Colorado small-to mid-size companies are adding the highest number of jobs in the state, and, for that reason, are seeing more economic growth than ever before. With this increase, employers are also seeing a rise in business trips. In fact, according to the U.S. Travel Association, Americans make more than 405 million long-distance business trips per year. Many employers expect their employees to be accessible whether in the … Read Post
In 1993, the year of Denver’s “summer of violence,” there were 74 homicides in the city. It created a panic around the state about the impact of gang activity. As a young man growing up in an East Denver housing project, Dr. Ryan Ross was right in the middle of it and he wanted to get out. With relatives in conflicting gangs, fear of association … Read Post
Across the Denver metro area, there are businesses adding another page in the history of our region’s success. The Chamber’s annual Business Awards luncheon presented by Colorado Business Bank recognizes organizations in our community that make our region a great place to live and do business. Get to know our Business Awards winners, in their own words. SMALL … Read Post
Just two years into business, Sky Blue Builders was close to shutting its doors. It was 2009 and the custom home builder was feeling the squeeze of the sinking housing market. Founder and CEO Mowa Haile knew his company needed to pivot, so he turned to the Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (Denver Metro SBDC). Haile took advantage of transportation-focused programming and consulting in order to change … Read Post
For better or worse, cars are part of the social fabric of business. They can cue status through a coveted parking spot or fleet vehicle. They can raise anxiety levels of drivers who sit in gridlocked traffic. But there is a revolution coming – and it’s changing how cars are woven into that fabric of business – thanks to a deluge of … Read Post
With three decades of Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce involvement under his belt, Dave Anderson knows better than anyone how to capture success. You know the saying, “choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”? As president of InSync Photography + Design, Anderson has a busy job, but with his passion … Read Post
Blue Grimes, founder and president of Out of the Blue Screen Printing, loves hearing new ideas for how to improve his business. And he has received them from business students for over five years through the Denver Metro Small Business Development Center’s (SBDC) Strategic Business Analysis. Grimes is in the process of executing new marketing strategies in social media and on the company’s website that he hopes will ultimately … Read Post
