In 2020, Katrin Iken ditched her desk job and launched a new business that combines science, fun and frozen beverages.
The business has become a family affair — her kids, now in 8th and 9th grades, will often travel with her. “They help me work, they make some money and then they go run away with all the other kids that they’ve met that they now see at all these events and get to know,” Iken says. “They just have such a good time. It’s so fun.
The Big Wheel isn’t just for kids, though. Many adults have found it just as fun. In March, Iken was at, a cryptocurrency conference at the National Western Complex, where she says her frozen beverages were quite the hit. Big Wheel doesn’t have a liquor license, so it cannot sell alcoholic drinks at festivals and public events, but the machine is flexible to set up for frozen margaritas and other frozen alcoholic beverages for private parties or flat-fee events.
For now, it’s just Iken working the events with part-time help from family and friends, but due to high demand, she’s thinking about starting to look for a partner that could operate a second Big Wheel — ideally someone Spanish-speaking so she can start to serve the Hispanic community, she notes. Additionally, with snow cones only being viable from April to October, she’s been mulling over ideas with Donoughe about adapting the Big Wheel for hot chocolate or other warm drinks for winter. For now though, she’s enjoying the ride and the chance to be outdoors entertaining kids while sneaking in some science lessons and knowing her desk job days are long behind her., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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