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Twitter account for the Utah Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, a non-profit focused on helping small co's become medium-sized (mid-cap) firms.

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Joined February 2010
$25MM convertible debt deal gives Myriad Genetics option to buy CA-based Crescendo Bioscience. Read http://ow.ly/6qGLB.
Sinclair Broadcast Grp. buys SLC-based KUTV & 6 other TV stations from Cerberus for $200MM: http://ow.ly/6qGAn
Video of "What Didn't Kill Me, Made Me Stronger" breakout session up on our YT http://youtube.com/user/acgutah | More to come!
Pictures are up from the Intermountain Growth Conference. Check them out and add some of your own! http://ow.ly/4cNUj
Up Next at the ACG Intermountain Conference: Lunch and Keynote Address by Ambassador Burns.
"Essential Tech" Recap: Companies must determine their objectives if they are going to do a mobile site or app...Social Platforms are key.
"Essential Tech" Breakout: Unstructured Data makes up 80-85% of all firms' data and is growing above 60%. Companies must look for trends.
"Essential Tech" Breakout: Asian customers are growing the fastest for online buyers. Purchases from American firms up due to weak dollar.
Breakouts up next: "Essential Technology for your Business" & "The Impact of Gov. Policies on Business".
Tweeting live from the ACG Intermountain Growth Conference! Follow along! @ACGChicago @ACGWM @ACGNYC @ACGBoston @ACGArizona @ACGGlobal
"What didn't kill you.." Recap: Forced to find ways to stay afloat? Look to other markets, R&D, culture, comm, exchange rates, & cash flows
A great motivational speech by Larry Gelwix! Up Next: Panel Breakout Sessions. A.) Challenges & Technology. B.) PE Markets & Gov.
Championship Strategy #5: Focus on the Final Score. "Think: WHO I want to be, not What I want to be."
Championship Strategy #4: Expect to W.I.N. (What's Important Now) "Focus on the endgame and make the appropriate plays now to get there."
Championship Strategy #3: Hit the Field Running. "Be a better person today than you were yesterday. Improve behavior, effort, and attitude."
Championship Strategy #2: Don't Play With Snakes. "There is a right and wrong in life. We compete fiercely, but we don't cut in line."
Championship Strategy #1: Go Horizontal. "Vertical Leadership is too easy and egos get in the way...Engage and elevate others."
From Gelwix: "Absolute formula for success is 3 & 5: 3 for pillars (players, plan, coach) and 5 for championship strategies for success"
Sorry, Larry Gelwix (coach of the Highland Rugby team and CEO of Columbus Travel) is up next.
At the ACG conference? If not, stay up to date with tweets throughout the day! We just heard from Derek Miller and Nicholas Burns is next!