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
If you’ve ever been frustrated by short, impersonal visits to your primary care doctor, you’re not alone. Turns out, that conveyer-belt approach is a symptom of how most practices work: The physician is forced to increase patient volume as much as possible to keep the practice profitable. James S. Hahn, MD, is one of the […]Read More
“Age is just a number, and it needn’t define who you are: your worth, your interests, nor your behaviors,” according to Dr. Erica Miller. That’s the central message of her book, Chronologically Gifted—Aging with Gusto: A Practical Guide to Healthy Living to Age 123. Dr. Miller, who holds a PhD in clinical psychology and ran […]Read More
Wise people sock money away throughout their lives, accumulating a big old nest egg for retirement—right? Bill Perkins wants to update that paradigm, as he explains in Die with Zero, hitting bookstores this month. The Houston-based hedge fund manager, poker player, and wild bet maker proposes a new philosophy based not in the hope of […]Read More
In early April, long before we had all the data in on the economic impact of COVID-19, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar stated unequivocally that Texas was in a recession. At the time, many others were shying away from the word. Hegar, on the other hand, warned that the only question was how […]Read More
As CEO of KGBTexas Communications, Katie Harvey has grown her full-service marketing and communications agency from its humble origins 26 years ago as a boutique public relations firm to one of the largest women-owned communication agencies in Texas, with more 40 employees and offices in San Antonio and Houston. And as Katie told us in this interview, her agency […]Read More
For Sunny Vanderbeck, cofounder and managing partner of Satori Capital, selling a business is about a lot more than dollar signs. And he’s found that the vast majority of CEOs agree with him. When you decide to sell a business or take on a capital partner, price matters—but so do lots of other factors. Does […]Read More
In his acclaimed first book, Turn the Ship Around!, US Navy Captain David Marquet told the story of his time in command of the nuclear submarine USS Santa Fe. In it, he showed how switching from giving orders to giving control allowed him to turn one of the worst-performing ships in the Navy to one […]Read More
Annie Duke has evolved from professional poker champion to one of the top authorities on decision strategy in the country. Her bestselling book Thinking in Bets is all about making sound decisions in the midst of uncertainty—so she seemed like the perfect person to talk to about the uncertainty that currently reigns in the world […]Read More
The legendary investor on global disruptions and his world travels. Many of us Texans think of our great state as its own country. But there’s a whole wide world out there, and it behooves leaders in any industry to know what’s going on beyond our borders. Who better than legendary investor, best-selling author, and avid […]Read More