Technology.

• Position: Insiders' Biz - Brief Article

Colorado Springs-based Agro Management Group's bio-based engine lubricant technology, used in Sterling Grade lubricant products, was selected as one of the "25 World's Best Technologies for 2004." The WBT showcase is produced by the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds and the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer. After 10 years of research, Agro joined forces with Sterling Bio-Technologies Corp., Sterling, to market bio-based engine lubricants under the Sterling Grade brand name throughout North America.

Hewlett-Packard selected The Aspen Institute's MicroMentor program to match entrepreneurs from the nine organizations in H-P's Microenterprise Development Program with mentors who have succeeded as business owners. MicroMentor uses the Internet to connect owners of very small businesses, or "microentrepreneurs," to individuals who have successfully navigated business ownership, often in the...