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Age is just a number, sure, and CEO is just three letters. In the business world, the notion that age brings wisdom has been upended by the tenet that youth brings innovation and energy. And in the 21st century, stubborn adherence to tradition can quickly lose you the race. The following standouts of Colorado's next generation of bus[...]
“This is Peggy”
Unfortunately, when you think of outsourced customer service, one commercial springs to mind. It opens with a man somewhere in Eastern Europe munching on a sandwich in a room filled with circa-1970 phones ringing endlessly. He finally answers one, saying "This is Peggy." We've all laughed at the commercial because we feel the pain. O[...]
Reinventing monopolies: Part 2
In the late 1990s, there were many competing search engines, like Lycos, AltaVista, HotBot, and Excite. In the 2000s, there were many social networking sites, including Friendster and MySpace. It was "us" driving the marketplace that made Google and Facebook dominant. The biggest sites were faster, better and easier to use than their[...]
Best Companies to Work for in Colorado 2011
It's tough to be considered a "Best Company," so ending up at or near the top consistently is truly something to be celebrated. Of this year's top finishers in the small, medium and large company category of Best Companies to Work for in Colorado, all three have previously hit No. 1 or No. 2. Congratulations to IP5280 Communications[...]
Best Companies to Work for in Colorado: Rothstein Kass
2) Rothstein Kass www.rkco.com Rothstein Kass employees never worry about who's going to take care of Fido while they're away on business. The company concierge has got their backs. "The inspiration was simple," says Steve Kass, who shares the CEO title with Howard Altman. "We listened when our team members told us they wished the[...]
Best Companies to Work for in Colorado: Rally Software
2) Rally Softwarewww.rallydev.com Ask Don Hazell what he loves about the company he works for, and he's quick to answer. He's one of five members of Rally Software's management team, and he has a lot in common with each of them. For starters, says the executive vice president of worldwide sales and field operations, "We're all dedic[...]
On management: Small-company financing
Sometime in the next few months I will retire fully and maybe take up writing in a different mode. I have to quit writing about business and sales and marketing because I'm not in the thick of it anymore, and so I don't get as much new material as I used to. Perhaps I'll try a novel or something. Maybe I should try a murder mystery f[...]
Fixed income’s role in saving for retirement
Every investor's financial situation and investment goals are unique and evolve over time. As investors approach retirement, funding living expenses becomes an increasingly significant consideration. For many investors, maintaining a steady income stream is a focus for their retirement years. Customizing your portfolio to include fix[...]
Top three tips to get the best from Boomers
Baby Boomers are hitting retirement age in record numbers - 10,000 are turning 65 each day. But don't expect them to exit the workforce simply because they've reached a certain age. A recent Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll found that 1 in 4 Boomers currently working don't plan to retire. Another quarter said they planned to[...]
Passion: the spark that ignites growth
By Dorothy Donnelly There are more than 40 local professionals who have been volunteering their time and talent on six different committees to bring the 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference to life. The planning started more than nine months ago, when our conference committees rallied to contemplate the vital issues[...]
Status “Quo-table”
By Deborah Williams "The more things change, the more they remain the same." How many times have we heard that? It's practically part of our vocabulary! And, how many people have any idea it was a French journalist and novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr who first said it in 1849? In fact, much of what Denver's business community is[...]
Colorado success stories: Ayuda Management Corp.
Editor's note: This is another in a series of Colorado company success stories as told by CEOs and business owners. Maria Vogt and Sonya Yungeberg are co-owners who lead Ayuda Management which provides services to a select client base in the areas of general contracting/construction management, construction defect repair, homeland de[...]
The high price of a cheap bookkeeper: Part 2
A recent client had determined that they wanted to sell their company in a couple of years. That is one of the reasons they needed to get their books in order. Nobody is going to buy a company where it takes three weeks to prepare a balance sheet and income statement (and even then the numbers were suspect)....a tell-tale sign the bu[...]
Greening the supply chain
Ever wonder how they could make the little aluminum tab on your beer can in a way that uses less energy and emits less pollution? Probably not. But Leland Lorentzen thinks about it every day. "Every time we have a meeting with a customer about where they want to be in the future, sustainability is always part of the conversation," sa[...]
Ten hardcore realities for today’s workers
Y'know, I really don't like playing the role of "Dr. Doom." I'd much prefer to give you good employment news. But frankly, I'd be lying, a no-no back when I was in Sunday School. So here are a few reality checks and pieces of advice on employment today. 1). Unemployment is still rising. Forget what the government says. Their numbers[...]
She’s got clout
Nowhere have women made larger strides in recent years than in the business world. I don't know about you but I'm tired of the stereotypical portrayal of women - that we are fearful, have no clout, can't say no and wish only for life balance. I'm appalled at articles that claim women are indecisive, invisible and can't ask for a rais[...]
The credit conversation
Personal lending occupied a completely different world just two years ago. Floating on easy credit and subprime loans were the way for some, and then the bubble burst on those unsustainable practices, and that world changed. Today, our economy is still recovering from the Great Recession, and economists predict that we still have a f[...]
Colorado’s 25 Most Powerful Sales People
Back in January 2009 with the economy sputtering and consumers cutting back on spending, we thought it was an apt time to recognize people still able to close deals and keep their companies profitable, or at least afloat.Now into the third rendition of our annual 25 Most Powerful Salespeople issue, the economy hasn't improved much, a[...]
No time for the recovery room
Economic reality at breakfast, fine wine at lunch. Before participants of this year's Top Company trip to Napa Valley wined and dined at area vineyards, they talked about the economy at an early morning breakfast meeting. A forecast presented by Bill Greiner, president of UMB's Scout Investment Advisors, was followed by a roundtable[...]
“Do More Faster” is done
Writing a book is hard. Really hard. Much harder than I thought. So I'm extra satisfied that "Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup" is finished. I've been helping create software and Internet companies for over 25 years, starting with my first company, Feld Technologies, in 1985 when I was in college. By 1987[...]
