The LoCo Experience
The LoCo Experience is a long-form conversational podcast that dives deep into the journeys of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers in Northern Colorado. Hosted by Curt Bear, Founder of LoCo Think Tank, the show brings real, raw, and unfiltered conversations—where guests share their successes, struggles, and lessons learned along the way.
LoCo Think Tank is Colorado’s premier business peer advisory organization, founded in Fort Collins to help business owners gain perspective, accountability, and encouragement to grow both personally and professionally. LoCo chapters bring together business owners at all stages of the journey into professionally facilitated peer advisory chapters, led by experienced business veterans. These groups provide a trusted space to share challenges, seek advice, learn togethter, and support each other’s success.
The LoCo Experience Podcast extends this mission beyond the chapter meetings— bringing the wisdom, insights, and stories of local business leaders to a wider audience.
Our triad mission with this podcast is simple:
Inspire through real stories of resilience and success.
Educate by sharing valuable business insights.
Entertain with engaging, unfiltered conversations.
If you love “How I Built This” and the free-flowing style of Joe Rogan - but with a Northern Colorado focus - you’ll enjoy The LoCo Experience! Our closing segment, "The LoCo Experience," asks guests to share their craziest stories — and we get some doozies!
It’s a passion project with purpose, and we invite you to listen, follow, and share, and maybe consider sponsoring. Know someone with a great story? Nominate your favorite business leader for an episode!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 99 minutes
- Episodes
- 269
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
EXPERIENCE 138 | Luxury Real Estate as Income Property with Greg Roeder, Global Real Estate Advisor with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Greg Roeder is a 2nd time guest on The LoCo Experience, and was my guest with then-partner and co-founder Josh Guernsey of Waypoint Real Estate, in Episode 45. They were celebrating their 5th annive…
EXPERIENCE 137 | Flying into New Frontiers with Leadership Trainer, Speaker, Coach, Podcaster & Author Cameron Singh
I was introduced to Cameron Singh by our mutual friend, Fort Collins Mayor Emeritus Wade Troxell, and we’ve enjoyed some wonderful conversations in the few short weeks since. During the first, Camer…
EXPERIENCE 136 | Making Impact at the Crossroads of Community and Philanthropy with Kristin Todd - President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado
Kristin Todd joined the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado in April of 2021, continuing a career of impact in the realm of philanthropy. Prior to joining the Community Foundation, she spent o…
EXPERIENCE 135 | Saving the Planet, One Putt at a Time with Matt Gettig, Creator of Lightning Mini Golf and Owner of Down to Earth Landscape, Irrigation, & Fence Company
Matt Gettig is my neighbor of 14 years, and his home at the corner of Whitcomb and Laporte in Fort Collins is the epicenter of a neighborhood phenomenon known as Lightning Mini Golf. During the summ…
EXPERIENCE 134 | Strategic Planning, Conflict Resolution, and Working Toward a Stronger Tomorrow in Haiti with Sean Follin of Encounter Strategies
Sean Follin is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Encounter Strategies, based in Fort Collins, Colorado but serving clients nationally, and occasionally internationally. He’s a great example of…
EXPERIENCE 133 | Jennifer Lewis - EOS Implementer | Mom | Rare Disease Advocate - Leveraging Business Impact Through Sales Operations, Relationships, and EOS Implementations
Jennifer Lewis grew up in West Loveland in an entrepreneurial family and started her career with Mr. Neat’s Formal Wear when she was 15 years old. She excelled in sales and relationship building, and…
EXPERIENCE 132 | Tales of a High-Growth Beer Journey - including the Juicy Bits! - with Colin Jones, Co-Founder and Former CEO of Weldwerks Brewing Company
Colin Jones and partner Neil Fisher founded WeldWerks Brewing Company in 2014 in a long-vacant property just off Highway 85 in Greeley. Neil had been a talented homebrewer for years, and Colin was th…
EXPERIENCE 131 | Hope Hartmann, Kat Hart, and Lisa Hudson - Unstoppable Women on a Mission for Business Growth & Success!
Hope Hartmann, Kat Hart, and Lisa Hudson are the leading ladies, respectively, at the Larimer Small Business Development Center, Loveland Business Development Center, and East Colorado Small Business…
EXPERIENCE 130 | Keeping it in the Family with Dan Garvin, President of Colorado Iron & Metal
Dan Garvin is the President of Colorado Iron & Metal, one of our region’s largest metal recycling centers with locations in Fort Collins and Loveland. This was my first time really digging into the …
EXPERIENCE 129 | Making Leave Not Suck at Work with Jen Henderson, Founder and CEO of Tilt
Jen Henderson is the Founder and CEO of Tilt - a SaaS platform and team that provides companies with professional, consistent, and compliant leave management. As with many founding stories, Jen’s mi…
EXPERIENCE 128 | Community Relations, Super Connections, and Charity Auctioneering with Nathan Scott
Nathan Scott is arguably one of Fort Collins most interesting people, and this podcast episode was spawned, in part, by Nathan’s introduction of so many inspiring guest candidates! He’s one of the s…
EXPERIENCE 127 | Dr. Kristen Truman-Allen, Founder and Chief Experience Officer at PULP Leadership Coaching & LoCo Facilitator
Dr. Kristen Truman-Allen is the Founder and Chief Experience Officer at PULP Leadership Coaching, and a LoCo Facilitator for the Catalyst Collective chapter, a post she’s now held for about 8 months.…
EXPERIENCE 126 | Aaron Everitt - NoCo Real Estate Update, Robert Kennedy Jr., Free Speech, In Motion, & LoCo Member Experience
Aaron Everitt is back in The LoCo Experience studio for our quarterly-ish real estate update, where we always remember - there’s opportunity in every market! We talk about current interest rates and…
EXPERIENCE 125 | On a Mission for Better Health Care with Trevin & Allison Cardon of Hometown Family Health
During Dr. Trevin Cardon’s residency with Poudre Valley Hospital, he determined to follow a less-traditional path. He and his wife Allison founded Hometown Family Health. A Direct Primary Care (DPC)…
EXPERIENCE 124 | Tim and Ami Lindgren of Lindgren Landscape - Building the Best Backyards in Northern Colorado - Together.
Tim and Ami Lindgren started Lindgren Landscape while they were engaged to be married, and still in college at CSU. They’ve been building the best backyards in Northern Colorado ever since, and have…
EXPERIENCE 123 | Tales of a Creative Engineer with Dan Bennett, Marketing Manager at Lightning eMotors
Dan Bennett is in his second season with Lightning eMotors, previously known as Lightning Hybrids, and has had a front row seat to the evolution of a significant local enterprise, now employing over …
EXPERIENCE 122 | Food & Service, Love & Family with Rayno Seaser, Founder of The Egg & I
Rayno Seaser founded The Egg & I in 1987, as a breakfast and lunch restaurant in what is now mid-town Fort Collins. Before long, additional regional locations were added, and though a franchise was …
EXPERIENCE 121 | Serial Entrepreneurship and Culture Building with Warren Yoder - CEO of the Yoder Family of Companies
Warren Yoder is the CEO of the Yoder Family of Companies, which includes numerous Weld and Larimer County enterprises - namely Weld County Garage, Yoder Chevrolet, ABRA of Fort Collins and Greeley, T…
EXPERIENCE 120 | Sean Fox - Smashing IT Problems with Mjolnir Technology
Sean Fox and his partner Zac Horton founded Mjolin Technology in 2018, after working together at Greystone Technology. We might call it a boutique IT agency, named after Thor’s hammer! Sean’s famil…
EXPERIENCE 119 | The Power of Ping Pong with Antonio Barbera, Founder and CEO of Table Tennis Connections
Antonio Barbera is the Founder and CEO of Table Tennis Connections, a 501c(3) Non-Profit Organization that builds community and empowers neural development through table tennis AKA ping-pong! Dr. Ba…