Just think of everything that goes into the making of a successful athlete. Years or sometimes decades of hard, grinding work. A ferociously competitive spirit. The ability to gracefully accept coaching, even when it’s delivered bluntly, while working alongside teammates from completely different backgrounds. Sounds like somebody who would be a pretty good employee, right? Unfortunately, too many athletes struggle to transition into the working world after their playing days…

Having the opportunity to combine three of his favorite things — beer, Kansas City and working with others — makes Rafi Chaudry’s job one of his dreams. As one of the founders of Torn Label Brewing Co. (his partners are Travis Moore, Carol Troutwine and Chad Troutwine), Chaudry works to not only to promote the brewery’s products, but also find partners the brewery can work with on developing others. “Craft…

Freedom Interiors creates the kind of workspaces that make people excited for Monday morning. The company figures out exactly how clients want their offices to feel and function, then translates that vision into reality. For the longest time, though, Carol Espinosa and her team couldn’t do the same thing for themselves. As a young, growing company, Freedom rented space in other people’s buildings. That changed late last year, when Freedom…

The numbers are staggering—but so, too, are the opportunities. Baby boomers—Americans aged 55 to 75—number anywhere from 75 million to 83 million in the U.S. Generation X, which is the next younger group at ages 38 to 53, includes 61 million to 65 million people. In the next few years, most of them will be seniors or caring for seniors. Businesses that are ready and waiting to cater to the…