"I just watched what he did," said Mike Greene, 53, of his early experiences learning the ropes of farming from his father.

DAVID SNODGRASS WAS HARDLY old enough to stay up late by the time he earned his first paycheck. As a third-generation employee in the family’s landscape business...

Is this Wayne Rhatigan?” the voice said. “Please hold for President Obama.” Irrigation contractor Wayne Rhatigan, 46, was tracing the lines on a newly installed system when his cell phone rang.

PRIMED AND READY TO ONE DAY assume her father’s business, Meredith DeWitt faces not only the pressures of maintaining a $30-million a year corporation

Some people are so anxious to get their career started, they feel that until they do, time’s a-wasting.

How does a young man go from being a potato farmer on a kibbutz in Israel to the head of one of the largest water filtration companies in the world?

From the time he entered the business in 1963, Strauss learned and developed some expertise as he went through the learning curve. With each step he grew and learned more.

It was quite a journey, and James Cornelius never imagined that one day he would be the proud owner of a company. The 46-year-old Illinois native is the president and owner of U.S. Praxis, but after graduating high school, owning a manufacturing company was the last thing on his mind.

There are some people who do excellent work but really don’t want to be leaders; they would rather follow. That’s not Valerie Steele.

Even from the other side of the world, I knew that America was the land of opportunity for everyone. This was what Carlos Chavarria said to me when I asked him what made him come to the United States.