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Integrity Matters
By Ty Kiisel “Yahoo confirmed in a Sunday afternoon press release that CEO Scott Thompson will step down, effective immediately,” writes Catherine Smith for the Huffington Post. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and supreme commander of the Allied forces during World War II, said, “The supreme quality of leadership is [...]
100 Local Entrepreneurs Look To Springboard Their Business To Success At Final Pitch Event
What: Grow America Springboard, launched by Alan E. Hall with the help of regional partners, is providing $1,000,000 in cash awards and resources over the course of three events in 2012 and a Utah state championship in January 2013. The competitions are designed to support, encourage, and strengthen entrepreneurship wherever and whenever it is found. [...]
UVEF Accepting Nominations for ‘Top 25 Under Five’ Awards
Celebrating its 20th year, Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) today announced that nominations are now being accepted through June 1st for the 2009 ‘Top 25 Under Five‘ Awards. Top 25 Under Five spotlights outstanding Utah entrepreneurs and emerging companies from across the state. Award recipients will be recognized at ceremonies on July 9th with sponsors [...]
The Business Igniter: S.T.O.R.M. (Part II)
As I said last week, few things in this world have the raw power & energy of a storm. You can create your own personal S.T.O.R.M. of Success by doing the following: Stop Take Inventory Organize Reflect Move It In last week’s post I wrote about the first step of S.T.O.R.M. which is to STOP. [...]
ProPay Premieres eAuction Account and Full Pricing Schedule for eBay Power Sellers
ProPay provides simple, safe, and affordable electronic payment processing options for advanced eBay sellers with the announcement of its competitively priced eAuction Account. Orem, Utah—October 20, 2008—ProPay, a comprehensive provider of simple, safe and affordable merchant payment solutions, today announced that eBay silver, gold, platinum, and titanium PowerSellers can now sign up for ProPay’s eAuction [...]
Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum
The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum will host an event this Thursday, October 9, featuring Dennis Woods from vSpring. The forum will provide insights on building world class management teams from Dennis’ understanding of which human resource practices offer the greatest return on shareholder value. Dennis leads vSpring’s human capital practice. Prior to joining vSpring, Dennis [...]
The Business Igniter: The Power of Responsibility
I received the following in e-mail some time ago. I found it to be profound, insightful, and above all…true! I have had this discussion many times with my own coaching clients. Sometimes in business we get so caught up in daily operations, so consumed with the bottom line, that we forget what really matters and [...]
The Art of Professionalism
It may have been said about catching flies, but did you know that honey is more effective than vinegar at catching business? I’m occasionally surprised at the way professional adults sometimes conduct themselves when confronted with a challenging situation. The art of professionalism is a hard one to get, even for the best of us, [...]
Winner: Best Business Blog!
BusinessQ magazine recently conducted a survey in which they asked their readers to name the ‘Best Of’ Utah Valley. We are pleased to announce that our own Utah Valley Business Blog was named as the ‘Best Business Blog’. The survey results are posted in the Fall 2008 edition of BusinessQ, hitting the streets as you [...]
The Business Igniter: Networking
People do business with people they know, like, and trust. This has been proven true time and time-again. The question for most of us is “how?”.


















