ARCHIVED  December 1, 1996

How do you know when to give up?

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Jeff Travis is scanning the classifieds, looking for a job anywhere from Cheyenne to Colorado Springs.
“I’m good with my hands,” he said, “so I’m looking possibly for something to do with computers.”

Things weren’t always like this, though. Just a few weeks ago, Travis was owner of his own business, a classic story of an entrepreneur who started from the ground up to launch a dream.
So where does it go wrong? Statistics say odds are that more businesses end up like Travis’ than don’t.
Lynn Hoffman, professor of management and director of the Small Business Institute at the University…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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