Mile High Tea: Women Leaders & Dealmakers March 30, 2015; Monday 2:00pm - 4:00pm; Hyatt Regency, Denver; Keynote Speaker: Loretta McCarthy, Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Investing in women entrepreneurs is a trend that is spreading widely—and not merely as a matter of fairness and equality. It is a matter of superior financial performance. There is a rising tide of recognition that investing in women-led businesses provides a compelling competitive edge.
Attendees will learn the predictors of success for early-stage women-owned businesses, what to do after the initial seed investment, and what it takes to get these companies to the next level.
Make sure you surround yourself with great folks 1687_ 3/9/15 - We're at the ACG Denver, March Luncheon talking with keynote speaker, Josh Scott, the founder and COO of Craftsy. Josh tells us, "Craftsy is an online education and products website for passionate and creative enthusiasts. We offer education that we develop ourselves. We bring in instructors from around the world, to our studios here in Denver. We film them in all kinds of subject matters ranging from quilting and sewing to knitting, cake decorating, cooking, photography, jewelry making, crochet and several other categories. Then we also sell products that help you bring life to those projects contemplated in those classes. We started the company about four and a-half years ago and have enjoyed a really fun growth path." Larry asked Josh for his advice to entrepreneurs. Josh said, "Sure. I think the first piece of advice I would provide is, make sure you surround yourself with great folks. I was lucky enough to co found..." RELATED LINKS: Craftsy || ACG Denver || ACG Denver Channel || RM Capital Growth Conference || KEYWORDS: Josh Scott, Craftsy, ACG Denver, Capital Growth Conference, Online Education and Products Website, Quilting, Sewing to Knitting, Cake Decorating, Cooking, Photography, jewelry making, crochet, bytes=3222363 LISTEN TO: Josh Scott, Founder and COO, Craftsy
ACG Denver: Josh Scott, Founder and COO, Craftsy 3/3/15 1682_ 2/23/15 - Josh Scott is the Founder & COO of Craftsy, the premier destination for creative enthusiasts to pursue their passion. At Craftsy, Josh has led the Product, Marketing, Business Development and Customer Support teams through a period of rapid growth to over 200 employees and a $60MM revenue run-rate in just 4 years. LEARN MORE / REGISTER NOW
Developing client-centered lodging solutions in various markets 1670_ 2/9/15 - At the ACG Denver luncheon, Larry interviewed the keynote speaker, Tom Atchison who is a long-time hospitality professional with extensive sales and operations experience in apartment management, furnished apartments and the corporate housing industries. As current CEO of National Corporate Housing, he is focused on developing client-centered lodging solutions in various market segments including leisure travel, project related, training, government and relocation. In addition to developing tailored solutions for clients, his primary goal is managing a team to provide the most responsive and friendly customer service in the furnished apartment industry. Corporate housing is defined as a furnished residential apartment, house, or condominium made available for rent on a short-term basis, primarily for 30 days or more. Corporate housing is typically located within apartment communities and includes furniture, a full kitchen, a private bath, linens, house wares, electronics, and utilities. Professional, trustworthy companies like National Corporate Housing manage all the details for a client, usually at one inclusive cost. Listen for more… RELATED LINKS: National Corporate Housing || ACG Denver || M&A Channel || Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference || KEYWORDS: Tom Atchison, National Corporate Housing, ACG Denver, Hospitality Professional, Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference, Association for Corporate Growth, bytes=2584976 LISTEN TO: Tom Atchison, National Corporate Housing
Living in the Information Age with Emotional Intelligence 1674_ 2/16/15 - "We live in the information age where we have access to all sort of information that will improve our sales results", says Colleen Stanley, President & Founder, SalesLeadership. "We have books, webinars, seminars and podcasts. So with all this information, what’s the reason salespeople continue to struggle with the same challenges such as selling on value not price or gaining access to the decision maker. In many cases, sales organizations are working on the wrong end of the problem. They focus only on improving hard selling skills when the root cause for poor sales performance is lack of soft skills, emotional intelligence skills. SalesLeadership is in the business of creating disciplined, focused, and professional sales teams. Our clients won’t and don’t settle for mediocrity. SalesLeadership’s powerful Ei Selling® system helps sales teams eliminate empty sales pipelines, sell on value, not price, and hold sales conversations at the right level in the organizations." RELATED LINKS: Sales Leadership Development || ACG Denver || M&A Channel || KEYWORDS: Colleen Stanley, SalesLeadership, Emotional Intelligence, Training, Webinars, Seminars, Podcasts, Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success, bytes=7705812 LISTEN TO: Colleen Stanley, Pres./Founder, Sales Leadership
Entrepreneurship from Belfast to Belize 1644_ 12/8/14 - The country and company Susan Morrice is most well known in is Belize. She is the founder and chair of Belize Natural Energy. But also, here in Denver, as the original investor with founder Josh Stewart of XJet, the private jet company. Larry Nelson, w3w3.com, asked Susan what was next for her, she replied, "What I really want to do is to teach people the key educational steps, it's not a secret, behind everyone being as successful as they want to be. To follow their own dreams. The first key is to know yourself! Really get to know how you work. Not the clutter of baggage, not the expectations, but get to know yourself so you can self express in the area that makes you thrive, successful at the business of living." Susan credits Educo, a program she attended 12 years ago, for providing the keys to her success. Today she says, "I don't need more jets, I have enough oil. Now I want to help others to attain their success." RELATED LINKS: International Natural Energy, LLC || BELIZE Natural Energy || Educo || ACG Denver || XJET || M&A Channel || CIMCO Private Wealth || Community Reach || RBC Wealth Management || Photo Album, Storyboard || KEYWORDS: Susan Morrice, ACG, Business Social Enterprise, Belize Natural Energy, Belfast, CIMCO Private Wealth, Community Reach, Educo, XJet, RBC Wealth Management, > bytes=4714060 LISTEN TO: Susan Morrice, Founder & Chair, Belize Natural Energy
Your next hospital stay will be safer because... 1632_ 11/10/14 - Larry had a discussion with the keynote speaker, Dale Schuster at the ACG Denver monthly luncheon. Dale's career has been centered in the technology field with extensive experience in software application development as well as domestic and international sales and marketing. Dale brings significant experience in global Sales, Marketing, and orchestrating business turn-arounds in a number of business sectors and markets. As President of SteriTec Products Inc., Dale brings a wealth of experience and creativity to the sterility assurance market. The company specializes in thermographic ink technology and has invented whole product categories. This proprietary ink helps users detect problems in the sterilization process before catastrophic failures occur. Today, SteriTec manufactures over 400 unique products sold into 48 countries on five continents. Their philosophy: One out of every 20 patients experiences a hospital-acquired infection each year. That translates to two million people, 90,000 who will die each year. (That’s more than auto accidents and homicides combined). We believe our technology and products help prevent hospital acquired infections by testing the effectiveness of both the cleaning and sterilizing processes...listen now there's much more... RELATED LINKS: SteriTec Products || ACG Denver || M&A Channel || Podcast Directory || KEYWORDS: Dale Schuster, SteriTec, Thermographic Ink Technology, ACG Denver, Association for Corporate Growth, International Sales and Marketing, GetingE, > bytes=4562341 LISTEN TO: Dale Schuster, SteriTec
