About the show
This is a podcast for the conversations that happen when the recorder is usually off: candid, practical, local, and connected to the decisions shaping Colorado’s business future.
Colorado has become a serious market for company creation, brand building, applied technology, outdoor and consumer products, healthcare innovation, commercial real estate, civic experimentation, and new forms of capital. The state has enough density to matter and enough intimacy that relationships still shape what happens next.
Denver and the broader Front Range are moving through a defining business moment. Talent, capital, policy, universities, founders, and established operators are colliding in new ways. Mile High Makers follows those signals while the story is still being written.
The podcast is for founders, investors, executives, attorneys, recruiters, civic leaders, service providers, creators, and curious locals who want sharper context on the people building Colorado and the opportunities taking shape around them.
The hosts
Majid Boroujerdi and Jeff Schell bring different vantage points across brand, innovation, growth, patents, startups, and commercialization.
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.
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.