ColoradoBiz articles from May 2008

ColoradoBiz archives from May 2008

Breaking through the glass ceiling means earning equal pay.(COTE'S colorado)
May 1, 2008... Women rising up the corporate ranks might be reluctant to demand top dollar--so happy to be snagging that CEO seat that they don't ensure the salary they're accepting matches what their male counterparts make. Big mistake, Colleen Abdoulah...

My uncle and the essence of leadership: a few positive words can last a lifetime and shape a life.(on MANAGEMENT)(Personal account)
May 1, 2008... This is most likely the first life lesson I learned. Certainly, it is the first I remember. I was around 10 years old. My family lived in Buffalo, N.Y., but I was visiting my Uncle Gil at an Army base near Washington, D.C. It was probably...

Memo to Gov.: hit the roads, Jack.(READERS respond)
May 1, 2008... There is a TOTAL disconnect between the mantra "No New Taxes" and "Our roads and bridges are HORRIBLE!" Does it take a catastrophe like the bridge falling down in Minneapolis to get (the state government's) attention as so-called "leaders"?...

'Last' column worth sharing.(READERS respond)
May 1, 2008... Mr. Wiesner, I wanted to thank you for your most recent column ("My last column," April). It really struck a chord with me. I'm a 52-year-old father of two boys, 21 and 24, both near graduation at CU Boulder. I forwarded it on to them, hoping...

Hiring college grads: what you should expect.(GUEST column)
May 1, 2008... Bad news. Good news. Let's start with the bad: Baby boomers are leaving corporate America. They are either starting their own entrepreneurial ventures, or they have invested well and plan to retire and go live the good life. This can be a...

Grand Junction industrial park targets manufacturers.(COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE)
May 1, 2008... A 55-acre industrial park under development in Grand Junction is helping the community meet demand for property by manufacturers and similar firms. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bookcliff Technology Park, situated on the northern edge of the...

John Nordmark.(ON THE RECORD)
May 1, 2008... "GOOGLE IS THE COCAINE OF INTERNET SEARCH. WE HAVE TO GET UNADDICTED FROM IT." --John Nordmark, CEO of eBags, a Denver-based online retailer of handbags and luggage, during a panel talk on Web-based marketing. Nordmark told ColoradoBiz TV...

$100 million.(BY THE NUMBERS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... $100 million Estimated price tag for the nation's first major electricity grid upgrade in 120 years. Xcel Energy recently announced plans to make Boulder the nation's first fully integrated Smart Grid City, which monitors energy use...

3.(BY THE NUMBERS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... 3 Colorado's ranking among 21 states in the "All Renewables Index" compiled as part of Ernst & Young's United States Renewable Energy Attractiveness Indices, which provides scores for renewable energy markets. "Colorado installed 776...

3,692.(BY THE NUMBERS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... 3,692 The number of people in Colorado who recorded adjusted gross incomes of $1 million or more on individual tax returns in the 2004 tax year, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue.

157,200.(BY THE NUMBERS)
May 1, 2008... 157,200 Number of tech workers in Colorado, giving the state the third largest concentration in the country, according to national technology trade association AeA. The state lost 900 tech workers last year, according to AeA's "Cyberstates...

42,000.(BY THE NUMBERS)
May 1, 2008... 42,000 Number of spam e-mails that will be sent this year for every single business e-mail account, or about 116 per day, according to an estimate by Boulder-based Webroot.

6.62 trillion.(BY THE NUMBERS)
May 1, 2008... 6.62 trillion Number of business e-mails that will be exchanged this year, according to IDC.

Initiative connects homeless to voice mail.(TELECOMMUNICATIONS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Telecommunications and humanity have hooked up in an initiative to help the homeless find jobs and get off the streets. Colorado Community Voicemail, founded in 2004, is a critical element of Mayor John Hickenlooper's Ten Year Plan to End...

Eagle County could become home to Colorado International Airport.(TRAVEL)
May 1, 2008... You know of DIA, of course, but have you heard of CIA--as in Colorado International Airport? That's the name proposed by a consultant who was asked how the airport that is currently the state's third busiest could be better branded. It's...

ConocoPhillips exec sees Louisville site key to diversifying energy portfolio.(ENERGY)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... The 432-acre Louisville property that ConocoPhillips bought in February for $58.5 million will be a catalyst for the fuel giant to supply energy in different forms, a company executive says. Steven R. Brand, ConocoPhillips' senior vice...

Melanie Braidich; Mountain Region president for Verizon Wireless has a mantra for success: be relentless.(EXECUTIVE edge)(Verizon Communications Inc.)
May 1, 2008... When Melanie Braidich arrived in Denver from Southern California as president of Verizon Wireless' Mountain Region in January 2007, she thought about her personal brand--how she'd introduce herself to the 1,100 employees in the five-state...

Athena Award finalists represent the best of women in leadership: Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce celebrates excellence.(Award finalists lists)
May 1, 2008... It's not enough to simply be a successful businesswoman to be considered for the Athena Award. This year's finalists, as always, demonstrate professional achievement, devotion to their communities and a generous spirit toward helping other...

Behind the screens: Golden Enterprise fills supporting roles for TV, film.(TOP 100 WOMEN)(Company rankings)
May 1, 2008... Because of Heidi McLean, people who work on movies can be sure they'll get paid, and people who get voted off reality television shows know there will be a camera crew waiting for them at home. At least that's part of what McLean's two...

High land bucks real estate slowdown: prices are holding steady, and construction continues in the hip Denver neighborhood.(WHO OWNS COLORADO)
May 1, 2008... Somewhere in America, there's a price-reduced house for sale. Somewhere in this great land of ours there's a mortgage crisis, a credit crisis, a looming recession. Somewhere there's a real estate agent soberly assessing his or her frail,...

School's in for two ex-business owners.(SMALL biz)
May 1, 2008... Cyd Szymanski is a full-time student at the University of Denver, pursuing a degree in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Debora Hankinson is close to wrapping up studies at the Denver-based Nutrition Therapy Institute after three years of...

Company: VideoBloom Inc.(TECH STARTUP)
May 1, 2008... INITIAL LIGHT BULB The serial entrepreneur behind VideoBloom doesn't stay in one place for too long. "Every four years, five years, there's a new project," said Antoine Toffa, the company's founder and CEO. In 1996, Toffa started...

Beyond a Peanut Flashcards.(COLORADO COOL STUFF)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... A frightening incident in 2004 led Dina Clifford to start her company. As the mother of two children with severe peanut allergies, her young son's "accidental bite" of a peanut-butter sandwich led to a doctor's visit and a realization for...

Goodbelly.(COLORADO COOL STUFF)(NextFoods LLC. released GoodBelly fruit drink )(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... The latest natural-foods company by Steve Demos--founder of soy-milk titan WhiteWave--NextFoods emerged from a trip Demos took in 2004 "re-tracing old steps" of a hitchhiking journey he took in the 1970s before starting WhiteWave. "There...

Natural Ophthalmics eye drops.(COLORADO COOL STUFF)(Natural Ophthalmics Inc. released Natural Ophthalmics eye drops)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... President Brian Banks started Natural Ophthalmics in 2001 after taking another homeopathic company to the mass market from a Breckenridge office. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I didn't enjoy the pharmacies, but I really liked eye care,"...

Mountain rings.(COLORADO COOL STUFF)(Morning Star Jewelers)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Since relocating from Texas in 1989--after meeting his wife, Cindy, on an airplane trip--John Varner has had three locations for his Morning Star Jewelers in Evergreen. "We've gotten a little bigger each time," said Varner, who has been in...

A (TV) league of its own.(SPORTS biz)
May 1, 2008... Remember the George Carlin routine about the differences between baseball and football? "Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness," Carlin would say. And then he'd pause,...

I'm flying Frontier.(RUNDLES wrap-up)(Viewpoint essay)
May 1, 2008... I think we can all agree that of all the businesses we could be in--publishing, mortgage lending, commercial or investment banking, real estate, high tech, retail, et al--pretty much last on the list these days would be "air carrier." ...