A Conversation with Amity Shlaes In recent months, you’ve likely heard many comparisons between the current crisis and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Amity Shlaes, a New York Times bestselling author and leading economic commentator, has written extensively about that era—so we asked her if the comparison is warranted. In this discussion with Texas […]Read More
Now celebrating more than 10 years in “buzzness” (as Mikaila puts it), Me & the Bees Lemonade is available across the United States. Kids selling lemonade has long been a trope in American culture: big smiles, plastic cups, hand-lettered signage. But Mikaila Ulmer has been bringing a full-fledged entrepreneurial spirit to the beverage business since […]Read More
Experienced business owners have known for years that if you aren’t able to or willing to adapt, it will make growing your business difficult. COVID-19 has only expedited this process for many. Those businesses that were continuously adapting before COVID-19 are seeing their efforts pay off now. Since March, we have seen businesses quickly pivoting […]Read More
In Texas and around the globe, CEOs are realizing the importance of agility in sustaining and growing their business. More than half acknowledge agility as the new currency of business, and also acknowledge that growth relies on the ability to challenge business norms. Despite this realization, just under half of CIOs feel that their organizations […]Read More
I always wondered if my generation would ever have a mega event that challenged us in a way that past ones have other generations. Thankfully, we have missed out on so many of the major events that our relatives battled in their lifetimes, including the Spanish flu, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, World War […]Read More
Do you know a leader who met the challenges of this year in an exemplary way? We’d like to honor them in our Q4 issue. A worldwide pandemic. A rapid economic downturn. A reckoning with racial injustice. These are a few of the events of 2020 that have changed the way Texas CEOs lead their […]Read More
Leveraging lessons learned from the 2008 recession to prime your business for success Statistically speaking, the majority of businesses around today didn’t exist during the 2008 recession. According to JPMorgan & Chase Co., “51 percent of small businesses are 10 years old or less.” And you’re likely already familiar with the daunting survival rates of […]Read More
Are you and your business hunkered down waiting for the “new normal?” Forget about it. There is no more new normal. There is only a New Next. We will emerge from this COVID-19 fueled economic crisis to find that some things look familiar, but that nothing is the same. A sense of “normal” won’t return […]Read More
2020 will go down in history. Not only because of the global pandemic, but due to the lasting impact it will have on the business community at large. Leaders are being asked—no, forced —to retool their businesses to be successful in what many believe to be our new normal. COVID-19 has changed our economic environment, […]Read More
As businesses reopen across Texas, it is the responsibility of the employer to ensure that employees feel safe and confident about returning to the office. I currently serve as CEO of ZT Corporate, a private equity firm with a large and diverse portfolio, and I continue to work with my team on innovative ways to […]Read More
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