Thirty-one years ago working as a tax attorney, Mike McDonald saw an opportunity. He worked every day with entrepreneurs who where taking a gamble and winding up making a pretty good living for themselves. Read more

Every July, Dan Ostas packs a few days worth of crimson ties and University of Oklahoma polos, and leaves his Norman home for his annual trek to Stillwater. Read more

Stephen Young graduated from University of Missouri-Kansas City Dental School in 1971. A residency at the University of Michigan was followed by what he thought would be a brief stay in Oklahoma.

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Athletes have coaches, so why not employees? After all, it’s their performance that dictates the direction a company is heading. Read more

Earlier this year, worldwide staffing company Accountemps released a survey that was sure to pain many a human resources manager. Read more

Starting out more than 15 years ago, April Harrington was her business: no building, no plan, just a dream.

A bout with ovarian cancer had piqued her interest in organic food. But how to sustain, much less grow, a business was beyond her.

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In health care, there’s a procedure for almost everything, and a manual for everything else. Read more

Back in 1996, Joyce Clark served as the director of the first assisted-living facility in Oklahoma City. She never imagined where that first job would take her. Read more

Graduating from Casady High School in 1984, Kristin Davis saw a dark cloud hanging over her home state. Two years prior, Penn Square Bank had fallen. The price of a barrel of crude oil was about to take a nosedive. There was no Bricktown and no MAPS. Read more

Chad Hodges never had planned a cycling race before the upcoming Oklahoma City Pro-Am Classic. Read more

As the supporting agency for 20 arts organizations in the metro area, the business of fundraising is always on Allied Arts president and CEO Deborah McAuliffe Senner’s mind. Read more

You know when quitting time is, but do you know when it’s time to quit?

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Jim Cowan spent several years leading the Bricktown Association during the area’s renaissance. with that job, which involved constantly being around a young, hip crowd, he always had his finger on the pulse of what was going on.

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The phone in Kent J. Smith Jr.’s Ohio University office kept ringing. On the other end was a search firm that kept saying he was destined to be Langston University’s next president. Read more

Jim Rice started Pro-Fab Inc. in his garage back in 1986. Focusing on the fabrication of aircraft parts, the business grew until finally moving into a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility 10 years later. Read more