Bill-E Stitt is Still Makin' Bacon. Lots of it. And Shipping It Nationwide.
Nov 28, 2022
Fairhope, Alabama has lots to brag about. The biggest is that it's the home of Bill-E's Bacon. It's the best bacon in the world. Bill-E Stitt and I sit down to check in on how his business is growing since I first met him a while back. He's now shipping bacon all over the country and the country's top chefs are using...
Keeping Our Best and Brightest - Dr Jim Purcell Works to Retain Alabama's Talent and to Coax Others Back to Our State
Nov 21, 2022
Dr Jim Purcell is Alabama's Commissioner on Higher Education. Each year the state's colleges and universities send students into the workplace and too many of them find work outside the state. Dr Purcell is trying to get them to stay. Alabama has the jobs available and needs the talent. Additionally, Dr Purcell is...
Lane Zirlott and Murder Point Oysters - Extraordinary Growth Continues
Nov 14, 2022
When I first interviewed Lane several years ago he had about 600,000 oysters growing at his oyster farm in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. Today it's about 30 million. His distribution is now far and wide but he's still going through the back doors of restaurants, shucking his oysters for the chefs, and taking their orders...
RFID is a Ubiquitous Technology that We Never See - Justin Patton Leads the Research
Nov 7, 2022
Justin Patton leads Auburn's RFID team and has participated in most of the seminal business case research for RFID in the United States for retailers. His client list is full of national retail brands and major manufactorers. The technology is everywhere, from embedded in the tag the airline puts on your luggage to the...