Sun not setting on couple’s solar dreams
POSTED: Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 07:26 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Dustin Baker, Franccesca Baker, Idaho Renewable Energy Association, Idaho Solar Design & Consulting, New Business
Dustin and Franccesca Baker are in hot water. Sort of. Their business helps others heat water, keep their houses warm, and their refrigerators cold. The Bakers install solar electric and solar thermal panels in residences and commercial buildings through a business they opened last year called Idaho Solar Design & Consulting.
The couple was chosen to [...]
Play well together, say Sandbox Group owners
POSTED: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 08:10 AM PTBY: Brianne Eggers
Tags: Dan Long, Greg Carlson, New Business, Sandbox Group
We all remember the bullies in the sandbox from our childhood. There were kids who threw sand and ones who would hoard all the toys. It was a kind of social order of playing together. When you think about what would happen on the playground and in the sandbox, the metaphor fits perfectly when transferred [...]
Don Crowell helps keep housing units safe
POSTED: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 02:16 PM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Dan Crowell, New Business, Signal 88 Security
When the real estate market started going south a few years back, Don Crowell started to look for other career options.
The 33-year-old with an MBA from Northwest Nazarene University had worked at ExecuTrain; in real estate; and while at Century 21, he helped found the Idaho Career Institute. “I had been looking, with the decline [...]
With family help, Eric Dekker opens VIP Analytical for fuels testing
POSTED: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 02:42 PM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Eric Dekker, Maizie Dekker, New Business, VIP Analytical
To get a sense of what VIP Analytical’s Eric Dekker does in his laboratory, think “CSI” without the crime.
Dekker, 40, obtained a degree in chemistry from the College of Idaho and later earned an MBA. His isn’t a run-of-the-mill career, and to help explain what he does, consider the work he performed for a Las Vegas, [...]
Joel Hunter has a head (and two feet) for business
POSTED: Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 07:45 AM PTBY: Brianne Eggers
Tags: Heirloom Dance Studio, Joel Hunter, New Business
From the Lindy Hop Swing to the Bachata and even ballroom dancing, Joel Hunter has opened the doors to a dance studio with one goal in mind: to spread dancing passion around to any restless feet.
The Heirloom Dance Studio on Idaho Street in downtown Boise is the only place in town that teaches Lindy Hop [...]
Jules Zunich brings her PR firm to Idaho
POSTED: Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 02:29 PM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Jules (Julia) Zunich, New Business, Z Group PR
Idaho transplant Jules Zunich speaks with high praise for the Boise area - as a businesswoman, resident, and parent.
“The Treasure Valley is such a great area to conduct business, and to participate in business,” she said. She is the owner of Z Group PR. She and her husband Steven originally started the business in 2001 [...]
Lifelong Idahoans find national franchise a good fit
POSTED: Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 08:23 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Murphy Business & Financial Corporation, New Business, Rodney Wolfe
Rodney Wolfe and his wife Lisa are Idahoans to the core.
The couple, who opened the Boise-Nampa metropolitan branch of a nationwide company called Murphy Business & Financial Corporation in March, were both born and raised in Kuna. Rodney attended the College of Idaho, majoring in accounting and business administration; Lisa went to the University of Idaho, [...]
CitySmart.com a dream job for founder
POSTED: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 06:09 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: BJ Wright, CitySmart.com, New Business
At last, BJ Wright has his dream job.
It’s been a long time coming for the 30-year-old, who tried and failed at a number of things before getting the career he now says “I always wanted to end up with.”
Wright launched a website called CitySmart.com on March 29 with partner Russell Brunson. But prior to [...]
Businesswoman knows Idaho’s best rec spots
POSTED: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 01:28 PM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Idaho Excursions, K'Lynn Kennedy, New Business
Growing up on a farm in Oregon gave K’Lynn Kennedy an appreciation for hard work and allowed her opportunities for physical activities like fence mending. Then, while working as a reservationist in Sedona, Ariz. with Grand Canyon Tour Company, she discovered the outdoors and a career niche that suits her well.
She launched a complementary phone-based [...]
Firm helps bring university research to marketplace
POSTED: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 08:33 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Bioscience Bridge, Michelle Travis, New Business
Some of the best research being done in the country today is taking place in the halls of academia.
Moving inventions and products out of the lab and into the marketplace requires business skills. So how do researchers at universities - the students and faculty so skilled in science and technology - bridge the gap from [...]
