“Our goal is to have every teacher maxed out on their pay scale.” Jen Cooper, Founder & CEO, Happy Teacher由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“We’d rather be on the side of governments stopping human trafficking and with international communities working to stop drug trade.” Dan Smoot, CEO, Vantor由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“3 Rows… thousands of plants at a time are growing in that space.” Jake Savageau, Co-founder, FarmBox Foods由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“(I recognized that)… having machines see stuff could now be more lucrative… I started to think about trash as an underappreciated problem.” Matanya Horowitz, Founder & CTO, AMP由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“The branding connotes the positive image of the quality of the food inside.” Jane Hartgrove, Owner and “La Jefa,” Tres Picosos由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“The world is based upon small ball and squabbles – things that aren’t important – none of that matters.” Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO, Voyager Technologies由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“Blind spots are when we’re not aware of ourselves – most of the time that works for us but sometimes those normal behaviors become problems.” Martin Dubin, Author, Blindspotting – How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

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“The largest pickleball age demographic is 24-35.” Adam Kahn, co-Founder, 3rd Shot Pickleball由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“My advice to anybody: be extremely careful about who you’re bringing in.” Landon Mossburg, CEO, Peak Energy由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"We are the official sausage of the Colorado Rockies, DU Pioneers, Ball Arena and the Colorado Avalanche.” Melodie Polidori Harris (and Steve Polidori), Polidori Sausage由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"We thought: it makes sense – maybe we should keep trying.” Eric Davis, Founder & CEO, Pretred由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"I’ve always wanted to surround myself with entrepreneurs who think differently, do differently.” Jaime Zawmon, Founder and President, Titan CEO & Titan 100由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"If I’d known then what I know now, I think I could have accomplished what I accomplished with a little more EQ.” Dan Caruso, Caruso Ventures & Author of Bandwidth由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“I think we were one of the inventors of the breakfast burrito.” Carmen Morales, Founder & Owner, Santiago’s Mexican Restaurants由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"If this works, we might be able to solve the biggest health epidemic of our generation.” Sami Inkinen, Founder & CEO, Virta Health由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"This is the time for us to strike while the iron’s hot.” Rick George, Athletic Director, University of Colorado由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"We are doing something that may not have been done before in this country: almost doubling capacity while remaining open.” Phil Washington, CEO, Denver International Airport由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"We bypass our lawmakers and put our pet issues on the ballot...” Dave Tabor, host, ProCO360由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"I am a very strong person... If you think that I am done because I lose one business, just wait!” Dana Rodriguez, Chef and Restaurateur, Carne, Work & Class, Casa Bonita Executive Chef由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"A lot of brands are shipping from a ping-pong table out of their garage...” Irene Scharmack, CEO, QuickBox由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"Actually, there was a light bulb moment where the combination of chemical reactions to make the whole process occurred to me...” Laura Lammers, Founder & CEO, Travertine Technologies由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

"Even before we had a business, we talked some people into letting us do some catering for them – just on our good word.” Jeff Kennedy, co-founder, Moe’s Original BBQ由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“I reached $17 million before I hired my first employee.” Leah Garcia, Founder & CEO, Nulastin由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“We fix attitudes all day with better golf swings.” Joe Assell, CEO, GOLFTEC由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“An automotive company would have hundreds or thousands of people to build an entirely new vehicle – we're doing it with 75.” Toby Kraus, co-Founder, Lightship RV由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“Changing the trajectory of someone’s life is the most contagiously happy thing you can imagine doing.” Helen Young Hayes, Founder & CEO, ActivateWork由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“When you empower physicians with those test results you really are playing a pivotal role in the treatment going forward.” Scott Hutton, CEO, Biodesix由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“Consumers have the hardest job here – they are carrying the guilt of what to do with the package...” Ian Jacobson, Eco Products由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“...and those are the times when you go all in... what’s portrayed in the media, in TV shows – that's REAL.” John Nellen, Founder & CEO, Todyl  由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“People are willing to ignore security policies in order to gain the productivity benefits (of AI).” Steven Walchek, CEO & Co-founder, Liminal由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“Owning the stratospheric data layer is where the majority of our revenue will live.” Andrew Antonio, Co-founder & CEO, Urban Sky  由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“Our goal is to flatten the methane curve, and we can actually achieve it.” - Craig Rieker, Co-founder & CTO I had no idea how exciting this episode would become while I was preparing for it. LongPath is the story of a company that emerged from Nobel Prize winning technology developed at NIST and University of Colorado. You may have never cared abo…

“We wanted to change the company from a closure system to a high-performance fit system to change the way athletes perform – and prove it scientifically.” Shawn Neville, CEO, BOA Most guests on ProCO360 cut me some slack. Not Shawn Neville of BOA, and not even in front of a live audience at BOA’s world headquarters. From the start Shawn showed how …

“Give someone who wants to work hard a chance and they will give you everything they’ve got.” Jamie Repenning, CEO, R&R Head Labs由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“The default for most manufacturers and retailers before we came along was to destroy returns.” Kristin Langenfeld, Co-founder and CEO, GoodBuy Gear My expectations were completely wrong entering this episode with Kristin Langenfeld. I’d expected she would tell me the story of a woman who started selling her own used baby gear, then slowly expanded…

“I sent them an article, Vangst raises $2.5M from a Tier 1 VC in New York, and people started to not laugh at me as much.” Karson Humiston, Founder and CEO, Vangst  由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“If you love a band that’s coming to Red Rocks and you’re 21 years old, I'll find a way to give you that time off.” Tom Luersen, President, CoralTree Hospitality   This episode came together because a longtime friend, Dani Stern, now an executive at CoralTree told me over beers recently that he quit his last job to come to CoralTree. In fact, that …

“We’re building homes in about 9 days at 20 stations, so every house stays at a station about 4 hours.” Charlie Chupp, Founder and CEO, Fading West This is the second recent episode about a Colorado company building alternatives to traditional single-family homes (see also Studio Shed – Still Leading the ADU Industry). It’s because the lack of atta…

“I EXPLAIN TO CUSTOMERS HOW I WORK, AND THEY TRUST ME.” Fernando Ledezma, Ledezma Concrete This episode is out of my comfort zone – and refreshingly so. Generally, I’m with high-flying entrepreneurs leading business that have raised tens of millions of dollars and are pursuing hockey stick growth. Tia and Fernando Ledezma charmed me when they repla…

“Community engagement is really looking to the future… what do I want my city and community to be and how can I help that happen?” Rob Cohen, Chairman and CEO, IMA Financial由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“It’s fun to be in a business where you have to decide where to pursue the opportunity.” Jeremy Nova, co-Founder, Studio Shed   Jeremy was my guest via Zoom during the pandemic. Sometimes it’s fun to circle back with a prior guest to see how they’ve evolved – either the leader (see this focus in the episode “Starting from Skratch, Maturing as CEO” …

“When we started out we weren’t thinking big picture – we were just excited to offer something we were passionate about.” Jane Barden, co-Founder, Farm to Summit由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“We deploy data and technology to find pockets of opportunity we call Superfans.” Greg Sobiech, Founder & CEO, DELVE由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“THE STATE OF COLORADO INCENTIVIZED ME TO MOVE HERE FROM AUSTIN, AND THAT WAS THE VERY BEST DECISION I’VE MADE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY.” Jonathan Ballesteros, Geyser Systems由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“In that year (Covid) we turned down Ellen Oprah and Martha Stewart… because we were so committed to our direct customer.” Jeff Eldridge, Liberty Puzzles由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“My #1 job is to run this great company… and (create a brand) that helps me get this message out there that there’s a different way to lead a company.” Kerry Siggins, CEO of StoneAge… Author and Speaker I’ve been skeptical and bewildered as I’ve watched Kerry Siggins mature as the CEO of StoneAge while simultaneously leaning in to becoming an autho…

“This is a once in a generation paradigm shift in computing performance… We’re all jockeying to one of the 3-5 winners at the end of the day.” Rob Hays, President & CEO, Atom Computing由Dave Tabor, PROCO360

“I would say (to athletes), you know why you get paid? You’ve got to be able to bring value and sell products.” Chase Garrett, Founder & CEO, Icon Source “NIL” – Name, Image, and Likeness” – the idea that “amateur” athletes now get paid for helping to products, has upended amateur sports. Chase Garrett, with a background working with prominent athl…