A Word from the Governor
Colorado
Small Business School in Colorado


Airtimes: The show airs from the Denver station, KBDI, at 5:30 AM on Wednesdays and on occasion on Mondays at 11:30 PM. To have the show air on more stations and in better time slots, Chambers of Commerce and Economic Development need to become involved with their local stations (see local support).

Our local advocates come from the 17+ local Chambers of Commerce, Small Business Development Centers, SCORE volunteers, Economic Development Commissions, SBA, business press, bankers, brokers, CPAs, business coaches, and people from within these other Colorado-based Small Business Resources.

Open Letter: We all need to support our local public television station; it is important for our children and for the continuing education of all adults.

Chambers of Commerce: This website can be totally rebranded for any local Chamber of Commerce that is involved with their local station to produce more profiles about Colorado businesses. The content can be controlled and updated by each local chamber.

These are a few Colorado-based businesses that have been profiled on the show:

City / Town Business Name Master Class Type of business
Boulder Cowgirl Enterprises Donna Baase Personal Products
Boulder EcoNatural Solutions Debra St. Claire Food Processing
Telluride Jagged Edge
Mountain Gear		 Paula & Margaret
Quenemoen 		Retail: Specialty
Boulder Environmental T-Shirt Co. Jim Morris Environmental & waste
Brighton Sakata Farms Bob Sakata Agriculture
Small Business School
In Colorado, watch KBDI-TV, a PBS-member station:  
Denver KBDI-TV 5:30 AM Wednesdays Education

Target Number of Weekly Viewers in Colorado:200,000 television households
Estimated total number of small businesses: 670,000

  • Over 50,000 small business owners in Colorado. Less than 10% of the total small business population. The national average is one small business for every 12 people. It follows that there are as many as 670,000 small businesses in Colorado based on a total population of just over 4.5 million people! The goal of Small Business School is to profile the finest 1% of Colorado's small and emerging businesses. That would be about 6700 small businesses -- several lifetimes of television productions!
  • Over 50,000 small business employees in Colorado. Just one person from within less than 10% of the total number of small businesses.
  • Over 50,000 general viewers who use small business services in Colorado. A little more than 1% of the total population in the entire state. Everybody in the state uses the services of small businesses everyday.
  • 50,000 people who want or need to start the business of their dreams -- the under-employed among our large-business, corporate employees, and the unemployed.
Advocates for viewers: the many local Chambers of Commerce, Small Business Development Centers, SCORE volunteers, Economic Development Commissions, SBA, business press, bankers, brokers, CPAs, and people from within these other Colorado-based Small Business Resources:
We invite your questions or comments.