Upcoming NCBR Business Events
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Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards 2014
Entrepreneurs drive the engine of business and our mutual goal is to encourage entrepreneurs and celebrate their success.
We invite you to join us as we recognize and honor the leaders of Northern Colorado.
2014 Bravo Nominations Now Open
The nomination deadline is January 3, 2014
Location, Date and time to be determined.
For sponsorship information contact Events@NCBR.com or call De Dahlgren, Marketing/Events Director, 970-232-3132.
Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards
Entrepreneurs deserve another ovation
While the Great Recession meant an economic slowdown for a time, you can only hold back the entrepreneurial spirit for so long. In the end, hard work, ingenuity and effective marketing once more proved to be the recipe for prosperity. And now that 2013 is off to a great start, so is the Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards program!Our 2013 winners are...
Pleasing taste buds: Hot Corner Concepts
Though vastly different in cuisine and atmosphere, restaurants in the Hot Corner Concept family — which include the Moot House, Austin’s, Austin’s Homestead, Enzios and Big Al’s Burgers and Dogs — are among the most popular in Fort Collins. Hot Corner Concepts Owners Steve Taylor and Scott McCarthy started teasing...
Lundeen displays a knack for business
Sharing a workspace with a 12-foot bronze athlete or a bench with President Lincoln might be inspiring or intimidating, but for brothers Mark and George Lundeen of Lundeen Sculpture, it's part of everyday life. The Lundeens are internationally renowned sculptors who have helped Loveland become a hallmark destination for sculptors. George's wife,...
Revved up: Weld County Garage
In the early 1900s, Weld County Garage was the place to go for buggy repair. In the 1980s, well after cars surpassed horse-drawn carriages, it added appliances to its core business. Today, Weld County Garage and its sister business Herbies employ more than 170 people and claim more than $93 million in annual sales. Founded in 1908, Greeley’s ...
Burns’ strategy: To stand out in its field
In 1972, a few years after college graduation, Mike Burns got the chance to help market the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. The hotel had just come out of bankruptcy and needed some snappy promotion to let the public know it was once again ready for guests.“I started a one-person agency in my bedroom and it’s grown from there,” said ...
BBB vies to build trust in business
Founded more than 100 years ago, the Better Business Bureau, which seeks to help consumers find and recommend trusted brands, has seen a lot of changes. Facebook, Twitter, Angie’s List, TripAdvisor and other social media forums and websites today give customers a large platform from which to issue complaints and exchange information....
MenuTrinfo cooks up recipe for growth
Starting this April, the federal government will require all restaurants to include calorie information on their menus and to make additional nutritional information available on request. So far, few companies offer software that allows restaurants do this, and just one might have what could be viewed as a truly comprehensive solution.Fort Collins-...
Maxey: designer, problem solver
The best piece of business advice Loren Maxey, former president of Maxey Cos., ever received was this: “Hang in there and look for opportunities. They don’t just come to your door, you have to seek them out.”As obvious as that might sound, it was advice that has helped Maxey and his progeny to land business in the beet, snow...
