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The CEO Spotlight, brought to you by Colorado Business Roundtable and hosted by Michael Brown, provides a window into the lives of the CEOs who drive Colorado’s economy by supporting their employees with jobs and benefits, creating valuable products and services, responding to stakeholders, providing tax revenue, funding vital charities, and providing leadership on issues that matter to Coloradans. Business is a force for good in our community. When business succeeds, communities succeed, we all succeed.
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Opinion: Hire for skills, not the diploma
In a tight labor market, employers are hurting themselves by limiting their recruiting to the 38% of the adult population with a college degree. In the tightest job market in half a century, employers face multiple challenges to recruit and retain a talented and...
Colorado’s Aerospace Industry Booms: From the Front Range to Outer Space
With a rich history and robust ecosystem, Colorado is a hub of innovation in space exploration and technology. Colorado’s aerospace industry is thriving. From a mission to the moon to earth observation and quantum computing, the state’s companies and universities are...
Polis, Colorado delegation visit Japan to bolster international business ties
Gov. Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and more than 20 Colorado leaders traveled to Japan this week to explore opportunities and tout Colorado's business acumen in the aerospace, renewable energy, innovation and research sectors. This mission, held from...
Open for Business — Four Priorities for Maintaining Colorado’s Economic Competitiveness
Colorado's economic competitiveness continues to be a force to recon with, but there's some apprehension about what the future holds. It’s easy to forget that Colorado businesses aren’t buildings, they are real people — employees, business owners, suppliers, investors...
Chris Wright CEO of Liberty Energy on Transition Away From Fossil Fuels
Chris Wright is CEO of Liberty Energy: Energy CEO Fights Climate Science. And LinkedIn. North Face, Too. (WSJ.com) Liberty Energy boss Chris Wright rails against what he says is an alarmist call for a transition away from fossil fuels YOU'VE GOT TO CHECK OUT CHRIS'...
‘I’m recruiting you now:’ Polis urges business leaders to run for school board seats
The governor says that businesses need to be more proactive in ensuring that local graduates have the skills they need. Read full article
Will Colorado legislative efforts to ease worker shortages make any difference?
Legislators seek to cut credentialing red tape and other barriers to entry. But some business leaders say their effects will be incremental at best. Read Full Article on Denver Business Journal
‘Tax it, and you’ll get less of it’
The January Consumer Price Index saw the U.S. inflation rate jump to 7.5% in urban areas in the past 12 months, and the Denver metro rate was 7.9%. Fueled by supply and labor shortages, irresponsible government spending, and rising demand, inflation is eroding...
SOTU – Colorado Business Response
Interview of Debbie Brown, President, Colorado Business Roundtable with Brian Sanders, Denver7 News on March 2, 2022. https://youtu.be/pR1HT9cJeHw
Polis pledges to save businesses money during recovery
In his final State of the State address of the year, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told members and guests of the Colorado Business Roundtable on Thursday of his office’s ongoing efforts to reduce fees and regulations for businesses, increase the talent pipeline with...