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Archive for September, 2006



Best of Business

Published on September 15, 2006

Check out Judd Bagley’s article in this month’s issue of Utah Business (registration required). The article is titled “Best of Business” and covers a lot of developments in the state. I wish he would have mentioned Rossignol’s recent headquarters move out of Colorado to Park City.
Judd also has a feature in this month’s issue of Connect Magazine [...]


Techcrunch Covering Podango

Published on September 14, 2006

Mike Arrington at Techcrunch has been following developments at Podango.
Have you?
Podango is one of Utah’s high potential start ups. Check it out!


Mass Customization and the Outdoors Industry - I’d Like Another Shot!

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I recently went way back into my files to find a business plan Jeremy Hanks and I wrote in 2003 (the plan got us to the finals in the UEC in 2003) for a company that would manufacture mass customized outdoor clothing and equipment. After digging up the plan I read over it again (I am using it [...]


GearTrade Finally Get’s a New Look

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The first Internet start up I was involved in as one of the co-founders was GearTrade.com. I loved GearTrade. Working in that start up in 2000 is some of my fondest work memories I have. 
GearTrade is an ASP provider of used and close out outdoors equipment. GearTrade gets in the middle of the transaction by managing the financial exchange between the buyer [...]


Link to My Connect Article

Published on September 13, 2006

You can catch my Connect Magazine article online by clicking here.
I hope you enjoy. Please let me know your thoughts.


Best Time to Start a Business

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The September issue of Connect Magazine, with the cover story on why now is the best time in the last 100 years to start a business in Utah, hits news stands today. The cover story was written by yours truly. I hope you enjoy.
Besides my complaining about Utah businesses and industries in a recent blog [...]


Lunch with Shmula

Published on September 12, 2006

I had lunch yesterday with Pete Abilla AKA Shmula. Pete is a great guy. He came to Utah to work for MyFamily. It was nice to get an update on the condition at MyFamily. It looks like the new CEO is turning it around. Pete is definitely part of the team that is helping to make MyFamily [...]


We Need More Heroes!

Published on September 11, 2006

The Utah business community could use some heroes. When I think of heroes in this state I think of guys like Ray Norda, John Huntsman Sr. and Alan Hall. These are good picks. What makes these guys heroes?
Let me just talk about Alan Hall. Alan is a real entrepreneur. At one point in his life he lost it all. Then he came [...]


The Challenges of Working from Home

Published on September 8, 2006

I always liked getting up in the morning and heading to an office - a place I could call my own with no home and family distractions. I just took a new job and the company is “virtual” meaning we don’t have an office - yet. Its a good move for now, we are saving [...]


U|Tech Conference - Spread the Word!

Published on September 7, 2006

As many of you know, the Utah Search Marketing Conference - U|Tech - is being held on October 18th at the Miller Innovation Center.
Janet Meiners has put a ton of work into this conference and so far sign ups aren’t that great. The conference is going to be amazing. Specifically, the conference is for small [...]




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