BCBR February 19, 2010

1A1A 1A GIVING GUIDE Helpful directory of nonprofits in Boulder Valley Special publication Serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties $1 Volume 29 Issue 5 | Feb. 19 - March 4, 2010 Foresters land stimulus funding BY JEFF THOMAS this fast,” White said. The group has [email protected] Anchor Point Group creating jobs overseen on-the-ground projects, including an equally large project in the Vail/ BOULDER — Chris White has spent to prevent catastrophic wildfires Beaver Creek area, but normally does most of his working life helping com- about 90 percent planning and 10 per- munities protect against catastrophic ground as he has today. and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It will cent managing fire-mitigation crews. wildfires, and the Boulder company he The Anchor Point Group LLC, use the money to thin the growth Those figures are reversed today, co-founded 10 years ago is internation- a fire-management consultant firm that feeds wildfires around mountain which means Anchor Point has to ally known for that expertise. named for the center at which fire sup- communities in Gilpin, Boulder, Lar- hit the ground running with five new But he’s never had quite the oppor- pression activities begin, received $1.7 imer and Grand counties. employees it is hiring with the fund- tunity to put that knowledge on the million from the American Recovery “We’ve never done anything this big ➤ See Funding, 7A SimpleGeo targets app developers Boulder startup enters relatively untouched location-data market BY RYAN DIONNE [email protected] BOULDER — With the prevalence of smart phones and location-based social media services, Matt Galligan thinks he’s in the perfect market. Galligan and Joe Stump co-founded Boulder-based SimpleGeo Inc. to pro- Section B | Feb. 19 - March 4, 2010 vide back-end location-based infra- structure for application developers. Rising business stars By scooping up location-based data in the Boulder Valley and storing it until needed, Galligan MICHAEL MYERS and Stump said they’re getting a hold Joe Stump, left, and Matt Galligan co-founded SimpleGeo Inc. to fill a void in the location- By any standard, the Boul- on a relatively untouched market. based technology industry. Boulder-based SimpleGeo collects location-based data that can der County Business Report’s Currently, they said, there’s no major be used by software developers. inaugural class of the Forty competition. Under 40 represents an amaz- Late last year, Twitter bought Sim- at, users potentially could find out mobile development overall, and so ing group of young profession- pleGeo’s biggest competitor, Mixer what a specific building is, or power many of these devices have location als. Labs, to give Twitter geotagging capa- companies could access all their data capabilities that are just begging to be From entrepreneurs at bility. But because Twitter doesn’t about a targeted utility pole. tied into social networking,” said Jeff clean-energy companies and focus on geolocation data, Galligan Other uses include pinging Simple- Hammond, a principal analyst with tech firms to up-and-coming doesn’t consider it to be a competitor. Geo’s location database with the user’s Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester leaders in the nonprofit sector With SimpleGeo’s database, which phone’s GPS coordinates and receiving Research Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). to banking executives and real is stored at three fully redundant data the address where the user is. “For example, think of a ‘who’s estate professionals, these indi- centers, developers have access to a Stump and Galligan said they’ve near me?’ type capability for all the viduals are the rising business wide array of information that could thought about only a few of the seem- conferences of social events we go to, stars of the Boulder Valley. add value to their app – especially in ingly endless uses for the location- or a ‘where’s the best drink special Meet them in Forty Under the world of smart phones. based database. It’s that growing mar- tonight?’ application for the weekend 40, section B. Based on a phone’s GPS coordi- ket that provides optimism. revelries,” he said. nates and what the phone is pointed “We’ve seen a tremendous spike in ➤ See SimpleGeo, 6A Visit bcbr.com for breaking news CONTENTS Awards ............................... 19A High-Tech Marketplace ........6A LISTS Real Estate BCBRdaily .............................2A Internet News .................... 19A Family-Owned Businesses ..........8A & Development Boulder Valley Scoreboard......... 10A Nonprofit Network ............. 27A Residential Property-Management Selling distressed Business Digest ....................9A Observations ...................... 26A Firms ......................................... 14A property ............................. 11A Calendar ............................ 27A On the Job ......................... 20A Mortgage Lenders ..................... 16A ExecStyle CEO Roundtable ....................4A Product Update .................. 27A Single-Office Residential Racing at the velodrome.... 21A Editorial .............................. 26A Real Estate ......................... 24A Real Estate Brokerages ............ 18A Eye ........................................3A Multi-Office Residential Real Estate Brokerages ............ 19A 2A 2A2A 2A | Feb. 19 - March 4, 2010 Boulder County Business Report | www.bcbr.com FirstBank buys naming rights to Odeum Colorado Editor’s note: The following is a wrap-up of breaking local business stories published daily BCBR Opinion Poll on the Boulder County Business Report’s Web Our online question: site. Sign up for our free BCBRdaily, an all How will you help a nonprofit local e-news report sent to your e-mail each organization this year? weekday. Just click on “Register for E-News- letters” at www.BCBR.com. Donate money 26.6 % BY BUSINESS REPORT STAFF Volunteer time 14.2 % [email protected] BROOMFIELD — Lakewood- Donate money and volunteer time 44.9 % based FirstBank Holding Co. has acquired naming rights to the Odeum I will not donate money Colorado. or volunteer time 14.3 % The live entertainment venue, — 49 responses originally known as the Broomfield COURTESY FIRSTBANK HOLDING CO. Take the BCBR Opinion Poll Lakewood-based FirstBank Holding Co. has acquired naming rights to the Odeum Colorado Event Center, will begin operating as Online at BCBR.com. 1STBANK Center on March 1. events center in Broomfield. This photo illustration shows what the new signs will look like. Live Rocky Mountains. The facility, stores — they will only be offered they ran out of money. He said there BCBRdaily with a scalable capacity from 3,500 to on the company’s Web site, www. were many reasons why they ran out The agreement, which gives the 6,500 attendees, opened in 2006. elliesecohomestore.com. of money — including they didn’t seek bank naming rights for five years, Ellie’s also is promoting Boulder- more capital from investors. “We never allows FirstBank, the largest locally Ellie’s selling sustainable caskets based Natural Transitions if people found that market,” Johnson said. owned banking organization in Colo- BOULDER — Ellie’s Eco Home inquire about funeral arrangements. He said, as a company, they learned rado, to give customers preferred ticket Store Inc. is entering the funeral busi- Natural Transitions is a funeral-consult- what not to do next time, such as: Wait- access and rights to use the facility for ness via partnerships with Nature’s ing company focused on sustainability. ing too long to address big problems, company and philanthropic events. Casket and Natural Transitions. trying to sell the product before it was Financial details of the transaction Boulder-based Ellie’s will sell caskets TechStars’ startup shuts down ready and making early hiring compro- were not disclosed. made by Longmont-based Nature’s Cas- BOULDER - EventVue Inc., a mises instead of smart decisions. The center, located adjacent to ket. The caskets are made of wood from 2007 TechStars company that con- U.S. 36 at 11450 Broomfield Lane trees killed by pine beetles. The caskets nected eventgoers before the event, Kmart closing in Longmont in Broomfield, is owned by the city are100-percent biodegradable and made has closed. LONGMONT — Kmart plans to of Broomfield and managed by Peak in a facility that is powered with energy Rob Johnson, co-founder of the Boul- close its store in Longmont at 2151 Entertainment, a joint venture of obtained through wind credits. der-based firm, said he and co-founder Main St. in May. 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