Last year, 14 million Americans, or 4.6 percent of the country’s population, claimed Asian ancestry, making the group a powerful force in our consumer market. This group’s shares of the population were 3 percent and 4 percent in 1990 and…
Who would you say is the most successful coach in America? If you said Bobby Cox, Vince Dooley, Joe Paterno or “Coach K,” you’d be wrong. How about Robert Nash (Pete) Higgins, who’s beginning his 48th year as swimming coach…
In the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead’s elegant, empty Dining Room, staffer Michael Lueptow is in his shirt sleeves, methodically opening, sorting and numbering 30 wines from a dozen Georgia winemakers into three categories – whites, reds and desserts. Upstairs, a few Georgia…
When Ken Baxley was diagnosed with a mitral valve defect last January, he wasn’t sure which frightened him more: the prospect of having his chest opened on the operating table to repair the leaking valve in his heart or the…
Last April a group of 100 or so Metro Atlanta leaders went to school in Denver, where they saw a thriving metro region confronting familiar challenges of rapid growth. These Atlantans, part of the 12th annual LINK (Leadership, Innovation, Networking,…
In the gap between opportunity and sealing the deal they paced the halls, wearing intersecting paths in the carpet, these polished, well-dressed men and women with hands-free communication technology, holding conversations with telephone phantoms half a hemisphere away. Spanish and…
When Irwin County vintner Chris Paulk was facing a few difficulties in converting the byproducts of his muscadine grapes into a saleable commodity, he turned to the Agribusiness Innovation Center (AgIC) in nearby Tifton. “He needed a way to add…
By the numbers: The newest stars in corporate America are the number-crunchers and bean counters that form the chief financial officer ranks, says an Atlanta headhunter specializing in tracking down CFOs who keep the books and sign the checks. “More…
How much does a community that hosts a University System of Georgia institution benefit from university- or college-related spending? Georgia’s Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP) sponsors a study I conduct annually that estimates the economic impact of college- or university-related…
Langdale, Bazemore, McCrary, Grant, Bennett, Schrorer. These are a few of the Wildcats in the Valdosta-Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame. Though there are too many to name individually, one standout is William Barrowman (Barry) Phillips, who made his mark…
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