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The Fundraising Toolkit – Startup Success: A Startup Fundraising Series

Gordon Daugherty September 10, 2020

The previous Startup Success column focused on planning out a fundraising campaign in such a way as to optimize for both efficiency and effectiveness. Armed with the plan, you are almost ready to launch the campaign. Some key tools will be needed for that. A fundraiser’s most important tools are their elevator pitch, pitch deck, […]Read More

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How Manufacturing Will Support the Rebuilding of the Texas Economy

Rey Chavez September 8, 2020

The extent of COVID-19’s impact on businesses and local communities is still unknown. Although there is uncertainty, we do know that the business community will have to adapt and find creative solutions to remain agile in an ever-changing business environment. The manufacturing sector is no exception. The pandemic has forced manufacturing industry leaders to rethink […]Read More

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Staying in the Black in the Aftermath of COVID-19: A

David S. Wolff August 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the country and had a widespread impact on the economy. In Texas, and especially in Houston, we are experiencing the painful compounded effect of the virus and a decline in oil prices, which have resulted in significant jobs losses, facilities closures, and bankruptcies. Yet to be determined are the […]Read More

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How to Successfully Pivot Your Business Model

Leland Putterman August 26, 2020

As the saying goes, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. During this pandemic, it’s triply tough: lockdowns, economic slowdowns, political and social outcries. With anxiety through the roof and many companies’ very business model in danger, it is crucial that business leaders are prepared to adapt. I’ve been in the software space […]Read More

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The True Engine of Economic Recovery

Texas CEO Magazine August 24, 2020

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

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Meet Mikaila, Austin’s Teenage Lemonade CEO

Texas CEO Magazine August 18, 2020

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

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Are Concierge Doctors the Future of Medicine?

Texas CEO Magazine August 3, 2020

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

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Putting the GDP Numbers in Context: What You Need to

Jeremy Horpedahl, PhD July 30, 2020

We all know that we are going through one of the worst economic downturns in US history. But how bad exactly is the downturn? The recently released Gross Domestic Product data for the second quarter of 2020 paint a very grim picture, with the headline number suggesting that the economy contracted by -32.9%. GDP is […]Read More

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How Texas Businesses Are Aiming to Recover from COVID-19’s Impact

Tess DiNapoli July 24, 2020

If any state has the spirit of perseverance baked into its soul, it’s Texas. Our long and storied history as a state shows that even though we may get knocked down, we always get back up. When COVID-19 followed us in the spring of 2020, many entrepreneurs and businesses struggled to find their fiscal footing. […]Read More

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Coming Out of the Crisis with a Stronger, Strategically Aligned

James O'Gara July 21, 2020

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