

Why Great Lakes Clothing Company co-founder ditched the corporate track
Imagine you’re sitting on a paint-chipped Adirondack chair facing the lake. Waves gently lap against the shore. The sky ripples with deep oranges and soft blues and bright pinks. A bonfire smolders on the beach. Graham cracker wrappers and empty chocolate packages cover the nearby picnic table, while branches covered with sticky marshmallow residue lean against it. You breathe in the smell of the lake, the smell of the wood smoke, the smell of sunscreen. You breathe in summer


How Anne Andrus, owner of Honey & Rye Bakehouse, silenced her inner critic and followed her drea
Ever thought about quitting your desk job and opening a bakery? Sounds dreamy, doesn’t it? Anne Andrus took that risk, left her job and completely flipped her career upside down. But it all happened kind of by accident. A wide-eyed college grad, Anne packed her bags and headed west, to California, full of enthusiasm that she would change the world. With a double major in International Business and Spanish, she jumped head-first into her seemingly perfect career: a nonprofit w