Sep
28
Deceptively similar business name?
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pearlywhites asked:
There is a business located within my state and market with a business name that is deceptively similar to our name. We are located in Utah. I want to know what law they are breaking and what an attorney would recommend that we say to them. I’d like to resolve this without attorneys as we are a small business. Thank you!
Dirk
There is a business located within my state and market with a business name that is deceptively similar to our name. We are located in Utah. I want to know what law they are breaking and what an attorney would recommend that we say to them. I’d like to resolve this without attorneys as we are a small business. Thank you!
Dirk
Sep
27
David Ellis asked:
Knowing that the place that you are considering a move to has a great business atmosphere and thriving economy can be a comforting thought. This is especially true if you are thinking about opening a business or simply want to relocate to an area where jobs are plentiful. Unfortunately if you want to move to a small city or town it is hard to guarantee this kind of thing. Usually such assets were associated with larger more urban areas, that is; until now. Located in beautiful Utah, St. George has quietly been climbing the ranks of the top small communities in terms of business and in the past year it came out on top.
In fact, 2 different sources have listed St. George at the top of their lists. Inc. Magazine distinguished St. George as the #1 small city in the country for doing business and AOL.com has ranked St. George #1 small city in the nation for job growth. These are pretty impressive accolades for a small city nestled in the mountains of Southwest Utah. One of the major features of St. George’s economy is the thriving tourist industry. As this city is extremely close to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park and a number of other state parks and attractions, tourism has assisted the city in carving a name for itself in the economic picture of the state.
Aside from the bustling business community St. George is a strikingly beautiful spot. The distinctive red rock bluffs that frame the city’s northern edge and from the area residents enjoy the view of the great Mojave Desert to the south and Zion National Park which lies to the east. This is also a great spot for golf enthusiasts as the St. George area has the highest number of golf courses per capita anywhere in the U.S. Recreation is a way of life in Utah as this state has more outdoor activity venues than many other states combined. The beautiful hot climate is a big drawing point for vacationers, residents and retirees alike. St. George is simply a fantastic place to live and with the now famous business climate, one can expect some great things from St. George.
Gifford
Knowing that the place that you are considering a move to has a great business atmosphere and thriving economy can be a comforting thought. This is especially true if you are thinking about opening a business or simply want to relocate to an area where jobs are plentiful. Unfortunately if you want to move to a small city or town it is hard to guarantee this kind of thing. Usually such assets were associated with larger more urban areas, that is; until now. Located in beautiful Utah, St. George has quietly been climbing the ranks of the top small communities in terms of business and in the past year it came out on top.
In fact, 2 different sources have listed St. George at the top of their lists. Inc. Magazine distinguished St. George as the #1 small city in the country for doing business and AOL.com has ranked St. George #1 small city in the nation for job growth. These are pretty impressive accolades for a small city nestled in the mountains of Southwest Utah. One of the major features of St. George’s economy is the thriving tourist industry. As this city is extremely close to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park and a number of other state parks and attractions, tourism has assisted the city in carving a name for itself in the economic picture of the state.
Aside from the bustling business community St. George is a strikingly beautiful spot. The distinctive red rock bluffs that frame the city’s northern edge and from the area residents enjoy the view of the great Mojave Desert to the south and Zion National Park which lies to the east. This is also a great spot for golf enthusiasts as the St. George area has the highest number of golf courses per capita anywhere in the U.S. Recreation is a way of life in Utah as this state has more outdoor activity venues than many other states combined. The beautiful hot climate is a big drawing point for vacationers, residents and retirees alike. St. George is simply a fantastic place to live and with the now famous business climate, one can expect some great things from St. George.
Gifford
Sep
24
Mother Surpasses All Expectations
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Shannon Young asked:
It was another typical day for Becky Anderson. Dishwashers and dryers were running, kids were screaming, and tractors were clanking over the fields.
Becky was a busy mother of nine children, and her husband was one of the largest farmers in the state of Utah. Her house was noisy to say the least. They were working around the clock harvesting, picking, and running the packing shed. It got to the point where it wasn’t fun anymore. They decided to sell part of their farm and down size.
When they sold their farm, Becky had a lot of time on her hands. She was so used to doing the books for the farm, juggling her kids’ schedules and running everywhere to keep their ship afloat. When they sold the farm, she was bored.
Tractors aren’t for Girls
One day, she came home and saw her twelve-year-old daughter on a tractor.
“I about hit the roof,” she said. “It was okay to have the boys on tractors, but not girls! I didn’t think so. I told my husband I was not putting our girls on tractors.”
Becky’s husband explained, “Well, these girls need to learn the value of the dollar and hard work.”
Becky thought about it, and decided she was going to find another way to teach her daughters the value of hard work. She marched over to the University Mall in Orem and told the leasing director she wanted to open a store. He asked her what type of store, and she told him she wanted to open a bath shop. The man laughed at her. She looked at him and told him she was serious.
The Beginning of For Every Body
In 1995, there weren’t any bath shops in Utah County. Becky had seen one in California, and wanted to open a shop in Utah.
When Becky told her husband, he exclaimed, “I am not signing anything with you. When you go down, you’re not taking me with you!”
Becky decided to sign the lease and go for it. In the meantime, she was trying to decide what she should sell in her store.
“If I hadn’t been this crazy, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” Becky said. “I really went out on a limb. I think raising nine kids gives you a little bit of courage you wouldn’t have, because you’re in there fighting with teachers, coaches and the whole bit.”
Becky flew to Denver to find some bath products at one of the merchandise marts there. She bought anything she could find to sell in her store.
She had a background in chemistry because she wanted to attend medical school. Instead, she dropped out and got married young. Her chemistry background helped her produce lotions and body washes in her home. Her daughters helped her. Every day they made new product and sold them at the mall. They sold out every day.
The rest of the story is history. For Every Body went national in 1997 and international in 2006. Becky hasn’t lost her motivation and it has been almost 12 years since she launched in November 1995. She has gone over several bumps and rocks along the path, but she surpassed all expectations of what her friends and family thought the company would be.
“It’s okay to dream big, but without action it’s not going to happen,” Becky said. “Productivity is the deliberate, strategic investment of your time, your talents, your intelligence, your energy, your resources, your opportunities in a manner calculated to move you measurably closer to meaningful goals.”
Recognitions
Becky received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2006 and was also listed with the “30 Women to Watch” in Utah Business Magazine in 2006. She has been asked to speak at women’s groups and universities in Utah.
Today, For Every Body is one of the fastest growing premium fragrance product companies in the United States. It owns and operates one manufacturing plant in the U. S. and an extensive Asian supply chain. It has been named on the MountainWest Capital Network’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies list for the past five years. The company sells products across the U. S. and internationally. It also runs retail stores in Utah. For Every Body’s products include candles, air fresheners, home décor and bath and body products. Products are produced for 88 retail chains and 6,457 Independent chains including Kohl’s, Jo Ann Fabrics and Crafts, Home Depot, Ross, TJ Maxx, Lowe’s, and Zellers.
Community Involvement
For Every Body is actively involved in the community. They donate over 1,600 ****** cancer awareness candles to local hospitals each October to raise awareness of ****** cancer locally. They also donate to local high school sports teams and give away gift baskets to local businesses. In 2005 and 2007 For Every Body also contributed to the Pray 4 Tori campaign to raise money for 15-year-old Tori Schmanski who suffered from a traumatic brain injury from a tragic car accident in June 2005. Candles were made especially for Tori to help raise funds to pay for her medical bills.
To learn more about For Every Body, visit www.foreverybody.com
Quinlan
It was another typical day for Becky Anderson. Dishwashers and dryers were running, kids were screaming, and tractors were clanking over the fields.
Becky was a busy mother of nine children, and her husband was one of the largest farmers in the state of Utah. Her house was noisy to say the least. They were working around the clock harvesting, picking, and running the packing shed. It got to the point where it wasn’t fun anymore. They decided to sell part of their farm and down size.
When they sold their farm, Becky had a lot of time on her hands. She was so used to doing the books for the farm, juggling her kids’ schedules and running everywhere to keep their ship afloat. When they sold the farm, she was bored.
Tractors aren’t for Girls
One day, she came home and saw her twelve-year-old daughter on a tractor.
“I about hit the roof,” she said. “It was okay to have the boys on tractors, but not girls! I didn’t think so. I told my husband I was not putting our girls on tractors.”
Becky’s husband explained, “Well, these girls need to learn the value of the dollar and hard work.”
Becky thought about it, and decided she was going to find another way to teach her daughters the value of hard work. She marched over to the University Mall in Orem and told the leasing director she wanted to open a store. He asked her what type of store, and she told him she wanted to open a bath shop. The man laughed at her. She looked at him and told him she was serious.
The Beginning of For Every Body
In 1995, there weren’t any bath shops in Utah County. Becky had seen one in California, and wanted to open a shop in Utah.
When Becky told her husband, he exclaimed, “I am not signing anything with you. When you go down, you’re not taking me with you!”
Becky decided to sign the lease and go for it. In the meantime, she was trying to decide what she should sell in her store.
“If I hadn’t been this crazy, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” Becky said. “I really went out on a limb. I think raising nine kids gives you a little bit of courage you wouldn’t have, because you’re in there fighting with teachers, coaches and the whole bit.”
Becky flew to Denver to find some bath products at one of the merchandise marts there. She bought anything she could find to sell in her store.
She had a background in chemistry because she wanted to attend medical school. Instead, she dropped out and got married young. Her chemistry background helped her produce lotions and body washes in her home. Her daughters helped her. Every day they made new product and sold them at the mall. They sold out every day.
The rest of the story is history. For Every Body went national in 1997 and international in 2006. Becky hasn’t lost her motivation and it has been almost 12 years since she launched in November 1995. She has gone over several bumps and rocks along the path, but she surpassed all expectations of what her friends and family thought the company would be.
“It’s okay to dream big, but without action it’s not going to happen,” Becky said. “Productivity is the deliberate, strategic investment of your time, your talents, your intelligence, your energy, your resources, your opportunities in a manner calculated to move you measurably closer to meaningful goals.”
Recognitions
Becky received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2006 and was also listed with the “30 Women to Watch” in Utah Business Magazine in 2006. She has been asked to speak at women’s groups and universities in Utah.
Today, For Every Body is one of the fastest growing premium fragrance product companies in the United States. It owns and operates one manufacturing plant in the U. S. and an extensive Asian supply chain. It has been named on the MountainWest Capital Network’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies list for the past five years. The company sells products across the U. S. and internationally. It also runs retail stores in Utah. For Every Body’s products include candles, air fresheners, home décor and bath and body products. Products are produced for 88 retail chains and 6,457 Independent chains including Kohl’s, Jo Ann Fabrics and Crafts, Home Depot, Ross, TJ Maxx, Lowe’s, and Zellers.
Community Involvement
For Every Body is actively involved in the community. They donate over 1,600 ****** cancer awareness candles to local hospitals each October to raise awareness of ****** cancer locally. They also donate to local high school sports teams and give away gift baskets to local businesses. In 2005 and 2007 For Every Body also contributed to the Pray 4 Tori campaign to raise money for 15-year-old Tori Schmanski who suffered from a traumatic brain injury from a tragic car accident in June 2005. Candles were made especially for Tori to help raise funds to pay for her medical bills.
To learn more about For Every Body, visit www.foreverybody.com
Quinlan
Sep
10
Utah Valley Has Become a Technology Hub for Internet Advertising Technologies
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Will Smith asked:
Omniture, an industry leader in web analytics is based in Utah Valley. The company’s software is used by all Fortune 500 companies to track web user data on their respective websites. This data is then used to determine user behavior, which when used correctly, can be a resource for designing better web pages that generate greater online revenue. Their flagship product is called Site Catalyst and in many search marketers opinions, is the best software available for web analytics.
Omniture is also one of the of the largest employers of the valley. They have also been know to be one of the best paying employers their too. It’s been said that the salaries being offered by Omniture exceed the local average by as much as 75%. Ironically, they still struggle to find qualified personnel to meet their continued growth rate.
A new and upcoming Internet company based in Utah Valley is called OrangeSoda. Don’t let the name full you, they have nothing to do with the actual orange soda soft drink. They are an internet marketing company that assists small businesses with boosting their online presence.
To do this, OrangeSoda has created a technology platform that services the two major online marketing channels, pay-per-click, and search-engine-optimization, thus giving their clients the opportunity to display their business ads in the search engines sponsored listings and the natural listings. OrangeSoda appears to be growing very fast, as their name is mentioned more and more among the major internet marketing publications.
Another upcoming company, which is also a web analytics based business, is BLVD Status. Located in northern Utah Valley, they provide a free platform for tracking a web sites web analytics. Unlike Omniture, whose enterprise web analytics software can be extremely expensive, BLVD Status offers a simpler platform that is more suited for smaller websites, and could be compared to Google Analytics.
The product is gaining quick notoriety, and positive reviews across the web. The interface is user friendly and provides the necessary reporting fields for a successful review of a web sites usability and function. It will be interesting to see how long they keep their product free, as there isn’t any other potential revenue source for their business.
These three companies are among the elite for Utah Valley’s internet technologies. But with a rapidly changing internet market place, and Utah Valley’s growing reputation for technology talent, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see even more tech companies start up with in this area.
Morgan
Omniture, an industry leader in web analytics is based in Utah Valley. The company’s software is used by all Fortune 500 companies to track web user data on their respective websites. This data is then used to determine user behavior, which when used correctly, can be a resource for designing better web pages that generate greater online revenue. Their flagship product is called Site Catalyst and in many search marketers opinions, is the best software available for web analytics.
Omniture is also one of the of the largest employers of the valley. They have also been know to be one of the best paying employers their too. It’s been said that the salaries being offered by Omniture exceed the local average by as much as 75%. Ironically, they still struggle to find qualified personnel to meet their continued growth rate.
A new and upcoming Internet company based in Utah Valley is called OrangeSoda. Don’t let the name full you, they have nothing to do with the actual orange soda soft drink. They are an internet marketing company that assists small businesses with boosting their online presence.
To do this, OrangeSoda has created a technology platform that services the two major online marketing channels, pay-per-click, and search-engine-optimization, thus giving their clients the opportunity to display their business ads in the search engines sponsored listings and the natural listings. OrangeSoda appears to be growing very fast, as their name is mentioned more and more among the major internet marketing publications.
Another upcoming company, which is also a web analytics based business, is BLVD Status. Located in northern Utah Valley, they provide a free platform for tracking a web sites web analytics. Unlike Omniture, whose enterprise web analytics software can be extremely expensive, BLVD Status offers a simpler platform that is more suited for smaller websites, and could be compared to Google Analytics.
The product is gaining quick notoriety, and positive reviews across the web. The interface is user friendly and provides the necessary reporting fields for a successful review of a web sites usability and function. It will be interesting to see how long they keep their product free, as there isn’t any other potential revenue source for their business.
These three companies are among the elite for Utah Valley’s internet technologies. But with a rapidly changing internet market place, and Utah Valley’s growing reputation for technology talent, it wouldn’t be too surprising to see even more tech companies start up with in this area.
Morgan
Sep
10
First Time paying business taxes?
Filed Under Utah Business | 4 Comments
Gabe C asked:
I opened a Photography L.L.C. Business. I have only made about $2,000 for the year. I take pictures of cars so that the owner can put them on the internet. I didn’t collect state taxes from my one contract. Because it is a classic car business and the owners says that I don’t collect taxes from him, if he is going to sell the cars??? This is what his CPA advised him. How do I pay my taxes. I’m the only one who works in the company. I was paid as a private contractor from the classic car dealer. I live in Utah. It’s as a home base business. I don’t want to get rocked from an accountant, if I don’t have to. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks.
I opened a Photography L.L.C. Business. I have only made about $2,000 for the year. I take pictures of cars so that the owner can put them on the internet. I didn’t collect state taxes from my one contract. Because it is a classic car business and the owners says that I don’t collect taxes from him, if he is going to sell the cars??? This is what his CPA advised him. How do I pay my taxes. I’m the only one who works in the company. I was paid as a private contractor from the classic car dealer. I live in Utah. It’s as a home base business. I don’t want to get rocked from an accountant, if I don’t have to. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks.
Also, I work at a company where I get paid salary 30k per year I do the photo business on the side. I don’t know if anybody needs this information to help out.
Ryan
Sep
8
What Does everybody think about this business called Miracle Method?
Filed Under Utah Business | 2 Comments
orikiller asked:
I live in Utah and I was trying to find a refinishing company to redo my countertop and bathtube because they look like crap. So I’ve just be trying to decide if I should just rip them out or get them to redo them to look good. Are they good quality, attitude, and price?
Dirk
I live in Utah and I was trying to find a refinishing company to redo my countertop and bathtube because they look like crap. So I’ve just be trying to decide if I should just rip them out or get them to redo them to look good. Are they good quality, attitude, and price?
Dirk
Sep
5
James B asked:
For just the standard work office or business. Are there, and if so what are the nepotism laws in the state of Utah?
Joey
For just the standard work office or business. Are there, and if so what are the nepotism laws in the state of Utah?
Joey
Sep
4
Utah requires colleges to allow Concealed Carry. Could this be this why they’ve never had a school massacre?
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Rev. Cleophus asked:
SALT LAKE CITY – Brent Tenney says he feels pretty safe when he goes to class at the University of Utah, but he takes no chances. He brings a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic with him every day.
SALT LAKE CITY – Brent Tenney says he feels pretty safe when he goes to class at the University of Utah, but he takes no chances. He brings a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic with him every day.
“It’s not that I run around scared all day long, but if something happens to me, I do want to be prepared,” said the 24-year-old business major
in 2004 the Legislature passed a law expressly saying the university is covered by a state law that allows concealed weapons on state property. The university challenged the law, but the Utah Supreme Court upheld it last year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18355953/
Coleman
Sep
3
Tommy G. asked:
http://www.utah.gov/business/running/government_running.html
These are a few things required in Utah your state will also have its requirement. The federal government has theirs too. Educate your self as to what a business has to do and you may begin to understand why they move to other countries when they get large and why small businesses fail.
Davin
http://www.utah.gov/business/running/government_running.html
These are a few things required in Utah your state will also have its requirement. The federal government has theirs too. Educate your self as to what a business has to do and you may begin to understand why they move to other countries when they get large and why small businesses fail.
Davin
