Extended tours take a toll not only on members of the National Guard and Reserve deployed for active duty, but also the civilian employers for which they work. But an agency offers services to guard and reserve members as well as employers as part of efforts to promote support for employee participation in military service. […]
There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all Internet strategy for businesses. Rather, Internet strategies must be tailored for each business depending on how that business sells its products or services as well as who’s making the purchases, according to representatives from two Grand Junction marketing firms. “It’s different for every company,” said Matthew Breman, owner […]
Even as natural gas companies hope to escalate extraction in Western Colorado this year, the companies continue to address environmental concerns and questions about potential effects on the health of people who live in the region. Environmental groups scrutinize the hydrofracturing process and fluids used to fracture rock to release gas. The companies often don’t […]
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has endorsed candidates in two of three city council races in the municipal election. In the only contested race, the chamber board endorsed John Ballagh in his bid for election to an at-large seat on the council. Jim Doody, Aaron Norris, Jacob Richards and Joshua […]
Grand Junction voters will soon decide whether or not to ban medical marijuana businesses in the city. Voter also will determine whether or not to grant city franchise agreements with two utility companies. And in an area of downtown, residents and business and property owners there will decide whether or not to allow the Downtown […]
Every networking event should end with two things: the thought that several valuable connections were made and a pocket full of business cards. It’s not a contest of how many business cards you can collect, but rather the quality of those cards. In any case, the question still remains: “What do I do with all […]
For a company to grow and generate greater success for all involved, its people must also grow and develop their potential. All businesses are comprised of people and, therefore, as the team goes, so does the company. Consider any sports team. The teams that achieve the greatest levels of happiness and success are comprised of […]
As you approach the season of warmth, invariably you approach the season of swimsuits. Look through a few magazines and you might think to yourself that those glamorous models must do a lot of crunches. What you might not know is that from a fitness standpoint, there’s more to toned abdominal muscles than you think. […]
Has the real estate market hit bottom? Commercial real estate brokers are asked this question daily. But the better question might be this: Where are we in terms of the business cycle? Glenn Mueller of Dividend Capital in Denver, a professor at the University of Denver, breaks the typical 20-year business cycle into four phases: […]
Could I teach you how to buy a stock in seven paragraphs, really? No. But I can briefly describe what I look for in selecting stocks for our portfolios. It’s not the only way to buy stocks, but it’s what we do. We’re looking for “undervalued” stocks — who isn’t? For us, a stock’s intrinsic […]