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There are many ways to mess up your business without breaking a sweat

By John Graham No matter their strengths, businesses, like people, are always at risk. Some dangers are so blatant they dare being ignored. But others, far less obvious, cause untold — and even fatal — damage, eating away and undermining a company’s best efforts. Their work is…

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Succeeding in Your Business: Is your deal stalled? Here are four secrets to getting it done

By Cliff Ennico “My partner and I own a service business we’ve been trying to sell for some time. We finally found a buyer, but the process just seems to be taking forever. The buyer’s attorney seems to be taking a long time to review our attorney’s draft documents, and our…

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Three essential elements of business fulfillment and how to achieve them

By Richard Tyson In the world of commerce, the word fulfillment refers to the processes that handle, execute and fulfill customer orders. It entails successfully fulfilling the value chain that delivers on the promises we make to those who buy our products and/or…

Huge ski resort underway near Jordanelle Reservoir

By John Rogers A New York-based developer, best known for its multiple upscale residential properties on Billionaire’s Row along the south side of New York City’s Central Park and in the posh Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan, has announced plans for a massive new ski resort…

Miller: Don't yet know what inland port will look like

By Brice Wallace What will the Utah Inland Port look like? The short answer is that nobody knows, not even the chairman of the Utah Inland Port Authority board. Speaking recently at a Salt Lake Rotary luncheon, Derek Miller acknowledged that lots of study still needs to take…

Sandy Area Chamber absorbs Draper & Riverton, takes on new name

It’s sort of been that way for a while, but the Sandy Area Chamber made it official last week, absorbing the Draper and Riverton areas and changing its name. The new entity will be called the South Valley Chamber, with new offices located at the Mountain America Center in the…

Romney set to address group of area chambers

United States Sen. Mitt Romney will address a meeting of businesspeople as part of the Wasatch Business Series on Aug. 21. The Millcreek Business Council will host the luncheon meeting at Golden Customer Care, 3902 S. State St. in Millcreek. Romney will provide a legislative…

Incentive will bring 289 new high-paying jobs to Price electronics firm

By Brice Wallace A Price-based electrical power equipment company will expand in that city, adding 289 high-paying jobs over the next few years. Intermountain Electronics Inc. made the announcement after being approved for a state tax credit incentive by the Governor’s Office of…

Computer Science education plan released

Talent Ready Utah, the state program tasked with enhancing education to better provide industry with trained employees, has released its Utah Computer Science Master Plan, a four-year plan designed to meet Gov. Gary Herbert’s goal to ensure every public K-12 student in Utah has…

Stoddard to lead VCO

VentureCapital.org (VCO), a nonprofit venture accelerator based in Salt Lake City, has named Brandon Stoddard as CEO, succeeding co-founder Brad Bertoch, who is retiring, in the position. Stoddard is also the director of the Weber State University Hall Global Entrepreneurship…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-19-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: SkyWest SkyWest Inc., based in St. George, reported net income of $88 million, or $1.71 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. That compares with $76 million, or $1.43 per share, for…

Legal Matters: What you should know about ‘sandbagging’ in M&A transactions

By Thomas R. Taylor The term “sandbagging” is commonly used in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. The term refers to a practice often employed by buyers to claim a breach of a seller representation or warranty (rep or warranty) in the transaction agreement and seek…

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Succeeding in Your Business: A laughing jury never convicts - Part 2

By Cliff Ennico These days, we live in a world of infotainment, marketainment and edutainment. It isn’t enough anymore to just give out information. Your listeners need to have their emotions manipulated — to laugh, cry or get angry — even though you’re talking about recent…

Cal.-based healthcare tech firm bringing 500 new jobs to Utah

By Brice Wallace A healthcare technology company will create 500 jobs in Salt Lake County during the next few years. Castlight Health Inc. made the announcement last week after being approved for a $920,387 tax credit incentive by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development…

Bike manufacturer moving to Heber, hiring 32 workers

Bike manufacturer moving to Heber, hiring 32 workers Ventum Racing, a manufacturer of high-performance racing bicycles, has announced that it is moving from Miami Beach, Florida, to Heber City. In conjunction with the move, the company also announced a major round of Series A…

CenterCal partners with Phoenix firm to revamp Jordan Landing

CenterCal Properties, owner of West Jordan’s Jordan Landing retail and entertainment center, has announced a partnership with Foursquare Properties and BIG Shopping Centers USA Inc. to launch an extensive redevelopment project at the 20-year-old property. CenterCal expects the…

Pleasant Grove's Dental Intelligence buys Arizona software company

Dental Intelligence, a Pleasant Grove-based developer and marketer of dental practice management software, has acquired LocalMed of Scottsdale, Arizona. LocalMed markets a real-time online scheduling platform. Dental Intelligence said in a release that it will now employ…

Connecticut firm purchased by Biomerics

Biomerics, a Salt Lake City-based contract manufacturer for the interventional medical device market, has acquired Northeast Laser and Electropolish (NLE) of Monroe, Connecticut. NLE provides contract manufacturing, laser processing, machining and metal finishing services to a…

Starks to leave presidency of Jazz, become head of all LHM operations

The president of the Utah Jazz has been named the CEO of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies. Steven E. Starks will leave his position as president of the Jazz and LHM Sports & Entertainment after serving for four years to become CEO of the Miller Group and an executive…

Opendoor launches operations in Salt Lake

Opendoor, a five-year-old company that buys homes directly from owners for resale in several markets in the U.S., is coming to Salt Lake City. The company has begun hiring its local staff with the intent of launching operations locally later this year. In a press release, the…

Whitaker Construction buys Idaho contractor

Whitaker Construction Co., a Brigham City-based contractor that is owned by its employees, has acquired Das-co of Idaho Inc. Both companies specialize in underground utility construction. As part of the transaction, Das-co will also become an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)…

St. George job growth tops nation

St. George is the top U.S city for job growth over the past five years, according to online financial magazine 24/7 Wall St. The booming Southwest Utah community was followed in the ranking by Bend-Redmond, Oregon; Reno, Nevada; the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area…

Survey: Business owners optimistic as revenues rise, aren’t worried about trade wars

Business owners showed a rise in optimism in the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, conducted July 8-12. The overall optimism score rose seven points to 136, as owners in the third quarter (Q3) continued to report strong revenues. A majority also expressed…

Succeeding in Your Business: Develop a sense of humor - a laughing jury never convicts

By Cliff Ennico “I had the privilege of hearing you speak recently at a SCORE presentation in southern Connecticut and I’ve become a big fan of your small-business lecture series on YouTube. “You seem like a pretty smart lawyer and you’ve got lots of good information, but the…

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