ColoradoBiz articles from January 2007

ColoradoBiz archives from January 2007

Power evident in DNC pledge.(Democratic National Convention)
January 1, 2007... Stepping up gives you power. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Three Fortune 500 companies who are ranked in our 2007 Most Powerful organizations list (page 18) stepped up in late November to pledge $11.5 million in an effort to win Denver the...

Cash is king: why does everything always cost more than we have? Part II in a series on the startup challenges of Wiesner Publishing.
January 1, 2007... In our household, as our six kids were growing up, occasion ally money would get thin. Either my wife or I would extend our arms, palms up--the universal sign for being out of money--and say, "Where did it all go, Blanch?" referring to some...

Strategies for small-business growth.(Case study)(Column)
January 1, 2007... In 1997, I founded Business Network Consulting Ltd. (BNC), an outsourced IT consulting firm that focuses on providing innovative IT solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. Starting out in a one-room apartment, BNC has grown to two...

What's better radio? KYGO or KBCO? (Thread from "the PUB" posted 10/31/06).(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... editorman--10/31/2006 10:36:00 AM KYGO is the most popular station in town, but KBCO, largely because of Brett Saunders, is better radio. It engages the listener far more than mere calls from people who just want to hear their own voices...

Does Ted Haggard's episode affect the political involvement of the evangelical movement? (Thread from "the PUB" posted 11/3/06).(Ted Haggard)
January 1, 2007... Hypochristian brother--11/3/2006 4:20:21 PM I think it's pretty slimy that this guy is coming out with this seedy information so close to the election. This makes it look as if it has some kind of agenda, and therefore gives its critics...

On board for RTD light rail? Do you plan to take the RTD light rail to work at least occasionally? Why or why not? (Thread from "the PUB" posted 11/20/06).(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... riley boy--11/20/2006 12:31:46 PM I would have to get on a bus to get to the station closest to me, then when I got off the light rail, I would have to take another bus. I don't think I'll be using it to get to work. It's faster for me to...

Web exclusive.(READERS RESPOND)
January 1, 2007... DIA's success doesn't blot out old memories Gene Amole, bless his heart, was wrong about DIA By Keith DuBay [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Landlocked reality Study ranks Denver 16th for real estate-investment propects By Mike...

Your biz.(READERS RESPOND)
January 1, 2007... Breaking up is hard to do, Part IV: Special considerations in sale of business during or after divorce If possible, settle your case out of court; no judge can tell you how to sell your business By Diana Powell [ILLUSTRATION...

Executive wheels.(READERS RESPOND)
January 1, 2007... 2007 Subaru Legacy Sedan 2.5 GT spec.B Great car, wrong price By Jeff Rundles [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This article has 35 reader comments

Much ado about Rundles' Subaru review.(READERS RESPOND)
January 1, 2007... Clearly you are not the type of person who would be interested in a car like the Mitsubishi Evolution nor should you be employed to actually critique ANY kind of vehicle. The Evolution is ten times the car a Lancer is. It's like driving a...

Giant 5 Funds built on basics: investment firm runs 23,000 mutual funds through performance filter.(Company overview)
January 1, 2007... Michael Willis was in business school when the stock market crashed in 1987. That's when he began asking fundamental questions about the nature of investing. "I remember asking a professor what would happen if all the stocks went to zero,"...

Webxample LLC.(Company overview)
January 1, 2007... INITIAL LIGHTBULB After coming to Colorado from his native Venezuela in the mid-1980s, Ignacio Jimenez worked in his family's import-export business and then founded TranslationLinks, a multilingual services firm, in 1993. With a global...

Executive edge: Steve Foster; Ex-cop leads business ethics enforcement.(Steve Foster)(Business Controls Inc.)(Biography)
January 1, 2007... A collectable framed photo and signature of notorious FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover hangs prominently over the desk of Steve Foster, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Business Controls Inc. in Littleton. [ILLUSTRATION...

A newbicle day dawning: cube originator targets 'high-end knowledge workers.'(My Studio Environments)
January 1, 2007... In 1964 Herman Miller, the Michigan-based furniture design company, worked with University of Colorado fine-arts professor Robert Probst to come up with an office design that would make it easy for people to work together yet still give them...

Power lines: Colorado's 25 Most Powerful businesses and organizations.(Company rankings)
January 1, 2007... Two years ago, ColoradoBiz ranked the 25 Most Powerful organizations, businesses and other institutions in the state, naming Colorado voters as the most powerful group with influence on state affairs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This year,...

E-gads! We've been hacked! Anatomy of a hijacking@CoBizMag.com.
January 1, 2007... If you are in business, this being 2007, there's a good chance that you are also in the electronic World Wide Web business. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At ColoradoBiz, we are too. But if our experience with the Web is any guide, it also...

Aspen's extended welcome: Colorado's iconic resort embraces Winter X Games and a green ethos as it casts net beyond the super-rich, baby boom crowd.(Company overview)
January 1, 2007... SNOW was falling hard in Aspen, a welcome sight given the imminent arrival of ski season, and excitement inside the Aspen Skiing Co. offices was palpable. The evening before, 68-year-old Pat O'Donnell, the chief executive officer since 1996,...

UPward projection: land-limited Englewood plans residential towers on former seminary grounds.(CONTINUUM PARTNERS LLC)
January 1, 2007... Englewood, the city of 32,000 people and about 2,000 businesses just south of Denver, faces the same problem encountered by thousands of suburbs: It has nowhere to grow but up. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Englewood is a landlocked...

Historian comes up empty on self-made manhunt.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Ben Franklin was a great entrepreneur, scientist and statesman, but he was not the self-made man some have made him out to be. Neither was the Pittsburgh steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The self-made man is a...

Tomboy Tools.(Janet Rickstrew)(Mary Tatum)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... In 2000, Janet Rickstrew and Mary Tatum attended a Pampered Chef party at a friend's house and wound up with an idea for a similar direct-sales company. "We'd been doing some home-improvement projects and saw an opportunity: better-fitting...

Elements Home Spa Fizzing Foot Bath.(Elements Home Spa Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... In the late 1990s, Christy Kopp was frustrated with the salves and steroids prescribed for her daughter Kayla's ichtyosis--a rare, itchy skin condition--so she "went into the kitchen and started using my high school and college chemistry" to...

Bigfoot prints.(Erik Stenbakken)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... After cutting his teeth in PR and photojournalism at the University of Nebraska, Erik Stenbakken launched his own photography business in the mid-1990s, which he relocated to Colorado in 2003. While many photographers never leave the confines...

Rokkits.(Mike Goldscheitter)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... With sons who race snowboards and play basketball, Mike Goldscheitter saw a market void for healthy energy snacks for kids. "Your options are typically a candy bar or an adult energy bar," he said--i.e. snacks that are unhealthy or too big....

Adieu, Elway Nation.(John Elway )
January 1, 2007... In 1988, the photograph of a rising professional basketball player named Michael Jordan appeared on a box of Wheaties cereal. It was the first time the Chicago Bulls shooting guard had been deemed worthy of a major product endorsement, and it...

Got to be good looking 'cause I'm so hard to see.
January 1, 2007... Just recently, reading a national magazine article about all the cable news networks and programs, I came across this statement: "CNN's ratings improved dramatically, particularly among the most desirable demographic, 25- to 54-year-olds." ...