Colorado takes pride in its Western entrepreneurial spirit — and that extends to the belief of some lawmakers that business owners should be able to use deadly force against anyone who tries to take what’s theirs.
It’s an idea that conjures Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, and its supporters have taken liberties with the hardboiled character’s famous [...] [...]
World markets fell Monday on concerns that Greece’s financial problems will not be solved by a tentative deal to cancel part of its debt, while European leaders met to find ways to revive the region’s ailing economy.
The leaders meeting in Brussels will likely focus on how to stimulate economic growth and create jobs at a [...] [...]
Source Business Systems, a local business management software and consulting company, is merging its customer list with Boston-based BrainSell Technology.
The customer list merger will give the company a strategic relationship, said Jim Brummett, president of Source Business Systems.
“It gives us an opportunity to not only provide our clients with an even broader level of sales [...] [...]
Mitt Romney says he likes being able to “fire people” who don’t provide adequate business services.
The Republican presidential candidate also is defending his business background as rivals step up their attacks.
Romney told a Nashua Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Monday that he wants to allow people to shop for their own health insurance instead of [...] [...]
The first participants in a new healthcare management program coordinated by the University of Colorado at Colorado Spring School of business graduated Thursday.
The UCCS school of business collaborated with local healthcare organizations and businesses to design a certificate program of five courses over two months designed to prepare healthcare professionals new supervisory and management roles.
The [...] [...]
A local Colorado Springs entrepreneur is launching a marketing website for local businesses.
Called wherestheegg.com, the site will allow visitors to seek up to $50,000 in cash and prizes hidden throughout the content of the site in the form of digital eggs. In exchange, they’ll see the ads throughout the site.
The goal, says creator Aaron Winter, [...] [...]
Obviously our Republican Representative Doug Lamborn missed the sensitivity class when he was in college.
He recently called President Barack Obama a “tar baby.” Whether or not you should still like President Obama after the latest debacle remains open for discussion, but the office of the President should be respected. And the use of an inflammatory [...] [...]
The City of Fountain, roughly 13 miles south of Colorado Springs, is on the precipice of a population boom, and it wants more businesses — now.
Fountain Valley’s population, which includes Security and Widefield, is around 88,000, and city officials expect that number grow 14 percent by 2014, when troops return to neighboring Fort Carson from [...] [...]
A fitness program for new moms that uses their strollers in place of standard gym equipment is opening up shop in Colorado Springs.
“Stroller Strides is a great way to get back into shape as well as stay in shape,” said Johanna Mitchell, Stroller Strides new franchise owner, in a statement.
Mothers will meet in parks and [...] [...]
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is now offering online entrepreneurship classes.
The school’s College of Business has launched its Practical Entrepreneurship Program, a non-credit track program that includes 21 courses on subjects ranging from market evaluation to raising capital, legal structures for new businesses, writing a business plan and setting up an office.
Each [...] [...]