Utah Valley Business
2012 is the Year of the Car Loan, Says Brent Brown Toyota
In the aftermath of the recent mortgage crisis, banks tightened their books, weary to risk money on anybody with less than a 700 credit score. Those whose scores dropped as a result of the mortgage meltdown have had difficulty getting a decent car loan. That may have changed, this year. On Thursday, Bill Gephardt of [...]
Social Commerce Exchange Event To Educate on Blogging For Business
– Free Event to be Held January 19 at Salt Lake Community College From 6:30-8:30 pm – Social Commerce Exchange, an educational and networking initiative driven by local companies interested in helping the business community improve their revenue, brand, and customer relations through social media, is holding their monthly event Thursday, January 19 at [...]
Lather, Rinse and Repeat…
Have you ever read the instructions on a bottle of shampoo? The very nature of projects makes the thought of such simple instructions laughable, right? If it were that simple, organizations wouldn’t need project managers, project teams would become a thing of the past, birds would sing, flowers would bloom and all would be good [...]
Aribex Receives Utah Life Science Incentive for Growth
Aribex, Inc., the worldwide leader in handheld x-ray technologies, has qualified for up to $350,000 in financial incentives from the state of Utah for expansion of their manufacturing capacity. Aribex will receive the incentive in the form of tax credits that are contingent upon the company hiring 30 more employees in the next [...]
Grow Utah Ventures Adds CrowdPitch and SpeedPitch Events to its Entrepreneur Mentorship Arsenal
- Acquisition also includes rights to the Angel Investor of the Year Banquet, Startup of the Year and Mentor of the Year Awards – Grow Utah Ventures (www.growutahventures.com) is significantly expanding its services to entrepreneurs by taking over the leadership and hosting of the popular CrowdPitch and SpeedPitch events that have been previously conducted by [...]
Three Keys to Smart Decision Making
by Ty Kiisel In large matrix organizations project leaders may not be too involved in the strategic decisions about which projects will be pursued and which will not—but they often have a big voice in smaller organizations. Regardless of whether or not project leaders make the strategic decisions about project prioritization or the strategic value of [...]
$1M Check: Fishbowl Prepays Zions Bank Loan; Celebrates Buyback
-Inventory Management Leader Sends Entrepreneurial Message for Businesses Throughout Utah; U.S.- Fishbowl® (www.fishbowlinventory.com) is joining with Utah-based Zions Bank to send the state and the nation a critical message: We can survive the recession, and we can work together to help our businesses rise higher and better than ever before. Today Fishbowl CEO David K. [...]
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 [...]
Keep It Simple
by Ty Kiisel I’m a big fan of keeping process as simple as it can be while achieving the desired objective. Sometimes that means a fairly complex milestone path and other times a dozen or so items on a “to do” list works. Airline pilots have been using “to do” lists for a long time. I [...]
The Devil is in the Details: It’s the Boring Stuff that Matters
by Ty Kiisel I recently started reading The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. The author writes about entrepreneurship and innovation. Unlike many books on this topic, despite the title, he doesn’t seem to be limiting his comments and suggestions to startups—he’s also suggesting that any company can innovate like a startup does if they are willing to look [...]
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