RANK #4
Thank goodness for chivalry. Nine years ago while attending BYU, Dave Bateman kindly brought lunch every day to his wife, Amanda, who worked at an apartment community in Provo. “We’d be eating, and someone would come in to pay rent,” he says. “And she’d pull out the paper ledger to write it down.” [...]

RANK #1
Call them square, but Lindon-based Box Home Loans, a division of Republic Mortgage Home Loans, doesn’t think outside the box. For this fastest-growing company in Utah Valley, it’s all about what’s inside — and they’ve proven good things come in small packages. In 2006, mortgage companies across the country were belting, “No money down!” [...]

NO. 1 BOX HOME LOANS, a division of Republic Mortgage Home Loans

Three-Year Growth 1,811%
Revenue in 2010 $10,696,227
Founded 2006
City Lindon
Employees 60
Industry Mortgage lending
Website www.boxhomeloans.com
Founders Aaron Brown, 40; Jeffrey Reeves, 38
The Company A mortgage lending company that exclusively lends to people with great credit.
The Growth Talk about bucking the trends. In 2006, Box Home Loans [...]

Putting on a feature like the 40 Under 40 is no walk up the Y.

When people find out I’m in the investment business, they usually ask me where to invest.

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Talk about scene stealers.
This year’s batch of charismatic youngins is charming audiences all over Utah Valley. And whether it’s the genre of tech, cuisine, blogging or education, these pros have skyrocketed to star status.
Get to know these feature-worthy up-and-comers as they share their “Oscar moments,” “favorite roles” and the would-be “film title” of their career.
Go ahead. Get star struck.

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Business — it runs in the family.
And thank goodness. Family businesses account for some of the most powerful economic engines in the world (you’ve heard of Wal-Mart, yes?) and not to mention our very own Utah County (here’s looking at you, Clyde Companies).
But the clearly powerful business model doesn’t always create a clear black and white entity. With the potential for blurred boundaries and family feuds (sans surveys), there’s a whole lotta grey going on.
Even still, talk to any family business, and the pros pummel the cons. So if you’re thinking of starting a family company — or if your current family business needs a reminder or a reboot — here are 26 areas to discuss at the dining (or conference room) table.
May we present … the ABCs of running a family business.

RANK #3
When life hands you lemons, make them blue. Coming off its one-year anniversary, Blue Lemon Restaurant and Bistro is blowing out candles and breathing in some well deserved success. Opening a restaurant is always risky. But opening one in a less-than-ideal economy? A risk worth writing about. The company’s delicious triumph is a tribute [...]