Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) articles from March 2004

Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) archives from March 2004

Industrial psychologists offer insights into job candidates.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Because every employee either contributes to moving a business forward or to holding it back, the acquisition of intellectual capital is becoming a primary competitive advantage. But hiring the best people and finding the...

Is your Web site working for or against your bottom line?
March 5, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Each year, BtoB, a monthly magazine for marketing strategists, publishes the "NetMarketing 100," a list of the editors' choices for best Web sites. This year's top-three, among 800 Web sites evaluated in 14...

MBA degrees are vital in some career fields.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle In the 1970s and 1980s, a bachelor's degree was considered a sure ticket to a job in a professional field. However, since college graduation has become more of a rule than an exception in the business world, standing out...

Red Noland Auto Group marks start of 4th decade by adding Jaguar.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley Thirty years after founding his company, Red Noland, owner of the Red Noland Auto Group, is still thrilled by the smell of a new car. "If they could bottle that smell, we'd be out of business," he said. After...

Moorman uses her background to make sales for Lamar Outdoor Advertising.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Vanessa Moorman taught middle school students for six years before deciding to make a career change to outdoor advertising sales. The risk paid off, Moorman said, because she was used to selling things. "When I came...

Colorado Springs-based doctor and his daughter team up on national medical magazine.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Cline Colorado Springs has a new addition to its publishing scene. Family Doctor, a Springs-based magazine that was created by James Hubbard Jr., M.D., MPH, hit newsstands in September. "He started it because he was a...

Applicant screening saves businesses time, money.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle The difference between hiring a good employee and a bad one can make or break small companies. Many businesses require a background information as part of the application process, and even more check with a job...

Accountemps survey reveals issues that cause office-related crises.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman An unexpected office crisis impedes the day's order of business and shifts priorities from production to patchwork. How can a manager, who is constantly putting out fires at the office, keep employees on task and...

Commentary: A perspective on TABOR, Gallagher and Amendment 23.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Mike Boyd Start a discussion with "TABOR" and you're likely to witness a division not seen since Moses parted the Red Sea. The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights appears to be as polarizing today as it was when approved by the voters in...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs March 5, 2004.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley Just received a February 20 market update from RE/MAX Properties' researcher Bill Kemp who predicts the resale market will lag as new home sales surge in 2004. Another interesting observation: Sellers need to be most...

Colorado Springs Events March 5, 2004.
March 5, 2004... Byline: Amanda Mountain Judy Cara, Wanda Reaves, and Peggy Shivers were among those honored as Women of Distinction at Girl Scouts-Wagon Wheel Council's fifth annual Mardi Gras Gala on Feb. 24 at the Sheraton Colorado Springs Hotel. ...

U.S. Center for Women's Business Research reports women-owned businesses branching out.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle The number of women-owned businesses in the United States is growing at twice the national average and the companies themselves are becoming increasingly diverse. According to a survey conducted by the U.S. Center for...

Colorado Senate bill requires General Assembly to pay back any cash fund transfers.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Supporters of Senate Bill 112 say the Colorado General Assembly is robbing Peter to pay Paul, and business owners are picking up the slack through increased taxes and fee assessments. Tim Jackson, executive...

Colorado Springs companies expand national presence, recognition.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Although Colorado Springs isn't home to the headquarters of an overabundance of well-known national companies, there are businesses that have a worldwide presence. In addition to Intel, Compaq, Agilent Technologies,...

Woman-owner of beauty business in Colorado Springs knows what it takes to run a business.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley The beauty business may seem an unlikely home for an accounting major, but Chris Brinker, owner of C'est Jolie Salon and Spa and a partner in the Academy of Nails School, says it was a natural cross-over. "My...

Computer specialist takes business to new levels.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Thirty-seven-year-old Steve Dickey had never used a personal computer or utilized the Internet when he graduated from Indiana University with a degree in finance and business. The systems engineer has come a long way...

Urban League of Pikes Peak partners with Jobing.com on new Web site.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Mike Boyd The Urban League of Pikes Peak has taken a step into cyberspace as part of a commitment to fulfill the group's diversity initiative and provide job seekers with another tool as they search for work. The league's...

Nepal native sees his Colorado Springs-based retail import business flourish.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Cline Jiban Shrestha came to the United States from Nepal in 1991. He is now the owner of a downtown restaurant and three import shops. Shrestha, who is 32, worked in his brother's restaurant in Fort Collins before...

Colorado Springs barbecue restaurateur advises minority kids to get an education first.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman When Howard Smith opened the Chef's Table on West Colorado Avenue in November 1969, he had no clue that the most popular item on the standard-fare menu would be his barbecue ribs. The barbecue sauce, concocted from...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: March 12, 2004.
March 12, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley According to John Burns, founder of Real Estate Consulting in Irvine, California, 54 percent of total households in the U.S. could qualify for a home priced at $250,000, assuming a five percent mortgage rate and a 20...

Downtown Monument merchants survive on individuality and good customer service.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The Wal-Marts, the Home Depots and the Barnes and Nobles have one advantage over the small retailer in addition to discounts, plentiful parking and extended hours. Location. Commuters welcome the ease of...

Chief executives express confidence in national survey.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Chief executive officers are upbeat about the economy and many plan to expand their payrolls and investment spending this year, according to The Executive Committee International's first quarter Confidence Index which was...

Momentum for Colorado Springs' downtown convention center picking up.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley If approved by local officials, the proposed downtown convention center will create 1,200 jobs and contribute more than $90 million annually to the local economy says Ron Butlin, vice president of Classic Companies and...

Colorado Springs theater owner seeks friendlier business climate for film-goers.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley Kim Bayles, owner of downtown's Kimball's Twin Peak theater, remembers when 18 movie screens in Colorado Springs closed in a single day. "I was ready to close the Twin Peak at that point," he said. "The opening...

Wyoming native's career built on engineering architecture.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Bill Valdez says that one what he really likes about his job is that he "gets to wear so many hats. Every day is different." The 32-year-old Wyoming native enjoyed art and building structures as a youngster. Valdez...

Colorado Springs Business Journal welcomes new managing editor.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman When the new managing editor of The Colorado Spring Business Journal told his oldest sister he wanted to major in political science in college, she tossed the employment ads at him and said, "Where do you see the...

Chef's Gala raises money to benefit Colorado Springs Chorale.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Amanda Mountain At the 19th annual Chef's Gala, the Colorado Springs Chorale provided a prime opportunity for more than 300 guests to sample culinary masterpieces created by chefs from 28 of the Pikes Peak Region's finest...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: March 19, 2004.
March 19, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley The CSBJ recently learned that one of Griff-Blessing's many commercial tenants will celebrate his 50th anniversary in the same location. Lee Goodbar has practiced law from the same office at 6 S. Tejon St., Suite 519...

Investors coming out of hibernation.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Depending on any particular newspaper account or news broadcast, the economy is either still in a slump or on the road to recovery. The truth is with the moneylenders. Many investors took it in the shorts when...

Colorado sees sharp increase in exports.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman High-tech products dominate Colorado's export business. Foreign sales of semiconductors - Colorado's No. 1 export product - experienced a 59 percent increase from 2002 to 2003, from $654 million to $1.03 billion....

Water war hits sod farmers.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman A water war is brewing in El Paso County's eastern plains, and the business owners in the middle agree on one thing: The battle could last a long time. Declining water levels in the Upper Black Squirrel Basin,...

Fertilizer and lawn care firm promotes moisture retention techniques.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley Jeff Kolb doesn't mind taking a calculated risk. In 2003, the owner of Micro Turf Technologies, responded to a Broadmoor homeowner's request for a proposal to rejuvenate his drought-stricken lawn. When Kolb's bid...

Colorado Springs woman guides advertising sales for the newspaper, the Independent.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Growing up in south Texas, Teri Homick knew she wanted to be in sales. She earned a bachelor's degree in advertising at the University of Texas, and went to work at a start-up newspaper in Austin. "It was much like...

Specialty contractor in it for the long haul.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The adage, "if you wait long enough, something great will happen," applies to Dean Gorell, owner of JD Steward Mechanical Inc. Gorell weathered a few changes at JD Steward and waited out a few years of corporate...

Commentary: Convention center needed, period.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Mike Boyd Glancing through the local daily newspaper on Tuesday, a headline caught our eye: "Hotel group nixes center's funding." We assumed (wrongly it would turn out) that the Pikes Peak Lodging Association had voted to...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs March 26, 2004.
March 26, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley It's always great to see a Realtor Commercial Industrial Society alumni move into exciting new arenas. Take John Cassiani, for example. The former local commercial broker was recently tapped to lead the Economic...