While most entrepreneurs would consider themselves fortunate to launch just one successful venture, there are others who make it a habit. They no sooner get one business up and running than they’re looking for the next opportunity. Jon Labrum, the latest winner of an annual entrepreneurship award presented in the Grand Valley, constitutes an excellent […]
Let freedom ring. Tax freedom, that is. The day when average Colorado residents will have earned enough money to pay their federal, state and local taxes will arrive on April 22. That’s a day after U.S. citizens will have stopped working for Uncle Sam and finally can start working for themselves. There’s no shortage of […]
Here’s hoping the good folks who handle his schedule will soon find time for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to attend a proposed economic roundtable in Western Colorado. What initially was scheduled as an April 23 meeting in Grand Junction won’t work, so how about another day? By the time this appears online, perhaps a date […]
“Shark Tank” has become an increasingly popular television show, attracting by one estimate more than 8 million viewers who tune in to watch entrepreneurs pitch their business plans to a group of moguls who then consider whether or not to invest in their operations. At a time when so-called “reality” television usually reflects anything but, […]
It’s doubtful it would have mattered much to the pro-lawsuit crowd in control of the Colorado Legislature, but a recent report by a Denver-based attorney who represents employers shows just how exacerbating House Bill 13-1136 will be for small business owners in defending themselves against an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint. House Bill 1136, […]
It’s always tempting to boil down the presentations at the annual Energy Forum & Expo in Grand Junction into two terse statements: energy good, regulation bad. Reality is far more complicated and nuanced, of course. Energy production is good — great, in fact — in meeting the increasing demands of a world that runs on […]
Western Colorado manufacturers produce an amazing diversity of products sold around the world. Some manufacturers, including Reynolds Polymer and Leitner-Poma in Grand Junction, have gained well-deserved recognition for the high-profile projects in which they’re frequently involved. But many other manufacturers are far less well known even though their products are just as impressive and in […]
Much has been made of what’s described as a widening income gap in the United States between the poor and rich and what the federal government can — or should — do to narrow that gap. The results of a recent study confirm the federal government is already doing a lot in redistributing money from […]
While it’s only natural the dreadful drubbing of the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl and continued wintry weather here in the Grand Valley might sour spirits, there also are some positive developments that fill the proverbial glass at least half full. In fact, this very issue of the Business Times serves up an ample […]
Come hell or high water. It’s an expression that dates back more than a century to vividly describe an outcome that’s likely to occur regardless of the destructive obstacles in the way. The phrase remains just as relevant today in portraying what’s happened in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper didn’t chose those particular words for his […]