Liz Welch


The Blue Man Group Opens a School

The founders of the Blue Man Group designed the pre-K and elementary school as an alternative to the New York school scene -- and parents are lining up.  Read story

The Way I Work: Essie Weingarten, Essie Cosmetics

"God gave me an innate ability to pick colors."  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Lavetta Willis

Every entrepreneur has a dream. Lavetta Willis says hers is to avoid speaking to anyone for 10 days.  Read story

Things They Can't Live Without

Five young entrepreneurs share a few of their favorite things--and what’s on their holiday wish lists.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Jeffrey Garrison

Think all accountants are uncool and humorless? Jeffrey Garrison and his singing deer, Buck, beg to differ.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Jennifer Silano Foy

Walk in the $995 boots of a dot-com fashionista.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Greg Strause

What time is it? Time for a $25,000 watch.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Jerry Airola

President and owner, Silver State Helicopters Former police officer Jerry Airola can't get enough of the whirlybirds. He took some...  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Jalem Getz

Why Jalem Getz, who founded the $30 million Web retailer BuyCostumes.com, wouldn't mind living like Magnum, P.I.  Read story

Betty Gammill, Delta Feed and Seed

“E veryon...  Read story

Bridgette "Queen" Matthews, Viking Employee

“I made ...  Read story

Harry Smith, the Mayor of Greenwood

“I have ...  Read story

Martha Foose, Mockingbird Bakery

“W hen my...  Read story

First He Built a Company

An iconic company, in fact: Viking Range, the economic engine of Greenwood, Mississippi. And then, because perhaps a local boy has a responsibility to do mor...  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Michael Murdoch

Michael Murdoch, founder of Internet security firm AppRiver, has grown fond of a homicidal sock monkey.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Donna Grucci Butler

What dazzles Donna Grucci Butler, maker of some of the world's most spectacular fireworks displays.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Eliot Wadsworth

For Eliot Wadsworth, owner of White Flower Farm, it's all about the delphiniums.  Read story

My Place: Adam Berger's Glass House

You know what they say about CEOs who live in glass houses: They need a lot of cabinets.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Laurie McCartney

When she's not running her $50 million company, you'll find Laurie McCartney of Babystyle cruising on her Hello Kitty bicycle.  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without: Gary Hirshberg

Why Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm, values his wife's raspberries, his custom hiking boots, and the words of Nelson Mandela.  Read story