I love Colorado Springs. And not just because it has great weather, great outdoor activities, great people, or because it’s the home of the United Stated Olympic Training Center.
I love Colorado Springs because for a region of just over 600,000 people, we have a surprising amount of innovation and new business support.
BiggsKofford is excited to announce a strategic alliance with McNew & Associates, a local leader in government contracting consulting. Our relationship with McNew makes BiggsKofford the leading accounting firm in Colorado Springs when it comes to government contracting with solutions in accounting, contract management, bid identification, small business set aside qualification, and quite a bit more.
It wasn’t long ago when it seemed that the answer to every business challenge was to “get out and sell more.” Now, business owners are scrutinizing their operations for ways to squeeze out every last drop of profitability. Let’s look at four ways to increase your profitability and grow your business.
I had the privilege of sitting down with Melissa Knutson, a business banker from Chase in Colorado Springs and asking her about the state of small business lending in Colorado Springs.
That’s right, if you haven’t seen it already, BiggsKofford has a completely redesigned website. We’re planning on keeping the new website current with news articles, helpful resources for businesses and entrepreneurs, links to our team bios and LinkedIn profiles, and eventually a company blog. Please head over to www.biggskofford.com and let me know what you think!
This is the first time I’ve been to a city council session and it was a rather enlightening process, if mostly to see what each member of council found most important and why they supported cutting or not cutting in certain ways. Overwhelmingly, this process was a political one with very little cost-benefit analysis and a whole lot of “I think…” and “I’ve always believed…” statements in support or opposition to certain budget items. It certainly begs the question: would cities be able to handle these challenges better if they were managed more like businesses?
