ColoradoBiz articles from November 2003

ColoradoBiz archives from November 2003

Voting invites a check on quality of life: are you better off now than you were four years ago?(Colorado economics and politics)(Editorial)
November 1, 2003... That question has become a traditional inquiry made to voters by presidential candidates every four years, and you have to wonder as the headlines have rolled in over the past months how Colorado voters might answer it a year from now. I'm...

Agents rip Rundles.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... I do realize you are entitled to your own opinion (Jeff Rundles, "Insuring what's fair," October), but I must express my overwhelming disgust and anger at your ridiculous article in ColoradoBiz magazine. I have been a licensed insurance agent...

Startup program doomed to fail.(Readers Respond)(CAPCO program)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2003... The CAPCO program is a boondoggle (Robert Schwab, "State money for startups--boon or boondoggle?" August) due to the lack of accountability required of the companies receiving the funding and the lack of competence of the state to manage the...

How to spot a real sales pro.
November 1, 2003... ALL THE PARTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS of the whole. Integrity exists when a salesperson possesses all the components of success and is able to keep them all functional. Here are the pieces necessary, put into the form of affirmations: I...

Center celebrates young entrepreneurs.(Attitude at Altitude)(Young Americans Center for Financial Education Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs competition)
November 1, 2003... LAUREN COONS MAKES ROSES OUT of ribbon for a living. Well, not exactly for her living. Lauren is 11. She is a student--in sixth grade as well as in dance--but she already has more than a year of business experience as an entrepreneur. Her...

Source one named to NY Council.(Attitude at Altitude)(association appointments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... SAL GOMEZ, president of Source One Management of Denver, has been accepted as a new member of the Corporate Plus Program sponsored by the National Minority Supplier Development Council, New York City. Qwest, which is a national corporate member...

Insiders' Biz.(Attitude at Altitude)(meshed briefs)
November 1, 2003... AN INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY LOG OF SELECTED DEVELOPMENTS AT COLORADO BUSINESSES ENERGY * Blue Sun Biodiesel, Fort Collins, is supplier to the state's first biodiesel-fuel retail pump, which opened at Bartkus Oil at 3501 Pearl St. in...

Dressed for success: market turns up for high-dollar clothiers.
November 1, 2003... "Storekeepers for Gentlemen" is the message carved into a discreet plaque next to the front door of Homer Reed Ltd., the oldest retail-clothing store in Denver. Inside, a panoply of all things manly awaits the shopper: crisp shirts, neatly...

Buying time: what will move ceos to spend in 2004?(Editorial)
November 1, 2003... Colorado CEOs are budgeting now for 2004, making plans for buying new equipment and real estate, making new hires, opening new branches and buying other companies. It's a process that goes on every year during the fall, and yet this year's...

Talking energy: lab chief sees breakthroughs in wind, solar and hydrogen power.(High Tech Coloradobiz)(Interview)
November 1, 2003... CITING HIGHER NATIONWIDE NATURAL-GAS PRICES, XCEL ENERGY over the next two months will raise natural gas bills up to 73 percent for the average Colorado household, and has asked state utility regulators for a $1.13 per month per customer...

Tech startup of the month.(High Tech Coloradobiz)
November 1, 2003... INITIAL LIGHTBULB: A spinoff from Interlink Group, an Englewood-based tech services firm, Countermind came about as a result of Interlink's flagship product, a mobile computing platform it originally developed for Sun Microsystems. Deployed in...

Diverse Merrick follows founder's map.(Company Profile)
November 1, 2003... Sears Merrick was a West Point instructor trained in engineering when he got the itch to pull up stakes and put his schooling to work at a business of his own out West. He landed in Denver in 1955 and founded Merrick & Co., and a...

Longmont's growth spurt: city sheds bedroom status.(Who Owns Colorado?)
November 1, 2003... The city of Longmont has transformed itself in the past decade from one of Boulder's bedroom communities into a first-class city. Bolstered by the city of Boulder's cloistered development scene, it has attracted several top-shelf employers...

'Innovator's Scorecard' meant to curb startup flaws.(Smallbiz)
November 1, 2003... TOM MCKNIGHT HAS WATCHED, COACHED AND LAUNched his share of startup successes. Now he's written a book he hopes will help budding entrepreneurs think things through before they sink their time and money into a startup dream. An attorney,...

Garfield Estates wines.(Smallbiz)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... After navigating the dot-com landscape as Netscape employees, Dave McLoughlin and Jeff Carr took an unusual turn in their career trajectories, buying 13 acres outside of Palisade and opening Garfield Estates Vineyard & Winery in April 2000....

Ducti wallets.(Smallbiz)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... David Pippenger was focused on his career in film production and screenwriting until his 14-year-old niece gave his 18-year-old son a serendipitous gift in early 2002: a wallet made of duct tape. "He thought it was cool, and his friend thought...

Hubble Science Cards.(Smallbiz)(Phlare Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... In 2001, Theresa DeGroote found herself in the same boat as thousands of other Front Range high-tech workers. "I got laid off when the dot-com bust happened," she explained. Between scanning job boards and mailing resumes, she shopped for a...

Cool colorado stuff.(Smallbiz)(The Brown Palace)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
November 1, 2003... BROWN PALACE HISTORY BOOK: Since it first hosted guests in 1892, Denver's Brown Palace has been open for business for every minute of every day since. The hotel's rich history--which includes visits by just about every sitting president, not to...

Beth Slifer: designs on prospering in lean times.(Executive Edge)(Editorial)
November 1, 2003... Beth Slifer, president and owner of Slifer Designs in Edwards, worries that her executive prowess might not match up with the legends of Colorado business. Yet she has managed Slifer Designs, the nation's third largest residential interior...

Roll over, Beethoven.(Column)
November 1, 2003... I READ RECENTLY THAT RESEARCHERS IN ENGLAND HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN restaurants play classical music, patrons spend more money. It seems that if Beethoven or Bach or Mozart is played in the background, people just feel more affluent, order more...