ColoradoBiz articles from August 2007

ColoradoBiz archives from August 2007

Get your hands off my brand.
August 1, 2007... "Cote's Colorado." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sure, it sounds kind of cocky, but this new moniker for my column creates an alliterative bookend to the beginning of ColoradoBiz that can pair with Jeff Rundles' "Rundles Wrapup" at the end....

Lots of work to do! The U.S. economy is hot, but what about the rest of the world?
August 1, 2007... It seems that this information has been around for a number of years, but I didn't see it until last week. And I can't get it out of my mind. See if it has the same effect on you. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I took these figures from the...

No business is immune to insiders leaking corporate data.(Column)
August 1, 2007... Right now, someone within your company is accessing confidential corporate information dishonestly, or at least they're planning to. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Companies across the country are getting burned from corporate data being...

Immigrant labor will cost us.
August 1, 2007... While we think we need labor, it creates more population ("Labor Pains," July). Therefore, if we work them, they will come and they will multiply. In the end, we're all out of a house with water and a home that's viable. Do you want to see...

Go to the source for service.(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I just finished reading Rundles Wrap-Up ("Can I get a hotel with that burrito?") in July's ColoradoBiz. As an owner of a small Colorado hotel-restaurant-event center and a victim of CSA predation, I sympathize with your comments. However,...

Racial and gender preferences can prompt cheating.(Letter to the editor)
August 1, 2007... I read your article ("We're not ready to close the door on affirmative action," Mike Cote, June) with interest. I used to have a customer who was contracted to do road work. He listed his wife as the president of the company, although I...

Want a prize with that? ColoradoBiz writer honored for fast-food feature.(Alliance of Area Business Publications)(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... ColoradoBiz Managing Editor Mike Taylor earned a first-place award for feature writing in the magazine category from the Alliance of Area Business Publications at its annual conference in June, which this year was in Denver. Taylor, who...

Up on the roof: condo developer selling rights to build penthouse atop building.
August 1, 2007... Real estate investor Kerry Blasdel thinks Denver is running out of land, and he's happy about that. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A few years ago, Blasdel sold his architecture practice in Beverly Hills, Calif. He traveled for a few years,...

Executive edge: Scot Wetzel; United Western Bancorp president has banking in the blood.
August 1, 2007... Picking up a broom would forever change Scot Wetzel's life. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I would go to work with my dad as a kid in high school and sweep the floors or do whatever I could at a little bank in Ohio,...

iModerate LLC.(Company overview)
August 1, 2007... INITIAL LIGHT BULB Carl Rossow managed data collection for the Clinton administration's polling from 1995 to 2000 out of the Denver office of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates. In 2001, he co-founded another research company, the New...

Cost in translation: Lingoport helps software firms go global.(attitude at altitude)
August 1, 2007... Lanyon Inc., a Houston-based firm that produces and distributes online content for hotels, has pursued an international market for most of its eight-year existence but found many potential overseas customers resist doing business outside their...

A shell of their former selves: laser etching adds freshness codes, advertising to eggs.(EggFusion)
August 1, 2007... It's not often that an idea can change an industry for the better, but when former New York stockbroker Bradley Parker saw a television program on the dangers of bad eggs in 1998, he began searching for a way to ensure the eggs he bought where...

Best companies to work for in Colorado '07: The Medical Center of Aurora and ReadyTalk rate the best among 30 finalists judged for having great workplaces in the state.(Cover story)(Company rankings)
August 1, 2007... If you were looking for the ideal place to work, you might shop for a company that offers a few of these: Flex-time where you can set your own hours. Unlimited sick days you can use even to care for a family member. An office that...

The business of dying: as baby boomers age, for-profit entities are increasingly entering the hospice industry.(Industry overview)
August 1, 2007... When death slowly made its entrance for 66-year-old Roger Deal, it looked nothing like his family had expected it would. "I guess somehow we thought he would just fall asleep, and that would be it," said Carol Deal, Roger's wife of 47...

Latino liftoff: Colorado companies targeting Hispanics aim to tap a booming consumer market.
August 1, 2007... Colorado's casinos generated double-digit revenue growth in the 1990s. But thanks to increased competition, annual revenue growth has dwindled to less than 5 percent. Hoping to buck this troubling trend, Riviera Black Hawk Casino decided to tap...

Roping in the MBAS: Graduate programs face tough competition for students.
August 1, 2007... Earning a master's degree in business administration can be a valuable learning experience. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The average new MBA with a job offer in hand will earn $92,360 during the first year of employment, according to the...

Beyond the bedrooms: after years of relying on home construction, Erie aims to woo commercial development.
August 1, 2007... LOOK at the growth of the town of Erie and the dilemma in which it might find itself, and you could say the town already has taken baby steps down the slippery slope to municipal ruin. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Look at growth in Erie...

The me, myself and iPhone.
August 1, 2007... Apple's new iPhone is a pretty neat gadget, probably not up there in value or staying power with the George Foreman Grill, but better on both counts than the last fad that attracted such a frenzy of buyers, the Cabbage Patch doll. ...

Twist sponges.(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... A veteran of the natural-products industry, Brian Ross was looking for a new opportunity after leaving natural soda-maker Izze in 2005. "I'm an avid natural-products consumer," he said. "Shopping in the cleaning-products aisle, I realized it's...

CRAGear.(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... "From an early age, I learned you could make things from stuff people didn't want," said CRAGear founder Dan Jenkins, a world traveler and professional guide. After making a frame for his art photography from an old bicycle tire in 1999,...

Oogie's popcorn.(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... While consulting for a popcorn kiosk manufacturer, Eric Thier noticed a lack of premium popcorn in the snacks aisles at natural markets, so he enlisted Matt Mansi and Darrin Foster to start Oogie's in 2004. After winnowing nearly 20 flavors...

SportsTemp thermostrips.(Brief article)
August 1, 2007... The brainchild of Dr. Mike Davidson, SportsTemp thermostrips hit retail shelves earlier this summer. "He always thought it was a problem to get an accurate reading on body temperature," said SportsTemp COO Rick White. The thermostrips are...

Bill Romanowski: Brainiac.
August 1, 2007... The first concussion suffered by Bill Romanowski over his 16-year NFL career came during a game against the New Orleans Saints. Romo was a rookie linebacker for the 49ers, and the play was a counter-trey, the pulling guard rolling to his left....

We travelers deserve better.
August 1, 2007... I admit it. Going back nearly 20 years now as civic leaders began discussing the need for a new airport, I was one of the people who thought Denver International Airport was a bad idea. I was wrong. I thought DIA was too expensive and would...