Voting starts now for Denver Startup Week sessions

Voting is open to decide this year's line-up at Denver Startup Week.

A record 944 sessions were proposed by the community to be presented as part of the fifth annual event, which is scheduled for Sept. 12-16. The program usually draws thousands of entrepreneurs from across the state and country.

Now, the community is invited to vote on the topics that most interest them. Voting will take place at denverstartupweek.org through July 15.

“We continue to be blown away by the support for those…

You can buy Puma shoes inspired by BMW's fabric concept car

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Shoes patterned after a car that borrowed ideas from clothing.

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Changing times: Are paralegals the answer?

As members of the legal profession we have been very careful about who gets to practice law - us and only us. We are licensed by our state, and the way in which we obtain our license and maintain our license is carefully prescribed by state regulations. Additionally, every state has a statute prohibiting the “unauthorized practice of law.”

The “practice of law,” under our ethics code (also outlined by the state), includes entering into a retainer agreement with a client, signing legal…

On becoming a craftsman: How a local woodworking business took shape (PHOTOS)

This is the story of a carpenter who learned to trust what agitated at the back of his mind and refused to let go.

Scott Farmer had always loved wood.

Tagging along with his father, a construction worker, the little boy was in charge of picking debris off the floor so the stilt-wearing drywall installers wouldn't trip. He horded the small wood pieces, took them home and built stuff. As a teen, he helped install cabinets.

After graduating from School of Art and Design at East Carolina University…

Watch the Goodwood Festival of Speed live here

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Watch the livestream as some of the greatest cars in the world run up Lord March's driveway at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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Brexit shocks Bay Area British business community

Colin Brown, the chairman of the British-American Business Council of Northern California, was parked on his couch with his wife Thursday evening watching the results of the United Kingdom's Brexit referendum roll in over the airwaves.

“It was a slightly surreal experience,” Brown said. “No one thought it would be this close.”

As time went on, he started to realize that the pre-election polls would be proven wrong and that the country would choose to leave the European Union. His phone…

LinkedIn co-founder on what's really driving Microsoft's acquisition

The $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) took many in Silicon Valley by surprise, including some of those who know the company well. We caught up with Eric Ly, LinkedIn's founding CTO to discuss how the company has grown since its origins in the dot-com bust, why it's so valuable to Microsoft (hint: it's the data), and why we're "still at the beginning" of merging social networking with business. Ly is now CEO of Presdo, a social platform for events, which…

Dollar Burns & Becker adds experience to health care group

Dollar Burns & Becker named two highly experienced attorneys as new partners who will lead its growing nursing home, medical negligence and long-term care practice.

The firm represents plaintiffs who have had a family member suffer injuries or death as a result of gross negligence. The new partners, Jill Kanatzar and Rachel Stahle, add considerable experience to the firm's ranks.

“Both of these attorneys have distinguished careers and have earned excellent reputations in the industry,” founding…

​Nominate for Small Business Person of the Year!

For the 30th year, the Small Business Person of the Year Awards will honor outstanding entrepreneurs in metro Atlanta.

Atlanta Business Chronicle, in partnership with the Metro Atlanta Chamber, will host the awards in 2016. Nominations will be taken through the Chronicle's website.

The awards again will offer the opportunity for entrepreneurs to compete at three different experience levels from new to seasoned, while adding four new categories of competition: Rising Star, Top Job Creator, Best…

Sales advisory firm expands to Birmingham

Indianapolis-based sales advisory firm Sales Xceleration has expanded into the Birmingham market and recently tapped James Bishop to head its Birmingham office.

Sales Xceleration serves small to medium-size businesses and their owners by identifying key issues and challenges affecting sales and then takes on the work involved to manage their sales teams.

Birmingham is one of four new markets for the firm, along with Daytona, Fla., San Diego and Philadelphia.

Bishop has spent more than 25 years…