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Relationships. A simple enough word you might think, the importance of it seeming obvious in any setting. And yet it may be a lot easier to conceive than to truly [...]

Anyone who has wanted to start a business or create their own company usually begins with two key ingredients--imagination and motivation. What many need to complete the recipe for success [...]

Let's face it--when you create a concept, work to perfect it, finalize the rules to govern it and invite others to 41 join in building it, it's never easy to [...]

Just before Christmas this past December, the FOX Network offered up a new prime time game show called 'Million Dollar Money Drop.' The premise was somewhat unique in that each [...]

Even though 2009 was an economic disaster for businesses pretty much nationwide, Utah led the United States in a very important category--export growth. The Brookings Institute reported that in goods [...]

Every year, dozens of Utah's 5,000-plus technology companies develop truly revolutionary new products, concepts or services. This year is no exception. The following 10 technologies represent just a sampling of [...]

In 1980, the owner of a Salt Lake City radio station developed a concept to attract business from a sector that wasn't advertising--the health and fitness industry. From gymnasiums to [...]

It should come as no surprise that Utah is a national leader in submitting applications for a United States patent, at least on a per capita basis. But the state's [...]

In business, as in life, there are no guarantees. But there are always smart ways to bet. For the victims of the current economic recession, the idea of leaving corporate [...]

For decades, Salt Lake City has been referred to as 'The Crossroads of the West.' Now, the city's largest corporate tenant has reached a crossroads of its own, and has [...]

A Wealth of Talent, With No Where to Put It Rising unemployment--it can happen in the blink of an eye. Just over a year ago, Utah was boasting an unemployment [...]

Each time Lane Beattie has completed a term of service in the private and public sector, he's thought, 'I was done, ready to step aside and spend more time with [...]

The concept of transit-oriented development--mixed use of residential and commercial areas designed to maximize access to public transportation--is hardly new. It's been utilized in Europe and Asia for decades, and [...]

It's a beautiful February morning. The air is crisp, the sky a brilliant blue, there's no wind and the resorts are calling your name. So you secure your skis to [...]

Here's a business conundrum is it easier in 2012 to start a new company needing $1 million in funding or $10 million? If you thought cheaper was easier, you'd be [...]

In the course of one week nearly three and a half years ago, the future of medical providers in Utah may have been changed for decades. That was in September [...]

Tourists to Utah often leave as the state's greatest cheerleaders. One view of the state's awe-inspiring redrock formations or one sweet ride down our celebrated slopes turns even the most [...]

Mike Collier remembers the moment well. He was sitting at his desk in a Utah County office building when the boss came in. He says the look on his leader's [...]

It wasn't the first time it's happened to Marshall Moore, and it probably won't be the last. Still, for the director of the Utah Film Commission (UFC), an experience he [...]

Craig Stephenson remembers the first misconception he had of Utah when headed to the state for a convention--that he would find a western desert state with dirt roads, strange liquor [...]

First, here's the good news: There are hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives for businesses--money that could increase the diversity and quality of capital available for startups and [...]

The Industrial Assistance Fund (IAF) is one of Utah's most successful business incentive programs. Originally created in 1994 to help McDonnell Douglas' expansion in the state, the IAF is a [...]

Anticipation. Enthusiasm. Cautious optimism. Those four words describe the feelings of many realtors and industry analysts regarding the 2010 Utah residential housing market forecast. That was evident at the Little [...]

In the early 1980s, Chrysler Corporation introduced something called the K-car, a radical change in design that prompted a lot of skepticism in the auto industry. Lee Iacocca, he with [...]

How do you capture the image of a state in a tagline, a two or three or four word phrase that tells potential visitors and business partners that your environment [...]

He's written and contributed to 34 books, been a New York Times best-selling author with his own book, and spoken to over four million people at 4,500 appearances. He's given [...]

Sally Dietlein majored in speech communication and minored in theater while a student at Brigham Young University in the '70s, and her career plan was to teach school. But as [...]

David Royce is founder and chairman of Aptive Environmental, a Provo-based pest-control company that ranks among the nation's leaders in the industry. It's the fourth pest-control company he has owned--he [...]

He never intended to be the owner of a car dealership, much less one of the nation's best. But for Brent Brown, who's been nominated for the 2018 TIME Dealer [...]

Bill Wyatt retired at the end of June as executive director of the Port of Portland (Oregon), a position he'd held since 2001. He had no plans to dive back [...]

The first thing Rob Sergent observed when he arrived in Park City six years ago was the beauty of Summit County. The second thing he envisioned was the place where [...]

The first time Lillian Randall saw the vacant building on Historic 25th Street in Ogden, she knew she had to have it--if for nothing else than to simply repurpose a [...]

Ask anyone whose job it is to promote travel and tourism in their region about their 'dry seasons,' and you might not get a response. After all, no one wants [...]

Alfonso Porras didn't know that when his sister went to live with Walter Zittle and his family in New Jersey nearly 30 years ago, it would pave the way to [...]

Of all the talents and attributes it takes to be successful in business or life, there may be no other as important at perseverance. Sharon Olson is the embodiment of [...]

Jason Mathis still remembers the place, the location in downtown Salt Lake City where he strolled and looked down Main Street almost a decade ago. What he saw was boarded [...]

Jessica Taylor loved hearing her grandparents tell stories from their lives and studying the histories ot family members. She loved it as a hobby, but until she got to college [...]

She calls herself a 'recovering lawyer,' but to hundreds of families in and around the Salt Lake Valley, she's more like a lifeline and trusted friend. Alcabes is executive director [...]

Like most kids growing up in Utah, Allison Andersen loved going to Lagoon in the summers. But her fondest memories of the Farmington amusement park weren't of roller coasters, slippery [...]

Man shall not live by bread alone, as the saying goes, but for members of one Utah family, bread's been a pretty good way of life. James Worthington is the [...]

For years as she worked for both Intermountain Healthcare and HCA, Allison Robbins wondered why any large employer would be willing to accept the same medical insurance reimbursements on claims [...]

Chandler Scott always loved hats, even as a young boy. But it was while he served an LDS mission in Colombia that his passion really caught fire. And it led [...]

Laurel Harris found her 'calling' when she was just 4 years old--a love of animals and a desire to care for them. Since that time, Dr. Harris' passion has never [...]

She had no idea how long she'd stay in Park City, or how significant her presence would become for the state of Utah. When Teri Orr moved to Summit County [...]

Geographically, Uintah and Duchesne counties couldn't be any closer to Carbon and Emery counties. Besides their location, these four counties also share common landscapes, demographics, populations and histories of capturing [...]

Nearly seven years ago, Jana Francis had a pretty normal life. She was working full time, raising two sons and expecting her third child--a girl. Because there were no hand-me-downs [...]

Since its inception in 1985, Salt Lake City's acclaimed Red Iguana has delighted tens of thousands of customers with its authentic Mexican food. Founders Ramon and Maria Cardenas prided themselves [...]