Ann Meyer

When Lizzie Berman's job as an administrative assistant at a day camp ends this month, she will be pounding the pavement again. In January, she left an entry-level job managing...

For years, Family Focus knew its Evanston center needed an elevator to be compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act, but the necessary funds eluded the nonprofit. That is until...

At the federal government's insistence, employers are owning up to what many workers have been saying for years: Mental health and substance abuse issues are medical conditions that should be...

Like most small businesses, Blue Buddha Boutique started as a one-person show, with Rebeca Mojica making and selling chain-mail jewelry. But Mojica, who created her first pieces eight years ago...

Even before Michael Farah opened the doors to his first Berry Chill store, he was working the social media scene to create awareness of his frozen yogurt. "Before we opened...

Long before the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, entrepreneur Andrew Perlman set out to find the single biggest way to clean up the environment. He had successfully...

Clean-energy startup AllCell Technologies has been ahead of its time, but demand is catching up. So much so that AllCell is shifting its focus from revenue growth to profitability, co-founder...

With momentum building for clean energy, Chicago entrepreneurs Elizabeth Iwanicki and Giovanni Bonomi say demand for their wind turbines is accelerating. Once they seal deals with prospective customers in the...