Flag company takes country's patriotic pulse.(SMALL
biz)
Patriotism might be hard to define, but for Jeff Tomczak it's
not hard to measure.
"After all these years, it's either a gut feeling or an
educated guess or a combination," he says.
Tomczak, . . .
Beyond nuts & bolts: Dave Hight and his son Barry have kept
Boulder's McGuckin Hardware an independent enterprise.(Statistical
t
It's the classic tale from the cutthroat retail world. A big
box comes to town and crushes the local independent store through the
sheer power of its sales volume and the ability to dictate low . . .
If the foam shoe fits: could 50 million Crocs fans be wrong? As
the company diversifies its product line and ramps ups to meet d
It's the beach clog that has taken over the world. From tots
walking with their mothers in the mall to the president of the United
States captured on camera wearing a pair of black Crocs with . . .
After the storm: conference aims to help companies ramp up growth
strategies.(Conference news)
There's nothing like a little turbulence to fire up the
marketplace--all the more reason to reconnect with colleagues in the
industry.
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"The Rocky Mountain Corporate . . .
Message to women seeking the executive suite: Don't sell
yourself short; Cable executive Colleen Abdoulah says women should play
The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Colleen
Abdoulah, CEO of WOW! Internet-Cable-Phone by ColoradoBiz Editor Mike
Cote. Visit the video archives at co-bizmag.com to watch the . . .
Business executives will be WOW'd by telecom executive
Colleen Abdoulah.
"The 'WOW Way' is a rather unique way. We are a group of people who
'lead with courage. Serve with heart. Celebrate with grace.' This means
everyone works hard to display the courage to do the right . . .
The pursuit of greatness: luncheon speaker Joe Calloway focuses
on how companies can become extraordinary.
Joe Calloway is one of three high-powered speakers at the 6th
Annual Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference luncheon on Thursday,
March 13, and he is tickled that the speaker at the ACG . . .
Denver group named Chapter of the Year.(A passion for social
change)(Association for Corporate Growth award ceremony for coropra
The Association for Corporate Growth-Denver was named ACG Chapter
of the Year out of 53 chapters worldwide at the ACG InterGrowth
conference in Phoenix in early May.
The Denver association of . . .
Capital Connection[TM] 2008 offers networking for
dealmakers.(conference on ever changing trends in financial
markets)
With the continued uncertainty in the capital and debt markets, ink
your attendance at the 6th Annual Capital Connection[TM] on March 13
(www.rmcgc.com). The biggest local event matching private . . .
A simple plan for success: "Build, Buy or Sell" is the
slogan of ACG Denver's 6th Annual Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth
Confere
A business either grows through reinvestment of its own surpluses
or other types of internal infusions, or it buys another entity, or it
sells part or all of itself.
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Revising the ranks of the green.(ENERGY)(commercial buildings
used green design)(Brief article)
It seems Denver is being topped with green a bit faster than we
thought.
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In the November issue of ColoradoBiz, we featured photos of the
Environmental Protection Agency's . . .
51.(BY THE NUMBERS)(National Federation of Independent Business
uses verification system to judge eligibility of applicant)(Brie
51
The percentage of Colorado small-business owners polled by the NFIB
who are in favor of requiring employers to use a nationwide verification
system to determine whether a job applicant is . . .
Larry H. Harmsen.(ON THE RECORD)
"As matter of fact, warehousing is so dull and boring I
wouldn't recommend anyone getting into it."
--Larry H. Harmsen, managing director of ProLogis, the Denver-based
industrial space giant. . . .
Evidence-based entrepreneurship is driven by data--just like the
Oakland A's.(GUEST column)
Jeremy Brown is fat. In 2002, Brown also walked more times than any
other player in college baseball. The statisticians loved him. The
scouts didn't. One of the scouts went so far as to say, "If . . .
A management migraine: lessons in communication from
mushrooms.(on MANAGEMENT)(best managemetn techniques for
business)(Viewpoin
As I write this, I'm on my way to a Central American country
to help friends change out some management. And when I say change out I
mean we are trying to fix a disaster and get restarted on a new . . .
Investing in clean tech powers up former Oracle executive: VC
partner to speak at Denver Sustainable-business Summit.(COTE'S
col
Getting involved in public policy is not something you normally
associate with a venture capital firm. But when you're investing in
alternative energy startups, it's hard to level the playing . . .
A bevy of newborn beauties: a summary of cobizmag.com reviews of
the state's newest golf courses, from Ballyneal in Holyoke to
u
As we sit here in the forlorn, nearly empty, post-Christmas office
at WiesnerMedia in the middle of a raging snowstorm, thoughts turn to
the pleasant: the bevy of new golf courses that we were . . .
Pet Rocks in cyberspace.(RUNDLES wrap-up)
I have written several times over the years on the virtues of
small, as in "Small is Beautiful" and other paeans to the
notion of less consumption. The older I get the more I find I need . . .
Our 2008 SportsBiz wish list.(SPORTS biz)
This column sometimes points out how business considerations can
compromise the very product of the sports business itself--the game. But
for the moment we're going to set aside the cynicism, given . . .
BetterWall.(COLORADO COOL STUFF small biz)
"I used to work at the Art Institute of Chicago," Nora
Weiser said. "Whenever we had an exhibition, I'd try to get a
banner. I just thought they were cool."
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Weiser traded . . .
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