Colorado Springs Business Podcast

About Colorado Springs Business Podcast

The Colorado Business Podcast is a community-driven podcast focused on the business scene in Colorado. Hosted by business owners Andrew Hazzlee & Marcus Alvarado, each episode features a different guest sharing insights and advice on topics such as marketing, finance, leadership, and innovation. The podcast is highly regarded for its engaging content, skilled interviewing, and emphasis on building a strong community of business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Publisher

Colorado Business Podcast

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Dec 2019

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

350 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Growing a Business Starts With Growing Your People | Joe Marzocco

   Growing a business starts with developing the people inside it. Joe Marzocco joins the Colorado Business Podcast to talk about leadership, hiring for potential and building a company that supports the life you want. Joe shares his path from working in his family's construction business in New York to leading teams in Colorado and starting LionShare Growth Partners. Through stories about employees, entrepreneurship and climbing mountains, he explains why people, process and product matter, how discipline carries you when motivation fades, and why growth sometimes requires changing the way you work. In this conversation: - Recognizing potential and giving people room to develop - Moving from corporate leadership into coaching and business advisory work - Taking action through fear and uncertainty - Finding the right roles as a company grows - Creating repeatable processes without losing the human side of business - Defining success around family, purpose and the cost of your time GUEST Joe Marzocco, LionShare Growth Partners Leadership training, coaching and business guidance: https://lionsharegrowthpartners.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Coming up 01:06 Meet Joe Marzocco 02:09 Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs 09:14 Faith, identity and finding purpose in Colorado 18:27 Sponsor messages 21:36 Building a business by investing in people 29:28 From corporate leadership to LionShare Growth Partners 34:46 Family entrepreneurship and Overdrive Raceway 39:02 Resilience, fear and the next step 45:31 Discipline when motivation runs out 49:28 Sponsor messages 51:51 Growth ceilings and changing how you operate 59:19 Define the business and life you actually want 1:02:34 Capability, capacity and the right roles 1:05:39 Repeatable processes and the customer promise 1:08:39 Protecting family time while building a business 1:12:31 What is next for Joe 1:17:09 Where to find Joe and closing thoughts 1:17:47 Outro THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS EXCO Advisors: https://excoadvisors.com/ LINE-X of Colorado Springs: https://linexcoloradosprings.com/ Savion HQ: https://savionhq.com/ Reveal Med Spas: https://revealmedspas.com/ Awesome Home Services: https://awesomeservice.com/ Dream Accounting Solutions: https://dreamaccountingsolutions.com/ Exponential Impact: https://exponentialimpact.com/ Bellwether Homes: https://bellwetherhomes.com/ Lightning Glassworks and Screens: https://fastglassrepair.com/ BrightLeaf Energy: https://brightleafenergy.co/ Be Our Guest Getaways: https://beourguestgetaways.com/ Planet Duct: https://planetduct.com/ FASTSIGNS: https://fastsigns.com/ Pinnacle Advanced Primary Care: https://pinnacleapc.com/ CONNECT WITH COLORADO BUSINESS PODCAST Watch more conversations and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@coloradobusinesspodcast Visit the show: https://coloradobusinesspodcast.com/ Which leadership lesson would make the biggest difference in your business? Share your thoughts in the comments, and subscribe for more conversations with business owners and operators. Episode 350 | Joe Marzocco

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   How to Make Content People Connect With | Spencer McKee, OutThere Colorado

   What makes content feel like it could only come from you? Spencer McKee of OutThere Colorado explains why personality, firsthand experience and a connection with the audience matter, even as AI changes how content gets made. For business owners and creators, this conversation explores how to find stories worth sharing, learn from audience feedback and keep a recognizable voice. Spencer also takes us behind the outdoor reporting, travel experiences and career decisions that shaped his work. Spencer is Director of Content and Operations at OutThere Colorado. He covers Colorado news and outdoor adventures, and his team earned the 2022 Outdoor Media Summit People's Choice Blog of the Year award. In Episode 349, he shares how a loan from his dad helped him stay in Colorado long enough to pursue the job that became his career. The conversation moves from the economics of digital media to community feedback, AI and creative identity. Along the way, Spencer discusses Colorado's mountain towns and music scene, a memorable month in India, via ferrata adventures and the alligator wrestling class he took while reporting for OutThere Colorado. He closes by sharing how listeners can connect with his work and UpaDowna's outdoor community. TOPICS - Finding stories through firsthand experience and curiosity - Building a distinct voice that resonates with an audience - Website advertising, sponsored content and digital media - Separating useful criticism from online noise - AI as a creative tool and the importance of personality - Colorado adventures, travel stories and outdoor community GUEST LINKS OutThere Colorado: https://www.denvergazette.com/outtherecolorado/ Spencer McKee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencermckee UpaDowna: https://upadowna.org/ SPONSORS Thank you to the sponsors featured in this episode. Diamond read: EXCO Advisors: https://excoadvisors.com/ Bellwether Homes: https://bellwetherhomes.com/ Lightning Glassworks and Screens: https://fastglassrepair.com/ Bright Leaf Energy: https://brightleafenergy.co/ Be Our Guest Getaways: https://beourguestgetaways.com/ Planet Duct: https://planetduct.com/ FASTSIGNS: https://fastsigns.com/ Pinnacle Advanced Primary Care: https://pinnacleapc.com/ LINE-X read: LINE-X of Colorado Springs: https://linexcoloradosprings.com/ Savion HQ: https://savionhq.com/ Reveal Med Spas: https://revealmedspas.com/ Awesome Home Services: https://awesomeservice.com/ Dream Accounting Solutions: https://dreamaccountingsolutions.com/ Exponential Impact: https://exponentialimpact.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open: career, content and adventure 00:46 Colorado Business Podcast intro 00:56 Meet Spencer McKee 02:20 Finding a new life in Colorado 07:54 Mountain towns, bears and Colorado life 13:16 The career break that led to OutThere Colorado 19:36 Diamond sponsor read 22:51 Website ads, sponsored stories and the business model 24:25 Colorado's live music and comedy scene 29:34 Finding stories your audience cares about 33:02 Reading feedback and learning from criticism 39:02 AI, authenticity and keeping your own voice 50:57 Walking, reflection and the creative process 54:22 LINE-X sponsor read 56:45 Travel, curiosity and a month in India 1:04:22 How travel creators change the way we explore 1:10:04 Via ferrata and Colorado adventures 1:14:45 Wildlife encounters and outdoor responsibility 1:22:47 Spencer's alligator wrestling story 1:36:57 Where to find Spencer and UpaDowna 1:39:06 Outro ABOUT THE COLORADO BUSINESS PODCAST Conversations with Colorado entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders about building teams, creating value and serving their communities. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@coloradobusinesspodcast Explore more episodes: https://coloradobusinesspodcast.com/ What makes your content feel unmistakably yours? Share your perspective in the comments. #ColoradoBusinessPodcast #SpencerMcKee #OutThereColorado

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   The Conductor's Secret: Why Less Is More | Devin Patrick Hughes

   What can an orchestra conductor teach a business owner about leadership? Devin Patrick Hughes explains how to earn influence, raise standards, and bring skilled people together, even when everyone knows their own instrument better than you do. Devin describes the preparation, trust, shared vision, and rehearsal work that help skilled musicians perform together. For leaders of creative or highly skilled teams, the episode offers a different way to think about getting the best out of people. Devin is Music Director of Boulder Symphony & Music Academy and Artistic Director & Conductor of Symphony of the Rockies. He shares how a childhood love of music, college baseball, and a change of direction from pre-medicine led to his career on the podium. The conversation explores music education, the discipline of rehearsal, what gives creative work lasting impact, and how leaders keep growing alongside their teams. Devin also discusses building a music academy, making concerts accessible, his perspective on AI and live performance, and balancing family life with demanding creative work. TOPICS • Earning influence with experienced specialists • Shared expectations, healthy pressure, and preparation • Music education, collaboration, and community access • Mozart, Beethoven, and the context behind enduring art • Creativity, career direction, and finding your calling • AI and the human experience of live music GUEST LINKS Devin Patrick Hughes: https://devinpatrickhughes.com/ Boulder Symphony & Music Academy: https://bouldersymphony.org/ Symphony of the Rockies: https://www.symphonyrockies.org/ Find current concert dates and tickets through the orchestras' websites. SPONSORS Thank you to the sponsors featured in this episode. Diamond read: EXCO Advisors: https://excoadvisors.com/ LINE-X of Colorado Springs: https://linexcoloradosprings.com/ Savion HQ: https://savionhq.com/ Reveal Med Spas: https://revealmedspas.com/ Awesome Home Services: https://awesomeservice.com/ Dream Accounting Solutions: https://dreamaccountingsolutions.com/ Exponential Impact: https://exponentialimpact.com/ Bellwether read: Bellwether Homes: https://bellwetherhomes.com/ Lightning Glassworks and Screens: https://fastglassrepair.com/ Bright Leaf Energy: https://brightleafenergy.co/ Be Our Guest Getaways: https://beourguestgetaways.com/ Planet Duct: https://planetduct.com/ FASTSIGNS: https://fastsigns.com/ Pinnacle Advanced Primary Care: https://pinnacleapc.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open: leadership and teamwork 00:36 Colorado Business Podcast intro 00:46 Meet Devin Patrick Hughes 01:33 From Springfield to a career in conducting 05:42 What a conductor actually does 10:04 Interpreting music and telling a story 14:24 Why music education matters 19:40 What makes a performance feel seamless 24:34 Diamond sponsor read 27:47 What makes great work last? 33:56 Raising standards without burning out the team 40:09 Preparation, trust, and empowering musicians 43:35 Creativity, passion, and finding your calling 52:00 Building the Boulder Symphony Music Academy 55:11 Bellwether sponsor read 57:37 The future of classical music 59:43 AI, artistry, and the human connection 1:07:23 What comes next for Devin 1:08:56 Family and the demands of creative work 1:14:13 Concerts and connecting with the orchestras 1:17:16 Outro ABOUT THE COLORADO BUSINESS PODCAST Conversations with Colorado entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders about building teams, creating value, and serving their communities. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@coloradobusinesspodcast Explore more episodes: https://coloradobusinesspodcast.com/ How do you earn trust and bring out the best in a skilled team? Share your experience in the comments. #ColoradoBusinessPodcast #DevinPatrickHughes #Leadership

Who has been a guest on Colorado Springs Business Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andrew Hazzlee
• Chris Seegers
• Andrew Graff
• Doug Price
• Brandon Kirk

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,192,099

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 93 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

98

Social presence

94

YouTube

93

Engagement

82

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Books guests

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