Biotech Startup Specialist
It’s a bright Friday afternoon, and the sunlight pours into the glass-faced foyer of the Mitchell Cancer Institute, in Mobile. Michael Chambers,...
Cultivating Creativity
How do you create an environment conducive to innovation? Drawing on a lifetime of learning and experience, James Blackmon, a research...
Engineering for Smart Health
When Emil Jovanov moved to the warm Alabama climate, he learned “the hard way” that some health issues, such as fatigue or...
Metallurgical Reimagining
Some 12 years ago Frank Ledbetter’s life was in tatters. An ill-fated expansion had plunged the metal fabrication shop he’d founded in 1976 more...
Alabama Business Hall of Fame’s 2015 Inductees
A brain trust of the state’s innovative business minds will receive their laurels Nov. 12 at a banquet inducting seven Alabama natives into the...
Inventing Faster and Faster
Kevin Schneider is the chief technology officer at Huntsville-based Adtran Inc., a publicly traded information technology company (NASDAQ: ADTN), with sales of...
A Pickles and Salsa Partnership
In the Wiregrass, vegetable farming and canning are investment grade traditions. A public-private partnership expects to generate jobs and new enterprise — including pickled veggies and salsas — as dependable as the area’s agricultural roots.
For Clearing the Head, Beats Fishing
For most people, the daily drive involves dealing with crowded roadways and trying to avoid erratic drivers. It is a necessary evil required...
Beginnings of the Blues
There is a special handwritten note exhibited at the W.C. Handy Home and Museum in Florence. It sits amidst the sheet music and instruments...
Health – Transforming Good Workers into Great Leaders
Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi declared that leaders are made, not born — and it’s every bit as true in business as on the...