ColoradoBiz articles from December 2004

ColoradoBiz archives from December 2004

Vail resorts: top resort destination upgrades technology to improve vacations.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2004... Whether their guests plan to hit the slopes or that perfect tee shot, Vail Resorts leverages technology in order to provide a positive experience before guests even reach their travel destination. Hosted systems and a web presence for booking...

ABA leader states case for lawyers.(on colorado)(American Bar Association)(Editorial)
December 1, 2004... ROBERT J. GREY JR. IS VERY diplomatic. He has to be. He is the elected president of the American Bar Association, and he, like the rest of us, saw George W. Bush get re-elected president by a substantial majority of the national vote. So...

Outsourcing has its place.(readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2004... Eric Peterson's article ("Outsourcing Colorado," October) was quite well researched and balanced, probably the best article on outsourcing in Colorado. Most articles and forums on outsourcing/offshoring have been cheer-leading pieces reflecting...

Write on, Wiesner.(readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2004... I subscribed to ColoradoBiz for many years some time ago and re-upped my subscription in September because I saw that your column (On Management, Pat Wiesner) is still there. I so looked forward to your column that it kept me subscribing. I've...

Amendments: three's a crowd.(readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2004... Thank you for reminding ColoradoBiz readers that the Gallagher amendment has been a contributing factor in Colorado's fiscal problems (On Colorado, Schwab, September). As a result of the interaction of Gallagher and TABOR, virtually all of...

Diet for success: you are what you eat ... or perhaps what you don't eat.(on management)
December 1, 2004... THERE'S A NEW DONUT SHOP IN GUNNISON. It's the "Daylight Donuts" shop and my bet is that it'll be quite successful. Daylight Donuts is owned by Kevin Ludlum and his wife Connie. Kevin gets up about 2:30 every morning to begin making...

Street style, downsized: Denver Duo finds market ripe for scooters.(attitude altitude)
December 1, 2004... IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT WHEN COLIN SHATTUCK SPOTTED ADAM BAKER'S VINTAGE Vespa scooter parked on a Boulder sidewalk in 1994. Four years and a Small Business Administration course later, the pair opened Sportique Scooters in a onetime...

Art of the meal: company bonds forged in kitchen.(attitude altitude)(Passionate Palate)
December 1, 2004... TO BUILD TEAM SPIRIT IN THE workplace, sometimes you have to turn up the heat. Lance Sedlak of Arrow Electronics uses a stove top and oven. For some of his team building, Sedlak takes employees to the Passionate Palate, a cooking school...

Rockies Venture Club.(PLAYMAKERS)(appointments)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... KIM ROSENGREN POPE has been named president of the Rockies Venture Club, the first woman in the organization's 20-year history to hold the position. The RVC, which helps entrepreneurs in the Rocky Mountain region launch and manage high-growth...

RE/MAX International.(PLAYMAKERS)(appointments)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... DARYL "JES" JESPERSON announced he will retire as RE/MAX International's CEO on Oct. 1, 2005, but will remain on the board of directors. Jesperson's wife, Nan will also retire from her position as vice president of RE/MAX Relocation Inc....

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.(PLAYMAKERS)(Caroline Matthews)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... CAROLINE "CAZ" MATTHEWS, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado and Nevada, has donated $100,000 to establish a matching-grant fund for United Way's Women's Initiative. The matching-grant fund will be utilized to encourage...

Longmont-based Intrado Inc.(PLAYMAKERS)(appointments, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... DAN HOSKINS, senior vice president of Longmont-based Intrado Inc., has been named to the 2005 board of directors for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, an international organization that represents all sectors of wireless...

Ramtron.(PLAYMAKERS)(appointments)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Semiconductor maker Ramtron has named ERIC BALZER chief financial officer. Balzer had been appointed interim CFO on Oct. 8 to replace LuAnn Hanson, who resigned. Balzer has been a director of Ramtron since 1998 and was a member of Ramtron's...

Colorado Springs-based XAware Inc.(PLAYMAKERS)(appointments)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Colorado Springs-based XAware Inc. has named E. FLINT SEATON chief financial officer. Seaton most recently served as CFO, vice president of finance and treasurer of NxTrend Technologies, a mid-size software company for the...

Colorado Attorney General.(PLAYMAKERS)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Colorado Attorney General KEN SALAZAR was named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in Hispanic Business magazine's October issue, a month before he heightened his influence quotient further by winning a U.S. Senate seat.

Instapoll.(attitude at altitude)(surveys)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... COBIZMAG.COM 84% of respondents say the U.S. should not draw down its strategic reserves of oil in order to curb rising energy prices. Results obtained from Oct. 13 through Nov. 13. 47% of respondents are mildly confident that...

Scholarship winner applies lessons to family farm.(attitude at altitude)(Kent Kalcevic)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Kent Kalcevic knew when he was invited to apply for a scholarship to attend Texas A & M University's Executive Program for Agricultural Producers that what he learned there could change the way he runs the farm in Bennett that has been in his...

Health care.(Insiders' Biz)(CareCore National)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... CareCore National, the nation's leading patient diagnostic-imaging management company, has announced plans to open a new operations center in Colorado Springs that the company says will generate 100 new full-time jobs and $11 million in local...

Nonprofit.(Insiders' Biz)(Micro Business Development Corp., Covad Communications Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Micro Business Development Corp., a Denver nonprofit agency that provides loans and technical assistance to local underserved populations, has partnered with Covad Communications Group to award 23 clients free broadband service for one year and...

Technology.(Insiders' Biz)(Engineering Computer Consultants Inc., Point of Greeley, North Colorado Health Alliance)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Engineering Computer Consultants Inc. of Fort Collins and connecting Point of Greeley, two leading technology providers, have teamed up to provide a remote access database system for the North Colorado Health Alliance. NCHA represents 250...

Ethics.(Insiders' Biz)(Namaste Comfort Care)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Namaste Comfort Care, a Denver-based provider of palliative (comfort) care to patients in end-of-life stages, was awarded the 2004 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics by the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau. Other finalists for the award...

Art.(Insiders' Biz)
December 1, 2004... The sixth edition of ArtScape is out and available free at most Front Range galleries, museums, art venues, major hotels and visitor centers. Copies can also be ordered from the publisher, Spotlight Publications, 8338 E. Jamison Circle S.,...

Investing.(Insiders' Biz)(Janiczek and Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Greenwood Village-based wealth advisory firm Janiczek & Co. Ltd. was named one of the "The Nation's 100 Most Exclusive Wealth Advisors" in the October issue of Worth magazine. Editors of Worth surveyed nearly 1,000 financial advisers to come up...

Qwest for recovery: ailing giant stabilizing under determined CEO.
December 1, 2004... Richard Notebaert wants to topple prevailing telephone regulations, settle federal investigations once and for all, and get somebody at Comcast to air his ads for high-speed Internet service. But all that can wait. Right now, what's important...

Tapped out: Front Range thirst exacts toll at every turn.
December 1, 2004... Many years during May, I have paused along small mountain streams to see, hear and feel the giant gush of spring runoff. The experience is one of the world's great pleasures. Standing on the banks of the Colorado River as it churns through Gore...

Colorado on the mend still: economic roundtable strikes familiar tune.(Panel Discussion)
December 1, 2004... COLORADO MUST BE A SLOW HEALER. Last year, the ColoradoBiz economic forecast, a discussion with executives drawn from winners of the magazine's Top Company competition, concluded that "Colorado is on the mend." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Zeronines Technology Inc.(TECH STARTUP OF THE MONTH)
December 1, 2004... * CASTLE ROCK * WWW.ZERONINES.COM * FOUNDED: NOVEMBER 2001 QUOTE OF NOTE: To recover data costs you money in two ways: One, you're spending money to recover it, and two, you're not selling beef jerky, or whatever it is...

Bankroll for innovation: government grants propel small-business R & D.(Small Business Innovation Research )
December 1, 2004... Underscoring Colorado's prowess and promise as a high-tech hot spot, small businesses in the state reap $75 million a year from two government grant programs set up specifically to nurture leading-edge, high-risk research and development. ...

Aurora's East Hampden Avenue on a fast track: developers pick up where light rail stops.(who owns colorado)
December 1, 2004... Developers and real-estate brokers trying to divine the next growth areas around Denver and the Front Range can put away the crystal ball. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The hot spots are pinpointed in the RTD light-rail and Fas Tracks...

Micro Corp. no small asset.(money matters)(Micro Business Development Corp.)
December 1, 2004... "NO ENTREPRENEUR LEFT BEHIND" would be an apt slogan for Micro Business Development Corp., a Denver nonprofit agency that provides loans and technical assistance to people with ample ideas but not always so ample credit scores, experience or...

Western Shirts book.(colorado coolstuff)(Steve Weil)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... "Western Shirts: A Classic American Fashion" is Steve Weil's "labor of love," a meticulously researched hardcover with 450 color photos. Weil, the third-generation head of Rockmount Ranch Wear, said he's been collecting vintage shirts since...

My Name in Lights book.(colorado coolstuff)(Created 4 Me LLC)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Susan Hiller opted to temporarily suspend her sports-communications career in 1998 to spend more time with her kids. Four years later, she launched Created 4 Me from home to publish the theater-themed "My Name in Lights," a personalized picture...

Nancy Drew Loungewear.(colorado coolstuff)(Gumshoe Girls)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... After respective careers in HR and advertising, sisters Kim Dahlquist and Stacey Johnson went out on their own in 2000, opening Details!, a boutique in downtown Littleton. "We carried a lot of pajamas at the store," said Dahlquist. "We found...

MELT Products.(colorado coolstuff)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
December 1, 2004... With respective backgrounds in construction, retail and air travel, MELT founders James Saylor, Thomas Smith and Stephen McNally pooled their collective talents to launch a bath- and body-products company in 2001. They opened their first store...

Executive meetings travel guide.(SPECIAL SECTION)
December 1, 2004... THE INVERNESS HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER MARRIOTT HOTELS & RESORTS OF COLORADO VAIL CASCADE RESORT & SPA VAIL MARRIOTT MOUNTAIN RESORT & SPA COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT TI THE INVERNESS HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER ...

Klaus Obermeyer: father of the down jacket.(executive edge)
December 1, 2004... KLAUS OBERMEYER GOT THE IDEA FOR his clothing company, Sport Obermeyer, when he worked as a ski instructor in Aspen in 1949. At first he was just trying to come up with a way to stop losing ski students. "People skied in dress shirts and...

Commercial interruption: captive audience gets an unending earful.(sports biz)
December 1, 2004... WE'RE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE BRONCOS Oct. 31 home game against Atlanta when a time-honored ritual goes awry. Beginning in the Invesco Field south stands and carrying to the north end zone, an ancient war cry is stirring. "Go!" shout...

All I want for Christmas.(rundles wrap-up)
December 1, 2004... THIS BEING DECEMBER AND ALL, I HAVE SHOPPING ON MY MIND, and more specifically customer service as it relates to my shopping experience--admittedly a familiar theme. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I can shop in the stores, I can shop online, I...