by Fort Collins Chamber | Feb 18, 2013 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment
In honor of Presidents’ Day, here’s a story on Inc.com about six publicity lessons from Abraham Lincoln. Writer Steve Cody says the six lessons are: 1. Nurture the brand of you. 2. Share the wealth. 3. Embrace new technology. 4. Use comedy to defuse a...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Feb 17, 2013 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment
Here’s a great resource for our small business members that explains how health care reform wil impact them. It’s a Health Care Reform Toolkit for Small Employers produced by Flood & Peterson.
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jan 22, 2013 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce is very focused on creating a climate where businesses can locate here, expand and invest. In the process of doing so, jobs are created for area residents. Chamber leaders are in the revising our ‘jobs agenda’ but...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Dec 28, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Another year has come and gone. Thank you for making 2012 a great one for the Chamber. In a future post I’ll update you on our key accomplishments. The short version is that the community continued to enjoy a strong reputation as a great place to live and the...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Dec 9, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Many people hoped after the presidential election that the sense of uncertainty gripping the country would decline. That is not the case according to small businesses responding in November to the quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey. Small...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Nov 13, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
A common phrase in the media at the present time is the fiscal cliff. It refers to a set of tax increases, new taxes and federal budget cuts that in combination threaten to tip an already soft economy into recession. On tap are five new taxes due to the Affordable...
