ColoradoBiz articles from May 2007

ColoradoBiz archives from May 2007

Startups put stock in Colorado.(Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado)(TechStars)
May 1, 2007... Entrepreneurs plotting a new startup have plenty to wrestle with, from securing venture capital to ensuring they have the right team to transform their killer idea into a viable business. Ryan Martens wants them to consider something...

Checklist for starting a company: wrapping up the challenges of launching Wiesner Publishing.
May 1, 2007... The idea: Is it something you are willing to bet the farm on? Are you willing to risk everything you own for this business? You will be asked more than once as you seek funding or financing just how much of your own money and borrowing power...

A bar code on her forehead.(Column)
May 1, 2007... One day a man walked up to me after one of my gender communication seminars and with furrowed brow launched into a typical diatribe: "Why are women so hard to understand?" he wanted to know. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I smiled briefly. Ah,...

Threat to tourism.(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... I read with GREAT interest the story by Cathie Beck ("Primed for a visibility boost," April) regarding the record-breaking $19 million campaign to market Colorado and the question regarding using an outside agency to create the campaign. I...

Buyout trend is bad business.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... Thanks for your latest column in ColoradoBiz ("Strip-and-flip strategy a recipe for irrelevance," Jeff Rundles, April). Until human nature and all the glory therein is returned to the endeavors of capitalism, we're goin' nowhere. You're...

Rifle boom a mixed bag.(READERS RESPOND)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... (Response to "Back to boomtown," by Lee Buchsbaum, April): Woody Woodrow - 4/9/2007 2:50:36 PM I remember when EXXON shut down and locals had the area to themselves again. Businesses failed. Sustained growth is good. Problem...

Go 'green': geothermal pumps.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... (Response to "Climate change," Allen Best, March): Gogreen - 3/28/2007 12:18:44 PM I would love to see more information about geothermal ground-source heat pumps as another alternative to becoming 'green." While solar and wind power...

Get moving for better health.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... (Response to Web column, "Controlling health-insurance costs," by James Scholl): 4/5/2007 11:27:02 AM James is right on with his approach to an important problem. All of the medical technology has had a small fraction of the beneficial...

Fee-based advisors not the problem.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... (Response to Web-exclusive column, "Investment advisors are a sham," by Michael Edesess): Shane - 3/30/2007 8:19:10 AM I'm surprised by the printing of this article with such a one-sided argument. Although I do agree with a low-cost...

Pizza's Proto-type: independent restaurant company builds on success with five locations.(Proto's Pizzeria Napoletana)
May 1, 2007... Pam Proto arrived in Colorado on May 10, 1990 armed with two ingredients for success: She trusted her instincts and she was weaned on great pizza. Born and raised in the kind of East Coast towns where going out for a thin crust "pie" is an...

All work, all play: Fun Productions gets serious about having a good time.(Company overview)
May 1, 2007... It doesn't sound like the stuff of business: adults racing tricycles equipped with toilet seats for saddles while cheerleaders egg them on from the sidelines. "It was awesome," recalls Freddie Templeton, Rocky Mountain regional director of...

Executive edge: Kristen Harkness: Omni chef cooks up career with luxury hotel chain.(Omni Interlocken Resort & Spa)
May 1, 2007... On May 13, Kristen Harkness is in charge of feeding 800 to 1,000 people--and most of them are moms. As executive chef of Omni Interlocken Resort & Spa in Broomfield, Harkness oversees a culinary staff of 30 who have been preparing for...

Charting Capt. Jepp: book celebrates life and times of barnstorming innovator.(Capt. Elrey Jeppesen)
May 1, 2007... Terry Barnhart's quest to write about the life and times of Capt. Elrey Jeppesen didn't get off to a flying start, but 27 years later the project is complete. "Capt. Jepp and the Little Black Book," by Barnhart and Flint Witlock, tells the...

Tech startup of the month.(Financial Healthcare Systems Corp.)(Company overview)
May 1, 2007... "Technology is available. We use it for our care; let's use it for administrative purposes as well. Patients want their doctors to use the best X-ray equipment and the best surgical equipment. Why wouldn't you expect the registrar at the front...

Stand-up gal: from cocktail waitress to club owner, Wende Curtis knows the comedy business. Now she wants to spread the laughter beyond Denver with a new club in Greenwood Village, where she's adding fine dining to the menu.(Cover story)
May 1, 2007... "Saturday Night Live" cast member Darrell Hammond takes the stage at Comedy Works. He seems a bit under the weather, and during the course of his one-hour set--punctuated by dead-on impressions of Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson--he...

The Lucy show: Comedy Works graduates from fast food to Southern cuisine.(Cover story)
May 1, 2007... When Wende Curtis recruits kitchen help for Comedy Works she's really just looking for someone who's good with a microwave. That's about all the know-how you need to serve chicken fingers and jalapeno poppers at the Denver club. That won't...

Fresh Ideas delivered naturally: on the heels of a 73 percent revenue jump, Boulder agency lands Whole Foods account.(Fresh Ideas Group)
May 1, 2007... just past the entryway of The Fresh Ideas Group is the main room, not a lobby or a boardroom but a kitchen with a large butcher-block table surrounded by six cushioned stools, and coffee or tea brewing on the counter. Sylvia Tawse,...

Top 100 woman-owned companies.(Company rankings)
May 1, 2007... TOP 100 WOMAN-OWNED COMPANIES Ranked by revenues '06 Gross % Revenue Change (000's) ...

Longmont looks to bolster retail: real estate activity in this Boulder County boomtown has paused, but not for a commercial break.
May 1, 2007... Longmont long ago was a dusty satellite of Boulder with a decaying downtown. When high-tech companies started moving into town, Longmont became better known as a business park center, and downtown perked up, too, thanks in part to the Longmont...

Familiar face back in office space.(Citron WorkSpaces)
May 1, 2007... Citron WorkSpaces in Louisville is just a 2-year-old company, but owner Kathey Pear is no newcomer. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pear left a similar business a decade ago, and the fact that she is back in the office-furniture and design...

BuddyBeds.(BuddyBeds LLC)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Inspired by her own arthritic cat, Debbie Holte started making orthopedic pet beds in 2004. Her patented innovation: a permanent liner made of waterproof, breathable fabric between the removable cover and the memory foam within. "We use the...

'Bend to Baja' book.(Stellar Transmedia LLC)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... This 224-page softcover is not just a book but a unique "cash-positive advertising campaign" for Patagonia, said Stellar Transmedia Editorial Director Philip Drake. As a partial sponsor, the Ventura, Calif.-based outdoor clothing manufacturer...

Schacht Spindles.(Schacht Spindle Co. Inc.)(Company overview)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Barry Schacht was "hanging out" in Boulder in the late 1960s, when he went into the spindle business with his brother Dan. Nearly 40 years later, he's still in the weaving business. The Schacht Spindle Company makes a catalog of 150 products,...

The Samnic.(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... A black belt in karate and self-described "golf fanatic," Bill Black started hitting the links as a CSU student in the late 1970s. In more recent years, he developed a pet peeve. "When they went to soft spikes, I got so irritated cleaning the...

Hoofing it.(TicketHorse)(Company overview)
May 1, 2007... While the rest of us were watching last season's NFL playoffs in blissful ignorance of business matters (except for maybe that $100 bet you had on the Colts-Patriots over/under), Brian Kitts was busy tapping keystrokes into a notebook computer...

The brand promise: empty.(RUNDLES WRAP-UP)
May 1, 2007... My 9-year-old son and I have been having a running "discussion" for several months now: Should we get Rice Krispies from Kellogg's or Crispy Rice from Safeway? Brand name or store brand? And to think it was all settled by a dead cat. ...