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Brent Brown And The Camry Part Two

In my continuing report on my experience with a new Toyata Camry from local Orem Toyota dealer Brent Brown, I want to share a little of my experience with inside of the vehicle, including the comfort and a few features I liked, and one I don’t quite ‘get’, but that might be exciting for some. [...]

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Brent Brown Toyota In Orem And The New Camry

As the driver of an old Jeep Wrangler, I couldn’t help but be a little excited when the folks at Brent Brown Toyota in Orem offered me the chance to test-drive a new Toyota Camry for a few days. I decided I would blog about my experience and give you the rundown on the new [...]

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UVEF Hosting Entrepreneur Event With Tony Zito Of mediaFORGE

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum is excited to have Tony Zito from mediaFORGE as a featured guest discussing his experience in building a successful company on the principles of entrepreneurship. Thursday, March 8 at Novell Building A (Provo), starting at 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tony has been working as CEO of mediaFORGE since 2006. [...]

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UVU Business Development Conference Announced!

UVU will again host the 2012 Business Development Conference on Friday, March 9. The event will go all day ending at 4:00 p.m. The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum is a sponsor of this event. Tickets are on sale now. Visit the RSVP page for more information and to purchase your tickets. The event will be [...]

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Lean Startup All-Star Networking Lunch!

Silicon Slopes is hosting an exciting lunchtime workshop featuring Steve Blank, author of Four Steps To The Epiphany,  Alex Osterwalder, author of Business Model Generation and Nathan Furr, author of Nail it And Scale It. Friday, February 3 at the Megaplex Theaters in Sandy (Jordan Commons – 9400 S. State Street, Sandy, UT).   RSVP [...]

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UVEF Kicking Off Year With Crowd Form And Giveaways

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum is hosting a new type of luncheon to start off the new year. In a crowd-forum format, Lessons Learned will feature five startup entrepreneurs sharing their top three war stories on how they have overcome a particular challenge to make their business successful. This is sure to be a big [...]

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UVEF Announces Annual Awards

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum hosted the annual Awards Ceremony today. I was privileged to preside over the event and to share the podium with Keith McCord, who was the emcee and announced each award. I’d like to congratulate the following individuals and companies for their excellence: Best Kept Entrepreneurial Secret We regularly hear a [...]

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Jeremy Hanks Launches DropShip.com

Doba founder Jeremy Hanks announced today a new business venture called DropShip.com, an innovative drop shipping software platform that connects suppliers and retailers in a way that makes it simple and easy to enable one–to–many connections, standardize product catalogs, update inventory feeds, and process orders. For ecommerce retailers and wholesale suppliers, drop shipping relationships can [...]

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Utah Repeats This Year As Forbes Best State For Business And Careers

Time to celebrate. Again! Utah repeats this year as Forbes Best State for Business and Careers with Forbes themselves stating that “No state can match the consistent performance of Utah.” According to the article: Utah highlights include energy costs 31% below the national average and employment growth that has averaged 0.6% the past five years. [...]

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Launch Leads Helps Local Businesses Thrive In Sluggish Economy

In a down economy, financial success and profitability just seem like wishful thinking. However, Launch Leads is proof that no matter the state of the economy, growth and success are possible. When many businesses were languishing in the depths of recession a couple of years ago, Brandt Page, CEO and founder of Launch Leads, rolled [...]

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