Our city is home to so many incredible businesses and so we asked the founders how they came up with the ideas for their businesses and have shared their responses below.

Heather Macias | Certified Massage Therapist

I have been a massage therapist for 11 years now and for the first 9 years I worked for 3 different spas, they were great experiences and learning lessons. Through out my time working for 3 different companies I was able to grow who I was as a massage therapist, become more knowledgeable, better with verbiage, more confident and stronger with time. Read more>>

Gorjan Jovanovski | CEO & Co-founder

Our team comes from Skopje, North Macedonia, one of Europe’s most polluted cities in winter. But we didn’t really know what we were breathing. It smelled like “winter”, is how we romanticized it. What it really was, was smog, 20 times over EU limits. Yet, without data, no one knew that cancer was in the air instead of love. Read more>>

Erin Chamberlain | Executive Kitchen Witch

Pickles & Potions was built from over a dozen years of home canning and experimenting in the kitchen. Before moving to Golden, Colorado six years ago, I lived nearly two decades in the Snoqualmie Valley, a rural farming community east of Seattle, Washington. The area was rich with family farms and agricultural heritage. The town quickly taught me to appreciate the value of small business and community. Read more>>