I recently posted on social media my humble honor of being asked to be one of the faculty for the Financial Planning Association’s 2020 Summer Externship. The Externship is designed to provide hundreds of students around the country (over 500 as of today), with a replacement for their internships that have been cancelled due to structural or budgetary issues caused …
Often a growing business will look to add staff as quickly as possible. After all, a growing business is limited by the bandwidth of it’s human workforce, each of whom come with their own personal complications (i.e. work life balance). It is not uncommon for me to hear a business consultant or even an owner toss out something about trying …
Leadership is a tough gig, possibly the toughest. You always lead the way and you are responsible for everything that happens, good, bad, or otherwise. The leadership of a lot of people is being tested right now. Politicians are having to balance the interests of the economies they represent while simultaneously trying to protect the vulnerable from sickness. Healthcare workers …
We sit down with Carolyn MacCloud, the founder of MAC5 Creative Marketing, a boutique marketing consultancy providing comprehensive marketing support for small businesses in Northern Colorado. Carolyn has a fascinating story, as her life has taken a number of interesting turns, including helping launch the largest woman-owned business in Boulder, speaking as a national advocate for women in the area …
Insurance is boring. Really boring. Experimenting eating paint chips might be more entertaining, if significantly more hazardous for your health. This boredom, along with education and training on how to evaluate insurance, costs consumers over a billion dollars a year in fees, conflicts, and opportunity costs. You too, probably find insurance pretty boring, but when you’re given an opportunity to …
This week we’re talking to Dr. Carole Keim, MD, about her medical practice “Doctor at Your Door”, a pediatric medical practice that specializes in home visits for children in and around Boulder, CO. Dr. Carole has a fascinating story, covering her international medical education and experience practicing in multiple countries before setting up her practice in Boulder to help return …
“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” – Warren Buffett It’s a simple but powerful piece of wisdom that the Oracle of Omaha shares with others when the markets are booming or crashing. Human nature often compels us to wait until things are past the point of ideal to get involved in something, and often …
This week we’re talking to Louis Toenjes, the Director of Marketing for St. Amand, an international importer and exporter of small-batch and craft spirits throughout the world. Louis comes to us not as the founder, but as the second generation of leadership within St. Amand, bringing new life to their search for family-owned breweries and distilleries, and enhancing their process …
“A full layout” is a dreaded phrase for those who have been in the military. It involves being given a packing list for some sort of operation, typically dozens of items long, which must be crammed into a rucksack. From that point, a full layout is the forced process of pulling the contents of the rucksack out and laying them …
The life of a gifted opportunist. This week we’re talking to Michael Linsley, the creative artist behind Art Drenched Life, a ceramic architectural art studio with a mission of bringing more beauty into common spaces. Michael has a fascinating history as an immigrant to the United States working as a software programmer, growing a consulting business, and literally hanging up …