ProStar has retained Hybrid Financial and Integral Wealth Securities to provide marketing and market-making services. ProStar, a mobile mapping software company headquartered in Grand Junction, is listed on the Frankfurt and Toronto stock exchanges. “The Hybrid engagement adds valuable marketing and communications capabilities to our investment community strategy,” said Page Tucker, chief executive officer of […]
A-1 Collection Agency in Grand Junction has been selected as one of the best places to work in collections. A-1 Collection Agency is a subsidiary of Healthcare Management, a Grand Junction-based company that provides billing and collection services for community and rural hospitals, large health systems, physician groups and skilled nursing facilities. “We are thrilled […]
Americans are a resilient bunch — including entrepreneurs and their employees and investors. According to the latest numbers reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, gross domestic product growth accelerated in the first quarter as the climb out of the deep economic hole dug during the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Yet, President Joe Biden serves […]
It’s time to revisit a favorite subject of mine: news releases. More specifically, it’s time to beg again for local news releases and the opportunity they afford to share more information with readers. I swear, there are occasions when I feel like less like a newspaper editor and more like the orphan Oliver Twist in […]
Is it just me, or have members of the mainstream media — read Democratic party spokespeople — become mouthpieces spouting talking points word for word as they’re told? I know we all know MSM leans well to the left, but it’s become the Mortimer Snerd to the Charlie McCarthy Democrats. I didn’t say Edgar Bergen, […]
For many, 2020 constituted a trying year of remote working and learning, one forced on the workforce and students because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 18 months later, most people are back in their regular work spaces and most children completed the school year in person. Things are getting back to normal. While it might […]
The Colorado Supreme Court recently issued perhaps the most-awaited employment decision in years. In Nieto v. Clark’s Market, the court ruled that “use it or lose it” vacation policies are illegal under the Colorado Wage Claim Act (CWCA), which requires employers to pay all wages due at the time of termination, including vacation pay “earned […]
What is ethics? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: “Ethics is a set of moral principles; a theory or system of moral values.” What does this definition mean when applied in a business setting? When you hear or read the phrase business ethics, what comes to mind? You’ve probably heard about someone or a company following […]
Business leaders focused on moving their companies to ever higher levels of efficiency, effectiveness, profitability and success are always looking for ways to improve. Achieving this objective requires a discerning awareness of what is — and isn’t — working. There’s a potential pitfall here, however, if leaders focus only on what they deem is wrong. […]
Right after congratulating me on my new position overseeing the human resources department at Hilltop Community Resources, an employee told me, “I hope I never find myself in your office.” To her, HR is the workplace equivalent of the principal’s office. After I conducted an informal poll and endured a few “uh-oh, HR is here” […]