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GREYSTONE TECHNOLOGY is a local Information Technology (IT) outsourcing firm. Currently with 85 employees, they’ve been growing at a rapid clip for over a decade.
I had a chance to sit down with Peter Melby recently, who owns the company along with Jesse Armstrong. They formed the business in 2001 with the idea that this would be a fun and motivating environment for employees.
Which is what they’ve built. But there’s so much more to the story.
WINDSONG MEMORY CARE is a great new facility in Fort Collins, part of the new growing field of applying Montessori methods to help dementia patients.
They call their approach the Montessori Inspired Lifestyle®, and it’s revolutionary.
We all have fears when it comes to our declining years. For me, the idea of losing my memory and thinking is unbelievably scary.
STEVE MARSHALL BILLS HIMSELF as a “Transformation Enabler.”
At least that’s what it says on his business card.
What he really does is to work with leaders on strategic planning, organizational development, managing change, and executive coaching. It’s similar to my own coaching practice, but he tends to focus a bit more on larger companies and more complex organizations.
As you know, my website here is dedicated to business owners who are living in a different paradigm. We’re making money, sure, but more importantly we’re improving the world through our work.
ROBERTO VALDEZ RUNS AN AMAZING BUSINESS recycling mattresses here in Fort Collins.
His heart is in serving those who are looking to rebuild their lives after incarceration or drug addiction. In fact, that’s how he got engaged with Spring Back Mattress Recycling in the first place.
He created a new life based on the support and leadership of Christopher Conway, his boss and mentor. I met Christopher as well, a sincere man who’s on a mission to serve the community.
MidiCi BRANDS ITSELF AS “The Neapolitan Pizza Company.” New to Fort Collins, you might be skeptical about whether this town needs another pizza place, no matter how good the food is.
I had a chance this week to be introduced to the owners of this great new MidiCi franchise, opened just three weeks ago. Frank and Kim Brewster come from Greeley and are passionate about the unique employee culture of this business. Read the rest of this entry »
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN when you stick to a great mission for years.
I wrote about The ShareLingo Project a couple of years ago, so I was super excited when James Archer contacted me about what’s been happening. It turns out that he’s just 22 days away from launching his new book about developing programs which build cross-language learning through cross-cultural relationships.
Quick synopsis: ShareLingo brings together small teams of English and Spanish speakers where they learn the foreign language from each other while building personal relationships and deep appreciation for culture. Feel free to check out that previous article for more of the story.
CONCERN ABOUT OUR FOOD SOURCES has increasingly been a critical issue of the 21st century.
We know that enormous agricultural enterprises can be highly efficient, but tend to eliminate healthy diversity in what we eat. And we worry about the environmental cost of transporting our food all over the globe.
I was fascinated, then, to talk with Michele Ostrander, the owner and CEO of RevoGrow. It’s a company dedicated to connecting restaurants, stores and consumers with local growers.
WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, building solid technical skills is much easier.
This is the philosophy of Canidium, a rapidly growing consulting business which focuses on sales and service performance improvement via strategic guidance and systems integration and support for their clients..
It’s a pretty technical set of services, but I was intrigued by the notion that this company puts people first: Both its customers and its employees. Read the rest of this entry »
THE PARLOUR is a Colorado chain of salons stretching between Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver.
Led by Gene Cahill, it was started in Fort Collins in 1998 to fill a perceived gap in excellent, personal salon services.
That’s what you’ll see from the outside. Read the rest of this entry »
MESH FORT COLLINS
is a great new community for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in the region. You might know that it took over the space formerly occupied by Galvanize at 242 Linden Street.
Mesh is an expansion of an idea that’s seen success in Japan as Future Venture Capital Ltd. FVC Americas was established last year to become the hub in northern Colorado for startups with great potential.
I’ve been following the local startup scene for several years, so it’s exciting to hear that Mesh is not just serving the high tech market. They’re helping businesses in all industries, even those who aren’t getting all the press these days.
After all, there are great new companies in all corners of the economy.
The Values-Based Business 