As much as the Barack Obama administration generally approaches international affairs as someone with the mechanical inclination of Queen Victoria might approach a garage, the Iranian nuclear deal and Chinese saber-rattling in the East China Sea had to offer a welcome distraction from the ongoing cataclysm that is the administration’s (now unintentionally) defining achievement — […]
I’ll be the first to admit I have absolutely no idea what the FBI was doing and has been doing out at Grand Junction Regional Airport. I only can attest to the fact the FBI was at the airport on Nov. 6, because I was delivering papers that particular day. (Yes, under the job title […]
Never underestimate the awesome power of quality customer service. Consider as a case in point the Best Western Grande River Inn and Suites in Clifton. While the 49-room hotel is one of the smallest properties in the Best Western International chain, it also ranks among the very best in winning the M.K. Guertin Award and […]
To pose a question from the lyrics of a popular 1980s movie theme song: “Who you gonna call?” When it comes to enlisting assistance in keeping their operations running in Mesa County, small business owners and managers actually have a lot of choices among members of a coalition of organizations and entities promoting economic development. […]
The Avant-Garde Advisors proprietary leading economic index (LEI) paused briefly in October, but remains in a longer-term upward trend that began in May. During the most recent month, the number of indicators reporting improvement increased compared to a month ago. However, the magnitude of the decreases in the declining factors more than offset slight improvement […]
Creating a mobile website constitutes a challenge within itself. Creating a mobile website Google loves is even harder. You first must understand and harness the power of mobile. With 53 percent of American consumers using their smartphones to access search engines at least once a day and 95 percent of those searches for local […]
When you think of the holiday marketing that can be critical to your business success, promotions and discounts might be the first things that come to mind. But you don’t have to break the bank or cut margins to stand out from the crowd. Here are seven budget-friendly steps you should consider to promote your […]
Human potential is an expandable resource that becomes static when it doesn’t receive the stimulation it needs to grow and develop. This is where the terms “I’m in a rut” and “I’m stuck” come from. Owners, team members and companies get in ruts, too, and this must be overcome if they are to reach their […]
Just because employees make it to work, it doesn’t mean they’re actually at work. Presenteeism — employees who’re at their desks, but not engaged in actual work — hurts the bottom line just as much, if not more, than employees who call in sick or never show up at all. Both presenteeism and absenteeism can […]
The motivations for entering the green construction industry differ between startups and existing companies, according to a study conducted at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Cultural norms and trends motivate entrepreneurs to launch green building businesses. But economic conditions and government policies prompt existing firms to get into green building, the study found. “What’s […]