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...
Cary Norton – Workers’ Paradise
Professional photographer Cary Norton earns his living by taking captivating pictures of what he sees through a camera lens, whether it is people, places...
Robert Armstrong – Selma Baker Bids for Big Time
Robert Armstrong started his company with an expansive $7, 500 line of credit, based on his Toyota 4Runner.
Imagine launching a business, winning not only...
Cleaning House Nationwide
Ron Holt hit big in one of the oldest, least sexy professions there is. At age 41, he is the CEO of Two Maids...
David Morris – Quarterback Business
For David Morris, the grass is always greenest wherever there is a football involved. Since his childhood days growing up in Mobile, one of...
Mac Curles – On the Field Fierce
Mac Curles spends his weekdays in relatively reserved, genteel surroundings as a financial planner and advisor in the Birmingham office of Bridgeworth LLC. But...
Luckie And Co. – Marketing Transformation
John Gardner, in May 2014, was named the president of Birmingham-based Luckie & Co., one of Alabama’s oldest and largest advertising agencies. He took...
Jack Hawkins – Bridge Builder for International Studies
Jack Hawkins, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, barely survived his combat experience. But today, as chancellor of Troy University, he is working to use...
Louis Lazzari: An Economic History of Family Farming
Despite encroaching residential and commercial development, Baldwin County’s Belforest community remains predominantly a patchwork of family farms, most rooted in the late 1800s. Third-generation...