Alex Kurkowski is the founder of a greeting card startup called Tellinga. He was born and raised in Houston, TX. After completing his undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University, he started a career in the alcohol industry. After three years of drinking for a living, he decided to transition his…
It’s okay to change. Whatever product you have, whatever idea you have; I think there’s always time to change and to make it better. If it doesn’t get better, you can always redo it. It’s never too late to start over. Jodi Latson grew up in Denver, Colorado. In…
Focus on your core and try to please that one guest you have in mind. This creates the quality in what you do while serving the needs of your target market. Pedro “Pete” Mora is the passionate founder and owner of Fajita Pete’s, the Houston, Texas-based fajita delivery chain….
Set continuous goals, work to meet them strategically & quickly, and measure completion of those goals to determine in a tangible way if they helped your business grow and move forward. Adjust & modify future goals, then repeat! Shayna Pond believes that good professional development trainings should be actionable…
Listen to others and observe the world around you. Inspiration comes from both and has never failed me. Dr. Farouk Shami, an immigrant and son of a Sheikh and Chief of the olive farmers in Palestine grew up exposed to the trials and tribulations of war, migrated to the US…
It is important to constantly be evaluating and reevaluating to always work to be a little better and more efficiently. Dr. Jeffrey A. Morgan is a Professor of Surgery and Surgical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Center of Excellence at Baylor, located in the Texas Medical Center in…
Focus on doing what you do best. It’s become a societal trend to neglect the necessary effort to take care of our health. DR. BASiL Z KHALAF, M.D. understands the difficulty first-hand when going to a doctor’s office, sitting in a waiting room, and feeling my time would be…
Be aware of the newest ideas and performance of daily tasks without delay. Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski has dedicated his life to his work in the medical field and his research to further advance the field of medicine. He opened the Burzynski Clinic in 1977 in Houston, Texas to offer…
For every step, you need to spend time considering how every interaction, with customers, partners, investors, etc., delivers value. Sashi Narahari is the founder, president and CEO of HighRadius. He has spent the last 12 years bootstrapping what began as a two-person startup into a multimillion dollar, global leader…
Trust your gut, but get input from those you trust also. Getting thoughtful feedback is really where the positive changes start to happen. Kelly Bedrich is the co-founder of ElectricityPlans.com, NaturalGasPlans.com, and President of Cypress Capital Ventures. He is an IT entrepreneur focused on acquiring, marketing, and improving retail…