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Newsletter - 9-19-16

www.slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 Subscribe To The Enterprise This week in The Enterprise – Utah’s Business Journal Sept 19, 2016 N. Mexico deal takes Facebook data center away from W. Jordan Utah has lost out to a site in New Mexico for a Facebook data center following…

Industry Briefs 9-12-16

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. EDUCATION/TRAINING • Unity Technologies , based in San Francisco, has announced a partnership…

UPS bringing 195 new jobs now, eventually may be 1,500

UPS specializes in delivering packages but last week received one that could mean 1,500 jobs for Utah. The company was approved for a tax credit incentive package from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board, tied to a $207 million expansion in Salt Lake City…

30,000 expected at this week's doTerra annual convention

Pleasant Grove-based doTerra, a multi-level marketing company that sells essential oils and other related products, is expecting 30,000 “wellness advocates” to descend on Salt Lake City this week for the company’s annual convention. Pleasant Grove-based doTerra, a multi-level…

Murray ITT Tech among 130 U.S. campuses idled by DOE actions

More than 400 students at the Murray campus of ITT Technical Institute were left high and dry when the for-profit college went of business just before classes were to begin for the fall term last week. Nationwide, more than 35,000 students were looking for other education…

TV & movie production rings Utah coffers to the tune of $55 million

The 2015-16 fiscal year for filming TV and movie productions in Utah was full of … action. Using $13 million in incentives during the year, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board approved productions expected to total $55 million spent in the state. That’s up…

Summit: Changing perceptions could solve workforce shortages

Looking for answers to address Utah’s shortage of skilled workers, several speakers at a recent summit suggested that they’re sitting at desks in the state’s secondary schools or even at the elementary school level. Looking for answers to address Utah’s shortage of skilled…

Trying to figure out what 'type' of person you are? I'm a 'sales successful'

Everybody talks about “types” of people, in order to try and figure them out. Salespeople are all taught to mirror, model and type their prospective customers. Big mistake. My opinion: Total manipulation, total joke, total waste of time. The key word is “harmonize.” Not mirror…

Lack of skilled workers remains a problem, but tech sector has upside

Home to “Silicon Slopes,” Utah has both uphill challenges and rising opportunities in technology and innovation, according to a tech executive panel gathered recently in Salt Lake City. Chief among the challenges is a longstanding one: finding skilled workers to fill the…

Present situation OK, future a bit iffy for consumers

Utah consumers are confident in their present economic situation but expressing a little more concern about the future. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) increased 1.1 points to 111.4 in August. The increase resulted from greater confidence in the present…

Utah automation pioneer unveils driverless tractors

A Utah technology company last week introduced a couple of farm tractors that don’t have to stop so the driver can have lunch. That’s because these tractors need no drivers. A Utah technology company last week introduced a couple of farm tractors that don’t have to stop so the…

Newsletter - 9-7-16

www.slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 Subscribe To The Enterprise This week in The Enterprise – Utah’s Business Journal Sept 7, 2016 Lack of skilled workers remains a problem, but tech sector has upside Home to “Silicon Slopes,” Utah has both uphill challenges and rising…

Industry Briefs 9-5-16

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 • Elizabeth (Leeza) Evensen has been elected as 2017 Commercial Real Estate Women…

Newsletter - 8-29-16

www.slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 Subscribe To The Enterprise This week in The Enterprise – Utah’s Business Journal Aug 29, 2016 Merit R&D center shunned by South Jordan, may go to Ireland Utah may lose out on a 200-job research and development center — a project that might…

Editorial Cartoon - I Feel Louisiana's Pain

What is the key? There's a one-word answer to unlocking the sale

The key to selling is not probing, listening, presenting, talking, assessing, pain, objections, and especially not manipulating. The key that unlocks sales is “harmonizing.” Is there a one-word answer to making more sales happen? YES! Probing? Listening? Presenting? Talking?…

Industry Briefs 8-29-16

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. ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT • Amber M. Mettler has been elected to the Repertory Dance Theatre’s (RDT)…

Executive Profile - Mark Dietlein

To say Mark Dietlein is passionate about theater is a gross understatement. His eyes light up when he talks about anything to do with theater. If you mention lighting, music or costumes, you can hear the excitement in his voice. Mark is the oldest grandson of Ruth and Nathan…

PSC approves Questar's merger with Dominion

The Public Service Commission of Utah has approved the merger of Dominion Resources Inc. and Questar Corp. that was announced earlier this year. The Public Service Commission of Utah has approved the merger of Dominion Resources Inc. and Questar Corp. that was announced earlier…

Rural Fast Track program grants go to 31 companies in past year

The Utah Rural Fast Track program, designed to boost the number of high-paying jobs at existing small companies in rural counties, saw 31 grants approved during the past fiscal year, including 13 during the year’s fourth quarter. Aided by some news media coverage, a rural…

West Virginia news group buys Provo Daily Herald

The Provo Daily Herald, one of only six daily newspapers in Utah, has been sold to Ogden Newspapers of Utah LLC. Not to be confused with the daily Standard-Examiner in Ogden, the buying entity is a new division of Ogden Newspapers Inc. of Wheeling, West Virginia. The Provo Daily…

The sky is fallin (not really)

Whether you like the original folktale with “Henny Penny” or are more a fan of Disney’s 2005 version of “Chicken Little,” it seems appropriate to bring up that reference in this year’s state of trucking. As I read reports of industry experts and talk with trucking company…