On paper, Andrew Stoloff knew it made no sense to buy Rubicon Bakery in Richmond, Calif. But the former Wall Street analyst's decision to take over the failing business in 2009 and save the jobs of its 14 part-time employees - most of whom were recovering drug addicts or ex-convicts - had little to do with dollars or cents. "I fell in love with its mission: to give people a second chance," says Stoloff, 53. Today, the wholesale bakery has $8 million in sales and 80 full-time employees, who earn between $8.50 and $24 an hour, receive health insurance, paid vacation and have access to an interest-free employee loan program.
- 10/31/2013
- by Sharon Cotliar
- PEOPLE.com
Remember that awesome looking graphic novel called Last Man Standing we published all that artwork for in 2010? The one Paramount picked up to be made into a film before the book even hit the shelves? If not, click here for a refresher course [1] or just bask in the coolness of that header image. It took a while but Paramount has finally found their man to pen a screenplay based on the Daniel LuVisi graphic novel and it's David Leslie Johnson, the writer of Orphan, Red Riding Hood, Wrath of the Titans and The Walking Dead. Last Man Standing, which was published under Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle creator Kevin Eastman's Heavy Metal banner, is about a famous, genetically enhanced solider who is framed and endures nine years of hellacious incarceration before getting out and vowing revenge. It's also futuristic, violent science-fiction if the massive gun above didn't clue you off.
- 12/5/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
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