Jessica Sveen Selected as RMMFI CEO
We are excited to announce that Jessica Sveen has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer of RMMFI. Jessica has been serving as the Interim CEO since February when founder Rob Smith retired. She was selected by the Board of Directors to...
Making Capital More Accessible with 5% Interest Rates
For the past two and a half years, RMMFI has temporarily offered 0% interest on all loans as part of our COVID response. Our goal was to reduce the risk for small business owners as they navigated both the challenges and the opportunities created by...
Entrepreneur Spotlight: Betsey Kiehl
Owner of Alpen Flora Alpen Flora, which translates to mountain flower, was created by Betsey Kiehl in Vail, Colorado after one of her off-season jobs turned into a passion she couldn’t let go. Betsey and her husband moved to the Vail Valley in...
RMMFI Named an Official Colorado Startup Loan Fund Lender
RMMFI is excited to announce that we are an official lender for the Colorado Startup Loan Fund, which was introduced last week by the Polis Administration and the Business Funding & Incentives Division of the Colorado Office of Economic...
Highlights From Our Latest Impact Surveys
Inclusive entrepreneurship can have long-term effects on individuals and communities. To capture these longer-term outcomes, RMMFI sends Impact Surveys to Business Launch Boot Camp graduates on the one, two, and three-year anniversaries of their...
An Update on RMMFI’s CEO Search
RMMFI is moving forward with hiring a permanent CEO for the organization, and applications for the role are now being accepted. Our Board of Directors is leading the search with the support of an outside HR firm, and RMMFI team members have been...
Summer Farmers’ Markets in Colorado: A Guide to the Best Markets Across the State
Summer is a great time to visit farmers' markets in Colorado. The weather is warm, the produce is fresh, and there are plenty of markets to choose from. Whether you're looking for fresh fruits and vegetables, local honey, or handmade crafts, you're...
Entrepreneur Spotlight: Sam Blumenthal
Owner of Denver Tour Club Generally, small businesses fall into one of two groups: businesses that were started out of a passion for entrepreneurship and businesses that were started out of a passion for the trade. Sam Blumenthal’s business,...
Entrepreneur Spotlight: Jessica Liddle
Owner of Little by Liddle As most entrepreneurs can attest, building a business is anything but linear. For Jessica Liddle, the owner of Little by Liddle, her business growth is inextricably intertwined with the variability of her own personal...
Supporting Spanish-Speaking Entrepreneurs Across the Metro Area
We're starting our next round of Business Idea Lab in Spanish this week, and we're excited to share that our Spanish-language programming is now open to entrepreneurs across the Denver metro area. Language should not be a barrier to access for small...
Announcing RMMFI’s Two Newest Sites
There is entrepreneurial potential waiting to be unleashed across Colorado, and today we’re excited to announce that RMMFI is adding two new program sites in Trinidad and Sterling! As part of a Colorado Department of Local Affairs initiative to...
Capital Innovations at RMMFI: Business Grants and Partially Forgivable Loans
Just like the entrepreneurs we support, we know it’s important to keep innovating to meet the needs of our community. Recently, a lot of that innovation has been taking place in our Capital department. At the beginning of this year, RMMFI started...