ColoradoBiz articles from September 2006

ColoradoBiz archives from September 2006

Survey points to six-hour workday.(On Colorado)(Column)
September 1, 2006... "BY TURNING A LIMITED-GOVERNMENT MOVEMENT INTO an anti-tax movement, conservatism has effectively gone into business with the Big Government that it claims to oppose," Jonathan Rauch, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, wrote in the...

You can't get rich or poor in one day: every once in a while somebody wins the lottery, but it takes most of us a long time to either make it or break it.(On Management)(Column)
September 1, 2006... IT WAS THE TOUGHEST DAY ON THE WATER WE'D had so far. We had just come through the narrows exiting New York harbor to the south. Today we would power halfway down the coast of New Jersey at 10 knots to Barnegat Inlet and spend the night. The...

2006 finalists.(rankinns of the enterprises according to their performance)
September 1, 2006... The 27 companies profiled in the following pages are Colorado's best-of-the-best. They are the finalists of the 2006 Top Company awards program, Colorado's most prestigious business award. Top Company is a difficult competition to win....

Business direction up for vote.(gubernatorial elections)(Column)
September 1, 2006... DECISIONS MADE BY COLORADO VOTERS IN THE gubernatorial and state legislative races as well as several ballot issues at this year's general election are crucial for Colorado's business climate. The elected legislators and governor will determine...

Belmar's artistic rendering: cultural component a high priority in Lakewood's downtown vision.(Attitude at Altitude)
September 1, 2006... Gone are the days when the allure of a suburb's local mall drew its residents to shop and socialize under one enormous roof. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gone too are the days when city planning focused largely on reinvigorating urban...

Verisma Systems Inc.(introduced RecordJacket.com)
September 1, 2006... INITIAL LIGHTBULB After a 25-year career in health care, Michael Pugh came across a failing tech startup, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Clinical Information Corp., and grew enamored with the potential of the company's intellectual property. In...

Executive edge: Oren Shaffer; Qwest CEO tapped retired friend to oversee telecom's finances.(Attitude at Altitude)
September 1, 2006... Oren Shaffer worked in the basement of the White House during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations installing critical "red phones" between Washington and Moscow and other foreign capitals during the Cold War. "That was a group of people who...

Strictly salads: Fourleaf's assembly-line concept draws a packed lunch crowd.(Attitude at Altitude)
September 1, 2006... His wife of 20 years thinks it's too early, but Lee Moffett arrives at the couple's salad bar in Centennial by 7:30 each morning to grill and prepare the fresh steak, chicken, shrimp and tofu offered by Fourleaf Chopped Salads. In business at...

Southwest back draft? Airline's arrival has analysts mulling 'Southwest Effect'.(Southwest Airlines Co., United Air Lines Inc.)
September 1, 2006... It's fairly safe to say Tucker Hart Adams is the best-known economist in Colorado. She serves as regional chief economist to U.S. Bank; she also is a former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado, the University of Denver and at Moscow...

Quality at issue as industry numbers grow.(from the publisher)
September 1, 2006... If you didn't have time last May to pore through the Colorado wine industry's economic impact study, rest assured that your homegrown wine industry is healthy and relatively successful. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More Colorado grapes are...

Parisi: Denver dining to rival Florence.(AND AROUND THE HIGHLANDS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The Italian-American community newspaper Andiamo! recently dubbed Parisi the "best Italian restaurant" in Colorado. Simone Parisi opened the eponymously named restaurant shortly after moving to Colorado from Florence, and it immediately...

SwankSpace functional lines ideal for lofts.(AND AROUND THE HIGHLANDS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Lofts are popping up all over the metro area, and SwankSpace, a home-furnishings store, is geared to serve the urbanites who inhabit them. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Deb Zimmer and husband Mike are no foreigners to the furniture business,...

Gaetano's.(strated by Eugene and Clyde Smaldone )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... When the Smaldone brothers bought Gaetano's Italian restaurant in the late forties, they served up more than food, and made the still-operating restaurant a landmark. Eugene and Clyde Smaldone had long criminal histories before they were...

Mondo Vino.(AND AROUND THE HIGHLANDS)
September 1, 2006... From the moment Mondo Vino opened its doors, it received "best of" awards from local and national reviewers. Why? Not only are there more than 10,000 items, but Mondo Vino employees provide over-the-top service. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

St. Killian's cheese shop.(AND AROUND THE HIGHLANDS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Hugh O'Neill ran a bistro on South Pearl in Denver for years, and it was at the bistro named Hugh's that he developed a fondness for European cheeses. So in 2001 when he decided to close the bistro, opening a cheese shop seemed a natural...

Cin! Cin! Cheers to the Colorado vintners whose families transplanted their Italian roots in Colorado soil and today celebrate their ancestors' passion and methods for winemaking.
September 1, 2006... Someday scientists studying the human genome might discover an Italian gene that codifies the way to make wine. Ancient Greeks knew Italy as the land of wine, and to this day the boot-shaped country maintains its status as the world's largest...

Italian resurgence: new talent fortifies an enduring cuisine.(food)(Directory)
September 1, 2006... In the world of food fads, one ethnic cuisine endures and prospers in America: Italian. Pizza, sausage, veggie and pasta have become part of the Colorado and U.S. restaurant vocabulary, and, while for many years the number of authentic...

Autumn's appeal.(hotels and resorts)
September 1, 2006... Fall may be the best time of year to plan a business meeting or conference at one of Colorado's many premier resort properties. The reason? Affordability. Many resorts and hotels are simply between seasons--winding down from summer activity and...

Grapes and wines of Italy: the grapes American wine-lovers don't often know.(recommended wines)
September 1, 2006... Italy is home to well over 1,500 different grapes. Most of us are familiar with Sangiovese (used in Chianti) or Nebbiolo (in Barolo), but there are other grapes that are equally important in Italian wine making. Here are five grapes you may not...

Italian brews worth tapping.(the beer guy)
September 1, 2006... Sure, when gourmands think of Italy they think of red wine, red sauce, and pizzas and pastas accompanied by the same. (OK, maybe they think of Pavarotti and Sophia Loren, too.) No doubt it's the vino that puts Italy on the minds and lips of the...

Worldwide engineers: from rocky flats cleanup to bridge-building in Iraq, no job is too big for Englewood-based CH2M Hill--although some are too small.(Company overview)
September 1, 2006... When you discuss CH2M Hill, Colorado's second-largest private company, the easiest question to ask might be, "What don't they do?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] And the answer is just as simple: They don't do small. CH2M Hill, which...

ColoradoBiz Top 250 Private Companies: adaptability evident in century-old stalwarts.
September 1, 2006... Among the state's privately held companies, startups tend to make the most news, either for their promises of exponential growth or their spectacular crashes. But Colorado doesn't lack for old companies that have survived and adapted...

Selling points: four M & A pros explain how they evaluate companies.
September 1, 2006... An estimated $800 billion of capital is currently available from private equity funds to acquire companies, and even more capital is accessible from acquisition-minded corporations looking to gain access to additional customers, additional...

River North: urban, artistic, gritty; Platte riverfront community emerges from industrial-warehouse district.(Who owns Colorado)
September 1, 2006... Like rainwater rolling down mountains, the areas surrounding Downtown Denver are flooding with redevelopment as demand for new residential space spurs growth in former industrial areas. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Examples abound: The...

Original Shuttle Pack.(Colorado Cool Stuff)
September 1, 2006... Franchising consultant and triathlon enthusiast Mike Latham was returning from a family camping trip with his wife Jennifer and their two kids, their Subaru crammed with gear and stuck in 1-70 traffic. "I noticed all this available space under...

Trail Tracks Hiking Maps.(Colorado Cool Stuff)
September 1, 2006... Estes Park entrepreneurs and hiking buddies Fran Grooters and Joan Van Horn recognized a demand for "easy-to-use references for hiking," but didn't launch Trail Tracks until a skiing trip in 1992. "We were looking at a downhill skiing map and...

Moots Cycles.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Moots makes bicycle frames that are held in high regard by riders all over the world. "We're pretty noted for the quality of the titanium and the craftsmanship of the welds," said Mike Sanders, Moots'...

Campbell Levy Designs Lamps.(Coloado Cool Stuff)
September 1, 2006... While working as a salesman at Murray Motors in Glendale in the 1970s, Ed Levy made a lamp out of a crankshaft that sits on Owner/President Mark Murray's desk to this day. About 30 years later, Ed teamed with his son Campbell to turn the hobby...

New slice on marketing.(Sports Biz)(Column)
September 1, 2006... It's late summer, the season for a parade of outdoor gatherings featuring boxed lunches, people wearing shorts, and thousands of little golf balls whose white surfaces have been violated by the imposition of corporate logos. [ILLUSTRATION...

Trouble with a capital "P".(Rundles Wrap-up)(Column)
September 1, 2006... TROUBLE, OH WE GOT TROUBLE. RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY! With a capital "T" that rhymes with "P," and that stands for... parking. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now, of course, this isn't a new issue. Denver lore has it that George Wallace...