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Innovation, Culture, Courage & the Human Capital Dimension; 3/17/08 - PHOTOS & Events

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4/7-10/08 M-Th	24th National Space Symposium
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Message from ACG President Bill Heringer

Dear ACG Denver Members and Guests:

When you commit to spending almost two full days away from the office it had better be worth your while. You want to be inspired, motivated, and educated – both for your personal growth and the success of your business.

There’s nothing quite like ACG-Denver’s annual conference to meet high expectations like these. Ask the 740 registered attendees this year, who would agree that compelling keynote speakers, informative CEO panels, deal sourcing, and lots of opportunity for networking and socializing combine to create Denver’s premier conference.

We thank Larry and Patricia Nelson of w3w3.com for dedicating its newsletter to the conference so that those who weren’t able to attend can experience some of the excitement and benefit from the expertise of our speakers.

Every year the conference grows. We look forward to seeing this year’s attendees back next year along with all of you who didn’t make it this year but are committed to growing your companies.

Mark March 11th and 12th 2009 on your calendar now. We guarantee that you’ll learn key strategies that will make a difference in building, buying, or selling your business. It’s definitely time worth planning for.

Sincerely,
Bill Heringer President, ACG
Chairman, Rocky Mountain Desk Corporation

454_ Two Young Girls Meet as Adults to Improve Cancer Treatments

Earlier this year, Dr. Lia Gore, Assistant Prof of Pediatrics & Medical Oncology and Dr. Deborah DeRyckere, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, were given the New Inventors of the Year for UC Denver (Anschutz Medical Campus) by the University of Colorado Tech Transfer Office (CU TTO). The award was based on work that Dr. Gore and Dr DeRyckere started almost four years ago, thinking about new ways to develop treatments for cancer. Not only new ways, but thinking about treatments that have been around for awhile but not necessarily been used together. They were approached by the Tech Transfer Office, who said, this is really a pretty interesting idea and asked them if they thought about a patent? Have you thought about the fact that this is a very different way of thinking about these things?
Dr. Gore said, " Being in science and medicine, of course we hadn’t, because we don’t think that way." It was very enlightening to get input from people who think about technology and technology advancement, because that is not what their skills and strengths are. So it has evolved over time. Larry asked both Deb and Lia what was it, in their earlier life that got them involved in the medical arena. You parents might want to share this interview with your children. They went onto say, "It’s a huge motivating factor when we think we can improve the quality of someone’s life. Not only by treating the cancer effectively but by making the therapy more tolerable, less toxic and help somebody live through that therapy better than they have in the past. It’s a pretty remarkable privilege to think about doing that." There's more... LISTEN

Related Links: CU Tech Transfer Office || CU TTO Channel || UCDHSC || Podcast Directory || Keywords: Lia Gore, Deborah DeRyckere, Tech Transfer, CUTTO, Cancer Treatment, Fitzsimons, UCDHSC, Bytes: 21809426 > 3/10/08 LISTEN

455_ Increase productivity while reducing your carbon footprint
John Krzykowski Roughly 98% of all US businesses have less than 100 employees. While individually most of these smaller firms provide services that have negligible environmental impacts, cumulatively they represent significant impacts on emissions and waste. And the biggest impact these small companies have on the environment is Energy Use. John Krzykowski, General Manager, Denver of 19 Marketplace had a discussion with Linda Cramer of CPDI about some unique approaches to 'greening' your business with a major bottom-line impact. Both Linda and John feel that 'Going Green' isn’t just the responsibility of the government and large enterprises. Being good stewards of the environment is everyone’s responsibility. It starts with individuals making everyday decisions to save energy and reduce waste. School children today are taught that everything they do impacts the environment. From recycling pieces of paper to not letting the water run when they brush their teeth. This mindset shouldn’t end with graduation, but continue on into the workplace. What can smaller companies do to improve the environment? They give some real-life examples. Start with the basics: Your offices and how you get to and from them each day. If you're a small or mid-sized organization, energy use and transportation probably represents a good chunk of your impact. Listen, they walk their talk. LISTEN 3/10/08

Related Links: Green: Workplace to Go || 19 Marketplace || Conscious Economy Channel || On-Demand Software ||
Keywords: John Krzykowski, Linda Cramer, 19 Marketplace, On-Demand Software, Going Green, Sustainable Bytes: 18999257 > LISTEN

Investors, Lawyers and Entrepreneurs Looking at the Green
Nea Brown and Melody Jones 456_ Cleantech, greentech and sustainability are more than buzz words today. Yet many business people are not clear on many of the business issues and opportunities on the horizon. Linnea (Nea) Brown, Partner at Holme Roberts & Owen (HRO), Denver and Melody Jones, Senior Vice President of Investment Banking at Pacific Growth Equities, San Francisco clearly answer a number of questions on this 'hot' topic. Here are few issues Nea and Melody addressed. How do you define the Cleantech/Greentech space? What are the current trends and drivers? While there are many different sectors like: solar; wind; transmission; bio fuels; biomass; geothermal...while some have matured more, they are all on the same path. The two of them also discussed,"Where are the investment dollars going?" Another was, "How are exits looking for investments in this space?" Nea checked with Melody to get some of the statistics that she was going to share the following day at HRO the day following the interview. The statistics were very revealing and Larry was very surprised with some of them. Mergers and acquisitions are going to play a very important role in exit strategies. Supply and demand along with competitive products will continue to play an important influence in the coming future. LISTEN

Related Links: Pacific Growth Equities || Holme Roberts & Owen || Conscious Economy || New Energy Finance || Keywords: Linnea (Nea) Brown, Melody Jones, Holme Roberts & Owen, Pacific Growth Equities, Cleantech, Greentech, Sustainability, Bytes: 21951532 > 3/10/08 LISTEN

ACG Denver 2008
Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference

BUILD, BUY or SELL
Driving Corporate Growth
PHOTO Album 3/12/08 - Photo Album 3/13/08 (Day 2)

The ACG Corporate Growth Conference, exhibited a culture of innovation from the start... I loved the registration process; in a private room, spacey, organized, friendly and efficient! From there we ran the gauntlet of booths and industry leaders to a fine sit-down breakfast and the first morning keynote at the Fourth Annual "Women in Corporate Growth Breakfast” - inaugurated by Sherry Law.

Colleen Abdoulah - WOW - blew our socks off! Energetic - enthusiastic - fun and funny, she approached her presentation with zeal and enthusiasm. Her spellbound audience members must have hidden the requisite chauvinist, because we didn't see him. Colleen asked, “What is leadership? It is bringing out the best in ourselves and others. Don’t tolerate bad behaviors from anyone, male or female.”
Visit WOW Home Page LISTEN In her own words...

The day continued with excellent panels, sparking creative, innovative, enthusiasm and a desire to get back into the action – glad the conference was interactive. David Mead, Mead Consulting, Mike Britti – Trans Union Rental and Dan McCallin, Timberline Steel, shared experiences in “Getting Out On Top” Tidbit: How to determine the value of your business to others:
1) Consistent Improvement of Cash Flows 2) Your Growth Story 3) Capable Management Team and 4) Solid performance history.

Charile Fote & Brian Meegan, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe discussed “Keys to a Successful Transaction” – “Manage yourself hard on time, dates and spending money. Hold yourself and others feet to the fire!" Certainly seems to work for Charlie!

We've listened to the voices of experience. We heard their warnings and their encouragement. Next, we got to celebrate with the winners, the people who are doing it and doing it right. ACG Denver honored CIBER, Inc. with Outstanding Corporate Growth Award. Mac Slingerlend President & CEO, led CIBER's rise as one of the leading Information technology and e-business solutions companies in the United States.

Emerging Company awarded to Noodles & Company, Kevin Reddy, CEO, demonstrated steady growth for three consecutive years. Additional qualities considered for this award are company leadership and the strategy behind its growth and reputation in the general business community.

Todd Woloson (Izze co-founder) Greenmont Capital said, “Inflection point planning maximizes returns and focuses your business.” Rick Dutkiewicz, CFO, Einstein Noah, said, “In the next 9 months, have your company staged for the growth opportunity. It’s always darkest before the dawn.”

From here we went global. John Lathrop, DU; Douglas Allen, DU and Dave Garrison, Sr. Counsel the Americas, CH2M Hill told us, “… the world is flat… and there is a trend toward a universal standard of conduct. But international projects are not for the faint of heart.”

The full day was wrapped in a great reception. People excited by the ideas and thoughts still had the winning Nuggets game ahead, plus one more thrilling day.

And thrilling it was. Our breakfast keynote speaker Howard Putnam took our hearts and minds soaring thru the Southwestern skies. This man professes to surround himself with people smarter and better than himself. He said they plant ideas in his head and he, being the pragmatist, turns those ideas in his head until they become real. “Turbulence is inevitable, but misery is optional.” LISTEN - VISIT: Howard Putnam.com

The following panels we're extraordinary. The interactive and charged atmosphere was compelling. Responsibility & Accountability of Innovation… Paul Bauer moderated, Frank Kvietok, Jon Nordmark, Doug Taylor and Vic Ahmed generated a torrent of thoughts and experience. Tidbit: Innovations often have unanticipated consequences. Be prepared to listen to bad news. If it’s something you should use or change – do it. But don’t stop innovation.

The Human Capital Dimension of Growth: Ralph Christie, Jr., Pres & CEO of Merrick and Company believes …”Engineering is sexy again! And he’d love to be 27 again. With the energy challenge it is a great time to be an engineer. Ralph is extremely bullish on the future… “Growth is implicit in our plan.” This is an amazing time and Ralph says, “.. he refuses to participate in a recession!” Here we found another CEO that has HR report directly to him and allocates 20 to 30% of his time for human capital management. It’s that important.

Then came lunch with Joe Calloway. Let me just say, we bought all of his books, interviewed him and left inspired and in possession of a new friend. Joe's down home but very polished presence caught everyone's imagination. There could not have been a better selection for finishing a stellar event. Joe found a thread (“more like a cable”) running thru this conference and it was ‘culture’! “Benchmark your culture, it is what we think we’re all about.” Courage is the mastery of fear – not the absence of fear. Take a risk and do it. Without action there is no creativity. LISTEN - VISIT: Joe Calloway.com

All in all it was a heady experience and the last challenge of the day came from Joe Calloway, to decide what you're going to do in the first hour back at work to make a difference?

We left with the dates for the 2009 conference, March 11th & 12th along with printed literature describing and introducing us to next year's featured speakers, Terry Jones (travelocity) and Jack Uldrich, author, "The Next Big Thing is Really Small".

Related Links: || ACG M&A Channel || Rocky Mountain Corporate Growth Conference || ACG Denver || Keywords: Colleen Abdoulah, WOW, ACG, Denver, Dave Mead, Bill Heringer, Mike Britti, Trans Union Rental, Dan McCallin, Timberline Steel, Charlie Fote, Brian Meegan, Todd Woloson, Rick Dutkiewicz, Einstein Noah, Kevin Reddy, Noodles & Company, Howard Putnam, Ralph Christie, Merrick and Company, Joe Calloway, Mergers and Acquisitions,