ColoradoBiz articles from February 2007

ColoradoBiz archives from February 2007

Racism still a workplace problem.
February 1, 2007... On Jan. 9, ColoradoBiz Today, our website at cobizmag.com, posted this news item: The National Black Caucus of State Legislators released a study conducted by the University of Denver Center for African American Policy demonstrating how...

How to get the $$$ to start a business: a new business needs one year of cash in the bank to have a chance [part III in a series on the startup challenges of Wiesner Publishing].
February 1, 2007... It was the hardest job I ever had, then or since. I worked for a small publishing company a couple of years before I started my own. I was president and just one aspect of it made it really tough. Like everyone else, we got checks in the...

The Ridge at Castle Pines leads corporate tournament venues: corporate tournaments differ from charity events; take that into account.
February 1, 2007... Just as with professional athletics, it's not good enough for a golf club to have talent alone to succeed. As the cliche goes: You've got to "execute." And when it comes to hosting corporate golf outings, The Ridge at Castle Pines is all...

New legislature's mission: fulfill Promise.(Colorado Promise)(Column)
February 1, 2007... The most pressing issues facing the Colorado legislature in 2007 derive from Gov. Bill Ritter's policy agenda--or more aptly from the 2006 campaign trail--and what he has called his "Colorado Promise." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For...

Log on and join the fray!
February 1, 2007... coloradobiz today READERS RESPOND @ Smoking ban's a farce: (Thread from "the PUB" posted 11/2/06) Applaud the smoking ban if you like, but don't complain when the tyranny of the self-righteous continues until it has turned...

Readers respond.
February 1, 2007... WEB EXCLUSIVE Hear ye, hear ye: Conventioneers, tourists and citizens welcome! With Democrats, Denver hits the big time By Robert Schwab [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No biz like snow biz Storms expose fine line between...

Thanks from New Hampshire.(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2007... I just purchased a 2003 BMW 325xi (CPO) in major part based upon your review. Living in the middle of New Hampshire, about 20 miles from Lake Winnipesaukee, we average 63.8 inches of snow. I was looking for a vehicle "that would blow my sox...

Exporting 'reality' TV to China: Denver's Red Robot co-produces model search.(China Central Television)
February 1, 2007... Tom Flanagan thinks China is ready for reality television. His entertainment and marketing agency, Red Robot, is working with China's largest broadcasting network to develop a fashion-model-search program called "True Beauty." Flanagan,...

Tech startup of the month.(attitude at altitude)(Company overview)
February 1, 2007... INITIAL LIGHTBULB Tim Harvie served as a managing director and CIO of ProLogis as recently as 2003, which led him into consulting (and ultimately serving as CEO) for Vizional Technologies, a California-based supply-chain, event-management...

Executive edge: Rob Cohen: chamber chairman finds fulfillment in giving back.(attitude at altitude)(Robert Cohen speaks)(IMA Financial Group Inc.)(Interview)
February 1, 2007... Fish swim in a large, colorful aquarium outside Robert Cohen's office at IMA Financial Group Inc. in Lower Downtown Denver. "They're fun to look at," says the chairman and CEO of the 15th largest privately held retail insurance broker in...

Under 30, but investing in the late stage: US Capital looks for quick returns.(U.S. Capital Corp.)(Company overview)
February 1, 2007... Although they didn't have an extensive track record to rely on, the founders of US Capital did have the trump card necessary to start up a private equity investment company: a great idea. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It has only been a year...

68 years later, ski club still hauls kids to slopes: founder, 92, maps the bus routes.(Eskimo Ski Club)
February 1, 2007... Frank Bulkley started the Eskimo Ski Club in metro Denver during the 1930s so that kids could learn to ski, perhaps learn a little independence and spend time enjoying the Rocky Mountains, specifically Winter Park. Bulkley, 92, still maps the...

Down-home reality: amid decline, residential builders shed inventory on the outskirts and look to tap 'walkable urbanity' trend closer to city center.
February 1, 2007... The word is out: The housing market may be crashing, but it's nothing the nation and Colorado can't handle. On the very day an economist told a Denver audience the national housing market "is correcting in a very orderly manner," D.R....

Mortgage turmoil: fraud, foreclosures give lending industry a black eye.
February 1, 2007... In December, Ownit Mortgage Solutions, a California lender, shut down due to a high percentage of loan defaults in its portfolio. ABN Amro Mortgage Group, H&R Block's Option One Mortgage and ACC Capital Holdings Corp.'s Ameriquest Mortgage Co.,...

First family of health: launched 52 years ago, Vitamin Cottage rides health-conscious wave.(Company overview)(Company rankings)
February 1, 2007... When Margaret Isely began going door-to-door in a business that would become Vitamin Cottage, it was 1955 and the benefits of natural foods and supplements were largely unknown to consumers. So Isely, who had embraced vitamins and natural...

Estes Park's Rocky road: despite disagreements in plans for the town, mountain gateway is still a family getaway.
February 1, 2007... Growth in Estes Park is perking along according to plan, with the Estes Valley, now nearing a population of about 12,000, due to contain as many as 20,000 people in the next 15 to 20 years. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yet it can be hard to...

Sam Suplizio: Grand Junction giant in business, baseball.(In memoriam)
February 1, 2007... Sam Suplizio's pro baseball career ended in the New York Yankees farm system in 1957 with a slide into second base that shattered his wrist and laid waste to widespread expectations that he would eventually join Mickey Mantle in the Yankees'...

Colorado cool stuff.(SMALL BIZ)(Greg Stroh resigns from Pepsi-Cola Co.)
February 1, 2007... MIX1 After Pepsi bought Boulder's Izze Beverage Co. last September, co-founder Greg Stroh left the company and teamed with Dr. James Rouse and Wes Brasher, a former beverage manager for 7-11, to launch mix1 the very next month. Dubbed by...

A fan's lament.(SPORTS BIZ)
February 1, 2007... On Jan. 4, 1987, the Denver Broncos hosted a playoff game against the New England Patriots, whose quarterback, Tony Eason, had guided the team to an 11-5 record. The Patriots were a good team with offensive balance, and as the game entered the...

Following the money in going 'green'.(Column)
February 1, 2007... Like many Americans of a certain age, I was surprised at how mesmerized I was with all the coverage of the passing of President Gerald Ford. I watched everything on television I could find, from all the history right up to all the solemn rites....