Microwave sales have plateaued as people realize that reheated TV dinners give us no joy.

The idea behind fast food is great - people want convenience.

People always ask what kind of restaurant we have, and it's like a five-minute conversation. The short answer is, 'We're creating community through food.' That's the big idea we had, the product we're exporting. And it has paid off.

Boulder was not the small town I had expected. It is a vivacious community of sophisticated people, who have the same aspirations and expectations you find in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

My advice for any entrepreneur or innovator is to get into the food industry in some form so you have a front-row seat to what's going on.

Nikola Tesla, one of Colorado's famous residents, always believed that the gasoline engine made no sense.