Coming Home
Jeff Goodman lights up when he speaks of traveling down the road less traveled. Jeff Goodman lights up when he speaks of traveling down the road less traveled. When faced with a fork in his path several years ago, he…
850 — The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida - 850 Business Magazine October-November 2011
Ready for Takeoff
New Airport Director John Wheat sees a bright future for Bay County. The skies above Northwest Florida have become markedly busier in the past year and a half, thanks to the buzz of activity at the Northwest Florida Beaches International…
It’s Good to Be ‘Indie’ Kings
30A’s entrepreneurial couple is everything you didn’t expect. In the age of big-box retailers and online shopping, few would expect to find a flourishing independent bookseller or indie music store anywhere, much less in a small holiday town on Florida’s…
Splashing for Dollars
Deadhead logging is an expensive business to get into, and it’s risky — both financially and physically. There’s gold in the pitch-black waters of Northwest Florida. It’s in the form of long-forgotten timber — “deadhead” logs — lost and submerged…
Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Rev. R. B. Holmes ministers to all the needs of his congregation. In times gone by, the church was often the cornerstone of every community, the place where people went to find healing, comfort and security. Today, the Rev.…
The Entrepreneurial University
The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship leads Florida State University into a new culture of business innovation. At the February 2010 meeting of the Florida State University board of trustees, his first as president, Eric Barron said he wanted…
A Royal Passion
Bobwhite Quail, the king of game birds, fuels the plantation business of Northwest Florida. Hunters from across the globe travel each year to the pine forests of North Florida and South Georgia, a region in its heyday considered to be…
Cooler Chats
Experts say personal interaction in the workplace is healthy. From Prohibition and Model-Ts to vaccines and laparoscopic surgeries, a lot has changed over the last hundred years. But changes and advances in technology have forever altered the world as we…
The Importance of Why
The art of exit interviews and their importance to your company. When a valued employee hands in a resignation letter, it’s an unquestionable loss for a company. But can it also be used as a learning experience? That’s the idea…
Beware Cyber Stalkers
Internet crime is stealing millions from American businesses. The email looked official. The subject line stated it was a “Notice of Unreported Income,” and it appeared to come from the Internal Revenue Service. An American Realty of Northwest Florida employee…
