stratospheric data layer is where the majority of our revenue will live.” Andrew Antonio, Co-founder & CEO, Urban Sky  Dave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“Our goal is to flatten the methane curve, and we can actually achieve it.” - Craig Rieker, Co-founder & CTO I had no idea how exciting this episode would become while I was preparing for it. LongPath is the story of a company that emerged from Nobel Prize winning technology developed at NIST and University of Colorado. You may have never cared abo…

“We wanted to change the company from a closure system to a high-performance fit system to change the way athletes perform – and prove it scientifically.” Shawn Neville, CEO, BOA Most guests on ProCO360 cut me some slack. Not Shawn Neville of BOA, and not even in front of a live audience at BOA’s world headquarters. From the start Shawn showed how …

“Give someone who wants to work hard a chance and they will give you everything they’ve got.” Jamie Repenning, CEO, R&R Head LabsDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“The default for most manufacturers and retailers before we came along was to destroy returns.” Kristin Langenfeld, Co-founder and CEO, GoodBuy Gear My expectations were completely wrong entering this episode with Kristin Langenfeld. I’d expected she would tell me the story of a woman who started selling her own used baby gear, then slowly expanded…

“I sent them an article, Vangst raises $2.5M from a Tier 1 VC in New York, and people started to not laugh at me as much.” Karson Humiston, Founder and CEO, Vangst  Dave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“If you love a band that’s coming to Red Rocks and you’re 21 years old, I'll find a way to give you that time off.” Tom Luersen, President, CoralTree Hospitality   This episode came together because a longtime friend, Dani Stern, now an executive at CoralTree told me over beers recently that he quit his last job to come to CoralTree. In fact, that …

“We’re building homes in about 9 days at 20 stations, so every house stays at a station about 4 hours.” Charlie Chupp, Founder and CEO, Fading West This is the second recent episode about a Colorado company building alternatives to traditional single-family homes (see also Studio Shed – Still Leading the ADU Industry). It’s because the lack of atta…

“I EXPLAIN TO CUSTOMERS HOW I WORK, AND THEY TRUST ME.” Fernando Ledezma, Ledezma Concrete This episode is out of my comfort zone – and refreshingly so. Generally, I’m with high-flying entrepreneurs leading business that have raised tens of millions of dollars and are pursuing hockey stick growth. Tia and Fernando Ledezma charmed me when they repla…

“Community engagement is really looking to the future… what do I want my city and community to be and how can I help that happen?” Rob Cohen, Chairman and CEO, IMA FinancialDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“It’s fun to be in a business where you have to decide where to pursue the opportunity.” Jeremy Nova, co-Founder, Studio Shed   Jeremy was my guest via Zoom during the pandemic. Sometimes it’s fun to circle back with a prior guest to see how they’ve evolved – either the leader (see this focus in the episode “Starting from Skratch, Maturing as CEO” …

“When we started out we weren’t thinking big picture – we were just excited to offer something we were passionate about.” Jane Barden, co-Founder, Farm to SummitDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“We deploy data and technology to find pockets of opportunity we call Superfans.” Greg Sobiech, Founder & CEO, DELVEDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“THE STATE OF COLORADO INCENTIVIZED ME TO MOVE HERE FROM AUSTIN, AND THAT WAS THE VERY BEST DECISION I’VE MADE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY.” Jonathan Ballesteros, Geyser SystemsDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“In that year (Covid) we turned down Ellen Oprah and Martha Stewart… because we were so committed to our direct customer.” Jeff Eldridge, Liberty PuzzlesDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“My #1 job is to run this great company… and (create a brand) that helps me get this message out there that there’s a different way to lead a company.” Kerry Siggins, CEO of StoneAge… Author and Speaker I’ve been skeptical and bewildered as I’ve watched Kerry Siggins mature as the CEO of StoneAge while simultaneously leaning in to becoming an autho…

“This is a once in a generation paradigm shift in computing performance… We’re all jockeying to one of the 3-5 winners at the end of the day.” Rob Hays, President & CEO, Atom ComputingDave Tabor, PROCO360 tarafından oluşturuldu

“I would say (to athletes), you know why you get paid? You’ve got to be able to bring value and sell products.” Chase Garrett, Founder & CEO, Icon Source “NIL” – Name, Image, and Likeness” – the idea that “amateur” athletes now get paid for helping to products, has upended amateur sports. Chase Garrett, with a background working with prominent athl…

“We have customers tell us that we’ve helped them become better chefs.” Janet Johnston, Co-founder, Savory Spice Shops I begin this interview with a bit of a rant about how so many passion-based retailers fail, barely holding on long enough to save their pride after working 80-hour weeks for less than minimum wage. Savory Spice, now with 30 locatio…