ColoradoBiz articles from May 2005

ColoradoBiz archives from May 2005

Principled living gives meaning to death.(business leadership conference held at Colorado Christian University)
May 1, 2005... LARRY DONNITHORNE, PRESIDENT OF Colorado Christian University, quoted Shakespeare in his opening talk to the school's annual VALS conference March 30. The title for CCU's School of Business and Leadership conference is an acronym for...

Social Security: do the math.(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... I'm not sure why Jeff Rundles seems to want to take issue with the Bush administration for wanting to tackle the Social Security issue ("For true Social Security, look to Main Street, not Wall Street," February). As a 34-year-old businessman, I...

Where are the women?(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... I haven't received ColoradoBiz for some time, so I was pleased to see it arrive to me again. I quickly flipped through the pages to see how the magazine had changed over the last few years. It definitely looks more professional. Kudos to...

Different take on TABOR.(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... I was pretty excited to learn about new economic principles in Robert Schwab's article about the debate between former Sen. Alan Simpson and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich at the University of Denver ("Simpson-Reich debate rekindles joy...

Don't sell downtown short.(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... I enjoyed Jeff Rundles' "A Parade of Lead Balloons" column in the April ColoradoBiz. As a commercial real estate lawyer who has officed in downtown Denver since the 1960s, perhaps I might make a worthwhile observation or two as to unfilled...

Forget sales technique!(On Management)
May 1, 2005... THIS MIGHT BE TOO STRONG A STATEMENT, but the longer I am in selling, the more convinced I have become that attitude trumps technique. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Certain attitudes, that is. During the first five years of my sales...

Economic future hinges on November ballot.(Column)
May 1, 2005... THE COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF Commerce and Industry is calling on the statewide business community to support voter approval of the state budget referendum that was passed by the Colorado General Assembly in April. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Urbanists' debate highlights conference.(public conference in florida on urban and economic development)
May 1, 2005... "I don't think it's going to be a battle of the titans," said Rodgers Frantz, president of the Richard Florida Creative Group, a Pennsylvania-based consultant firm that manages author and economic-development guru Richard Florida. Even if...

May 2005.(Calendar)
May 1, 2005... 3 Tuesday, Mayor's International Awards Luncheon. The Colorado Springs Office of International Affairs and the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council honor businesses and non-profit organizations. 11:30 a.m. at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado...

Amstar holdings dot U.S. map: national investor calls shots from Denver.(Amstar Group owns properties in various geographic regions of America, including headquarter in Denver, Colorado)
May 1, 2005... Amstar Group's properties are literally all over the map, not only geographically but in terms of investment diversity. There's the 94-year-old Georgian Terrace Hotel in Atlanta, the swank SunBurst Hotel in Scottsdale, Ariz., office buildings...

Law firm tabs Homeland Security exec.(Playmakers)(appointment of Sue Menser at Brownstein Hyatt and Farber P.C.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt & Farber made SUE MENCER a senior member of the firm. Formerly director of a unit of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Mencer will specialize in government relations from both the Denver and Washington...

The Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado.(Playmakers)(appointment of Cynthia Evans)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado has named CYNTHIA EVANS director of the Monfort Executive Professor Program, starting this summer. Evans was most recently Xcel Energy's state vice president for Colorado...

RE/MAX First Associates in northern Colorado.(Playmakers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... KATHY MAHAFFEY, with RE/MAX First Associates in northern Colorado, was recognized during RE/MAX International's convention in February as the No. 2 RE/MAX sales associate in commissions earned in the United States and the No. 1 RE/MAX agent in...

Noodles & Co.(Playmakers)(appointment of Kevin Reddy)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Noodles & Co., a past ColoradoBiz Company of the Year, has named KEVIN REDDY as president and COO. Reddy had been with Chipotle as chief operating officer, chief operations officer and restaurant support officer since 1998, when the company had...

U.S. Bank.(Playmakers)(appointment of Keith A. Hoyt)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... U.S. Bank has named KEITH A. HOYT as new western regional sales manager and senior vice president for its Small Business Administration Division operation. The SBA Division's western region headquarters will be in Denver. The western region...

Kroenke Sports Enterprises.(Playmakers)(contracts)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... SCOTT HASTINGS, a former Denver Nugget and one of the metro area's best-known sports media personalities, has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with Altitude Sports & Entertainment, the sports programming network of Kroenke Sports...

The Denver staffing firm Professional Alternatives of Colorado.(Playmakers)(appointment of Eric Olson as chief executive officers)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Denver staffing firm Professional Alternatives of Colorado named ERIC OLSON its new CEO and announced it has changed its name to Fortress Staffing Group. Olson founded AccountingSolutions Inc. in 1991 and sold it last year to the...

Instapoll.(Attitude at Altitude)
May 1, 2005... cobizmag.com 91% OF RESPONDENTS SAID FORMER WORLDCOM CEO BERNIE EBBERS DESERVES A LIFE PRISON SENTENCE FOR BEING CONVICTED OF FRAUD CHARGES TOTALLING $11 BILLION. RESULTS OBTAINED FROM MARCH 17 THROUGH APRIL 17. 65% OF RESPONDENTS SAID...

Red Canyon Software Inc.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Red Canyon Software Inc., a Denver small business specializing in aerospace engineering services, has been awarded a contract with the NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, for development of NASA's "MarsFlight" Educational Software Simulator....

NetCast Video Inc.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A Centennial company helped the Colorado Council of Churches stream its 2005 Red Rocks Easter Sunrise service over the Internet for the first time ever this year. The technology was developed by NetCast Video Inc. and enabled the CCC to...

Regis Learning Solutions Inc.(PERSONNEL)
May 1, 2005... Regis Learning Solutions Inc., a private provider of professional training solutions that is majority owned by Regis University, has partnered with Douglas County to offer county employees a new program titled, "The Courage to Be Candid," which...

The Weitz Co.(REAL ESTATE)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The Weitz Co., a construction company based in Des Moines, Iowa, that has had offices in Colorado for more than 50 years, has been awarded the contract to build a new 13-story RE/MAX International headquarters building at Interstate 25 and...

The newest building on the campus of National Jewish Medical and Research Center.(REAL ESTATE)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The newest building on the campus of National Jewish Medical and Research Center will be named after Iris and Michael Smith, who donated $5 million to the six-story clinic and research facility. Michael Smith is chairman and CEO of Freeport LNG...

Clearing Kobe: Pamela Mackey reflects on court victory that riveted millions.
May 1, 2005... The name "Kobe Bryant" meant nothing to Pamela Mackey when law partner Hal Haddon told her they'd be taking his case. Basketball is not Mackey's sport. "I love baseball," said the 48-year-old lawyer. "Hal called me on the afternoon of July 2...

Top 100 women: hardest hit in past years, tech firms show sharpest upturn.(Illustration)
May 1, 2005... The birth of her second child in 2000 prompted Nidhi Saxena to quit her full-time IT job at EchoStar Communications and launch her own consulting firm. She wanted to spend more time at home, and the volume of business at first was modest enough...

Executive meetings & travel guide.(special section)
May 1, 2005... CONFERENCES STIMULATE ECONOMY Colorado resorts, conference centers and hotels are aggressively marketing their facilities to businesses across the country after being rocked by the fallout from Sept. 11, 2001, a downturn in the national...

Pete Coors on tap: beer baron speaks his mind on politics, parenthood and the Molson merger.(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Pete Coors, with his November run for senator over and the merger of his family's Coors Brewing Co. with Molson Inc. of Canada complete, has become the patrician pillar of Colorado's most enduring, most powerful and most popular business...

EchoStar looks to outduel TiVo.(EchoStar Communications Corp.)
May 1, 2005... TiVo has become a household word, but many TV industry observers see TiVo the company as a dead duck. Hype aside, Littleton's EchoStar Communications Corp. has been neck-and-neck with TiVo on the DVR track since 1999, when EchoStar's DISH...

OrganicID Inc.(Tech Startup of the Month)(Company Profile)
May 1, 2005... Where: Colorado Springs www.organicid.com Founded: December 2003 INITIAL LIGHTBULB While working in 2002 for ITU Ventures, a Los Angeles-based VC fund specializing in technology transfer, Jon Barad began discussing a radio...

Casinos at a crossroad: as competition mounts, gaming towns mull next move.
May 1, 2005... The house always wins. That's a truism that has made the gaming industry a $130 billion enterprise worldwide, and unlike, say, mining, gambling is an industry that's as recession-proof as they come. While the rest of the tourism world,...

Bond Video Arts Inc.(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Whether it's through videos, television commercials or e-spots[TM] (TV commercials for the Web), Bond Video Arts, Inc. sets itself apart from the competition by enabling businesses to communicate effectively and directly with their customers,...

Who Owns Colorado: retrospective; Three projects as they were envisioned--and what they've become.
May 1, 2005... Since 2000 when it introduced the monthly "Who Owns Colorado" series, ColoradoBiz has looked at development projects in more than 50 areas around the state, ranging from far-flung Montrose to landmarks like Stapleton. [ILLUSTRATION...

Boulder architect taps biotech niche.(owner of LS Planning Group Debora Hankinson)
May 1, 2005... DEBORA HANKINSON SET OUT TO BECOME AN architect, not a business owner, but since 2001 she's been both. She is the president and owner of LS Planning Group, a specialty architectural firm in Boulder that targets the scientific and biotech...

Perfect Phrases book.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Based at the foot of Pikes Peak in Cascade, Meryl Runion is a corporate communication consultant whose clients include such well-known acronyms as IBM and the FBI. Her Center for Responsible Communication "is about setting standards for...

Flatiron Flyer.(Colorado Cool Stuff)
May 1, 2005... Fueled by all sorts of creative juices (beer being one of them), Bud Leonard and Michael Deragisch invented a game at a 1978 Boulder party, when the duo chucked a foam disc around Deragisch's pad. "We set up a nine-hole course in his...

Amy Michelle bags.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Friends since they were MBA classmates at CU-Boulder in the late 1990s, Amy Wright and Michelle Herbert had dinner together in 2003 and wound up starting a company. "Michelle was using her diaper bag as her purse," said Wright. "I was teasing...

Micro chenille apparel.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... In 2002, Colorado Trading & Clothing Co. President Jeff Schmitt was looking for a variation on fleece for a throw blanket. "Fleece was by the wayside," said Tina Schmitt, Jeff's wife and the company's director of sales for special markets. "In...

Melissa Hooley: life after Enron.
May 1, 2005... Melissa Hooley will never forget those grim days in 2002 when the Enron Corp. scandal swept the nation, taking many innocents in its wake. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] She had worked for Arthur Andersen for 15 years and was on the cusp of...

Kroenke: pro sports' new breed.(Kroenke Sports Enterprises)
May 1, 2005... MODERN-DAY SPORTS INDUSTRY THEORY IS all about synergy and presence, and few in the game exemplify the strategy more than E. Stanley Kroenke. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Missouri real estate developer has put together the most...

The fine print.(Rundles Wrap-up)(Product/Service Evaluation)
May 1, 2005... JUST A LITTLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE GIANT VIDEO rental company Blockbuster launched a series of pretty over-the-top television advertisements to announce that the firm was ending the practice of charging late fees on its rentals. In the ads,...