What drives entrepreneurs? More importantly, does that drive change if you’re a Baby Boomer, a Gen Xer or a Millennial? As the Chamber gears up for State of Small Business: Generation Entrepreneur on Feb. 18, we begin to consider what dr ives entrepreneurs across different generations. With the help of Millennial and Love Grown Foods founder Maddy D’Amato, Gen … Read Post
Just days before the 2015 legislative session started, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate, the Colorado Competitive Council, hosted their second annual Business Legislative Preview. Leaders from both parties and chambers shared their business policy priorities for the coming year. The Denver Business Journal’s Ed Sealover moderated the event. Watch the video below, produced by … Read Post
On December 5, the world watched the unmanned spacecraft Orion, a white capsule mounted atop United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy—a bundle of three Broncos-orange rocket boosters—take off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Ascending 3,600 miles above the earth, traveling through radiation fields, the capsule sized just over 300 cubic feet circled the earth twice before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of … Read Post
Earlier today, our affiliate, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, released its ninth annual Industry Cluster Study. The study tracks job growth among our eight major industry clusters and four subclusters: aerospace, aviation, bioscience (including medical devices and pharmaceuticals), broadcasting and telecommunications, energy (including cleantech and fossil fuels), financial services (including banking and finance, investments … Read Post
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has taken positions on 11 bills that are working their way through the Colorado General Assembly. HB15-1096 Small Business Definition Rep. Kit Roupe (R-Colorado Springs) Summary: The bill creates a general definition of the term “small business” for purposes of Colorado law to apply in situations where a more … Read Post
Laura Brandt, Director of Economic Development for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) and Lynn Myers, Vice President of Economic Development for the Denver South Economic Development Partnership (Denver South EDP), have been named to a prestigious list of the top economic development practitioners in North America. Consultant Connect, a consulting agency … Read Post
We work in one of the greatest places in the world. When I travel, it’s easy to sing our praises and tell people about our diverse and vibrant economy; our smart, healthy workforce; the natural beauty of our state; and the incredible quality of life those strengths create for us. Colorado’s business community underlies much … Read Post
