Denver
4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 30, 2017 by Steve Ells · said 115 times in 58 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Guy Raz (60), Lara Merriken (7), Miguel McKelvey (4), Joe Gebbia (3), Jimmy Wales (3), Sarah Kauss (2), Robin Hall (2), Justin Gold (2)
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2026 11 mentions in 8 episodes 1 per episode
- Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.
- Bobo’s: Beryl Stafford. A Single Mom Turns a Baking Project into a $100M Business
- Serena & Lily: Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. They Built a $20M Brand—Then One Investor Almost Destroyed It
- Advice Line with Curt Richardson of OtterBox
- Room & Board: John Gabbert. A Broken Deal, a Family Rift, and the Birth of a Furniture Giant
- Shep and Ian Murray: Vineyard Vines. A Stale Product Transforms into a Lifestyle Brand.
- Advice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle
- La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020)
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2025 11 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
- Perfect Snacks: Bill and Leigh Keith
- Advice Line with Isaac Larian of MGA Entertainment
- SkinnyDipped: Breezy and Val Griffith. The Flourishing Snack Company That Almost Failed
- Gymshark: Ben Francis. From pizza delivery to billion-dollar fitness brand.
- Advice Line with Niraj Shah of Wayfair
- Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand
- Talenti: Josh Hochschuler
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2024 11 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2023 10 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
- HIBT Lab! Boom Supersonic: Blake Scholl
- When a robot cooks your lunch with Steve Ells of Chipotle and Kernel
- CAVA: Ted Xenohristos and Brett Schulman
- HIBT Lab! Landed: Alex Lofton
- HIBT Lab! Ursa Major: Joe Laurienti
- Osprey Packs: Mike Pfotenhauer
- Zumiez: Tom Campion
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2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2020 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2019 24 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
- LÄRABAR: Lara Merriken (2018)
- Live Episode! OtterBox: Curt Richardson
- Tate's Bake Shop: Kathleen King
- FUBU: Daymond John (2018)
- Gimlet Media: Alex Blumberg and Matt Lieber
- Dippin' Dots: Curt Jones
- The Life Is Good Company: Bert and John Jacobs
- Aden + Anais: Raegan Moya-Jones (2019)
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2019 →
2018 19 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode
2017 16 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
2016 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about Denver, oldest first
Oct 30, 2017 positive
Sep 10, 2018
Oct 28, 2019 positive
Merriken worked at Whole Foods to study CPG retail before launching LÄRABAR
“Whole Foods opened their first store in Denver. At exactly the same time, and I started seeing the building go up in the, in, in the neighborhood I grew up in, actually, and I thought, huh, I'm gonna get a job with them. I'm gonna work in their nutrition depar…”
Jan 12, 2026 positive
La Colombe expanded nationally by following restaurant chefs relocating to new cities
“A lot of people go into a kitchen and then move away to San Francisco, LA, Denver, Miami, and we had such roots in the kitchen with supply that people ended up taking us with them when they moved. So we did move from kitchen to kitchen, you know, and it went, …”