ColoradoBiz articles from February 2003

ColoradoBiz archives from February 2003

Time to step up, business.(Colorado businesses need to boost spending to improve state's economy)
February 1, 2003... READ BOB DIDDLEBOCK'S FEATURE STORY THIS MONTH ON business reinvestment in technology--there is none, page 26--or several stories in the Wall Street Journal in early January, and it might dawn on you as it has dawned on me: If Colorado...

Some last words on La Veta. (Readers Respond).(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2003... I enjoyed the article about La Veta and Cuchara in the December issue. I grew up in Walsenburg, and I am very familiar with the economic issues of Huerfano County. Although the area has scenic beauty, economic development has always been a...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2003... * In the Who Owns Colorado feature in November ("Steady Steamboat") the Yampa Valley Regional Airport was mislabeled on the aerial photograph. * Golf Colorado.com was the source of a list of Colorado golf courses in a recently published...

Success lies in the big picture.
February 1, 2003... WANT TO SEE MORE SUCCESS? Then see more of what's around you! You hear it all the time when you're watching football on TV. Just a couple of weeks ago a pair of sportscasters -- who always sound the same no matter who they are or what...

Cool River Cafe. (Special Advertising Section: Success Profile).(Advertisement)
February 1, 2003... Under the management of Joseph E. Madril, Cool River Cafe challenges the old adage that you can't be all things to all people. Whether it is a business meeting, a romantic dinner, a night of dancing or a large banquet, Gene Street and Steve...

Which came first? EGG-centric enterprise leads to Scramblins. (Attitude at Altitude).
February 1, 2003... NEW YELLOW-AND-GREEN BOXES filled with hard-as-rock frozen egg mixtures made their way onto many Colorado and Western-region grocery shelves in time for holiday breakfasts last year, as the woman behind the new product marked the 12th year of...

Ferrufino creates Spanish radio network. (Playmakers).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... COLORADO'S SPANISH-LANGUAGE radio magnate Zee Ferrufino, owner of Denver's KBNO-AM, bought two other AM radio stations along the Front Range, KXRE in Colorado Springs and KAVA in Pueblo to create a network that last month broadcast the entire...

Ski gear debuts at DIA. (Attitude at Altitude).(Denver International Airport )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... FLY-IN SKI VACATIONERS WILL NOW HAVE ONE LESS stop to make on their way from Denver International Airport to the slopes. Rental skis, snowboards, boots and discounted lift tickets to some of Colorado's top resorts are now available at the Hertz...

CU center to study high life. (Attitude at Altitude).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... SCIENTISTS ALREADY KNOW THAT birth weights at high altitude are lower, and infant mortality is higher. And acute mountain sickness affects up to 25 percent of skiers and other mountain tourists. These and other matters related to...

The dating game.(matchmaking )
February 1, 2003... When Leslie Lessig talks about matchmaking for her busy professional clientele, she does so with all the been-there-done-that understanding of any single person who's ever lived out of a suitcase. "This business,"--dating and/or...

Jay Feder Jewelers. (Special Advertising Section: Family Owned Business Profile).
February 1, 2003... At Jay Feder Jewelers, the concept of family extends beyond the bond that owners Jay and Celia, and their son Marc, share with one another. It has defined the way they operate their business and has helped distinguish them from their...

Path of generations: family ties fuel Bandimore Speedway. (Family Owned 2003).
February 1, 2003... Bandimore Speedway is a Colorado landmark, its grandstands rising against the hillside known as the Dakota Hogback at Morrison Road and C-470. Amid ear-splitting, high-speed machines rocketing down the quarter-mile asphalt stretch and the...

Tech on hold: economy leaves firms hesitant to spend.
February 1, 2003... Question put to a Denver entrepreneur who has done well in publishing and telecommunications over the last two decades: "What has your company spent on information technology, or IT, of late?" Reply: "Not a *&$ dime." Question: "Why?"...

Tech classrooms & commerce: CU seeks to improve tech transfer.
February 1, 2003... Turning theory into reality" is the corporate motto at Boulder's Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. Since 1992, the company has been building on the discoveries and theories of Thomas Cech, a professor of chemistry at CU-Boulder who won a 1989 Nobel...

McNevin is state's high-tech watchdog. (Hightech Coloradobiz).
February 1, 2003... VALERIE MCNEVIN, AN EXPERT IN TECHNOLOGY and financial systems, was quietly appointed chief information security officer and privacy officer for the State of Colorado last spring. That means, through the state's Office of Innovation and...

Tech startup of the month.(Cflix )
February 1, 2003... sity (Goldberg's alma mater), making it the first college campus with such a service. Fall 2002 also saw the launch of pilot programs at Wake Forest University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. At press time, the latter was...

Greeley on tap: developers still warm to North Colorado town. (Who Owns Colorado?).
February 1, 2003... IT'S NOT ON INTERSTATE 25 AND IT'S not along the 1-70 corridor. It's not even near the rapidly expanding E470 that will soon belt Denver, Boulder and Golden into a giant, tri-town megalopolis. Despite Greeley's isolation from these...

Lacking water, power-washer seeks rainmaker. (Money Matters).
February 1, 2003... FOR 18 YEARS, JIM ULATOWSKI'S COMPANY HAS provided snow plowing and power washing for auto dealers, trucking companies, construction sites, heavy equipment and vehicles such as the ski train to Winter Park. "We wash buildings, we wash...

Donek snowboards. (Cool Colorado Stuff).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Donek founder/president/lead engineer Sean Martin knew he wanted a career in snowboards from his days as a student at Wheat Ridge High School. Before graduating, he built his first snowboard after a day in the backcountry damaged his...

Astrological Health supplements. (Cool Colorado Stuff).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... In creating her business, Veronique Foster, the owner, founder, and sole full-time employee of Astrological Health, merged two disparate, albeit New Age-y, areas: herbal supplements and astrology. The company makes a dozen different...

Glominerals. (Cool Colorado Stuff).(Caleel+Hayden )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... In the business of distributing high-end cosmetics and skincare since 1997, Caleel+Hayden had been researching the possibility of manufacturing its own line of mineral-based makeup for three years before "pressing the 'go button,"' said...

Slice-O-Life cakes. (Cool Colorado Stuff).(Slice-O-Life's fruitcakes and peach-cakes have a loyal following)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... In the 1970s, Mary Lincoln would take orders from her neighbors and bake delicacies of all descriptions on a big stove in her Palisade backyard. By 1978, she'd outgrown the backyard, leading her and her cabinetmaker husband Tim to set up shop...

Paul Larkins: ceo of key equipment nurtures work force. (Executive Edge).
February 1, 2003... SUN SPLASHES LAVISHLY THROUGH THE WINDOWS of Paul Larkins' corner office at the corporate headquarters of Key Equipment Finance in Superior, but the view out that window is of a sea of cars in a dull parking lot. Larkins planned it that...

My Talking Tire Gauge says retail is flat.(2002 Christmas shopping season not good)
February 1, 2003... No, I DIDN'T GET A TALKING TIRE GAUGE FOR CHRISTMAS. I wanted one, Lord knows, but I guess the people who read my Christmas list just couldn't figure out where to get one. They probably went to Checker Auto Parts, but, from what I can gather,...