So Proud of my Husband

My husband was in the Standard Examiner today, Sunday, in the business section, below is the article and huge picture they had of him in there.

I am so proud of him and all his hard work. Not only does he run his own company, but he started teaching business and entrepeneur classes at Eagle Gate College and Stevens Henenger. He has a love for business and teaching, and is so lucky to use his skills. On Monday, is the award ceremony and luncheon for him because he won, US Small Business 2009 Young Entrepreneur of the Year. This is such a great award for him and his company, and shows how hard he works and the love of his work. He will now be up for Young Entrepreneur of the country, we'll see how he does. I love him and I am so proud of him and how hard he works.

Linquix: Leading idea for breaking language barriers for companies

By Jeff DeMossStandard-Examiner staffjdemoss@standard.net

Trent Maw fell in love with the Spanish language while serving an LDS mission in Argentina several years ago.
The 28-year-old Ogden resident translated that love into a livelihood in 2003 when he started his own language-training company, Linquix Inc.
Originally known as Northern Utah Academy of Spanish, Linquix provides training, primarily to area businesses, in communication between Spanish-speaking and English-speaking people.
"We help companies overcome challenges between languages," Maw said.
Using software developed by the U.S. Institute of Languages, Linquix offers training both on-site and over the Internet.
Maw started the company after earning a Spanish degree from Weber State University. About two years in, he decided to go back to school for a Master of Business Administration degree.
While he doesn't disclose sales figures for the privately held company, Maw said Linquix has averaged about 70 percent annual growth over its five-year history.
That success has been recognized, as Maw was recently named the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2009 Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Utah.
Such high growth rates are fairly common among successful businesses in their early years.
Maw said a 70 percent growth rate is probably unsustainable in the long term, but he said Linquix is on track for steady growth in the years ahead nonetheless.
The company is definitely in a growth industry. The Labor Department projects that employment of interpreters and translators will grow 24 percent from 2006 to 2016, while the average for all industries in the same period is about 10 percent.
Linquix isn't technically an interpretation or translation service because it teaches clients to do it for themselves, but it's in the same general category.
The company primarily serves business clients, but has also offered training through Davis Applied Technology College and Weber State University's Continuing Education department.
Among others, Autoliv Inc. has used Linquix training to help improve day-to-day communications between company facilities in Utah and Mexico.
"The outcomes of this training are already being felt in the organization," said Leigh Harper, director of training and leadership development for Autoliv.
"Some clients are multinational, and those are awesome clients for us," Maw said.
Like most businesses, Linquix has slowed down in the current recession as companies have trimmed their training budgets, but Maw sees some positives in the experience.
"It's made us ask some important questions," he said. "We've had to innovate and do things better than before. Sixty percent effectiveness is no longer good enough."
The company's reach is currently limited to the Wasatch Front and Cache County, but its long-range growth plan is to expand into other states and even internationally.
The main tool for that growth is the Internet. Last year, the company launched a Web conferencing, or "e-learning" venture, providing a platform to take the training around the globe.
"It's still tailored to individual clients, but it's done from a distance," Maw said. "Sometimes it's a combination of e-learning and live events. Sometimes doing it online is not practical, and other times it may be the only way."
He changed the company name last year to reflect its ambitions of national and international expansion.
Still, he said Linquix intends to maintain a strong presence in Utah, where it currently has seven employees.
The key to his company's early success, he said, has been persistence and a consistent approach.
"When you have a tough day or something difficult happens, let it sink in for five minutes and get right back to work," he said. "And when you have a success, celebrate for five minutes, and then get back to work."