Brant Schlaich wants people to dig those ‘Good Floatations’ 
POSTED: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 08:30 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Brant Schlaich, Good Floatations, New Business
With financial help from his family, Brant Schlaich, 23, purchased 1,200 pounds of Epsom salt for around $600 and a used flotation tank made by a company called Oasis Relaxation for $7,500. With the salt, tank and some water, he started a business called Good Floatations opening soon in The Muse Building at 14th and [...]
New business was born from fire and infirmity
POSTED: Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 09:20 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Brooke Linville, Digavise, New Business
In a span of three months in 2008, Brooke Linville experienced a tsunami of troubles. She and her husband lost their home in the Oregon Trail Heights fire, her face was paralyzed from Bell’s palsy, and it was later determined she suffered from Lyme disease. Up until her diagnosis she worked as a special education [...]
Apex helps businesses find change methodologies
POSTED: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 11:29 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Apex Performance Solutions, Brian Russell, New Business
Brian Russell once worked for Microsoft, first in Reno, then in Boise. It was through a contact made while working with that corporate behemoth that he came to be a one-man branch of a company called Apex Performance Solutions. Russell was approached by Apex President Kurt Frohlich a year ago and asked to come work [...]
Service lets businesses post customer reviews
POSTED: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 08:34 AM PTBY: Patti Murphy
Tags: Customer Review List, Dennis Gunderson, New Business
There are numerous resources available for consumers who want to check out the reputation of businesses they are considering hiring. Now, a free web-based service called Customer Review List allows businesses to post reviews – both good and bad – of the customers they have dealt with, giving other companies a peek into potential clients [...]
Company seeks to help newcomers to area
POSTED: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 09:07 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: All Inclusive Relocation, Leonard Loewen, New Business, Ryan Litke
“If you jump on a plane and come to Boise, how do you set up shop?” asked Leonard Loewen, co-owner with Ryan Litke of a new company called All Inclusive Relocation. The two men believe they have the answer for recent arrivals to the Treasure Valley in their referral-based relocation service. “We assist them in [...]
Ex-educator starts business to teach ‘from outside’
POSTED: Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 08:38 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Matt Gresham, New Business, Solid Rock Deals
Matt Gresham left the educational system earlier this year to impact the lives of students the way he wants. He felt stifled, he said, in his attempts to help youth while working as a teacher and administrator. “After 11 years in education, I was in essence frustrated with the inability to make significant change in [...]
Cold calling nets only mildly warm welcome
POSTED: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 12:17 PM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Eric Smith, Labeeg Building Services, New Business
When you’re a new business in town, sometimes it’s hard to get your foot in the door – but Eric Smith is not going to let that deter him. Smith is general manager in Boise of a Reno-based cleaning company called Labeeg Building Services. “We thought the Reno and Boise markets are very similar, except [...]
Business coach starts entrepreneurial think-tank in Meridian
POSTED: Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 08:06 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Julie Larson, Meridian Entrepreneur Think-Tank Co-op, New Business
“I was doing my thing and loved it but wanted to help more people,” Julie Larson, executive managing member of a newly established entrepreneurial co-op in Meridian, said. Her “thing” is business coaching, consulting and speaking. Earlier this year, Larson was attending a business book club she is a member of called Vibes when she [...]
At Detail Doctors, the MD drives his own ambulance
POSTED: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 09:26 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Detail Doctors, New Business, Steve Thompson
Steve Thompson is the only MD in town who drives an ambulance. But in this instance, MD stands for “mobile detailer,” and the ambulance is a spiffed up vehicle that brightly advertises how Thompson cleans dirty cars. Thompson owns The Detail Doctors, a business he started last December. Previously, for 7½ years, he managed the [...]
Broker left ‘franchise real estate’ behind
POSTED: Friday, October 14, 2011 at 07:03 AM PTBY: Gaye Bunderson
Tags: Kelly Kitchens Realty, New Business
Kelly Kitchens followed his father’s advice when he was a young man and now regrets it. “When else can you afford to be poor than when you’re 22?” Kitchens asked. It was the early ‘80s and Kitchens’ father was in real estate. The senior Kitchens told his son not to take up the profession because, [...]
