Journelism

Unstoppable former fighter pilot Jim Bernthal had everything: a fulfilling career, a devoted family, clear ambition and an innate sense that the world was his to conquer. But a precipitous circumstance in the cockpit led to physical and emotional anguish, and ultimately to SALTE, a dynamic nonprofit organization devote...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could buy the skill of cooking along with a stove and an oven, all while contributing to charity? All you would need is an appliance store specializing in kitchens that offers cooking classes and donates a portion of money earned to charity. Dorothy Barak has created this recipe for succes...

After emigrating from Malaysia, Alex and his family worked to start up Zephyr Ventilation, a kitchen ventilation business, using the model of applying innovation to a stagnant industry. After 10 successful years, Zephyr was sold in 2007. Following the same business model, Alex went on to found Fuego Living. Specializin...

Natchitoches, LA is not known as a factory for basketball talent. Neither is McNeese State University, but from these small roots Joe Dumars built a legendary NBA career predicated on dominating D and renowned sportsmanship. In the first of a two-part series, hear Joe discuss his upbringing and the moment he realized t...

Giving up the comfortable life of a business project manager at Nordstrom, Anne Payne takes a leap of faith and pursues her two greatest passions of travel and business by founding BeDynamic in 2000, a company designed to make traveling easier through comprehensive location-specific databases. A year later, the Septemb...