Phil Castle, The Business Times Ed Branson draws on a sports metaphor to explain the importance of accounting in managing a business. If a scoreboard was covered up and the final score wasn’t revealed until after the fact, it would be far more difficult to motivate players to perform at their best during the game. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Colorado Mesa University has named its nursing school after an entrepreneurial and philanthropic couple who’ve long supported the university. A new sign designating the Moss School of Nursing at the Maverick Center was unveiled at the conclusion of a brief ceremony on the Grand Junction campus. The name honors John […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Bruce Strong has enjoyed a front-row seat to the development and increasing use of three-dimensional printers — equipment he says has the potential to revolutionize the way products are manufactured. It’s no longer so much a question of where and how 3-D printing technology is used, Strong says. “Where isn’t […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times While indicators point to generally improving economic conditions in Mesa County, Diane Schwenke isn’t celebrating — at least for the time being. Many of the business owners with which Schwenke talks nearly every day tell her they’re concerned about sales as well as the potential effects of federal health care […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Darin Carei couldn’t be happier with the way things are coming together for his business operations in the Grand Valley. Carei runs a construction company that builds energy efficient homes. He’s also part owner of a company that offers energy conservation ratings and certifications and conducts audits that help customers […]
Given increases in both the number of solar energy systems and businesses installing them in Mesa County, the outlook for the industry appears as bright as the sun from which a growing amount of electricity is produced. Financial incentives and technological advances — not to mention all that sunshine — are expected to drive additional […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times As if a $20 billion market isn’t tempting enough for business owners and managers looking for new customers for their products and services, how about a $500 billion market? The first number is the total dollar volume of state government contracts awarded each year in Colorado. The second number is […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jack Hays attributes the success of the companies he’s launched in large part to that most basic of entrepreneurial tenets. “We find a need and fill it,” Hays says. “We provide solutions.” By providing solutions to energy companies exploring for and producing natural gas and oil — particularly in managing […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times:: Nate Porter counts himself among the fortunate Grand Valley home builders who not only survived the recession, but also managed to grow their operations. “We’ve continued to grow, and it’s been a blessing,” says Porter, president and owner of Porter Homes. “I just feel like one of the luckiest guys […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times From a conference room at Reynolds Polymer Technology in Grand Junction, Mark Miller can see a whole world of potential markets. Even as demand in the United States for the acrylic components Reynolds Polymer manufactures for aquariums, architectural features and swimming pools lags along with the economy, exports to such […]