Gail Allyn Short
Little I/T with Huge Reach
Sure, Wetumpka is home to the glitzy Wind Creek Casino and Hotel that attracts gamblers and dreamers, the lucky and the not-so-lucky...
Social Entrepreneurs at Work
Back in 2012, a friend invited Birmingham banker Barry Morehead on a trip to Bangalore, India, to advise a group of...
UAB Docs in the Lead on Stent Advance
In July, UAB Hospital became the first in the state to use a new implantable device that dissolves inside the human body to...
Health Company Inspires Patients to Win the Wellness Game
Maziar “Mazi” Rasulnia arrives at the offices of Pack Health at 3613 6th Avenue South in Birmingham on a muggy Monday morning. He is...
Pay-to-Play Big Time Retail
Two years ago in June, the sporting goods retailer Cabela’s announced that it would open an 80, 000-square-foot store in Huntsville. The company...
Big Data, Big Hospital Venture
Makul Mehra, M.D., a Birmingham gastroenterologist, says he first met entrepreneur G.T. LaBorde while attending parent orientation at their children’s grade...
Investors Beware
Back in 2010, Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., a securities underwriting firm, began selling $39 million in bonds on behalf of...
Top Benefits Tips
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010, some critics predicted that scores of employers would stop offering group health insurance...
Tool Pushers Smart and Fierce
If you were to ask Maryam “Mimi” Head’s daughters why their family business, Ram Tool Construction Supply Co. Inc., in Birmingham, ...
Whistleblowers
In 2011, Blake Percival of Montgomery made a difficult choice. He sued his former employer. Percival had worked more than a decade...