Based out of Burton, M.A.C. Transport, Inc.’s roots began in the 1940s with Chris Marlowe’s great-grandfather was a pig farmer. As a pig farmer, he would collect food scraps from his neighbors to feed his livestock. When that became undoable due to regulation changes, the neighbors were still in the market for waste removal. So, […]

Senderra RX Specialty Pharmacy opened in 2010 in Dallas, TX, and was started by Will Howard, Win Purifoy and Tom Bohannan. Bohannan initially developed the concept for the business when he ran into difficulties getting patients approved for certain rheumatoid arthritis (RA) medications. He worked with Howard and Purifoy and developed a business plan to […]

20 years ago, Ohunwa Carthan was a recently divorced single mother looking for quality, affordable housing in the Flint area. She struggled to find a place for her and her children to live and at that moment she promised herself if she ever had the chance to help people in the same situation she would. […]

Mike Naddeo has had an interest in photography since middle school, where he spent his time developing photos in his school’s darkroom. However, when he graduated from high school and entered the workforce, his path took a different direction. “In my 20s, I did all manners of things,” says Naddeo. “I sold cars, and then […]

Laurie Shaw first joined her husband’s family business, Coffee Beanery, working as the executive assistant for her mother-in-law JoAnne. With five children at home, the workload became overwhelming, so Shaw began to take on other roles in the organization like fundraising and marketing. “At the time I didn’t know what I was preparing for,” says […]