July 1, 1996

Business owners needn’t look far to spot the demon competition

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No one knows better than this newspaper the challenges and rewards of competition. As related previously in this space, this publication has reached
its current status due in part to the intensely competitive arena into which we thrust ourselves one year ago.

Our strategic plan has been shaped by that competition, and competition has guided to some extent what elements we’ve added to this newspaper,
when we’ve added them and what we’ll add in the future. The very format of this newspaper was determined in part by competitive considerations.
Ours is a much better product having had competitors at every…

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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