ColoradoBiz articles from April 2007

ColoradoBiz archives from April 2007

Save a planet, make a buck.(ON COLORADO)(corporate social responsibility)(Editorial)
April 1, 2007... Film buffs might say the scariest movie of 2006 was "Hostel" or "Saw III," movies that tout gratuitous violence. Horror flicks have gotten more explicit over the years, but the heart of their attraction remains the same: You confront death from...

How I learned to run a small company: Part Five in a series on the startup challenges of Wiesner Publishing.(ON MANAGEMENT)
April 1, 2007... We started Wiesner Publishing with just three people: myself, Jim Fahnestock, our writer; and Phil Cook, our salesman. In the beginning it wasn't hard to manage since no managing was going on at all. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Just about...

Six ways to help prevent cash receipt fraud.(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
April 1, 2007... In business, cash is king. It's also one of the easiest assets to steal from a company. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In its "2006 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse," the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners asserts...

Credit denial no proof of racism.(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... It seems to me, and your editorial ("Racism still a workplace problem," Robert Schwab, February) helped confirm, that at least 95 percent of articles, editorials and news reports on racism focus on racism only by Caucasians. I find it...

ColoradoBiz wins journalism award.(READERS RESPOND)(Allen Best awarded the 2006 Morton Margolin Prize )(Editorial)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... How Colorado confronts its water woes, especially on the Front Range, will shape the state's destiny in the years to come. ColoradoBiz writer Allen Best tackled that subject in "Thirst for Solutions" in our October 2005 issue. The story...

Climate-change counterpoint (Response to "Climate change," Allen Best, March).(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... Endangered Capitalist -- 3/1/2007 6:25:47 PM Billions and billions of dollars are going to be extracted from the economy as a result of the irrational, political and unproven concerns about man-made climate change. I have absolutely no...

Audi fan weighs in (Response to "Executive Wheels" review of the 2007 Audi S4 Sport Sedan, Jeff Rundles).(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... Arheddis -- 3/7/2007 10:50:34 AM Glad to see your enthusiasm for this car I'm due a new Audi in the not-to-distant future and will definitely take a look. Consumer Reports (of child safety-seat fame) still trashes Audi, but we all know...

Western Skyways takes off: Montrose business rebuilds aircraft engines.(attitude at altitude)
April 1, 2007... Despite the resurgence of commercial air travel, general aviation continues to grow at an incredible rate. That's good news for Western Skyways, a busy piston aircraft engine rebuilder in Montrose that recently began servicing the turbine...

Executive edge: Steve Katich; Denver baseball point man takes to new field.(attitude at altitude)(Interview)
April 1, 2007... When he hears the first crack of a bat at Coors Field this season, Steve Katich will recall longingly the Colorado Rockies' first home opener in 1993 when Eric Young hit a home run his first time at bat. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I...

Getting a grip on the life cycle: Pragmatic makes tools to manage software development.(attitude at altitude)(Company overview)
April 1, 2007... Small and steady, Englewood-based Pragmatic Software is outshining much larger companies developing tools to help manage the software development life cycle. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Founded by CEO Steve Miller as a basement-based side...

Me.dium Inc.(TECH STARTUP OF THE MONTH)(Company overview)
April 1, 2007... INITIAL LIGHT BULB: Robert Reich started developing Me.dium's technology in 2004 with the enterprise market in mind. Positioned as a collaborative tool, the application allowed people to see where others were surfing the Web in real time....

Deep Rock's turnaround: water icon's investors set sights on single-bottle market.(attitude at altitude)(Deep Rock Water Co. )
April 1, 2007... Cash-rich equity-investment firms nationwide have come to be known for their collective "get, strip and flip" acquisition strategies, but the pair of firms that purchased Deep Rock Water Co. in 2004 have done anything but that. Minnesota's...

Higher yearning: Hank Brown has improved CU's image and boosted fundraising, but the departing CU president says 'sea changes' are needed for state colleges to regain adequate support.(Hank Brown improves University of Colorado )
April 1, 2007... The snow settles on the spindly tree branches on the still University of Boulder campus this February morning, while inside the Wolf Law building, Hank Brown drills the five students who have braved the previous night's storm to attend his...

Primed for a visibility boost: Office of Tourism touts $19 million campaign.
April 1, 2007... Most everyone knows of Colorado's world-class vacation options--Aspen, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Mesa Verde National Park, skiing like nowhere else on the planet, rafting, camping, hiking and sightseeing. Less known are attractions such as...

Back to boomtown: energy companies once again pumping Western Slope economy.
April 1, 2007... Old U.S. 6 in Rifle, now a paved access road, hugs the railroad tracks heading west out of town. Post-war motels once hungry for business are flush with neon "no vacancy" signs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Restaurants, construction...

Snowmass overhaul: scruffy Aspen neighbor aims for a more upscale image.(Who owns Colorado)
April 1, 2007... When it comes to taking a resort town and turning it topsy-turvy, it's hard to know what to compare with the town of Snowmass Village. Plans call for something comparable to the $1 billion renewal of Vail and Lionshead. Yet Snowmass is smaller...

Franchise expo touts do-it-yourself business--with a safety net.(ON SMALL BIZ)(Editorial)
April 1, 2007... For five years, Pakistan immigrant Kalim Yaqub operated Discount Liquor Mart in the Lakeside Center shopping mall on 44th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard. Business was good--while it lasted. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But in January, the...

PCGamerBike.(colorado cool STUFF)
April 1, 2007... Lori Colburn was "a typical stay-at-home mom" before starting a business that made an unlikely match of video games and exercise equipment. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We wanted to make something for kids to get exercise that was fun,"...

The Slanket.(colorado cool STUFF)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... During his first Maine winter in college, Gary Clegg faced a problem. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We had a really old TV and the remote wouldn't work through the blanket," he said. "So I just cut a hole in it." That was 1997, the year of...

Chocolove/ Chocolatour.(colorado cool STUFF)(Timothy Moley )(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Chocolove founder/owner/chocolatier/taster Timothy Moley cited two turning points in his life that pushed him into the chocolate business: one, getting a gift of chocolate from a Swiss man he saved in an Iowa blizzard and, two, chewing on cocoa...

Scratch-Less Disc.(colorado cool STUFF)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Inspiration struck Todd Kuchman at the 2001 National Western Stock Show and Rodeo. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I was a little bored after the fifth cowboy fell from the fifth bull," said Kuchman, who looked to cure his boredom by...

Ladies' man.(SPORTS BIZ)(Patrick Linden, laywer, National Professional Fastpitch president)(Interview)
April 1, 2007... Patrick Linden has the smarts, the drive and the contacts to fulfill a career as the deal-making attorney his business card, his crisply fitted suit and his office on the 16th floor of a downtown Denver law firm suggest he is destined to be....

Strip-and-flip strategy a recipe for irrelevance.(RUNDLES WRAP-UP)(Column)
April 1, 2007... In my time, I have had to endure some world-class bonehead bosses. There was the twerp from corporate who came to our office one Christmas to announce there would be no holiday bonuses that year because last year's meager payments had pushed a...