ColoradoBiz articles from February 2005

ColoradoBiz archives from February 2005

Man-made terror pales next to higher power.(war casualties)
February 1, 2005... I AM A GOD-FEARING MAN, AND I THINK OSAMA BIN Laden ought to fear Allah as much as I do. God, Allah, whatever force of spirituality or nature that can claim 225,000 lives over a post-Christmas weekend again proved its unmistakable power in the...

Dobson's power ranking undeserved.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2005... (Much to my) considerable disappointment ColoradoBiz touts Focus on the Family and its leader James Dobson among the Power Points selections in the January 2005 issue. Bigness alone does not connote influence. Nor do assertions of power. It...

Small world for Cool Stuff creators.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2005... My sincere thanks for the write-up ("My Name in Lights") on the Colorado Cool Stuff page in the December issue. What great exposure for us. As a result, we filled several orders around the state. I think it's wonderful that you help local...

What 'tough' means in selling: if you filled invesco field with 76,000 businesspeople of all sorts, there would only be 50 really top sales producers among them. It would be tough to find them in the crowd.(On Management)
February 1, 2005... SELLING IS A HARD JOB. ONE IN 10 TRIES it. One in 50 sticks with it for at least two years. One in 400 makes a career of it, and one in 1,600 makes it to the top 25 percent, who are the best paid, best respected salespeople in business. ...

Cork-and-carry law a hit with restaurateurs, diners.(Attitude at Altitude)
February 1, 2005... Deciding whether to order a bottle of wine with dinner--or not--has gotten a lot easier since July 1 when Coloradans received permission from their legislature to cork an unfinished bottle of wine to take home in their cars along with the rest...

February 2005.(conferences and conventions)(Calendar)
February 1, 2005... 2-4 Colorado Preservation Inc.'s 8th annual historic preservation conference, "Saving Places 2005: Bringing Preservation Home," will take place at the 1770 Sherman St. Event Complex (formerly El Jebel Temple Shrine), Denver. For...

Gart, like father, to lead Visitors Bureau.(Playmakers)(appointments and resignations)
February 1, 2005... JOHN S. GART, partner in The Gart Cos., is the 2005 chairman of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, succeeding SCOTT BEMIS, publisher of the Denver Business Journal. The appointment comes 29 years after John Gart's father, JERRY...

Instapoll cobizmag.com.
February 1, 2005... 54% of respondents chose "improved personal health fitness" over company performance and professional performance as their highest priority goal in 2005. Results obtained from Dec. 16 through Jan. 16. 38% of respondents said an uncertain...

An industry-by-industry log of selected developments at Colorado businesses.(Insiders' Biz)(Clinton Street Investments LLC)(Fay Myers Motorcycle World)
February 1, 2005... REAL ESTATE * Vail Resorts, through a subsidiary, accepted reservations for 67 available condominiums at The Arrabelle at Vail Square, a luxury RockResort condominium hotel. The reservations were accepted through a lottery. In all, 573...

Barely United: if airline falls, will Denver stumble?(United Air Lines Inc.)(Denver International Airport)
February 1, 2005... More than two years ago, United Airlines declared bankruptcy. Since then, the Chicago-based carrier has struggled with fuel prices, labor disputes, and the quasi-governmental Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which eventually ensures the pension...

Tech Boom II: five years, five technologies.(technology boom)
February 1, 2005... Harry Dent, an economist and author of "The Next Great Bubble Boom," says this year marks the beginning of the next technology boom--and it should last through late 2009. Fueled by baby boomers, now at their peak earning and investing years,...

Selling points from the pros: marketing, ad experts share top tips.
February 1, 2005... MARKETING AND ADVERTISING ARE ALWAYS FINANCIAL AND operational hurdles for the business owner, mostly because owners tend to focus more on delivering their products and services than on connecting with prospective buyers. [ILLUSTRATION...

Rivet Software.(Tech Startup of the Month)
February 1, 2005... Where: Englewood www.rivetsoftware.com Founded: Summer 2002 INITIAL LIGHTBULB: After selling FRx Software to Microsoft Business Solutions in 2000, founder Mike Rohan took some time to contemplate his next entrepreneurial move. Then the...

Family business restored: Horan & McConaty bridges prosperity, obstacles of five generations.(Horan & McConaty Funeral Service/Cremation)
February 1, 2005... John Horan runs a family business with roots dating back to 1890 when Denver's population exceeded that of Los Angeles, and the Silver Crash was still three years away. And yet, the business that Horan's great, great grandfather...

Medical myths: malpractice insurance not the only health-care culprit.
February 1, 2005... President George W. Bush in December renewed his call for Congress to rein in medical-liability claims. Speaking at a White House Economic Conference, Bush called for limits on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits as a means of curbing...

A startup story worth reading.(ON SMALL BIZ)(RE/MAX)
February 1, 2005... BEFORE THE TERM "STARTUP" EVEN EXISTED IN THE lexicon of business, arguably the most influential startup in Colorado's modern history was already causing a stir. It's an oft-told story: Dave and Gail Liniger founded RE/MAX in Denver in 1973...

Sippin on the Rocks.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Sippin on the Rocks Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... In the early '80s, geologist Howard Lahti learned there was granite under Scotland's surface that affected the aquifers below. As a Scotch lover, he also knew that high-end whiskey and water, even ice, don't mix. Fast-forward to 2002, when...

Zippurse.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Architect and self-described bag fanatic Beth A. Metsch started selling her hand-made leather purses to Denver stores in 2000, but found herself strapped for workhours after becoming a mom soon after the product launch. "I didn't have time to...

Zuke's.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Hiking with his "dead-tired" dog Zuke in 1995, Patrick Meiering munched on a PowerBar and wondered why there was no equivalent trail pick-me-up for weary canines. An aspiring entrepreneur, Meiering took the idea and ran with it, mixing...

Cable-Safe.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Cable-Safe Co.)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Inspired by a rat's nest of cables under a desk, software developer John Mancino and marketing veteran Robert Bellows came up with Cable-Safe in 2002, honing the product for a launch last August. Consisting of a desk clamp, a track, three...

Jeff Mettais: memories for Alzheimer's sufferers.(Executive Edge)(Memory Lane Company)
February 1, 2005... Jeff Mettais, president of The Memory Lane Co. based in Lone Tree, witnessed first-hand the devastating impact of Alzheimer's disease when his own grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. Her eight-year battle and Mettais' realization that...

Strat-O-Matic lives.(Sports Biz)(Strat-O-Matic Game Company Inc.)
February 1, 2005... HITTING .412 WITH SEVEN RBI IN THE 2004 WORLD Series didn't just earn Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez series MVP honors. It also put him on the cover of "MVP Baseball 2005," a new entry in the sports video-game category that generated $1.2...

For true Social Security, look to Main Street, not Wall Street.(Rundles Wrap-up)
February 1, 2005... FOR WHAT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE UMPTEENTH TIME, people in Washington are talking about Social Security reform. Ronald Reagan promised it. The first George Bush promised it. Bill Clinton promised it. And now George II is promising it, too. ...