WHY OUR TEXAS EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE IS LEAKING Call it a talent crisis, or a talent challenge, or a talent dilemma – it affects companies in the technology field disproportionately to the rest of the workforce. The gap between available jobs and the talent needed to fill them was addressed in May by a panel of […]Read More
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TRENDS Over the past 50 years, the share of income taken by the top 10 percent of earners in the U.S. has gone from 33.5 percent of all income to 47.9 percent, according to best-selling economist Thomas Piketty. Senior executive pay accounts for a large portion of that increase. Companies continue to pay […]Read More
HOW TO GET STARTED In today’s cyber world, the likelihood of a breach has shifted. It’s no longer if you’ll be attacked, but when. All organizations, no matter the size, are vulnerable to data loss from a cyber attack. In fact, 38 percent of companies are attacked again after a first attack. A skilled attacker […]Read More
RECAPITALIZING IN TODAY’S ECONOMY You’ve got a business. It’s a successful business, but you’re nearing the point where you’d like to lessen your involvement in it. One way to do that would be to recapitalize – sell 60-70 percent of the company to a private equity group. They would increase the value of the company, […]Read More
By Dacia Rivers Peruse most business publications’ list of the best cities in the U.S. for fledgling tech companies, and chances are, you’ll see Austin in the ranks – usually near the top. Austin, and Texas as whole, has been getting a lot of attention on a national and even international basis for being a […]Read More
“Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting.” Those words, attributed to Mark Twain, still apply to the water situation in Texas. We’re in the middle of a drought the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1950s, and there are indications that this drought will be worse than the one in […]Read More
ENSURING SECURITY WHILE PROVIDING ACCESS TO OPEN INFORMATION A two-headed monster faces public sector agencies. On the one hand, they must make their data transparent and accessible – they are public agencies, after all. But on the other hand, they have to keep that data secure. And therein lies the rub. According to a survey […]Read More
Bill Hammond, CEO of the Texas Association of Business, brought his 2015 Jobs Agenda to the Austin Club sharing the association’s legislative preview and priorities for 2015 in an event sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance. Roads & Infrastructure Hammond began by addressing needs related to Texas’ infrastructure, stating that the TAB was seeking a total […]Read More
