/tags/small-business Small Business en-US Copyright »ĘąÚÍřÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-03-25/its-a-tough-time-to-run-a-restaurant-in-colorado-can-state-lawmakers-do-anything-to-help Running a restaurant is expensive – and Northern Colorado has seen a recent wave of local favorites closing down. So what’s behind this trend – and can state lawmakers do anything to help? »ĘąÚÍřַ’s Emma VandenEinde joins In The NoCo to explain. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2025-03-25/its-a-tough-time-to-run-a-restaurant-in-colorado-can-state-lawmakers-do-anything-to-help In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Emma VandenEinde, Brad Turner /news/2025-02-05/longtime-noco-restaurants-are-closing-what-happens-when-local-favorites-are-lost Several NoCo restaurants closed last year after decades of service. Owners cite increased costs of food, rent and labor. But to their patrons these spaces filled up more than just their stomachs. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT /news/2025-02-05/longtime-noco-restaurants-are-closing-what-happens-when-local-favorites-are-lost Emma VandenEinde /news/2024-11-29/liquor-store-owners-say-grocery-wine-sales-have-a-significant-impact-on-business Two years after Prop. 125’s approval, Colorado’s independent liquor and specialty stores are finding new ways to win customers back to their shops. Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-29/liquor-store-owners-say-grocery-wine-sales-have-a-significant-impact-on-business Kara Mason, Front Porch NE /news/2024-09-05/several-colorado-communities-are-considering-raising-the-minimum-wage Local governments are allowed to set a minimum wage that's higher than the state rate of $14.40 per hour. Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang said if approved, the changes could take effect on January 1, 2025. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:39:52 GMT /news/2024-09-05/several-colorado-communities-are-considering-raising-the-minimum-wage Tamara Chuang, The Colorado Sun /podcast/inthenoco/2024-07-05/for-the-owner-of-estes-parks-award-winning-taffy-shop-success-means-making-memories The Taffy Shop was recently voted the Best Candy Store in the country by USA Today – which might surprise some, considering the Estes Park shop has been making just one kind of candy for 89 years. Today on In The NoCo, we talk with owner Mark Igel to learn why tradition is such an essential part of their success. Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:32:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-07-05/for-the-owner-of-estes-parks-award-winning-taffy-shop-success-means-making-memories In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner /news/2024-06-13/no-room-for-error-customers-demand-better-communication-from-xcel-energy-following-planned-outage Xcel customers across the Front Range experienced the state’s first planned power shutoff in April to protect against fire danger, but many residents were unaware their power was being shut off. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-06-13/no-room-for-error-customers-demand-better-communication-from-xcel-energy-following-planned-outage Emma VandenEinde /2024-05-15/report-small-businesses-are-failing-at-higher-rates-in-their-first-year LendingTree analyzed small business data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that almost 1 in 4 businesses fail in their first year. The 23% failure rate from 2023 is two percentage points more than the year before and four percentage points more than in 2021. Wed, 15 May 2024 20:45:55 GMT /2024-05-15/report-small-businesses-are-failing-at-higher-rates-in-their-first-year Yvette Fernandez /news/2023-04-11/small-business-owners-feel-the-credit-crunch Small businesses in Colorado and across the U.S. are seeing the already-tough process of getting business loans get even tougher. Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:45:47 GMT /news/2023-04-11/small-business-owners-feel-the-credit-crunch Mae Anderson and Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press /news/2023-02-09/a-financial-lifeline-for-immigrants-aurora-lender-funds-newcomer-entrepreneurship-opportunities Foreign-born residents have higher rates of entrepreneurship than those born here in the U.S. but getting a business loan can be tricky. CEDS Finance, a nonprofit, federally-funded small business lender in Aurora, provides small business loans to refugees, immigrants and other underserved people. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:00:00 GMT /news/2023-02-09/a-financial-lifeline-for-immigrants-aurora-lender-funds-newcomer-entrepreneurship-opportunities Stephanie Daniel /regional-news/2023-01-12/economic-think-tank-spotlights-mountain-west-micropolitans-but-ignores-wealth-inequalities Small towns in the Mountain West are leading the pack when it comes to economic success, according to a recent report by Heartland Forward. Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:02:19 GMT /regional-news/2023-01-12/economic-think-tank-spotlights-mountain-west-micropolitans-but-ignores-wealth-inequalities Emma VandenEinde