by IBR Staff
Published: September 19,2011
Time posted: 8:41 am
Sign up for Startup Speed Dating
People with ideas for new businesses are invited to take part in Startup Speed Dating, an event meant to give would-be entrepreneurs the chance to hone their presentations and meet potential backers.
The Oct. 10 event sponsored by Kickstand will give as many as 10 entrepreneurs a forum in which to pitch their business ideas to investors, successful entrepreneurs and business leaders and get immediate feedback.
Participants will give a five-minute pitch to each professional participant, receive five minutes of feedback and then move to the next professional. The professionals will pick the top three presentations, and those entrepreneurs will present their ideas at a Kickstand meeting Oct. 13 where the audience will choose a winner. The winner will receive a check for $1,000.
The application deadline is Sept. 30. There is no fee to apply. For more information and to apply, see www.kickstand.org/events/Startup_Speed_Dating or call Kickstand board member Miguel Lantz at 208: 866-8429.
Kickstand is a non-profit organization started in 2000 to encourage and support innovation in Idaho.
?IBR Staff
Crapo to introduce bill to aid roofing industry
The offices of U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, announced the two lawmakers will unveil legislation Sept. 19 to change the tax code to help the struggling construction industry, create up to 40,000 new jobs nationwide and increase energy efficiency.
Cardin will discuss the bipartisan bill that he is sponsoring during a visit to Kalkreuth Roofing Co. in Frederick, Md. According to an announcement from Cardin?s office, ?the bipartisan bill will ? [remove] obstacles in the tax code that hinder the upgrading and modernization of roofs by significantly reducing the depreciation schedule for commercial roof retrofits.? The measure would change the 39-year depreciation in the tax code for new commercial roofs to a 20-year depreciation schedule for commercial roof retrofits.
The legislation is supported by numerous construction industry unions and trade associations.
Dolan Media Newswires
Gold?s Gyms in Boise area taking new name
The three Gold?s Gyms in the Treasure Valley have been renamed Axiom starting Sept. 16. The transition is expected to be finished by Oct. 1, said J.P. Green, president of ownership group Fitness Holdings LLC.
Owners decided against renewing their Gold?s franchise agreement, which had been in place about 10 years, Green said. The move saves owners some expense, but mainly provides them flexibility to establish their own programs and services to keep the clubs growing, he said.
The fitness centers are on Fairview Avenue near Cole Road in west Boise, Parkcenter Boulevard in southeast Boise, and off Overland Road near South Meridian Road, Meridian. No changes to member fees or to staff are planned, according to a flyer that owners circulated to members.
IBR Staff
Idaho Miners Resume Work, Had Been Chased by Fire
Miners have returned to work developing a central Idaho cobalt mine after they?d been chased from the site by a wildfire evacuation order.
Formation Capital Corp. announced the U.S. Forest Service had authorized access to its Idaho Cobalt Project, provided workers held to certain conditions including riding into the site via a convoy and driving less than 25miles per hour.
An evacuation order was in effect due to the 20-square mile Salt Fire in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.
When it begins cobalt extraction, the Vancouver-based company says it aims to supply as many as 1,600 tons annually of the valuable multi-purpose metal to companies like United Technologies Corp.?s jet engine unit and Rolls Royce Group Plc.
Cobalt is used in jet engines, hybrid vehicle batteries, and in prosthetic knees and hips.
The Associated Press
California woman pleads guilty to Idaho bank fraud
A California woman who pleaded guilty to bank fraud and identity theft in Idaho faces more than 30 years in federal prison at her December sentencing.
The U.S. Attorney?s Office says 27-year-old Janelyn Dasig, of San Francisco, went to Wells Fargo bank locations throughout southwestern Idaho in January and withdrew more than $18,000 impersonating customers with fake identification.
Authorities say Dasig was arrested on Jan. 13 in Boise with an envelope containing unauthorized bank account information.
Dasig pleaded guilty Sept. 13 in U.S. District Court in Boise to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
She faces up to 30 years in prison for bank fraud and another two years for identity theft at her Dec. 5 sentencing hearing.
The Associated Press
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