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SCORE Team Member of the Year

Louay Chebib Vice President SCORE Utah Louay Chebib is an IT and entrepreneurial jack of all trades. He currently works for himself as a technology consultant and teaches business and information technology for the University of Phoenix. He is a SCORE small-business mentor and…

Staff

May 5

Women’s Business Center Team Member of the Year: Clancy Stone

Clancy Stone Business Advisor WBC Utah Women need to know their strengths Clancy Stone was an officer in the U.S. Army and then transitioned to corporate America, where she was often the only woman at the table. She realized women need a better understanding of their strengths…

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May 5

Online services can be a big help in launching your new small business

By Bahar Ferguson Technology has become the great equalizer throughout society. If you are able to advance with the technology, you are ahead of the game. This leveling of the playing field has been particularly beneficial to small businesses and startups. If you were to sit…

Editorial Cartoon: Help America

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May 5

Industry Briefs 5-6-19

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. ASSOCIATIONS • NACM Business Credit Services , Salt Lake City, has named DeAnna Leahy of Sunroc…

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May 5

Earth Day predictions go predictably wrong - and that's good news

By Veronique de Rugy As activists around the world recently celebrated Earth Day with warnings about the awful state of our planet, now seems like the right time to share the good news that actually — contrary to countless dire predictions — we’re not running out of resources.…

America tired of Trump circus - don't want a Democrat circus, either

By Fareed Zakaria Consider, for a moment, what the growing talk of impeachment among Democrats sounds like to the tens of millions of people who voted for Donald Trump. Many of them supported him because they feel ignored, mocked and condescended to by the country’s urban,…

Innovation clusters promote business collaboration in rural communities

By Dan Nordberg Small businesses in the Rocky Mountain region have new resources to help them commercialize technology, expand into new markets, grow their customer base and create jobs. Thanks to funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Montana Bioscience…

Newsletter - 4-29-19

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, April 29, 2019 Women patents growing, still way behind men By Brice Wallace Despite advances over the past four decades, the percentage of inventions patented by women remains minuscule.Speaking to a…

Women patents growing, still way behind men

By Brice Wallace Despite advances over the past four decades, the percentage of inventions patented by women remains minuscule. Speaking to a group last week in Salt Lake City, Molly Kocialski, director of the Rocky Mountain Regional U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, cited…

Planned convention hotel to soar over Salt Palace in downtown SLC

We know a little more about what’s going to happen on the northwest corner of the intersection of 200 South and West Temple streets in downtown Salt Lake City. That’s the site — adjacent to the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center — of a proposed convention center…

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Apr 28

Folks still finding jobs; unemployed rate stays flat

The number of people employed in Utah continues to grow, according to figures released last week by the Department of Workforce Services. Since last March, Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment has grown by an estimated 3 percent, adding 45,100 jobs to the economy. Utah’s current…

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Apr 28

DataBank's 4th Bluffdale data center underway

Dallas-based DataBank has broken ground on its fourth data center at its Granite Point campus in Bluffdale. Dubbed SLC5, the new facility joins three other massive data-storage facilities and DataBank’s 66-megawatt privately owned substation. The company expects SLC5 to be ready…

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Apr 28

CBRE's Salt Lake multifamily market report spotlights record sales volume in 2018

The Salt Lake City office of CBRE has released its semi-annual Greater Salt Lake Area Multifamily Market Report, which features detailed insight into the multifamily market along the Wasatch Front. Encompassing data through year-end 2018 and 2019 trends, the report reflects a…

Staff

Apr 28

Robert Purcell tabbed to head Orem's VIA Motors as new CEO

Orem-based VIA Motors International Inc. has announced that Robert Purcell has been appointed the company’s new CEO, replacing Peter Guile. Purcell has been chief operating officer of the company since March 2015. “We are really excited to now have Bob as the CEO of VIA Motors,”…

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Apr 28

New drug company opens headquarters with ribbon-cutting in Lehi

Civica Rx, the not-for-profit company announced last January with the intent of shaking up the generic medication industry, has opened its headquarters in Lehi. Gov. Gary Herbert, U.S. Rep Ben McAdams, Intermountain Healthcare CEO Dr. Marc Harrison and other civic and medical…

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Apr 28

Utah CEOs cautiously optimistic

Utah’s corporate CEOs have mellowed in their optimism for the immediate future of the state’s economy, according to the latest edition of the Salt Lake Chamber’s CEOutlook report. The first-quarter 2019 Confidence Index, a sub-index of the CEOutlook, decreased from 55.5 in the…

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Apr 28

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 4-29-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Zions Zions Bancorporation, based in Salt Lake City, reported net earnings applicable to common shareholders of $205 million, or $1.04 per share, for the first quarter of 2019. That compares with…

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Apr 28

Council approves concept plan for large development at Sandy's Cairns District

The Sandy City Council has unanimously approved a new concept plan for a $500 million multi-use project in the heart of the Sandy Cairns District. The project team of Raddon Development and Beecher Walker Architects was awarded the development six months ago after an extensive…

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Apr 28

Succeeding in Your Business: When two can grow a business more successfully than one

By Cliff Ennico “I currently own a one-person information technology consulting firm, which operates as a limited liability company (LLC). “I have a number of small clients. I go out and get the business, but I am also the person who has to do the work to keep the client…

Tips on obtaining and using testimonials that boost your credibility with customers

By John Graham “I want to believe you, but I’m not sure I trust you” is the unspoken question customers want to say to salespeople. The devil in every sale is customer doubt. Specifically, a salesperson’s lack of credibility. Slow down. Forget about “updating” your “professional…

Reshaping the construction industry through technology

The use of technology has transformed the landscape of every industry and construction is no exception. While the industry hasn’t always been quick to adopt new technology, those days are changing and changing fast. Many contractors are starting to realize the time and cost…

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Apr 28