This year we observe the 37th anniversary of Women’s History Month, an annual celebration of women’s contributions to business as well as culture, history and society. Women have been a driving force behind America’s economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, creating 50 percent of all new businesses since 2020. In 2023, women opened more than […]
I’m not a frequent flier by any stretch of that term. But every time I book and board a flight, I’m grateful anew for the Grand Junction Regional Airport. For starters, I’m grateful I’ve got options to depart from Grand Junction rather than have to drive to an airport — and I’m thinking specifically of […]
I’m back home from my annual golf trip with the “Michigan guys.” This time from not-so-sunny Arizona — instead of not-so-sunny-South Carolina last year. Although, eventually, we had enough sun in Arizona to get in four rounds of golf. It was my second golf trip of the year counting an excursion in February to Mesquite. […]
The differences between large corporations and small businesses seem self-evident in the names. The funding, organizational structure and quantity of production all are much different for a large corporation than a small business. Large corporations also wield more clout. During the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, most small businesses were declared “nonessential,” demonstrating the bias favoring larger […]
If I’ve learned anything at all after working nearly 25 years as editor of a business journal, it’s that some businesses not only do well, but also do good. By that I mean businesses do well in supplying better products and services. They do so less expensively or more quickly. They find out what their […]
Unless you’re a sports fan hiding under a rock, you can’t help but be inundated — and perhaps taken with — story after story about Caitlin Clark’s career and accomplishments in women’s basketball at the University of Iowa. Then again, if you were a fan of Pete Maravich back in the day, you probably saw […]
Gosh. Thanks for the reminder I even had an account, since, you know and hence, the inactivity. But like Big Brother does, it can’t leave me alone. By way of background, I’m writing about an account called Fundbox. Several years ago — before the government created the economic disaster known as 15 days to slow […]
How do I love living in the Grand Valley? Let me count the ways, although they’re nearly innumerable. Forced to pick just a few, I’d start with the scenic beauty. The Book Cliffs stretch across the north as far as the eye can see. The Grand Mesa amasses in the east to a top that […]
I’ve long been amazed at the entrepreneurs, businesses, employees and investors who produce the energy upon which our economy depends. They not only push ahead with innovations, investments and production, but also have been doing so in a largely hostile policy climate for most of the past 15 years. As reported by the U.S. Energy […]
In the early days of American history, society was primarily agrarian. Private land ownership was a cornerstone of U.S. culture and specifically protected by the Constitution. Farmers owned land and homes built on the land. In the early 1800s, people needed a lump sum to purchase a home because banks wouldn’t lend money to average […]