Gary Hoover, Author at Texas CEO Magazine

Gary Hoover

Gary Hoover was a cofounder of Bookstop and Hoovers Inc., and serves as executive director of the American Business History Center. He is the entrepreneur-in-residence at the School of Information at the University of Texas. His writings can be found at www.Hooversworld.com.

Entrepreneurship Voices

Entrepreneurial Thinking Made Easy

Gary Hoover September 27, 2022

Virtually every survey of the public shows that people love the idea of entrepreneurship. But how many really understand it? I have spent the last 57 years studying business, especially […]Read More

Entrepreneurship Features

Malcolm McLean: The Unsung Innovator Who Changed the World

Gary Hoover May 13, 2020

In 1937, 24-year old Malcolm McLean (later changed to Malcom) delivered a load from the South to the New Jersey docks for export. He had been in the trucking business […]Read More

Culture Features

Lessons from the Retail Apocalypse

Gary Hoover March 26, 2020

This article first appeared in Apogee Results’ Legends of Marketing Series. As a student of retail trends and strategies for over 50 years, I believe true understanding of the rise […]Read More