Archives for the ‘Features’ Category

Bright Ideas

By • Jun 3rd, 2009 • Category: Features

Utah Valley inventors see the light Here in Utah Valley, we’re known for our happiness, our honesty, our Jell-O, our first-class universities, our big families, our work ethic and our determination. But it’s high time we were known for our inventors — those innovative, deep-thinking, salt-of-the-valley masterminds who make a living “filling the void.” That’s [...]

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Starting A Business 101

By • Jun 2nd, 2009 • Category: Features

101 things to know before starting a business — including tips from 10 local entrepreneurs who share what they wish they would have known #1 What I wish I would have known … “I wish I would have known how much I didn’t know about starting and running a business, and that the only way to [...]

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2009 TOP 10 Startups To Watch

By • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: Features, UV50

TOP 10 Startups To Watch Youth isn’t always wasted on the young. Meet 10 local startups worth watching. FEATURED WINNER Zoobie Pets No. 1   ZOOBIE PETS Founded 2007  City Provo  Employees 12 Industry Toy  Web site www.zoobies.com  Founders JC Smoot, 26; Reid Smoot, 30 What It Is A creator of patent-pending stuffed animals that turn [...]

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2009 TOP 15 Revenue Companies

By • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: Features, UV50

TOP 15 Revenue Companies Utah Valley’s ‘big guns’ on money and milestones FEATURED WINNER NuSkin No. 1 NU SKIN ENTERPRISES Revenue in 2008 $1,247,646,000 Founded 1984 City Provo Employees 8,525 worldwide, 1,200 in Provo Industry Direct Sales Web site www.nuskinenterprises.com Founder Blake Roney, 50 The Company A direct sales company that sells skin and beauty [...]

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2009 TOP 25 Fastest-Growing Companies

By • Feb 26th, 2009 • Category: Features, UV50

TOP 25 FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES The 2009 Fastest-Growing Companies talk about life in the fast lane FEATURED WINNERS NetSteps AtTask Simplicity Group Five Star Painting Best Vinyl NO. 1 NETSTEPS Three-Year Growth 1,021% Revenue in 2008 $2,800,200 Founded 2003 City American Fork Employees 22 Industry Technology Web site www.netsteps.com Founder Derek P. Maxfield, 32 The Company [...]

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Mission: Accomplished

By • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Features

It’s been Mission: Madness at BusinessQ as 16 local companies sent in their corporate catch phrases for the judging. The result? Utah County business owners know all about making a statement.

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Then, Later, Now

By • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Features

We can do it? Darn right.
Take a look at the then, later and now of working women in America.

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Well Versed

By • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Features

When it comes to women in the workplace, gender has always been a major player. From historic fights for equality to continued arguments of “doing it all,” the definition of working women is ever-changing.

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The Mompreneurs

By • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Features

9 to 5? Try 24/7.
A sister to the stay-at-home mom is popping up all over Utah County — the mompreneur. And it’s bringing new meaning to the phrase, “When two worlds collide.”

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