(BBB Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming)
Three businesses from Northern Colorado and Wyoming were honored as the seventh class of BBB Spark Award for Entrepreneurship winners during the 27th annual BBB Celebration of Ethics sponsored by FNBO. The BBB Spark Award for Entrepreneurship is a program of the BBB Foundation Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming where the celebration also honored this year’s six Torch Awards for Ethics winners.
The Spark Award for Entrepreneurship is open to businesses between six months and three years old. Companies must be in good standing with BBB and the nine candidates were judged by an independent panel based on three criteria:
- Character: Leaders must be teachable and open to growing with ideas. Leaders habitually seek the truth, are open to criticism, and know that their own personal development is never complete.
- Culture: Purposeful entrepreneurs start businesses for more than just the opportunity to be their own boss or fill a gap in the market. Instead, they create organizations committed to serving the needs of all their stakeholders and make intentional decisions about who they align with to bring their mission to fruition.
- Community: The most successful entrepreneurs understand they are part of a community and commit to supporting those who support them. They give back to worthy causes and treat other entrepreneurs and competitors as peers rather than opponents.
Nominees submitted a written application as well as a short video outlining how their organization demonstrates the three principles.
This year’s Spark Award winners are:
- Range Community Insurance, an independent insurance broker in Laramie, WY focused on helping the community protect what is most valuable,
- Savvy Strategic Partners, a fractional executive consultancy in Fort Collins, CO, providing operations, financial, sales, marketing, and human resource services to small businesses, and
- Sprout & Scale Marketing, a digital marketing agency in Gillette, WY, helping businesses across the state take advantage of digital tools while retaining a unique Wyoming character.
"This year's group of Spark Award winners are a great representation of the strength and diversity of entrepreneurial spirit in our region," said BBB president/CEO Shelley Polansky. "These three organizations are shining examples of small businesses that help grow and enrich communities throughout Northern Colorado and Wyoming."
To learn more about these outstanding organizations and the BBB Spark Awards program, please visit the Spark Award program website. Applications for the 2026 BBB Spark Awards for Entrepreneurship will open later this year. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Jami Jonckowski-Wiens at [email protected] or (970)488-2048.
About Better Business Bureau Foundation Serving Northern Colorado and Wyoming: The BBB Foundation’s goal is to provide ethics based assessment, training and recognition programs for businesses, consumers, nonprofits and students in Northern Colorado and Wyoming.