Howard and Cindy Rachofsky live in no ordinary house. It is more “an investigation into all of the possibilities of house,” in the words of its designer, the modernist architect Richard Meier. The Rachofsky House — a three-story, 10,000-square-foot white cube in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas — is home to one of the […]Read More
No matter where you are in Texas, you’ve got a great craft brewery nearby. Here are some we’ll be hitting up for locally produced beer this fall — even if it has to be to-go. Near the turn of the millennium, when Y2K fears were just subsiding, I made it to the life milestone of official […]Read More
Every time a new generation arises, the established generations start to chatter: What are these young people going to be like as workers, as consumers, as members of society? What are their unique traits? And what about them annoys the heck out of us? Right now, these newcomers are Generation Z, born roughly between 1997 […]Read More
Bank of America’s Evan Beard on the Burgeoning World of Art Services Where does the inherent value of art come from? As managing director of Fine Art Services for Bank of America Private Bank, Evan Beard hasn’t quite solved this philosophical quandary. But that hasn’t stopped him from pioneering a group at Bank of America […]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 best leaders of our time have also been avid readers. Business and leadership guides, business memoirs, popular history books — and even novels — often […]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 optimism for Texas’ post-COVID economic rebound. Our underlying strengths as a state—from tax code to regulatory environment to workforce—remain intact. Even in the midst of […]Read More
See our full 2020 list of exceptional leaders in Texas here. Chris Savittiere never imagined himself making face masks. For the past five years, Savittiere has run Savilino, an apron and leather goods business serving restaurants, chefs, and boutique hotels in Austin and all across the US. His tasteful, creative pieces are known for complementing […]Read More
Today, the works of Vincent Van Gogh regularly sell for tens of millions of dollars at auction. But do you know the price of a Van Gogh painting while he was alive? Van Gogh sold just one painting in his lifetime. The Red Vineyard, painted in 1888, earned him 400 francs (about $12,000 USD in […]Read More
With everything going on in the world today, a lot of leaders are taking a hard look at corporate culture. Why? Because what is happening out there influences what is happening inside your company. Increased stress, health concerns, remote working conditions, social distancing — are all changing how your employees think, work, and go about […]Read More
Convertible securities—a form of investment that will later convert into a different form of investment—are by far the most popular fundraising instrument used for seed funding rounds of $1 million or less. But in addition to coming with unique terms and mechanics, convertible securities also introduce an interesting phenomenon referred to as the rolling close. […]Read More
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