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 […]
I’ve often wondered what goes into naming names. I mean, how do business owners and managers — and, in some cases, the marketing folks who work for them — decide on the names of their ventures, products and services? As William Shakespeare asked: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any […]
Well, I’ll be doggone. And soon enough, many dog owners will be, too. But my doggone is because I don’t have a dog. Yours? Because you do. Just jot a note in the back of your mind as you read. You’ll be reading another column when Colorado Democrats re-introduce — and pass — the tyrannical […]
Ever have that happen? You read something for the first time and it just hits you, opens your eyes and jolts you back to reality? It’s something Facebook does decently — on occasion. At least until it takes down the truth once again under its community standards — Facebook, you spelled communism wrong again — […]