built by students who saw a gap —
and decided to close it.
Peak Assist started inside a college dorm at Colorado College with one simple idea: students deserve real experience, and businesses deserve real support.
Nick Brashear & Kyle Kihlberg — Co-Founders
who built peak assist
Nick Brashear and Kyle Kihlberg are students at Colorado College and members of the varsity basketball team.
Both came into college with an entrepreneurial mindset and a desire to build something real — not just for themselves, but for the community around them.
Peak Assist is a direct reflection of that.
how it started
Peak Assist didn’t start with a business plan.
It started with a conversation.
Walking out of class one day, Kyle turned to Nick and suggested they start something together. That night, sitting in their dorm room, they began throwing around ideas — testing what could actually work.
Then it clicked.
They looked at the environment they were in — a campus full of driven students looking for direction, surrounded by local businesses that needed support — and realized something was missing.
There was no bridge between the two.
So they built one.
when it became real
Not long after, fresh out of basketball practice, still in their gear, they made the call that landed their first partnership.
Sitting on a bench outside, they realized this wasn’t just an idea anymore.
It was real.
meet the founders
nick brashear
Nick is a freshman at Colorado College studying Economics and competing on the varsity men’s basketball team. Originally from The Woodlands, Texas, he came to CC with an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong desire to build meaningful relationships within his community.
Grounded in his faith and values, Nick approaches PeakAssist with purpose and intentionality. He is passionate about creating opportunities for students to gain real-world experience while helping local businesses grow.
His vision is to expand PeakAssist beyond Colorado Springs—building a platform that connects students and businesses across the country.
kyle kihlberg
Kyle is a freshman at Colorado College from Austin, Texas, studying Economics and playing on the men’s basketball team. Before college, he launched and operated his own pressure washing business, gaining early experience in building something from the ground up.
Alongside PeakAssist, Kyle is gaining experience through internships in venture capital and mergers & acquisitions, deepening his understanding of how businesses are built and scaled.
He is driven by creating connections that benefit both students and businesses—and believes in building something that creates long-term impact.
Where this is going
PeakAssist started as a simple idea between two students—but it’s growing into something much bigger.
The goal is to build a platform that gives students access to real experience early, while helping businesses find driven, capable support.
This is just the beginning.