2022 Utah Legislative Summary

  2022 Utah Legislative Summary What Local, Independent Business Owners Need to Know By Carol Elliott (UIBC Advocacy Chair) and Jon Parry (UIBC Advocacy Co-Chair) Mar. 11, 2022 The Utah Legislature completed its 2022 Session on March 4.  This is the final...

Be Brave!

To my friends– One of my friends sent me this quote from Christopher Renstrom some time ago that I thought might be of interest to you. “Bravery is not for the squeamish. It doesn’t visit the perches of the privileged, the ruts of the tried-and-true, the furrows of...

Does Capitalism Corrode Moral Character?

To my friends, A market economy does not provide equality of outcome. It cannot. Some will always have more than others. A market economy rewards initiative and provides incentives. That’s the seedbed of progress. An economic system focused on equality of result...

From Pitch to INTROmercial

To my friends, I would like to share some thoughts with you today that came to me through a friend who specializes in all things social media. If you’re like me, you’ve attended your share of networking meetings and the story is almost always the same. You...

Achieve Your Goals!

To my friends– “Dare to be wise: Begin!”, says the Roman poet Horace. “He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.” All of us have goals. The problem is that too few of us organize our goals into...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! What’s so happy about it, you ask? COVID-19. The Big Lie. January 6th. All you have to do is read the daily paper for your daily dose of woe. The spirit of contention seems to be everywhere. “Happy New Year” just isn’t. I have a little plot of ground...

Are Medical Devices at Risk of Ransomware Attacks?

To my friends- Discussions about cybersecurity and identity theft protection have become commonplace in today’s business world. Several years ago, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce hosted a cybersecurity conference to alert business owners to the need for...