ColoradoBiz articles from September 2005

ColoradoBiz archives from September 2005

Unions due for overhaul.(On Colorado)
September 1, 2005... HERE ARE TWO RADICAL IDEAS FOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT that are actually business-friendly, believe it or not. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perhaps in the face of declining memberships and desertions of whole unions from the AFL-CIO, unions...

Learn something, teach something: the modern-day staff of life.(On Management)
September 1, 2005... A LAKOTA INDIAN STEPPED NOBLY TO THE place elevated for the honored speaker, to give the invocation for the dinner event. With full eagle-feather headdress and ceremonial leathers and moccasins, it was clear that he was the genuine article. The...

No comprendo Tancredo.(Guest column)(Tom Tancredo )
September 1, 2005... "BEING ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE DOESN'T MAKE you better or wiser than anyone else, but it does put you on a very public stage," former Colorado Lt. Gov. Gail Schoettler once said. "Therefore, people elected to national office are--and should...

Aspinall tops Norton.(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... I read your interview with Gale Norton ("Gale Force" August). Allen Best wrote, "Norton may well be the most powerful politician Colorado has produced." A little more research into former Colorado politicians (would have revealed that former...

Norton anecdote questionable.(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... For the record, I don't think I've ever heard the Interior Secretary tell this story (of Jessica Simpson complimenting Gale Norton on the job she'd done on the White House interior decorating). ("Gale Force," August.) I was with Norton in her...

Practices aren't business-friendly.(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... I read with interest your article on "Defining Business Friendly" (Robert Schwab, "On Colorado," and "Gale Force," August). I appreciated your viewpoints. Now I would like to share mine: To me, business-friendly does not mean allowing...

C.U.: handle the truth.(Readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2005... Jeff Rundles makes some strong points ("Rundles Wrap-up," July) concerning the University of Colorado. He's right on target that "money won't fix CU's problems." Rundles is incorrect, however, when he posits that a state university "first and...

Yoga for the fast set: CorePower Yoga targets business.(Attitude at Altitude)
September 1, 2005... Trevor Tice, a former competitive skier, has a new career that has taken him on a ride that has been about as fast as any downhill run: He's become a yoga guru for the business set. CorePower Yoga, started by Tice in early 2002, has already...

Playmakers.(Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Greenwood Village-based Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. named DENNIS B. MULLEN, the company's new chairman and CEO, and promoted ERIC C. HOUSEMAN to president and COO, following the sudden departure through retirement of MICHAEL J. SNYDER, the...

Playmakers.(ICON Advisers Inc)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... CRAIG CALLAHAN, founder and president of ICON Advisers Inc., and STEPHEN C. HOLMES, ICON's chief of sales and marketing, have both been honored by the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and affiliate of the...

Playmakers.(Compass Bank appoints Rafael Bustillo)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Compass Bank, a $29.5 billion financial holding company which operates 385 full-service banking centers, named RAFAEL BUSTILLO president of its Denver headquarters. Bustillo succeeds SCOT WETZEL, who left the company to pursue private business...

Playmakers.(promotion)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Cenveo Inc. President and CEO JIM MALONE named KEITH LARSON president of strategic sales, and promoted ROB YOUNG to president of the commercial envelope division. Englewood-based Cenveo was once the largest envelope manufacturer in the nation....

Playmakers.(William Hall)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... RockResorts, a Denver-based luxury resort operator with properties in seven states, named WILLIAM HALL vice president of operations. Hall spent 11 years with the Ritz-Carlton chain, part of a 40-year career that included service at four...

Technology.(eBay)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A new survey conducted for eBay by ACNielsen International Research found that more than 724,000 Americans say eBay is their primary or secondary source of income. In addition to these professional eBay sellers, another 1.5 million individuals...

Finance.(economic conditions)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Colorado State Treasurer Mark Hillman said this year's Great Colorado payback program posted another record by reuniting 19,000 Coloradans with $10.1 million dollars in lost or forgotten property. Hillman said the program, during the past year,...

Aerospace.(Syncroness Inc)(united states air force)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Syncroness Inc., Westminster, was chosen by the U.S. Air force to develop and demonstrate a high-altitude chamber that would fully enclose its 10-mile-long high-speed test track at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The work is part of a...

Aviation.(SkyWest Airlines)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... SkyWest Airlines, St. George, Utah, will begin ground-handling operations for six United Express mountain-resort destinations. SkyWest assumes ground-handling services at Eagle/Vail, Gunnison/Crested Butte and Hayden/Steamboat Springs airports...

Instapoll.(Attitude at Altitude)
September 1, 2005... 51% OF MORE THAN 100 RESPONDENTS SAID THEY DROVE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FILL UP WITH GASOLINE AT A LOWER PRICE. RESULTS OBTAINED FROM JUNE 29 THROUGH AUG. 1.

Art helps out business.(Attitude at Altitude)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... For many, the idea of having a Taco Bell and a Pizza Hut paired in the same restaurant seemed incongruous at first, just as the matchmaking of Brown Mackie College and the Art Institute of Colorado might surprise some. But Paul Bao,...

2006 Colorado dealer profile & automotive preview.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION)
September 1, 2005... I like the nuances of cars, the psychology of cars, the temperament of cars, and the sheer emotional value they bring to people's lives. It has always been my ambition to address the romance of cars, the experience of driving a particular...

Coming soon.(Attitude at Altitude)(Calendar)
September 1, 2005... September 2005 13 TUESDAY, CREW Denver will celebrate the 7th Annual Women of Influence Awards at a luncheon at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, at 11:30 a.m. The event will focus on accomplishments in economic development and the...

'How conservative are you?' Some hard-line Republicans might murmur that question as a liberal-sounding plan for fixing TABOR looms in November's vote. But longtime Republican leader Bruce Benson won't back down from the fight to boost the state budget.(Fixing tabor)
September 1, 2005... Bruce Benson, oilman and one of the state's leading Republicans, has a telescope pointing toward the state Capitol building on a tripod next to his desk in the 19th floor offices of Benson Mineral Group Inc. He says that, before Gov. Bill Owens...

First Data: applying technology to help grow the business.(SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION)(Interlink)
September 1, 2005... Whether you're swiping a credit card at the grocery store, transacting at an ATM, shopping on the Internet, using a gift card or sending a money transfer payment to a loved one, First Data is probably involved in processing the transaction. As...

Restaurants fuel meetings-industry growth.(special section: executive meetings and travel guide)
September 1, 2005... As companies continue to loosen their travel and entertainment budgets, Colorado is well positioned to take advantage of the trend. The state's business meetings and conventions are not only on the upswing, but 2006 promises to be another...

Top Company Colorado's most competitive business award.(2005 TOP COMPANY FINALISTS)
September 1, 2005... Colorado Biz's Top Company awards program was established in 1988 to recognize Colorado companies, to shine a spotlight on the best of the best, businesses whose financial and operational excellence and commitment to the community set the...

Baxa going strong at 30: med-device maker's growth rooted in compassion.
September 1, 2005... Brian Baldwin has a knack for business. With more than 30 U.S. and international patents to his name and having started about a dozen successful health-care related businesses before he and a partner started Englewood-based Baxa Corp. 30 years...

Fax makes a comeback.(High Tech)
September 1, 2005... Tom Linhard and Robert Lang have been through the fax wars and are back on the front lines. As executives of two different Colorado companies that are reviving the use of fax technology, they've moved beyond the national battle over laws that...

MX Logic Inc.(Tech Startup of the Month)(Company Profile)
September 1, 2005... Where: Englewood www.mxlogic.com Founded: April 2002 INITIAL LIGHTBULB MX Logic co-founders John Street and Scott Chasin met while working in the same capacities at Colorado Springs-based e-mail services provider USA.NET Inc. through...

Broomfield preps for pro sports: new 6,000-seat arena will host minor-league hockey, hoops.(Who owns Colorado)
September 1, 2005... THE BROOMFIELD URBAN RENEWAL Authority (BURA) is building a stadium to host flocks, throngs and swarms of Eagles, Mud Bugs, Scorpions and Killer Bees. Gratefully, we're not talking about flying or crawling pests but AA-league hockey teams....

School work: for many students across Colorado, it's simply back to school this time of year, but for students at a new high school in Northwest Denver, it's back to business.
September 1, 2005... On a typical school day, Micaela Escontrias is like any sophomore making her way through high school halls and classroom academia. But one day a week, she works on the 18th story of a Denver skyscraper mapping oil wells for Tipperary Oil Co....

Romance enhancer is all marketing.(Small Biz)
September 1, 2005... RECENTLY I RETURNED FROM A WEEKEND IN STEAMBOAT Springs not only feeling relaxed and refreshed, but with a sharpened sense of how important marketing is in business, especially if the product being marketed is nearly worthless. (The grandaddy...

Del Cerro textiles.(Atop Del Cerro Pass's products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Atop Del Cerro Pass in Cimarron, the Howell Ranch has been in Jim and Daniela Howell's family since 1937. These days, the Howells use the ranch both as a classroom to teach holistic management and as the HQ for their recently launched textile...

Davis Glass.(Jared Davis's glassware)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... After a two-year apprenticeship in Sweden's "Kingdom of Crystal" region, Jared Davis returned to Crawford, Colo., and put his glass-blowing and glass-sculpting knowledge to work on the North Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. His...

IZZE sparkling juices.(Izze Beverage Co.'s prdoducts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... While heading up Boulder VC fund Canyon Capital in 2002, Todd Woloson teamed with Greg Stroh (yes, of the Stroh beer family) to launch what the two thought would be a part-time pursuit: IZZE, the all-natural answer to soda pop. Woloson went...

WABA Fun Superstructures.(WABA Fun LLC)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... A longtime fan of Legos, David McCloskey put his self-taught design skills to good use coming up with Superstructs on his kitchen table in 2003. Inspired by Tinkertoy inventor Charles Pajeau and armed with $14 of materials, McCloskey created a...

Donna Lynne: Kaiser's new chief learned from the best.(Executive Edge)
September 1, 2005... A single book would help shape the course of Donna Lynne's life. "I was influenced by David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest, my favorite book," said Lynne, who in April became president of the 440,000-member Kaiser Permanente Colorado....

Fantasies fulfilled.(Sports Biz)
September 1, 2005... I CAN THINK OF MAYBE TWO JOBS THAT AMERICAN MALE sports fans might enjoy more than what brothers Dan and Kelly Grogan do for a living: We could be that guy who evaluates those photos for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue. Or we could be...

Digging a deep hole to China.(Rundles Wrap-up)
September 1, 2005... WHEN I DECIDED, YEARS AGO, TO BECOME A BUSINESS reporter, I thought I would be covering a mundane world of balance sheets, annual reports, 10ks, SEC rulings, and the occasional crook. Little did I know that covering business would, in and of...