Enterprising duo learning from launching non-profit

EDITORS NOTE: The Business Report will follow Playground Records in upcoming issues as they attempt to turn their business idea into a successful non-profit enterprise.

BOULDER — Educating troubled kids through popular music sounds like a great idea, one that everyone embraces. How can a company devoted entirely to this cause make it in today’s marketplace?

Whit Faulconer and John Guy are embarking on an aggressive, non-profit entrepreneurial venture promoting this very idea that they believe will be turning a profit by early next year. Called Playground Records, the company “seeks to record, produce, and sell music by the best artists…