Phil Castle, The Business Times Ed Forsman lists the projects his construction company has completed, the projects the Grand Junction-based firm has under way and the proposed projects on which he hopes to soon work. FCI Constructors recently completed a combination brewery and restaurant. The company is the midst of work on the new Mesa […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times In the midst of manufacturing a variety of bicycle components under multiple brands, Tim Fry said the objective of his company remains constant: to take the comparison out of comparison shopping. “Our goal is to always make a product our core customers love,” he said. In the process of focusing […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Connie Ferguson jokes that what started out as a craft show exploded into a department store. In looking for a location for an extended holiday arts and crafts show, Ferguson founded instead an enterprise that’s evolved far beyond her initial expectations in offering a year-round venue in which artists and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Norma Roberts leads an impromptu tour through the StarTek center in Grand Junction, pointing out various features of the facility as she walks and talks: the training and conference rooms, the cafeteria and, of course, the massive space in which more than 800 employees answer telephone calls from the customers […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times An inventive entrepreneur who combined his passions for business and cooking to start a venture selling cheesecakes in jars expects to expand his operation with an East Coast location. By simultaneously tapping into larger markets and lowering shipping costs, Lee Mathis believes sales from a new facility in Virginia could […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Rock Cesario remembers well the predictions he’s heard over the years. Changing music technology would relegate vinyl albums to a dustbin of history already piled high with buggy whips. As it turned out, though, rumors of the death of records were always greatly exaggerated. Even in an age of iPhones […]
Bonsai Designs sells what it bills as world-class experiences. There’s the heart-pounding thrill of flying down ziplines suspended high above the ground, to be sure. But there’s also the quiet and contemplative pleasures of walking through forests and encountering nature up close and very personal. “We’re all about the experience,” says Thaddeus Shrader, chief executive […]
Scott Fasken tells horror stories about what happens to businesses when they don’t protect confidential medical and financial information. Thieves break into an office and steal computers. A thumb drive is lost. Bins full of documents headed to a shredder tumble off the back of a truck and wallpaper a busy city street. Endings are […]
Darin Carei brings all of his business enterprises together in a unique Grand Valley housing development that will offer energy efficient homes equipped with solar power. Moreover, the homes will offer affordability with models priced from $179,000 to $224,000. “We’re changing the way people think about new homes because we’re delivering it all,” Carei said. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Robert Bryce compares various sources of energy in part by density — how much power can be produced in a given amount of space. Such low-density renewable energy sources as wind and solar power simply require too much space to keep pace on a global scale with an increasingly power-hungry […]