At The Ridgeback Group, our motto is “Together we climb.” And it’s hard to think of a firm that better embodies that spirit than Boulder-based Impact Wealth. Today, we’re proud to shine a light on one of the best firms in the business and one of our flagship partners.

Impact Wealth is the tale of two founders. By their own admission, CEO Jim Teegarden is the visionary, the big picture guy, the one who sees the whole field and plans accordingly. Chief Impact Officer G. Anthony Harrigan is the details guy, the one who prefers to slow down and dig deep. On their own, they’ve been successful. But together (they formed their partnership in 2013) with their nine employees, they’re a unit that’s somehow greater than the sum of their parts. “They both do a really good job of listening to each other and coming to a decision that’s somewhere in the middle,” says Peter Nesbitt, director of operations.

Suffice it to say, there aren’t enough hours in the day for a firm like that. (Especially with the little remaining time dedicated to team dinners, the occasional golf outing, and, for Teegarden, walking his beloved dog, Frannie. “She’s awesome.”) Even if the team includes Jessica Martin, the director of insurance operations, who Nesbitt mentions as a key player, one who matches Jim’s high-energy motor while executing with impressive attention to detail.

The Ridgeback Group’s role is to provide a sort of strategic assist, to help Impact Wealth take care of its customers with the speed and efficiency they expect, if not demand. “We go up against all the big wirehouses in the high-net-worth space, and we create more value than any of these people,” Teegarden says. “And people can hardly believe that. They say, ‘You’re just, like, 10 people in Boulder, Colorado.’ Well, yeah — but you don’t know the partners behind us. Our partners are what allow us to provide more value than everybody else.” And that partnership is based on shared values — in particular, the idea that a small firm can provide big service to its clients and that a sophisticated, forward-thinking firm can climb without fear. Not every firm is up to that challenge, but Impact Wealth is.