Pick up a good novel ... quick The future of book selling may look like present-day video rental stores, with only a few sample books on the shelves. Take the book up to the counter — like the empty box at some video stores — and the book will be printed, bound and handed over, all in a few seconds. Digital printing has the potential to benefit every aspect of the … [Read more...] about Faster Every Day: The wide-ranging benefits of future high-speed telecommunications promise to be as influential as Gutenburg himself.

Companies come to us because they’ve heard this ‘i’ word out there. They hear things like Michael Dell at Dell Computers say­ing, ‘Companies that are not Internet companies by the year 2002 will not be companies.’ They hear about Amazon.com, whose stock has gone through the roof, and all these other things, and they realize they’re missing out on something,” says Jeff Obst, CEO … [Read more...] about edurus: Firm meets multitudes of e-business needs under one roof

Planned growth, controlled growth, smart growth, managed growth, growth restraints, growth control, growth caps, growth boundaries, no-growth — it all comes down to the same thing: What on earth do we do with the thousands of peo­ple moving into Nevada every month? Do we close off our borders and install armed guards to keep out Californians? Or do we open the state wide and … [Read more...] about Growth in Nevada: Rose Garden, or Week Patch

When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard. “Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and the seek Your direction and guidance.”  We know your word says, “Woe on those who call evil good,” but that is exactly what we have done.  We have … [Read more...] about The New Millennium: Let Us Begin Anew

When Marsha Lindsey took the reins of Nevada Bell in November, it was only the latest step up the ladder for this soft-spo­ken woman. Twenty-four years ago, she started with SBC Communications, Inc., Nevada Bell’s parent company, as an information assistant writing articles for an internal employee news­letter, making use of a degree in journalism she earned from the University … [Read more...] about Marsha Lindsey: Listening, communicating key throughout Nevada Bell executive’s career

Venture Capital The absence of venture capital in Nevada is not a new topic among the state’s businesspeople, having emerged with some regularity in previous election years throughout this decade. The November 2000 election will see a rein­troduction of the topic. Members of the business community increasingly under­stand how critical venture capital is in at­tracting … [Read more...] about Year 2000 Trends

Gone are the days when a mere In­ternet presence equaled e-com­merce. The intelligence of trying to save money by having a friend of a friend design your Web site on the weekend is akin to joining the Flat Earth Society. Relying on hit counters to analyze the utility of a site is history. And if you think your com­pany doesn’t have to worry about high-tech sales, think again. … [Read more...] about E-Commerce or Brochures in the Sky: Is Your Internet Site Worth its Wavelengths?

Okay, so you’re savvy enough to know that you can’t build your wealth simply by socking all your money into a savings account and watch­ing the entries on your statement grow. But you’re still wary about dealing with the ups and downs of stock market swings. You may be able to minimize risks—and control your stock market jitters — by adhering to a consistent, comprehen­sive … [Read more...] about Ten Tips for First-Time Investors

Sooner or later, most Nevada busi­nesses will sign a real estate lease. While the base rent is usually clear, all commercial leases (whether office, re­tail, or industrial) contain other provisions that can lead to uncertain “unallocated costs” that must be borne by either the landlord or tenant. To avoid future dis­putes and to effectively allocate these costs to the … [Read more...] about Commercial Leases Who really pays? Tenants and landlords both need to consider “unallocated costs” in real estate leases

The Business Burnett Haase Con­struction, a general contractor with 23 employees based in the Marycrest Corpo­rate Center in Henderson. The Players Partners Ross Burnett, who came to Las Vegas after obtaining a master’s degree from Brigham Young University in 1990 to coordinate develop­ment the Clark County School District, and Chris Haase, a Miami (Ohio) Univer­sity … [Read more...] about All The Right Moves: While expansion and success is every company’s goal, accommodating whirlwind growth takes creativity and planning

The secretary of state’s of­fice has up­graded its computer systems successfully and looks forward to making e-commerce more accessible to customers during this year. First and foremost, our Web page has had a tremendous amount of positive feedback from all over the world and now receives over a million hits every month. By the end of 2000, I expect that this num­ber is … [Read more...] about E-Pride: Internet capabilities enhance state’s business-friendly environment

Most new moms hear how impor­tant the first three years of a baby’s life are. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they know how to give their new children what they need, and if they do know how, they may lack the re­sources. And though a mother’s love is often considered a perfect thing, it is not a perfect world. Enter Early Head Start (EHS). In recog­nition of the … [Read more...] about Early Head Start: Program expands labor pool by offering affordable childcare

Banks have been prohibited from merging with securities brokerages and insurance companies since the 1930s. But in November, the law that pro­hibited these mergers, the Glass-Steagall Act, was repealed. Consequently, in the new millennium, financial institutions will become exactly that: not just a place to make a deposit or obtain a loan, but a lo­cation where customers can … [Read more...] about Banking 2000: It’s all about convenience

Nevada is growing daily a trend no one expects will end any time soon, and the effects of growth include low unemploy­ment and the creation of new jobs and opportunities at every turn. As businesses move in and existing businesses expand, commercial real estate grows in importance, but there’s always the question: What happens next? Retail At both ends of the state, the … [Read more...] about Crystal Gazing: Forecasting Nevada’s Commercial Real Estate Market through 2000

“I have taken a classic automobile, dis­sembled it and done a ground-up restoration,” said Ron McMenemy. He is speaking of the amazing transforma­tion that has occurred, under his direction, at NM Americana Commercial. As general manager of NM Americana Commercial in Las Vegas, McMenemy has created a “gung­ho” culture based on teamwork and spe­cialists working together to serve … [Read more...] about Corporate Profile