Launch

BY JESSICA RIDGWAY

October’s Launch article features Soul Kitchen, Easy Company and Slick’s Big Time BBQ.

Gone Fishing

BY LORI TOBIAS

Business has been good to Laura Anderson, leading some to suggest she must be awfully lucky to find such success in a business notorious for failure. But luck’s had little to do with it.

Books Rule

BY JON BELL

Powell’s stays relevant in the digital age.

The Diaspora

Former newspaper reporters move into brand journalism.

College Conundrum

BY KIM MOORE

University and college tuition fees have been rising for more than a decade, while state funds for higher education have steadily declined.

Grape Expectations

Well-financed outsiders from France and California are buying up vineyards and wineries in the Willamette Valley.

Knight Vision

BY VIVIAN MCINERNY

Travis Knight wants to release a movie a year. Can he pull it off?

Downtime

BY JESSICA RIDGWAY

I’m not very interesting,” says a modest Ray Di Carlo, CEO and executive producer of Bent Image Labs, an animation and visual effects studio.