Rocky Road and Licorice
Rivian Corporation began as a scrappy startup in 2009. Volkswagen has spent decades failing to understand American car buyers. Now they’re betting $5.86 billion that Rocky Road and Licorice actually do mix. The electric vehicle maker, started as an enthusiast-run firm by an entrepreneur, R.J. Scaringe, with money from family
Our Crunchy New Car
About two weeks ago my boyfriend bought a 2013 all-electric Nissan Leaf while I cheered him on. Steve had been driving a 2005 Chevy TrailBlazer
Shot at Stardom
Jon Samuelson has three daughters, Bonnie, Karlie and Katie Lou. Two were in the NCAA Basketball Final Four over the weekend. A third started for
Paid by the Hour
I received an email recently from Steve Rose, a veteran of the machining wars who was educated in an apprentice program in England during the
You Bet Your Life
Fifteen years ago, I was in Las Vegas for a business conference in late March and ran into a used machinery dealer from Chicago named
My Country
My dad and I arrived in Nashville last Thursday afternoon to go to a conference put on by the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA). After
First Family
Commitment to family is a bedrock value to my wife Risa and I. It comes before career, money, religion, friends, even the Cubs. It wasn’t