Rick White of Fusion-io will be our Emcee, and the Utah State Governor will be presenting the keynote address. 25 Utah companies will be recognized for their outstanding growth within the first five years of business.

Cost to non-members of UVEF is $25, which includes lunch. Membership can be purchased on site, if you are interested in participating in the Utah Valley entrepreneurial community.

Details:

Building A, Provo Novell Campus
Thursday, July 9, 2009
From Noon to about 1:30 p.m.
$25 for non-members; Lunch is included

Need a map? (Note that while you will be entering ‘Building A’, the event is actually being held in the Education Center in Building B.)

See you there!

—Cary

Join us for the 2nd Utah iPhone developers meetup.

The first meeting was very well attended with over 60 people and standing room only.

For this meeting we have gotten a much larger room so we can all fit more comfortably.

DETAILS: Thursday July 9th at 6:30pm at the Technology Center at Novell, Building ‘A’

We have two terrific presenters scheduled for this meeting. Each has outstanding experience with leading apps in iTunes. We’ll hear about marketing iPhone apps as well as a summary from the recent Apple Developer Conference. We’ll be discussing the new iPhone 3.0, 3Gs, and the latest APIs.

• Evhret Milam – Creator of Green Wars for iPhone and one of the top teams in the Omniture/BYU iPhone application contests.
• Michael Alvarez – Creator of Showtimes and Yellow Pages Directory and a few others. As you can see from his wall post they now have over 2 million downloads.
  Big thanks to Zagg for providing food for this event and UVEF for the facilities.

RSVP on Facebook. We look forward to seeing you all there.

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Presented in webinar format, each participant will “have an opportunity to discover the critical factors of his/her own performance, develop a personal Flow Formula, and apply new life strategies for use in any meaningful life arena”. Sounds like a great opportunity to bone up on personal productivity skills.

When: Thursday, July 2 at from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Presenter Dr. Bruce Jackson holds three master’s degrees in Counseling Psychology, Business Administration, and Organizational Development, and a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems with a focus on “peak performance” technologies. Dr. Jackson serves as the Director for The Center for the Advancement of Leadership at UVU, an award winning and leading organization in the study of youth and adult leadership development. In addition, Dr. Jackson directs the C. Charles Jackson Foundation whose focus is to promote leadership, character, and life skills development throughout the United States.

Register for this webinar online at www.uvsc.edu/conted/webinar

• Platinum:  Your company gets a full page full color ad in the section. Plus 10,000 ad impressions on heraldextra.com. Cost $5,000
• Gold: Your company gets a 1/2 page, full color ad in the section. Plus 5,000 impressions on heraldextra.com. Cost $3,500
• Bronze: Your company gets a 1/2 page, full color ad in the section. Plus 2,500 impressions on heraldextra.com. Cost $1,000

This will be one of the most widely read editions of the Daily Herald, and represents a great opportunity to get in a business-oriented special that will get a lot of attention.

Interested parties should contact Michael Glidewell of Major/National Accounts at the Daily Herald Communications office. 801-344-2954 or mglidewell@heraldextra.com

Citing Information Technology as one of the booming industries in Utah Valley, BusinessWeek also makes mention of our relatively low average home price and slightly lower (comparative) unemployment rate. In particular, BusinessWeek states that even though our local Utah Valley economy has weakened in recent months, that a strong technology market, and local opportunities with BYU and UVU continue to buoy us up in hard times.

No doubt our local flair for innovation and entrepreneurship have helped to make Utah Valley one of the best placed in The United States to start over.

“This award is a reflection on the credit union’s philosophy to providing the best mortgage solutions to our members,” said Todd Hatfield, assistant vice president of mortgage development at Family First Federal Credit Union. “Family First made the commitment to not resign any of its mortgage lending programs in response to the down economy, and instead sought ways to offer more lending options for its members as well as continue to provide a Home Equity Line of Credit program despite the fluctuating home values.”

Family First Federal Credit Union won the award based on the following criteria:

• Its ability to excel in mortgage lending; finding the best mortgage options available to its members
• Its ability to use innovation or creativity in approaches to lending
• Its contribution to improving the quality of life in Utah

The judges for Best of State are selected from all over Utah and volunteer their time to review and score applications. Each judge has been recommended by a Utah Chamber of Commerce, an industry association, or a Utah mayor’s office, as being a leader or expert in their particular field. Over 100 judges reviewed the nominations for the Best of State Awards. Each nomination is judged on its own merits and is not ranked against each other by the judges. Unlike many older judging processes, the Best of State judges perform their assignment(s) individually, away from the possible comments, persuasion or lobbying of other judges. This process is carefully overseen by the independent certified public accounting firm Gilbert & Stewart, P.C. who collects and tabulates the scores for accuracy.

About The Best Of State Awards
The Best of State Awards (www.bestofstate.org) were created to recognize outstanding individuals, organizations and businesses in Utah. By recognizing excellence in the state of Utah and sharing examples of success and triumph in worthwhile endeavors, the Best of State awards hopes to inspire all businesses to reach their goals and dreams.

About Family First Federal Credit Union
Family First Federal Credit Union has been providing excellent financial services since 1947. Branches are located in American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Orem, Springville, Payson, Lindon, with a Home and Business Loan Center in Orem, and offers online services at www.familyfirstcu.com. The credit union provides various mortgage services including construction loans, mortgage refinance and home equity options. Anyone who lives, works, or attends school in Utah County, or has a family member who does, is eligible for membership. As your primary financial institution, Family First Federal Credit Union is dedicated to providing its members with high quality service, friendly staff, and convenient account access to better meet their needs.

Jennifer Stoddard, Associate Vice President of Member Services answers questions about finances and budgeting on the Family First Web site in a section called “Ask Jenn.” The “Ask Jenn” feature can be found on Family First’s Web site at www.familyfirstcu.com.

The program’s judges recognized PilmerPR among communications giants such as Weber Shandwick, Whirlpool, Aetna, Capital One, and Hyundai in receiving print division awards. Despite the thousands of awards submissions, PilmerPR was the only Utah public relations firm so recognized.

“The quality, creativity and execution of this year’s work is a true testament to the talents and abilities of communications professionals from around the world,” said Linda Day, director of the International Academy of the Visual Arts, which comprises Communicator Awards judges.

PilmerPR received the new product launch award for its outstanding work related to the launch of new products from a Nevada-based renewable energy corporation, ElectraTherm. The ElectraTherm Green Machine is the world’s first commercially viable waste heat generator, creating fuel-free, emissions-free power by capturing readily available waste heat.

Earlier this year PR News also recognized PilmerPR’s expertise with an honorable mention for the firm’s work in Corporate Social Responsibility. In addition to being honored with the recent awards, PilmerPR also added two successful energy companies as clients. US Synthetic and Tasco Engineering contracted PilmerPR based on the firm’s extensive experience with Corporate Social Responsibility, clean technology, and green PR.

US Synthetic is the industry leader in the development and production of polycrystalline diamond cutters (PDCs) for oil and gas exploration. PilmerPR assists US Synthetic by improving their customers’ awareness of the benefits of their diamond-enhanced products.

Tasco Engineering Inc. (Tasco) is a high-technology engineering firm with specialized experience in electrical and wind power generation, utility engineering concept designs. PilmerPR assists Tasco with wind power and clean energy education initiatives.

About PilmerPR, LLC
The PilmerPR team has more than 75 years of collective experience in marketing and public relations with specific backgrounds in high-technology, print journalism, search engine optimization, and the rapidly rising area of social responsibility. The team includes active PR professionals Accredited in Public Relations (APR) by the Universal Accreditation Board.

Press Contact:
John Pilmer
PilmerPR
801-369-7535
jpilmer@pilmerpr.com
www.pilmerpr.com

I stopped by her shop in the East Bay shopping center at 1227 South University Avenue in Provo to pick up a treat for my daughter’s graduation. I was pleasantly surprised to find a stylized boutique that was slightly less ‘bakery’ and more like one of those set pieces you would find in a hip retro-metro movie that brings a fun and modern flamboyance to a country store feel. This shop would feel as comfortable on a quaint San Francisco street corner or downtown New York sidewalk. Don’t let the industrial Provo surroundings fool you; The Sweet Tooth Fairy has a terrific personality.

Megan Faulkner Brown is The Sweet Tooth Fairy. She told me stories of how she grew up in a home that always had something in the oven. She obviously loves what she does, and does it well. In fact, lickety-split she produced a custom cupcake for my daughter that made me the hero of the day. Thanks Megan!

Aside from a terrific personality (both the shop, and Megan), The Sweet Tooth Fairly features a selection of wonderful over-the-top treats. Custom cakes are the specialty, while her own brand of cupcakes seems to take center stage in the shop. You can’t miss them as you walk in to find a cabinet filled to the top with an assortment of brightly colored cupcakes with various fruits and adornments, frosting piled high and cake as good as you can imagine.

Megan makes wonderful cookies, too. They are big enough to share, but you probably won’t want to.

Plenty of wonderful treats that will distract you from the ultimate treasure; wedged somewhere in between the brightly colored cupcakes and giant cookies are something Megan calls ‘Cake Bites‘. Take my word for it; leave the distractions for later and grab a handful of these things while they’re still available.

Cake Bites are a cross between a bite-sized piece of cake and a super-delicious chocolate candy. I tried one and was immediately hooked. Cake Bites from The Sweet Tooth Fairly are officially my favorite treat of all time.

Megan tells me business is good, and in fact there is talk of another location opening in Utah Valley. She has done well with her home grown business and is excited and nervous about her inevitable expansion. Keep your eyes open for new locations and look to The Sweet Tooth Fairy next time you need to please a lot of people, or even for a private treat.

You’ll find The Sweet Tooth Fairy in the East Bay are of Provo, just behind the McDonalds to the East of University Ave.

Get there early.

The workshop will be held at the Larry H. Miller Campus, Corporate Partnership Building in Sandy.

There is only enough space for 10-15 Business Owners. Time for private and confidential discussions will be at the end of the seminar.

Participants will receive software valued over $219.

For more information see http://www.growthconcepts.org/index.php/workshop/

Wing created the Springville-based Little Giant ladder company in the 1970s.

Congratulations, Wing!