Jessica Armstrong
Ideas From Alabama Edisons
Virtually everything we consider essential to daily life started with an idea. There’s a fine line between crazy and ingenious, yet some of the...
Hands-On Soulful Designs
No place fits the proverb, “necessity is the mother of invention” better than Hale County in west-central Alabama. It’s here in the fertile Black...
McInnis Founds Company while still in College
It was only a college class assignment, but it inspired Clay McInnis to found his first company even before graduation and identified him as...
Huntsville: Where Missiles are Made, Along with History
With its rich history in space exploration and full-size replica of the Saturn V moon rocket seen for miles, Huntsville is practically synonymous with...
Who’s Your Fiduciary? Who’s Your Daddy?
When it comes to our hard-earned cash, we’re more on the ball and have a tighter grip on our financial future since the Great...
Lawyers in the Board Room
At a company meeting several years back, the CEO of Reebok ranted about his aversion to lawyers, then turned to his general counsel and...
Branch Banks
Are branch banks becoming an endangered species? Soon to rest in peace with downtown movie theaters, record shops, video rental stores and gas stations...
Agriculture Farm Financing
Yesterday’s dirt-under-his-fingernails yeoman farmer who tilled the soil with a horse-drawn plow would be astounded by today’s mechanized and diversified farm. Advances during the...
Get Ready for Crowdfunding — Free Enterprise with a Shadow Side
Life without the Internet is hard to recall, even if you’re old enough for AARP membership. Few of us could last a day at...
New Tools for Management
Today’s rapidly changing business environment requires business schools to equip graduates to be job-ready and employable. Career paths in business are becoming more...