CMC business competition propels entrepreneur forward
This article first appeared in the Steamboat Pilot. By Michael Schrantz.
Steamboat Springs — It’s been two years since Trent Jones first considered bringing to market an erosion-control product made from beetle-killed trees.
The bales of wood strand mulch, which are made from Routt County trees that have been affected by the mountain pine beetle, that now sit outside a building on the west side of Steamboat Springs are the result of careful research and a plan.
In the beginning, the plan was scribbles here and there, Jones said. He’d had some counseling from Yampa Valley SCORE and sought out business mentors, but it took the business plan competition through Colorado Mountain College and the city of Steamboat Springs to push him to make a click for full article