The privilege of telling stories about businesses and entrepreneurs is conveying information not only about the ventures themselves, but also the examples they set. This issue of the Business Times is no exception in featuring stories about businesses that illustrate the importance of adaptability, collaboration and meeting a need. The cover story offers an update […]
For more than two decades, the Internet has changed our lives. Minimal government interference allowed free market forces to work and drove investment and innovation. Then in 2015, the Barack Obama Administration decided the federal government should essentially seize control of the Internet by declaring it a public utility like electric or sewer services. In […]
As editor of a business journal, I’m in a unique position to observe the juxtaposition of two immutable circumstances. Most businesses have compelling stories to tell. Few businesses tell their stories well. Allow me to state that a bit more precisely: Few businesses pitch their stories well in their efforts to publicize information through the […]
The numbers are in for the first half of 2017 — and they’re impressive not only individually, but also collectively. As the cover story in this very issue reports, that bodes well for businesses in Mesa County. There were year-over-year increases in sales, use and lodging tax collections, a measure of what consumers, businesses and […]
Dave and Jenny Hall first appeared on the cover of the Business Times on an issue published March 20, 2014. The Grand Junction couple once again grace the cover of the very issue you’re now reading. Call it journalistic bookends to the remarkable entrepreneurial story that began with innovation and ended with acquisition — a […]
Page Tucker loves to talk about what he calls tech and rec in the Grand Valley. There’s the potential, Tucker believes, to establish a local technology hub that includes not only his company, ProStar Geocorp, but also other tech firms. Outdoor recreation could play an important role in not only attracting tech firms, but also […]
The real estate market has for years constituted something of a silver lining as Mesa County has lagged behind other areas of Colorado in recovering from the recession. Consider that real estate activity in Mesa County has increased every year since bottoming out in 2011. Through the first five months of 2017, sales and dollar […]
Erica Witherspoon personifies what could become an important trend for economic development in the Grand Valley: tech-savvy entrepreneurs who want to live in a place where they also can pursue their passions for outdoor recreation. Witherspoon — a technology consultant who worked for Amazon, Microsoft and Nintendo in the Seattle area — settled in the […]
It’s been said nobody’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session. That’s not entirely facetious here in Colorado given the sausage making that sometimes occurs under the golden dome in Denver. Still, no less an expert critic than Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper proclaimed the latest legislative session as one of […]
One of the best things about working at a business newspaper is the opportunity to talk with entrepreneurs about their ventures. But it’s especially rewarding — as well as refreshing and reassuring — to meet with young entrepreneurs. Congratulations are in order for the students who graduated from the latest class of the Young Entrepreneurs […]