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The LoCo ExperienceAuthor: Curt Bear
The LoCo Experience is a long-form conversational podcast that dives deep into the journeys of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers in Northern Colorado. Hosted by Curt Bear, Founder of LoCo Think Tank, the show brings real, raw, and unfiltered conversationswhere guests share their successes, struggles, and lessons learned along the way.LoCo Think Tank is Colorados premier business peer advisory organization, founded in Fort Collins to help business owners gain perspective, accountability, and encouragement to grow both personally and professionally. LoCo chapters bring together business owners at all stages of the journey into professionally facilitated peer advisory chapters, led by experienced business veterans. These groups provide a trusted space to share challenges, seek advice, learn togethter, and support each others success.The LoCo Experience Podcast extends this mission beyond the chapter meetings bringing the wisdom, insights, and stories of local business leaders to a wider audience.Our triad mission with this podcast is simple: Inspire through real stories of resilience and success. Educate by sharing valuable business insights. Entertain with engaging, unfiltered conversations.If you love How I Built This and the free-flowing style of Joe Rogan - but with a Northern Colorado focus - youll enjoy The LoCo Experience! Our closing segment, "The LoCo Experience," asks guests to share their craziest stories and we get some doozies!Its a passion project with purpose, and we invite you to listen, follow, and share, and maybe consider sponsoring. Know someone with a great story? Nominate your favorite business leader for an episode! Language: en Genres: Business, Comedy, Entrepreneurship Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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LoCo Experience EP 281 | A Legacy of Family, Team & Community - with Fort Collins Heating and Air
Episode 281
Wednesday, 5 August, 2026
Today I was honored to sit down with longtime LoCo Think Tank member Glenn Frank, the CEO of Fort Collins Heating & Air Conditioning, along with his key leadership team today and into the future - Anthony Taylor and Jesse Frank. Anthony serves as President & COO, and Jesse as Quality Assurance Supervisor. We spent some time on the evolution of the business in recent years - the addition of plumbing - and then electrical to the Fort Collins Heating & Air offerings - and the relatively recent launch of Origin Plumbing - Heating - Cooling - Electrical and their efforts to grow market share outside of Fort Collins and the immediate surrounding area. We talked about technology and trends in the industry, roles and responsibilities - and especially, the significance of saying yes to being a part of a multigenerational family business. HVAC and Veterinary services are two industries that have been bought up like crazy by private equity in recent years, to the point where very few remain privately owned. It’s clear that Glenn and his boys are proud to continue the quality of service - and care for team and community - that family businesses are known for. We chased some squirrels, had some laughs, and I learned a lot about business and family today - so please tune in and enjoy my conversation with Glenn & Jesse Frank and Anthony Taylor.
