PROCO360 | Best Podcast for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

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

Live | Work | Love Colorado (TM). The notable entrepreneurs featured live with a SPIRIT immersed in Colorado. They work passionate, long hours, so these are not stories about “work-life balance." Colorado entrepreneurs know that some days you just get the view from your office, other days its a bike ride and beer with a client... in PROCO360 guests share their lessons, mistakes, and fascinating stories other can learn from. “LIVE – WORK – LOVE COLORADO” (TM).

  1. Sausage of the Rockies

    20H AGO

    Sausage of the Rockies

    I think it’s interesting to see the path chosen by successful multigenerational family businesses, particularly as its successor owners balance “how it’s always been done” to adapt as needed to continue to succeed in a changed competitive environment. Polidori Sausage is FOURTH generation, and thriving based on a combination of commitment to traditional recipes, expansion via new distribution methods and partnerships, and shared 4th-gen goals for the future. See: https://www.instagram.com/polidorisausage/ https://www.facebook.com/polidorisausage https://x.com/PolidoriSausage

    36 min
  2. #1 Rule for Displacing a Product

    MAR 13

    #1 Rule for Displacing a Product

    Pretred converts discarded tires – you’ve seen the massive unsightly piles – and converts them into highway barriers. I became aware of Pretred a few years ago and thought they had a very cool product, but I wondered, “Will this become something? Will old-school concrete barrier users switch to something made of rubber?” I decided to wait and see. What I didn’t realize is that Pretred’s offering is based on the #1 Rule for displacing an established product. Now I have a new lens through which to predict how a new product can get traction (yes, it’s a pun). Thanks to Denver Angels for reconnecting me to Pretred!

    40 min
  3. A Gated Community for Titans

    FEB 27

    A Gated Community for Titans

    I’m active on LinkedIn and a while back started seeing tons of postings celebrating executives becoming “Titans” in the Titan 100 program. I was fascinated by the energy around the program – and super curious about how a new executive recognition program could take off so quickly when others exist – I mean come on, business groups and publications seem to have a ”(Blank) of the Year” recognition edition or celebration program almost every week. Titan 100 has grown to include peer groups and executive retreats – also services offered by more established organizations. And yet... Titan CEO, the front-facing Titan 100 program, and Titan CEO extensions, are growing like crazy. Starting in Denver, it’s now in 8 markets and moving to more. Titan CEO is attracting the who’s who from business communities across the country. What’s Jaime’s secret sauce? What’s the untapped opportunity she’s addressing? Listen to the episode!

    39 min
  4. Ambition, Deception, and Innovation

    FEB 6

    Ambition, Deception, and Innovation

    When the Caruso Ventures team reached out to me to talk with Dan Caruso, I was really pleased. Dan started and grew Zayo Group, taking it public in 2014, he did so by seeing an opportunity to discover and acquire “Fiber Orphans.” These were independent fiber companies offering bandwidth access within a targeted geographic area. Dan created Zayo to roll these up with massive synergy. It worked. He tells that story, and many others about the rise (and “Ambition, Deception and Innovation”) of the internet industry. Great perspective!

    44 min
  5. Iconic Burritos, Millions Sold

    JAN 23

    Iconic Burritos, Millions Sold

    Who in Colorado hasn’t had Santiago’s breakfast burritos? It’s an iconic brand built on reputation and customer loyalty, not marketing. Carmen’s is a tremendous story… why she opened a restaurant, the impetus for the 2nd, how’s she’s reached 27 locations, her operating philosophy… and how about an order for 5,000 burritos?

    33 min
  6. Thrilled Patients Tattoo Company Logo

    JAN 9

    Thrilled Patients Tattoo Company Logo

    It was with significant cynicism that I began my research into Virta Health. I mean, come on, its mission is to reverse diabetes and obesity in one billion people. In my mind, the epidemic of diabetes and obesity is intractable. All I can see is the stats on the morbidly obese tracking UP, and along with that, Type II diabetes. As a nation, we eat more and more foods that are both nutritionally lacking and addictive, and the cost to manage these conditions is astounding. That’s what makes this episode so compelling. Virta Health has demonstrated with over 100,000 patients and relationships with government and Fortune 500 clients, that this can change. Investors have piled over $300 MILLION into the company to speed its growth. A fascinating episode!

    44 min
  7. College Sports & Business at Colorado

    12/12/2024

    College Sports & Business at Colorado

    The business of college sports is fascinating these days. No other program is more illustrative of the dynamic changes than the University of Colorado, where the hiring of Coach Deion Sanders has propelled CU into the national spotlight. As always, I’m focused on the business side of these developments and was excited to host Rick George on ProCO360 to discuss the economics, leadership, name-image-likeness (NIL) impacts, and more.  If you, like I, have been scratching your head about how all this works, you’ll love this episode!  Special thanks to Steve Hurlburt, Director of Athletics Strategic Communications, for orchestrating my session with Rick George.

    31 min
  8. The Business of Doubling DEN Airport

    11/07/2024

    The Business of Doubling DEN Airport

    Denver International Airport served 78 million customers last year. Aside from what I know about the logistics of getting to and through DIA, I was curious about how the “business” runs. I learned DIA is actually an enterprise with its own financials (which I’d assumed) and with complex pricing and operating relationships with the FAA and TSA, with elected officials in Denver, Colorado and Washington, D.C., and with airlines, concessionaires, maintenance vendors, contractors – and travelers. This fascinating conversation ran long because there was so much to explore, and Phil let me keep doing that. Curious about the top two revenue streams? One surprised me. And yes, I asked Phil about “Bluecifer!”

    51 min
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    Live | Work | Love Colorado (TM). The notable entrepreneurs featured live with a SPIRIT immersed in Colorado. They work passionate, long hours, so these are not stories about “work-life balance." Colorado entrepreneurs know that some days you just get the view from your office, other days its a bike ride and beer with a client... in PROCO360 guests share their lessons, mistakes, and fascinating stories other can learn from. “LIVE – WORK – LOVE COLORADO” (TM).

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