When Nathan and Melissa Liljestrand’s remodeling business, Custom Creations, needed a bottom-line makeover, they took it to the Small Business Development Center’s Leading Edge class. The couple’s business plan has advanced to a state-level competition, where it will compete against the business plans submitted by 14 other SBDCs for a cash prize. The SBDCs 13-week Leading [...]
Continue reading …In a high-tech world where mobile apps and mobile Internet are the talk of the town for small businesses, there are a few in Colorado Springs who embrace the retro meaning of mobile, delivering their services right to the customer’s door. They have wheels, and will travel — mobile hair stylists, dog groomers, car detail [...]
Continue reading …The U.S. Small Business Administration wants to recognize the best innovative small businesses. The SBA is seeking nominations for awards honoring the critical economic role small businesses play in federally funded research and development through SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. The SBA coordinates about $2.5 billion per year in [...]
Continue reading …Synergy Realty Group 7606 N. Union Blvd. Employees: 21 Other branches: Synergy Property Management with new in-house maintenance. Years in business: 1 In his first year as a broker owner, Charles D’Alessio has seen his Synergy Realty Group grow from the six agents he opened with to more than 20. He started with 2,200 square [...]
Continue reading …The last thing anyone in the Small Business Development Center’s business planning class expected was relationship advice. The participants had spent 13 weeks and 39 hours developing business plans, working the numbers, developing spreadsheets and practicing their 30-second “commercial,” also known as the business pitch. They, the 13 business hopefuls in the class, are sure [...]
Continue reading …None of the four major brewers in town who are sinking serious money into big expansions are worried about competition. The microbrew industry is growing and the owners and brewers at Trinity Brewing Company, Colorado Mountain Brewery, Bristol Brewing Company and Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. all say they’re expanding because they have to if they’re [...]
Continue reading …Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, minutes before the store actually opens, there’s already a line at Tri-Lakes Shooters Supply in Monument. One guy wants advice about the gun to carry for his job as an armored-car driver. A soldier needs his rifle repaired. A third customer is looking for Christmas ideas for his wife. [...]
Continue reading …Eclipse Private Jet Owner: Bill Carder Employees: four pilots, two mechanics www.eclipseprivatejet.com Bill Carder didn’t see himself as a jet-setter. He owned a trailer manufacturing company in Lamar and sold his products across the country. It took him three hours to drive to Colorado Springs to catch a commercial flight. Typically, he also could count [...]
Continue reading …NFIB: Small businesses oppose sales tax for labor, Medicaid expansion
November 28, 2012 Comments OffA poll of Colorado small-business owners found that they were opposed to extending state sales tax to labor and services – but supported the use of credit reports in making hiring decisions. The National Federation of Independent Business polled members about state and national issues related to the way they operate. NFIB has 7,500 members [...]
Continue reading …A Texas-based group has acquired Aspen Resource Partners, a Colorado Springs-based professional employer organization. Resourcing Edge, based in Rockwall, Texas, announced that it is combining assets with the Colorado Springs-based company. “This is a pivotal effort that accelerates our solutions strategy to offer even greater value to our clients,” said Ted Crawford, Resourcing Edge CEO. [...]
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