Author: andrew
San Marcos Resort
Phoenix, Arizona has plenty of golf resorts that attract thousands of visitors, but ask someone who established the first course in the state and they’ll…
From Board Room to the Classroom
What happens when the CEO of a major corporation decides he wants to begin teaching middle school math? It’s a real life story that played…
H&R Block Career Change
Tom Bloch’s father and uncle founded H&R Block, a company that Tom eventually led as CEO. But there was something else that weighed on his…
H&R Block
There are some folks that think they can run your business better than you can. In this case, the man at the newspaper was right….
The Bloch Brothers
Very few people like to figure their taxes and even fewer like to pay them. But this pair of brothers found an unlikely business doing…
Oklahoma Oil
The price of oil is a figure many Americans closely follow. Now imagine a time when the price dipped so low the top producer cut…
Striking Oil at the Governor’s Mansion
If you struck oil underneath your home, well you might just move in order to strike it rich. But what happens when you strike oil…
Glen Miller – Musician and Soldier
He was one of the most famous Americans in the early 1940s…a man who was making up to $20,000 per week. But he knew he…
Glen Miller – Hitmaker
Even if you are not old enough to have enjoyed this man’s music when he originally created it, there’s no doubt you’ve heard it. In…
It Started with a Trombone
The gentleman who ran a store in Grant City, Missouri could have never imagined what would happen when he bought one of his young…