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...
Alabama’s Biggest Construction Project
Jim Page, the president and CEO of the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce, is the spokesperson for the Alliance for Alabama’s Infrastructure...
Hook-Setting Determination
For many people, the old Andy Griffith Show perfectly personified what life was like in a small Southern town in the ’50s and...
How to Do Food Franchises
“Wow, great pizza, ” lunch breaking Mobile police officers verbally approve, huddling over pepperoni in the first degree. Other customers of Uncle...
A Declaration of Independence in International Trade
We spoke with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions in mid-June, on the subject of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. At the time, opponents...
The Pollinator
“See those bumblebees on the sunflowers?” Dr. George Koulianos asks underneath a blue sky near the southernmost tip of Alabama. “This is what I...
New Game Board for Overtime Pay
We spoke with Jenna Bedsole, a specialist in labor and employment law, to get her insights on recent federal policy changes that...
Chief Activist for the Retired
Even being voted “most likely to succeed” in your Theodore High School graduating class is no guarantee in life. But Jo Ann Jenkins’...
Medical IT Multiplier
Tanveer Patel, named one of the nation’s top 100 entrepreneurs in February by Upstart Business Journal, has been taking strategic risks since...
Former Princess, Fierce Leader
Stephanie Bryan is proud of what she calls “humble beginnings.” Raised on an Indian reservation in Atmore, she remembers little girl days of...