In many ways, parenthood and entrepreneurship are similar journeys. Both are exhilarating—and a little scary. And both involve taking steps that are entirely new to you. No matter how many […]Read More
I often hear startup founders say things like “We want to scale” or “We scaled a lot in the past six months.” In most cases, they should have used the […]Read More
As a startup founder, you care a lot about the dollar value placed on your company. So it’s natural that negotiating that value with investors is typically a fraught process. […]Read More
I have always struggled with entrepreneurs who announce unsupported greatness with platitudes of confirmation bias and naïve arrogance. “I am CEO of (insert company).” “When we capture just .000001 percent […]Read More
Two Dripping Springs wineries demonstrate how Texas business owners persevere, through pandemics, winter storms, and more. The grapevine is one of the hardiest plants alive. It can live 120 years […]Read More
Startup Success: A Startup Fundraising Series I often say that successful early-stage fundraising is essentially a transfer of enthusiasm from founder to investor. If the investor gets even half as […]Read More
“I just sit in my office and read all day,” Warren Buffett said once. This is a bit of Buffett’s trademark modesty to be sure, but nevertheless, most of the […]Read More
Welcome to 2021 (we made it!). Like many readers here, I navigated through unprecedented times as an owner-entrepreneur in 2020, in my case as a lobbyist at The Bingham Group, […]Read More
“I just sit in my office and read all day,” Warren Buffett said once. This is a bit of Buffett’s trademark modesty to be sure, but nevertheless, most of the […]Read More
Texas 2036 is taking a data-driven approach to ensuring the state’s future prosperity. In our Q3 2020 issue of Texas CEO Magazine (“Rebooting the Texas Economy”), expert after expert conveyed […]Read More
