Category: Business

“That can’t happen, it’s impossible.” That is how Kelcy Warren answered a question about whether the oil and gas business is fading out. The Energy Transfer executive chairman offered the blunt assessment during a Hart Energy LIVE interview tied to the company’s 50th anniversary Hall of Fame event in Houston, and the comment quickly became […]

Most founders who sell down their stake in a company move on to another startup. Justin Fulcher went back to school instead, building an academic record in international security that now runs parallel to his work in government technology. From Telemedicine to the Classroom Fulcher’s business career began with RingMD, a telemedicine company he co-founded […]

A mentorship program built inside a mid sized Austin production company is starting to show up, in one form or another, at some of the bigger names in podcasting. Podcraft Media Lab, founded by Greg Soros podcaster, has spent recent years training emerging creators through a partnership with the Podcast Academy’s diversity fellowship program, and […]

Long before he was running his own production company, Greg Soros podcaster studied music at Berklee College of Music, training that still shows up in how he approaches podcast sound. That background, combined with years spent working inside major podcasting studios, forms the technical foundation behind Podcraft Media Lab, the Austin company Greg Soros founded […]

Agents and clients working with Wallace Real Estate now have access to a new resource following the Choice Home Warranty (CHW) partnership Wallace Real Estate announced. The arrangement connects the brokerage’s agent network with CHW’s home warranty coverage plans through a single dedicated point of contact. That point of contact is Maryann Azambuja, a local […]

When Unilever recruited Michael Polk away from Kraft Foods in 2003, few could have predicted how far his career at the consumer goods giant would go. He started by leading the company’s USA Foods business, quickly establishing himself as a capable operator within one of the world’s largest food and personal care companies. Michael Polk […]

Surgical techniques spread through publication and instruction as much as through individual patient results, and Dr. Andrew Jacono has approached both deliberately. In 2021 he published The Art and Science of Extended Deep Plane Facelifting, a comprehensive medical textbook synthesizing insights from more than 2,000 procedures. The book serves as technical documentation for surgeons adopting […]

Not all chief executive roles look alike, according to Michael Polk Newell Brands former leader, who has spent more than 40 years running companies large and small, says the differences between public and private leadership are far greater than most people assume. Running the Show at a Public Giant Polk’s career includes senior roles at […]

Choosing a wealth manager is one of the most consequential decisions a family will make. Yet many families go about it the wrong way, focusing on credentials and past performance while overlooking the indicators that actually predict whether a relationship holds up over time. Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, […]

Patients who undergo facelift surgery consistently report one priority above all others: they want to look like themselves, not like someone who has had surgery. For decades, that goal was difficult to achieve. Dr. Andrew Jacono‘s extended deep-plane facelift changed the calculus by abandoning the skin-tension model that made the surgical look so recognizable. Why […]