Startups & venture
Founder stories, capital formation, growth paths, and the signals investors are watching.
Denver • Colorado • Founders • Operators • Investors
The people building Colorado’s business future.
Mile High Makers is a Denver-based podcast featuring candid conversations with founders, investors, operators, innovators, and local insiders shaping the Colorado economy.
Denver-based
Founder-minded
Executive-ready
Launching soon
Denver / Colorado
Mile High Makers
Candid conversations with the people building Colorado’s business future.
What we cover
Business activity with a Colorado point of view.
The show follows the categories, companies, civic forces, and operators shaping what gets built next.
Consumer brands & CPG
The operators building food, beverage, wellness, outdoor, and lifestyle brands from Colorado.
Technology & IP
Software, medtech, product strategy, patents, commercialization, and protectable advantage.
Real estate & development
How neighborhoods, offices, housing, and major projects shape the region’s business energy.
Outdoor, food, and hospitality
Colorado categories with national pull, local culture, and durable founder opportunities.
Civic and economic momentum
Policy, universities, civic leadership, workforce, infrastructure, and the Front Range economy.
Why listen
A smarter read on where Colorado business is moving.
Mile High Makers is built for people who want local context, practical lessons, and a sharper feel for opportunity across the ecosystem.
Insider perspective on Colorado business activity without the stale conference-panel polish.
Practical lessons from people who have built companies, brands, products, deals, and communities.
Signals on where opportunities are emerging across Denver, Boulder, the Front Range, and beyond.
Useful context for founders, investors, executives, service providers, recruiters, and civic leaders.
Meet the hosts
Two Denver operators with different windows into the market.
Majid and Jeff bring brand, growth, innovation, IP, startup, and commercialization experience to conversations with the people building Colorado.
MB
Majid Boroujerdi is a Denver-based brand, innovation, and growth leader with experience across consumer products, startups, digital health, outdoor experiences, and CPG. He has led innovation and brand strategy for ONE Brands and FULFIL at The Hershey Company, served as VP of Marketing at CBDistillery, co-founded Gain Life, and held brand and product leadership roles at Procter & Gamble across businesses including Pampers, Downy, Unstopables, Bounce, and healthcare innovation.
JS
Jeff Schell is a Denver-based patent attorney, entrepreneur, and Colorado innovation ecosystem leader. He is a partner at Whiteford, founder of Schell IP, and has worked with technology startups, growth-stage companies, medtech/biotech ventures, and innovators building patent assets, brands, products, and commercialization strategies.
Be a guest
Nominate someone with real Colorado business signal.
Founders, investors, operators, attorneys, civic leaders, creators, executives, and other people in the know are all fair game.
We are especially interested in guests who can explain what is happening beneath the headlines: what is being built, what is changing, and where the next opportunities may be forming.
Join the launch list
Get the first episodes when Mile High Makers goes live.
Launching soon. Join for first listens and occasional Colorado business updates worth opening.
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