PROCO360 | Best Podcast for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Dave Tabor, PROCO360

OWNING THE STRATOSPHERE.  Quite an ambitious objective – even more so after I learned what it meant! I’m fascinated by the idea of using what seemed to be old technology (balloons) over newer technology including satellites and drones to achieve superiority in the marketplace for aerial imagery and data. Join me on my journey from skepticism and see if you become intrigued as I have, or even a believer! Thanks to my partners at Denver Angels for the connection to Andrew.

“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 about what a “frequency comb” is, and you WILL after listening to how this now little, soon to be big company enabled by a $195 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, can have a massive impact on climate change.  Listen now – and you’ll be able to tell your friends, “I’ve been watching them since this all started!”

“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.”

I met Jamie Repenning when he was CEO of Floyd’s 99 Barbershop and we did Episode 68 together, “Floyd’s 99 Adapting Style.” That’s why when he reached out to me about a new concept he was launching, I was eager to listen – and FASCINATED with the concept of creating an entire barbershop brand focused on employing the formerly incarcerated.  We agreed that I’d help him launch R&R Head Labs with a LIVE audience event at the grand opening.  This is an inspiring episode and I’m proud to have hosted it.

“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 the activity into a basement enterprise, and so on until it was a real company.  Nope.  And she’s out to dominate a market sector with those whom I’d have expected were unlikely partners. 

I know so little about the cannabis industry and I have some internal tension around appreciating an industry that I’ve long judged as a net negative to society.  Still the cannabis (marijuana) industry is real and not going anywhere. When Karson suggested a ProCO360 episode I thought about it... it had been quite some time since I did an episode featuring Native Roots (“Not What I Planned in College”) and intrigued with Vangst’s hiring niche, I investigated.  I saw that Vangst raised money at a valuation of almost $100 million, and that really caught my attention. I loved this revealing conversation with a high-energy entrepreneur!