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The Silver Tsunami

Their soundtrack was rock and roll: The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and The Grateful Dead. They protested war and discrimination, fought for civil and women’s rights, and championed sexual liberation and drug experimentation. They touted Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Robert Kennedy and Rachel Carson as cultural saviors. They made love, not war. Now—though the feisty generation known as Baby Boomers

Winter Warriors

Colorado and winter sports go together like hot chocolate and whipped cream. Is there anyone in the state who hasn’t gazed at the newly dusted mountains and conjured images of their favorite ski slope? Even if you’re not one to pick a steep line through the trees at Copper Mountain or turn aerial pinwheels off a halfpipe at Breckenridge, you’ve probably cozied up to an outdoor heater at a

2012 Gift & Giving Guide

Deck the halls… Tis the season… Winter wonderland… The holidays are rife with clichés. It’s enough to make you ring someone’s jingle bells. That’s why the rebels at Yellow Scene break from the monotony of traditional gift guides with our Locavore’s Guide to Giving, an annual assemblage of locally-made gifts (and gifts that are made by local companies). From beauty answers to

Work It: Workplace fashion

When Yellow Scene approached me about penning a piece on professional style, I had to appreciate the irony. You see, before moving to Boulder, I worked two corporate jobs in New York City (both landing on the very conservative end of the style spectrum), and I was a notorious dress code violator. From the fashion forward sandals with skirts to the nude fishnet stockings I wore under suits, I was

Lucky Stars

When TechStars hit the scene in 2007, the situation was already ripe for growth. “There was a lot of entrepreneurial activity and a lot of energy in Boulder before TechStars was here, but TechStars just happened to give it a focal point,” says Nicole Glaros, the managing director of TechStars’ Boulder operations. TechStars and other business accelerators invest in startups and

The Rise of Flexible Jobs

Sara Sutton has been an entrepreneur from the moment she realized how difficult it is to find a job. As a college student struggling to find an internship, Sutton and her childhood friend Rachel Bell founded JobDirect, which helps place entry-level workers in career-track jobs. They eventually sold it to a large publicly traded company. Fast-forward a few years. Sutton found herself unemployed

Dirty ReWork

For many people, solving problems can be quite the stressful endeavor. But for Nathaniel Koloc, it’s the challenge of solving problems that gives him daily inspiration. Koloc faced one particularly difficult challenge graduating from college and after traveling around the world as he sought meaningful work. The answer came to him one day in the shower while on a camping trip outside of

Kiss the Ring

Boulder is in the midst of a people’s revolution—an age of enlightenment grown from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, accelerators, cloud technology, smart phones, social media and, presumably, lots of caffeine. With the highest concentration of software engineers per capita in the country, Boulder is now being touted as America’s top startup city. And Brad Feld is the pioneer, mentor and

Breaking out of the cubicle

Drink hard, play hard, work hard. That’s the unofficial motto for the employees at Boulder’s renegade Avery Brewing. Here, it’s all about the beer, and that extends to the employee perks, the office culture and the hiring processes. All Avery employees receive a case of beer a week and can grab a beer anytime in the taproom—even during work hours. Co-worker disputes are resolved

Election Guide and Candidate Profiles

Ask anyone running for office what their big issue is and they’ll tell you, “It’s the economy, stupid.” While most candidates agree that creating jobs and getting through the recession are key concerns from the county level to Congress, there are other big ones as well. Having a well-funded state educational system is one. Energy and environmental issues are others. Social issues like