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Another Advantage for Colorado: “Zone Skipping”

I just learned something fascinating.  Not the most profound post, but who knew that Colorado has an advantage for fulfilling houses to ship products?  Sure, we know that Colorado is sort of in the middle of the country so maybe companies would want to ship from here to both coasts, but actually, that’s not exactly right.  There’s something I learned during my episode with Irene Scharmack of QuickBox that makes shipping from Colorado to both coasts CHEAPER. It’s called “Zone Skipping.”  Here’s what happens… 

Big freight companies like FedEx and UPS, and others you and I wouldn’t know, charge “by zone” to ship.  From Denver to a coast might require crossing two or three zones and shipping fees would reflect that. To reduce those costs, trucks are loaded late in the day from Denver, some heading west, some east, and travel through the night to bypass one or more zones.  In the morning at a distribution point, packages are sorted and continue on their way. Another fascinating way for Colorado to thrive! 

Colorado Has Amazing Clean Tech Companies!

image from Travertine homepage

After writing this post in the last newsletter, I’m now tweaking it a bit and sharing again because I’ve just released the episode recorded with Laura Lammers, PhD – founder and CEO of Travertine, a company that is capturing CO2 from industrial processes and permanently sequestering it – through chemistry – into minerals used in products like concrete – so amazing! (see episode notes and link above)  I mentioned a pattern: that recent ProCO360 episodes feature Longpath (“Flattening the Climate Change Curve”), and Carbon America (“Putting Carbon 1 Mile Deep in Colorado”).  I was this week listening to an episode of the “Acquired” podcast (see below), and the hosts sung the praises of their sponsor, Crusoe.  Wow!  Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller was my guest on episode 97, “Turning Gas to Bitcoin!”   

Repeating my last post: many people and industries remain slow to change fossil fuel usage – most climate scientists believe too slow.  It’s exciting to see Colorado businesses developing and scaling innovative science, and partnering with key industries like steel, oil & gas, and concrete, to massively combat climate change.  Want to feel hopeful?  Listen to the episodes listed above! 

DON’T MISS LIVE EVENTS!

Friends, LIVE audience podcast events are SO funFood, drinks, friends, and your questions can be part of the episodeI hope you’ll consider coming to a future LIVE event!   

When What I Love Inspires Me

I love podcasting, I really do.  I’m often asked about my favorite episodes.  I don’t have one, although if you asked me which most amazed me, which was most about a certain kind of content or a had a CEO with certain qualities, I might answer that.  If you ask me which inspired me most, I’d say that the episode just produced with R & R Head Labs comes to mind.   

What a privilege to be able to help launch a business with the noble motive of helping formerly incarcerated barbers find a new start in life.   

Charles Smith (pictured), formerly incarcerated himself and now an Advisor to R&R Head Labs spoke with me after the recording with a profoundly kind and personal message about my calling in life.  Recalling it brings tears to my eyes as I type.   

Remote Colorado: Home to Cantaloupes… and Life Saving Technology

There’s lots of recognition that Denver and the Front Range where the weight of our economy is centered.  That’s why when I recorded the last episode of ProCO360, with guest Jack Barker of Innovative Water Technologies, I felt compelled to highlight that his company is doing amazing work from its global headquarters (and only location) in Rocky Ford!  Where’s that?  Go south to Pueblo, then east and little south for an hour.   

Why Rocky Ford?  Because Jack lived near there when he built a prototype, and a building that had been sitting vacant for over 10 years was offered to him.  Now Innovative Water Technologies’ SunSpring has produced and installed over 850 solar/wind powered water filtrations systems being used by communities all over the world, preventing disease, serving emergency needs, the military and more.   Jack’s story is a great reminder that Colorado – the whole state of Colorado – is a great place for business innovation!   

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