Colorado Books

This book is simply wonderful. And it's not just because it's dedicated to me. He's a fantastic man, and a fantastic author. He knows so much, and writes in a style in which a person can really get into the story. I HIGHLY reccommend this for anyone to read! Try it!
Lindsey

I found this book to be an excellent resource! It has helped me find many companies in the Denver area that I would like to work for. I also really like the extra details that were provided with most of the companies' description -- like the types of positions they have, and common desired qualifications. It helped me narrow down my list of potential employers.

My only wish is that they update this book soon and release a new Edition! Yet, information from 1999 is still relevant today, for the most part.

This is a valuable book (resource) for budding entrepreneurs. It seems to try to cover all the bases for starting a small business, but it can't do them all well in the space available between its covers. The book is only 288 pages long. If you are in the planning stages of starting a small business, then I highly recommend you get a copy of this book. Read it, study it, and outline it. There are helpful checklists to help you grasp the subjects. You will come up with a plethora of keywords and terms that you will want to google to find Web pages giving more detailed (and maybe more current) information.

I am a SCORE counselor (Senior Corps of Retired Executives) who typically does face-to-face counseling sessions three nights a month. It would really be neat if my clients would read this book BEFORE they came to their session with me because they would pretty much be "educated customers" ready to ask educated questions. Our sessions would be so much more beneficial.

My favorite chapters were:

1. Initial business concerns
2. Your business' structure
3. Business start-up details
5. Sources of business assistance (SCORE is mentioned here)
7. Your smart business plan (and a good sample plan is included)
8. Obtaining the financing you need

The book is weak when it comes to how the Internet can be used in corresponding, hiring, and marketing. But this is just one example of how googling keywords and concepts found in the book will make the book more complete. Don't treat the book as authoritative on the law. It isn't. Nor was it ever intended to be. It is light on tax information as it relates to small business.

I was particularly impressed with the material presented in Chapter 2: Choice of Legal Entity. That subject is sorely ignored in most small business books, and it is critically important. It is a subject I regularly must spend a great deal of time discussing at my SCORE sessions. This book does a pretty good job on the topic.

Chapters 4 and 9 through 12 are easy to find fault with. The topic of each could fill a book. But having these topics covered definitely will help a budding entrepreneur know some of the issues they raise.

I would have liked the book more if Chapter 6 (marketing) had been less superficial. When I read it I got the impression that the author was more a public relations expert than a marketing expert. I generally categorize public relations as a subset of marketing. Marketing includes advertising, public relations, and a whole host of other promotion techniques. I did not get this message when I read the book. I also would have liked the book better if the Internet, email, and Web sites had been discussed more. But there are many books on those subjects. Therefore, I can't complain too much about the limited discussion of computers.

When you read this book it may feel a little like it was produced on an assembly line. Maybe it was? There are 51 versions of this book sold; one for each state and the District of Columbia. Content is king, and this book has it. 5 stars!

This is a quirky little novel, but it's a good kind of quirk. Rebecca M. Hale blends the line between narrator and author, reality and fiction, in such a subtle way that you only might figure it out by the last line. An intricate lesson in Gold Rush San Francisco that never bores, with cats that are almost as expressive as the people - certainly easier to understand. I had to read the last two chapters twice to pick up all the little details, but it was worth it. Looking forward to her next one.

I really enjoyed following Kane on his adventure. There is a very strong plot line in the story, with lots of action, and even a love story thrown in for good measure. If you like series, this is a must read. I can't hardly wait for the next part to come out. I highly recommend this book! If you like westerns...you will love this. ~bev bozman~

This out of print book is a facinating story of the settlement of the Colorado Rockies. It details the freight wagons role in carrying supplies to mining camps from the rail head. The book is full of personal interest stories that both inform and facinate.

This was a Christmas gift for my husband who always says, "I don't need anything. Please don't buy me any gifts." We live just outside of Denver so I thought it would be at a minimum, a nice "coffee table" book for anyone to look through. The book is much, much more than just a book to have on the coffee table. It gives us a wonderful look at the adorable and inocent faces of the children who grew up in Colorado many years ago. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys photography and/or history. My husband loves the book and has looked through it several tiems since Christmas (so I know he likes at least one of his gifts!) Great book!

Once started, I couldn't put this book down. Though occasionally somewhat technical at times, one need not be formally trained as an archaeologist to read and enjoy this book. Instead, this book makes a reader really want to be an archaeologist if not one already. The result of a symposium on the subject of the Ice Age peoples of the Rocky Mountains, it covers a pleasing array of subjects, beginning with an excellent overview by Christy Turner II on sites in what is now eastern Russia and their connection with the peoples of the Rockies, then other authors continue with detailed discussions especially of Ice Age sites in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, as well as mention of sites in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas (okay, so the Rockies aren't in Oklahoma or Texas, but the sites mentioned have a connection, anyway).

The volume closes with my favorite topic in this field: an extraordinary and fascinating chapter by James Benedict about Ice Age sites in the Front Range high country of the Colorado Rockies. The nice photographs of the landscape included in Benedict's article depict some scenes that have changed only slightly since the Ice Age, some other scenes perhaps a great deal, demonstrating that this is a rugged, dynamic, and difficult area to explore; most of the sites in Benedict's discussion are presently located in the Indian Peaks wilderness area. One readily imagines it would have been quite a formidable place during the Ice Age, yet people certainly passed through this region anyway, probably on a regular basis.

Dennis Stanford and Jane Day arranged the articles well and, though each chapter has its own unique author, each flows easily from one topic to the next. It is an outstanding compilation, and will hopefully be followed sometime soon with another representing the latest research in this field.

I have a collection of more than 100 books relating to Colorado andits history. "Images of the San Juans" is my favorite.

The large and well-preserved photographs from the Marvin and Ruth Gregory collection are fascinating as are the descriptions by P. David Smith. Most books offer only a sentence or two about a photograph but Mr. Smith gives a detailed description in a most interesting style. He points out small details in many of the photos which might otherwise go unnoticed. He answers questions and even raises a few of his own. I felt like I was being let in on some secrets from the past.

When I received the book, I anxiously leafed through the pages and stopped on page 38. The first words I read were "A chance to look back into the past is always something special."

Indeed, I enjoyed the journey through time.

Earl Murray of course did a good job in writing an excellent book, again. Since Isabelle Bird, the main character in this book, did a lot of travelling all over, I think a good series on many of her travels would be a great idea. If you're interested in reading about women in the west, this book is one to read. I have not yet been disappointed in any of Murray's books.