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Is your sales prospects tank running on fumes? Here are 17 basic ideas for keeping it full

Too many salespeople find themselves running on fumes when it comes to prospects. “I get up every morning and ask myself the same question: Who am I going to talk to today?” said a life insurance salesperson who had been in the business for 30 years. He’s far from alone. Closing…

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Jul 21

Women Tech Council honors 18 as finalists for 2019 annual awards

The Women Tech Council has named 18 women as finalists for its 2019 Women Tech Awards. The awards program recognizes technology-focused women creating new technologies, driving innovation, impacting tech companies and inspiring the technology community. Finalists are, in…

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Jul 21

Succeeding in Your Business: Minority owners don’t get mad - they (sometimes) get even

By Cliff Ennico “I formed a business with two partners a couple of years ago. We set up a corporation and divided the stock three ways. Me and my brother each had 40 percent of the company, and a good friend of ours had the remaining 20 percent. “Things went well for a while,…

Business Tech: Food Tech: Satisfaction comes from combining two of our favorite things

By Bahar Ferguson Food may be vital for supporting life, but I bet if you asked 10 people stranded on a deserted island if they would rather have food or technology, nine people would choose technology in a heartbeat. And you know what? They’d probably hop on Postmates or Über…

Sand for the Oil Industry

By John Rogers “Northern white” could soon give way to “southern red.” Energy developers in Eastern Utah’s Uinta Basin and throughout the western United States and Canada engaged in the oil extraction process known as “fracking” need thousands of tons of sand to use in the…

ENERGY DIVERSITY: Herbert points to emerging renewable energy sources in speech at Energy Summit

By Brice Wallace Gov. Gary Herbert likes to brag about Utah having the nation’s most-diverse economy. That same diversity is manifesting itself in the state’s energy industry, where renewable resources are emerging from once-minuscule levels. Speaking at the Governor’s Energy…

'Dry holes' and disaster

The beginnings of Utah's oil industry were anything but easy. The state's first commercial well didn't start pumping until 1948. After decades of expensive failed exploration attempts — “dry holes” — the first Utah oil well finally was completed on Sept. 18, 1948, near Vernal in…

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Jul 21

Panelists at Utah Governor's Energy Summit acknowledge demonstration with discussion of protestors' issues

By Brice Wallace The protest was brief — only about three minutes — but the ensuing discussion about it took a little longer. A group of perhaps 20 environmentalists took over the stage at the Governor’s Energy Summit in late May in Salt Lake City, standing in front of a panel…

DOE launches $8 million study into Paradox Basin oil and gas potential

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to invest nearly $8 million in a research project conducted by the University of Utah into the geology of the Paradox Basin to test its oil and natural gas potential. Research into the Paradox, primarily in Utah but also extending to…

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Jul 21

Environmental review process underway for Uintah Basin railway project

By H. Michael Keller and Elizabeth Stubbs The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, composed of seven counties in Eastern Utah, has proposed building the Uinta Basin Railway Project, an approximately 80-mile rail line connecting two termini near South Myton Bench in Duchesne…

Editorial Cartoon: Plastic

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Jul 21

Industry Briefs 7-22-19

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. CORPORATE • HealthEquity Inc. , a Draper-based independent health savings account non-bank…

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Jul 21

The global trade war comes full-circle to bite American producers

By Veronique de Rugy It has always puzzled me that anyone would believe that protecting the U.S. market with tariffs is a good idea. Yes, U.S. consumers might increase their demand for domestic goods because duties on imported foreign goods make them relatively more expensive.…

Administration's recent strategy toward Iran is confusing at best

By Fareed Zakaria The best illustration of the incoherence of the administration’s strategy toward Iran in a recent White House press release. “There is little doubt that even before the deal’s existence, Iran was violating its terms,” it read. The White House has not…

Newsletter - 7-15-19

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, July 15, 2019 A question of density: Developers floating new Olympia Hills plan By John Rogers Developers Doug Young and Cory Shupe have come back to the public, hoping to gain support for their…

A question of density: Developers floating new Olympia Hills plan

By John Rogers Developers Doug Young and Cory Shupe have come back to the public, hoping to gain support for their retooled Olympia Hills high-density residential community in far southwest Salt Lake County. Their original proposal met stiff opposition last year from area…

Want to start a new business? Utah is the 2nd-best place in the nation to do it

Utah is second, behind only Texas, as the best state for starting a business, based on rankings compiled by personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub compared the states across 26 indicators of startup success. The data set ranges from financing accessibility to availability…

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Jul 14

Demand outpaces growth in Wasatch office market

A tight Wasatch Front office market lingers as construction growth is unable to keep pace with demand. That’s the conclusion of a Salt Lake City metro area market report recapping the first quarter of 2019 compiled by Marcus & Millichap, which indicates that “unwavering tenant…

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Jul 14

Bear River bird refuge has significant economic impact for the state

By Brice Wallace Having a bird refuge is not chicken feed, economically speaking. The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge had an economic impact of $4.1 million in 2017, according to a report from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. That year, the…

R&O named ENR 's contractor of the year

Engineering News Record (ENR), a weekly magazine that covers the worldwide construction industry from its New York City headquarters, has selected R&O Construction of Ogden as its Contractor of the Year for the Intermountain Region. The region consists of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming…

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Jul 14

Novo sells its SLC facility

Sterile Processing Services of America (SPSA), located in Long Beach, California, has acquired Novo Health Systems’ Salt Lake City hospital sterilization services facility. SPSA is a portfolio company of Pacific Avenue Capital Partners LLC. “We are excited to add the Salt Lake…

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Jul 14

Irvine Office Park breaks ground in Draper

Salt Lake City-based developer Irvine Investment Co. has broken ground on Irvine Office Park, a 540,000-square-foot Class A office building in Draper. The development is located at the intersection of I-15 and Bangerter Highway. “Irvine Office Park offers access to major freeway…

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Jul 14