The BizWest Podcast

In this week’s podcast, Dan Mika speaks with CSU economics professor Zachary Schaller on how the rules governing workplace safety penalties led to JBS being fined $16,000 after counting 300 COVID infections and six deaths in the Greeley plant, while BizWest editor Chris Wood speaks with former Greeley assistant city manager Becky Safarik on her 42-year career in the city's economic developmen...

In this week's podcast, Dan Mika speaks with Brad Udall , a climate and water researcher at CSU and a co-author of the National Climate Assessment, about how the recent rapid growth of the Cameron Peak fire is a sign of future threats from climate change. Sponsors for this podcast include: Chartered Technology , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

In this week’s episode, Dan Mika and BizWest editor Chris Wood run down the newly-released BizWest 500 list of fastest growing firms in the region, and Dan talks with Jerry Kominski from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health on how COVID may actually keep health insurance premiums down next year. Sponsors for this podcast include: Chartered Technology , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

In this week’s episode, Dan Mika speaks with Molly Armbrister of CBRE Denver on just how much office space tech is taking up in Boulder, while Chris Wood speaks with Ray Caraway as he prepares to end a 17-year career as head of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado . Sponsors for this podcast include: Chartered Technology , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

In this week’s episode, Lucas High speaks with Sarah Woodson of the Denver-based non-profit Color of Cannabis about its efforts at the crossroads of criminal justice reform and the marijuana industry, and Dan Mika and Lucas talk about the CU-Leeds School of Business’ newest estimate that more than 120,000 jobs will be permanently gone in Colorado by the end of the year. Sponsors for this podcast i...

In this week's episode, Chris Wood chats with Boulder Chamber CEO John Tayer about the Chamber's plan to help businesses recover from the COVID pandemic, while Dan Mika and Lucas High chat about the recent citizen pushbacks against mega-developments like Redtail Ridge, Montava and the Hughes Stadium rezoning. Sponsors for this podcast include: Chartered Technology , DaVinci Sign Systems...

In this week's podcast, Lucas High and Dan Mika chat about how the wave of department store and retail closures are shaping some of the area's most prominent destinations, and Dan speaks with Annett James of the NAACP of Boulder County about its new corporate sponsorship program. Sponsors for this podcast include: Chartered Technology , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

On this week's episode, Dan Mika speaks with Housing Colorado executive director Elena Wilken on how the expiry of a $600 additional unemployment benefit and federal eviction moratorium could disrupt Coloradans' lives during COVID, and Lucas High explains the tentative settlement to end the decade-long municipal utility battle between Boulder and Xcel Energy. Sponsors for this podcast in...

This week, Dan Mika and Ken Amundson chat about Aurora's plans to buy $28 million in water rights located in Windsor, and Dan Mika talks with Asa Firestone of A-Lodge Boulder and Lyons about how COVID-19 is hitting the independent and boutique hotel sector. Sponsors for this podcast include: Pinnacol Workers’ Comp , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

In this week's episode, we recount the death of local CRE developer Allen Ginsborg and relive parts of BizWest's Life Interrupted series that spoke to the immense mental health pressures employees and bosses face in this current time. Later, Lucas High chats with Morgan Smith about next week's Longmont Startup Week going all online. (NOTE: here's the link we mention at the end:...

In this week's episode, Dan Mika and Lucas High talk about Monday's dump of Paycheck Protection Program data and what it says about NoCo and Boulder Valley businesses, and Lucas chats with Nicole & Gerry Wienholt of Boulder's YogaPod Studio talk about their pivot to online classes in the midst of the COVID pandemic. Make sure you never miss a new episode by subscribing on Spotif...

In this week's episode, CSU's Martin Shields and CU-Boulder's Rich Wobbekind return to the podcast 90 days after the first episode launched to talk about how they see the last quarter's economy wrangle with COVID-19. Chris Wood speaks with Clif Harald , who just left as head of the Boulder Economic Council after 9 years. Make sure you never miss a new episode by subscribing on...

This week, we revisit our conversation on housing affordability at the BizWest Northern Colorado Real Estate Summit. Make sure you never miss a new episode by subscribing on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Sponsors for this podcast include: First American Exchange Company , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

This week, Lucas High chats with Lindsey Rohde of Galvanize Boulder about how co-working spaces are preparing for the socially-distanced offices of the future, and we bring you a portion of our conversation on the intersection of water security and real estate development from our Northern Colorado Real Estate Summit earlier this week. Make sure you never miss a new episode by subscribing on Spoti...

This week, Chris talks with Kimberlee McKee of the Longmont Downtown Development Authority talks about how Longmont's Main Street district is surviving in a part-time social isolation world, while Dan Mika talks with the Colorado Health Institute's Emily Johnson on how the estimated about 560,000 Coloradans expected to enroll in Medicaid by the end of the year will affect the entire heal...

Dan Mika chats with Nick Calloway and Jason Brill from Loveland Aleworks about the challenges of running a brewery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sponsors for this podcast include: First American Exchange Company , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

On this week's episode, Lucas High talks with Lauren Hansen of multiple listing service IRES talks about the possibility of a post-COVID resurgence in residential real estate, while Chris Wood looks into the crystal ball at how the pandemic will permanently alter the world with futurist Tom Frey . Make sure you never miss a new episode by subscribing on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you...

Ken Amundson speaks with Indigo Education Co. CEO Sheri Smith on how workers can aim for career changes in the post-COVID labor market, while Dan Mika chats with SimplyHR partner Tina Todd on how to navigate labor laws as Colorado begins to reopen non-essential businesses. Sponsors for this podcast include: First American Exchange Company , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

Lucas High speaks with Frascas owner Bobby Stuckey about how the Boulder restaurant is up for one of the most prestigious culinary awards in the world while being shut down due to COVID-19, while Chris Wood speaks with the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau's Maryann Mahoney about how hotels are handling a world where leisure travel is on no one's mind. Sponsors for this podcast incl...

Chris Wood speaks with Yvonne Myyers of Columbine Health Systems about how the group of senior living homes is handling the COVID-19 crisis while caring for the most vulnerable populations, while Dan Mika speaks with Megan Bent of Harbinger Ventures, on the progress toward gender equity in the venture capital world and how COVID-19 could upend that. Sponsors for this podcast include: First America...

In this week’s episode, Dan Mika talks with the Colorado Cattlemen Association's Terry Fankhauser on how COVID is shaking up the beef market, while Lucas High chats with Bob Pinkerton on how a Broomfield startup is keeping their company band together via Zoom.   Sponsors for this podcast include: First American Exchange Company , DaVinci Sign Systems and FMS Bank.

In this week’s episode, Dan Mika talks with Colorado School of Mines professor Will Flickenstein on this week's historic collapse in oil prices, while Lucas High chats with Laura Frank   on state news organizations teaming up to tell the story of dozens of Coloradans getting through a day during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Sponsors for this podcast include: First American Exchange Company , DaVi...

In this week’s episode, Chris Wood talks with Foundry Group managing director Seth Levine on how COVID-19 is hitting startups in Colorado, while Dan Mika speaks with Hosea Rosenberg , executive chef and owner of Blackbelly and Santo restaurants in Boulder, on the intense challenges the restaurant industry faces.   Sponsors for this podcast include: First American Exchange Company , DaVinci Sign Sy...

In this week's episode, Dan Mika talks with executive coach and former psychotherapist Craig Revord on how to handle the mental stress of managing a business in the middle of a pandemic, while Lucas High chats with Nicholas Meyerson, CEO of Darwin Biosciences and winner of the University of Colorado New Venture Challenge pitch slam. Subscribe to us today: www.bizwest.com Find Dan on Twitter:...

The BizWest Podcast launches with discussions with CU-Boulder economics professor Richard Wobbekind and Colorado State University economics professor Martin Shields talking about the unprecedented national and statewide challenges created by COVID-19. Subscribe to BizWest today  for all our coverage of business and economic news in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley.