InnovationMap, HX reveal winners from Houston Innovation Awards Gala - Link

“That's a wrap on the Houston Innovation Awards Gala. InnovationMap and Houston Exponential announced the winners of the 2022 awards that celebrated Houston's booming innovation ecosystem, and 11 startups and individuals walked away with the awards.

The event, held November 9 at the Ion, honored all 43 finalists as well as Trailblazer Award recipient, Blair Garrou, managing director and founder of Houston-based venture capital firm Mercury. Click here to read about all the finalists.” – Innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms

Becoming an Expert Connector - Interview with Marc Nathan - Podcast

I really enjoyed this conversation with the phenomenally inspirational Wen Zhang (Listen to her TEDx talk here). Her description is better than any I could have written so please give it a listen and subscribe to her podcast:
 

In this episode we talk about:

🔹 Marc’s biggest surprise in working with startups

🔹 Becoming an expert in something you do well

🔹 Defining success and psychological profit

🔹 How the Art of War relates to doing business

🔹 The critical aspect of being a successful company

Wheel Acquires GoodRx Care Backend Technology to Strengthen its Virtual-First Care Platform - Link

Wheel, the health technology company powering the future of care, today announced it will acquire GoodRx Care's backend virtual care technology, including its clinician-centric EMR, powerful clinical management tools, and flexible patient experience software. Wheel will integrate GoodRx Care's underlying technology to expand its existing virtual care platform capabilities and GoodRx will continue to own the consumer-facing GoodRx Care website and mobile app.

Texas-Squared Mini Guide to Austin Startup Week 2022

• Rise of the Rest with Steve Case - Link
  - Austin Next Podcast
   
• The Largest Black Technology Conference: AfroTech Kicks Off Sunday in Austin - Link
• 12th Annual Austin Startup Week Returns to In-Person Events Nov. 14-18th - Link
• Founder’s Motivation to Create Decent Healthcare Insurance Came From his Experience as a Patient - Link
  - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
   
• Peter Rex, Real Estate and PropTech entrepreneur and now Austinite - Link
  - Austin Startups
   
• Travis County puts millions toward food access - Link
• EDC talks deals but no details of creative space investments - Link
  - Austin Monitor
   
• Billd Secured $100M, Way Raised $20M, and More Austin Tech News - Link
• 9 Austin Women Leaders Share Advice for Advancing to Management - Link
• The Art of the Upskill: How Pluralsight Promotes Professional Development from Within - Link
• PetPair Helps Shelters Find Homes for Dogs on a National Level - Link
• Behind the Scenes of Udemy Business's Success - Link
• Aceable Report Spotlights Lack of Driver Confidence on the Road - Link
• Working at RapidDeploy Means Making an Impact — And Building a Meaningful Life Beyond Work - Link
• The Tide is Rising at GetSales - Link
• How 6 Companies Truly Live Up to Their “Mission-Driven” Cultures - Link
• 'Shark Tank' Startup PROPER GOOD Raises $3.5M Seed Round - Link
• At College Career Fairs, Look for Orange: Why You Want Your First Job to be at Hudson River Trading - Link
• Why Veterans Make Great Tech Employees - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• 1 million Twitter users move to german competitor - Link
• A 3-day workweek could be the next trend for employee retention - Link
• Meta calls for restructuring, employees face upcoming layoffs - Link
• TikTok is taking on Amazon by launching fulfillment centers - Link
• 3 traits of exceptional ‘unicorn’ employees to look for when hiring - Link
• Is the Dot-com bubble 2.0 about to bust? - Link
• AI Jobs helps you find your next startup role in machine learning - Link
• To the moon and back: The economic benefits of NASA explained - Link
• Elon Musk brings in Tesla engineers to review Twitter’s code - Link
• TikTok launches a free marketing academy for all users - Link
  - The American Genius
   
• Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Visits UT to View National Security Research, Policy and Innovations - Link
• Commitment to Military Community Reflected in Rankings and Programming - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• Lennar, Icon reveal location of 3D-printed neighborhood north of Austin - Link
• Austin unicorn startup ZenBusiness makes layoffs after hiring too fast - Link
• Lynxs Holdings founder Ray Brimble gives $2.5M to McCombs School of Business - Link
• 'I bet with my feet': Why an investment bank CEO left Seattle for Austin - Link
• Colliers names Daniel Taylor executive managing director of Texas region - Link
• Major real estate players form industrial joint venture targeting Austin market - Link
• Visit Austin touts support for musicians as way to boost tourism - Link
• Industrial electric motor startup Infinitum raises $30M to expand production in Mexico - Link
• As Samsung comes to Taylor, rural landowners see demand, higher prices for their property - Link
• YouTube Music contractors in Austin file to unionize - Link
• 3 ways to leverage federal broadband funding to solve the digital divide - Link
• The Boring Company won't tunnel in Kyle after all - Link
• Has Austin built too many office towers? - Link
• Casoro Group teams with Austin ISD to educate young people on business, real estate investing - Link
• CMT Awards tried to stay in Nashville, but Austin is the place to be - Link
• Funding wrap: Rambler Sparkling Water raises nearly $12M; Tiny Health scores millions for infant gut health - Link
• Nolan Ryan's company to help run San Antonio minor league baseball team if new owners take over - Link
• Pittsburgh bucks national trend of downturn in VC and private-equity tech investment - Link
• $62.7 million in federal funding will help Pittsburgh grow its autonomy sector - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Analysts: Elon Musk's Twitter saga not good for Austin-based Tesla - Link
• Plans to overhaul Texas electricity market debated by regulators - Link
• $500 million mixed-use project planned in Lakeway - Link
• Elon Musk sells another $4 billion of his stock in Austin-based Tesla - Link
• Facebook laying off 11,000 employees, impact in Austin unclear - Link
• Austin drivers are getting a break on gas prices — for now - Link
• Elon Musk's Boring Co. won't build pedestrian tunnel in Kyle - Link
• Texans give medical marijuana a try amid calls for program's expansion - Link
• 'Beehive of activity': Samsung's Taylor project well underway - Link
• Austin startup Icon plans 3D-printed home project in area - Link
• Elon Musk's Boring Company considers tunnel in downtown Austin - Link
• After pandemic's pain, future looking brighter for Austin's hotel market - Link
• 'Growing pains' or flop? Texas hemp industry falls short of early hype - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• Bunker Labs Relaunches San Antonio Chapter to Support Veteran Startups - Link
• How Startups Can Weather Challenging Economic Times - Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
   
• Higher wages, greater investment the goals of city’s new economic development incentive policy - Link
• Alamo Colleges, UTSA team up to offer transfer students free tuition - Link
• I’m a local business owner with big dreams — but only if I can stay in this country - Link
• San Antonio solar panel manufacturer to triple capacity by 2024 - Link
• SA Ready to Work applicants so far choosing health care, trucking over manufacturing - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• Twitter is faltering. Here's 7 Texans who should replace Elon Musk as Twitter CEO. - Link
• Sovereign Flavors set to build new $8.5M headquarters in Kyle for 2023 - Link
• Musk Watch: All the ways Elon will ban you on Twitter for making fun of him - Link
• Hill Country Studios selects former Netflix executive Kevin Bar as COO - Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
   
• Texas' Balcones Distilling acquired by worldwide liquor giant Diageo - Link
• Advertisers flee Twitter after Texas billionaire Elon Musk's purchase. Because of course they did. - Link
  - San Antonio Current
   
• Toyota Motor North America exec remains confident despite 'frustration' over chip supply shortage - Link
• Exclusive: SA Zoo uncorks new partnership to expand conservation - Link
• HOLT launches company aimed at industrial rental business - Link
• San Antonio-based Vantage Bank expands into Houston, hires market president - Link
• Essence Prep secures nearly $18M to fund new East SA campus - Link
• The Boring Company won't tunnel in Kyle after all - Link
• Toyota takes profit hit in most recent quarter due to rising costs, semiconductor shortage - Link
• Developer reignites plan for San Antonio biotech cluster, eyes up to 700,000 square feet in new buildout - Link
• Tired of being a sitting duck, Chamoy City Limits to close brick-and-mortar site after series of targeted crimes - Link
• Nominations now open for several 2023 awards programs - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• #20: Grew on-demand marketplace out of a search marketing agency – Joe Griffin - Podcast
  - Practical Founders Podcast's Greg Head
   
• TCC offering education and mentoring for small businesses - Link
  - Fort Worth Business News
   
• The Shadow CEO: Entrepreneurs, Don’t Be Left Behind - Link
• Fort Worth Business Hall of Fame Honors ‘All-Around Legend’ as 2022 Business Exec of the Year - Link
• Grapevine Names Acting Director of Economic Development - Link
• U.S. Energy Development Corp. Hire VP of Human Resources - Link
• Valor Hires Experienced Landman as Senior Mineral Manager - Link
• Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Name STEM Center Executive Director - Link
• City of Dallas Appoints Interim Director of Aviation - Link
• Merriman Anderson Architects Hires Director of Strategy, Development - Link
• Wingstop EVP, Chief Revenue & Tech Officer Resigns to Be CEO at Another Company - Link
• LiquidAgents Healthcare Promotes Exec to Newly Created Chief Sales Officer Position - Link
• Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Names New CEO - Link
• Tax Advisors Group Announce New Chief Executive Officer - Link
• Keurig Dr Pepper Reappoints Ex-CEO After Current Chief Executive Resigns - Link
• Tuesday Morning Appoints New Chief Executive Officer, COO - Link
• Tech Titans Adds 6 to its Board of Directors - Link
• Nanoscope Therapeutics Adds 2 Execs to Chemistry, Manufacturing, Controls Team - Link
• Irving Healthcare Innovator Biote Corp. Adds Board Member After Going Public in May - Link
• Black Girl Magic Takes Top Prize at Pitch Competition - Link
• CBRE Acquires Full Spectrum Group for $110M, Boosting Lab Solutions for Life Sciences Hubs - Link
• Dallas PC Gaming Hardware Company Glorious Gets New CEO Following Francisco Partners Investment - Link
• Mark Cuban Talks About Pickleball, Pharmaceuticals, and His ‘Addiction to Helping Entrepreneurs’ - Link
• The Last Word: Marine Veteran Victor Acosta on SMU’s Catalyst Transition Program - Link
• Bank of America Invests $900K to Support North Texas Nonprofits - Link
• The Last Word: UTA’s Maria Konsta-Gdoutos on Getting a $1.5M NSF Grant to Turn Concrete Into a Clean Source of Energy - Link
• How Axxess’ John Olajide Built a Bootstrapped Unicorn - Link
• Perot Family’s $50M Gift Boosts UT Southwestern’s Medical Scientist Training Program - Link
• Global Entrepreneurship Week North Texas Returns November 13-20 with Dozens of Sessions and Events - Link
• Dallas Invents: 114 Patents Granted for Week of October 25 - Link
• Anurag Jain Shares the Seven Trends Shaping Innovation and His Investment Strategy - Link
• The Last Word: Tony Orlando, Then and Now, As He Prepares To Be Co-Grand Marshal at Dallas’ Veterans Day Parade - Link
• Deep Ellum Is Celebrating Its 150th Birthday All Year in 2023, and You’re Invited - Link
• This Thursday: Nexus Recovery Center Holiday Bazaar Supports Recovery Programs for Moms and Their Kids - Link
• No Wallet, No Problem: Amazon Expands Palm Recognition to DFW Whole Foods Stores - Link
• Tech Talk and ‘Meaningful Connections’: 10 Takeaways From Venture Dallas 2022 - Link
• Follow the Money: Aerwave Lands $20M for Connectivity Platform, Align Capital Partners Raises $620M for Third Fund, and More - Link
• Ericsson Sets Data Speed Record of Over 1Gbps During 5G Indoor Trial - Link
• Innovan Neighborhoods Names 15 Firms in Its Community Developers Roundtable - Link
• The Last Word: Mike Rufail on Friday’s $1M Esports Win by The Dallas Fuel - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
   
• Island Brings in Additional $60 Million of Series B Funding - Link
• The Workforce is Returning Back to the Office. But How? Why? - Link
• DCAD Has Been Hacked! - Link
• Meet the Dallas 500: Colin Fitzgibbons - Link
• DFW Healthcare Brief: AMN Healthcare Names New CEO and a New Leader at Medical City Lewisville - Link
• Texas Employers’ Mission to End Anti-Competitive Healthcare Practices - Link
• Nominate Now: D CEO’s 2023 Commercial Real Estate Awards - Link
• Electric Vehicle Chargers Could Be the Next Big Restaurant Amenity - Link
• Now Available: D CEO’s 2022 November Edition - Link
• Stream Realty Partners Hires First Chief Investment Officer - Link
• Scenes from D Magazine’s 2022 Distilled Event: The Spirit of Texas - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• Comerica Bank appoints new senior VP of retail director for North Texas, Arizona and Florida - Link
• NexBank announces John Holt will retire as CEO - Link
• CareMax closes acquisition of Medicare business from Dallas-based Steward Health - Link
• Former Dallas aviation director takes new role at regional carrier JSX - Link
• 3 Nations Brewing Company to head to Anna with new brewery location - Link
• Small businesses making a big impact - Link
• Amidst economic challenges, Texas businesses adapt and prepare: Q&A with UMB Bank’s Jeff Strasner - Link
• CBRE acquires Full Spectrum Group in $110 million deal - Link
• Executive Insights: Gable Roby, Co-Founder and Principal at Two Roads Consulting, Best Places to Work - Link
• Executive Insights: Janet Haston and Susan Bryant, Principals at the MB Group, Best Places to Work - Link
• Executive Insights: Tammy Meinershagen, Chief Innovation Officer, Blackshaw Partners - Link
• Executive Insights: Kristi Bryant, Principal and Vice Practice Leader, Ryan, Best Places to Work - Link
• Executive Insights: Jeremy Fudge, Managing Partner, BAL - Link
• Bob Gamgort reassumes top post at Keurig Dr Pepper as CEO resigns - Link
• Executive Insights: Phil Appenzeller, Chief Executive Officer, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Middle Market 50 - Link
• How fix-and-flip investors are navigating the housing downturn (and how an Irving company is finding opportunities in it) - Link
• Toyota Motor North America exec remains confident despite 'frustration' over chip supply shortage - Link
• Colliers names Daniel Taylor executive managing director of Texas Region - Link
• Dallas Habitat for Humanity appoints William Eubanks III as CEO - Link
• Dallas names interim director of aviation with oversight of Love Field - Link
• Dallas-based Likewize receives investment from San Francisco-based Genstar Capital - Link
• Dallas-based Glorious receives investment from San Francisco-based Francisco Partners, appoints new CEO - Link
• ‘We’re in the crisis business’: Austin Street CEO on navigating through change - Link
• Why the time is right for this experienced Dallas real estate investment firm - Link
• Align Capital Partners closes oversubscribed $620M fund — its largest ever - Link
• 3 leadership lessons from a self-proclaimed work in progress - Link
• Amazon One introduces palm payment option at Whole Food Markets in Irving and Highland Village - Link
• Commercial aviation at McKinney National Airport would generate at least $615M in economic impact - Link
• Dallas-based Tuesday Morning appoints Andrew Berger to CEO - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno

• HISD receives millions in funding from EPA for clean school buses - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• Houston unicorn raises $200M series D, startup snags national award, and more innovation news - Link
• Why its important to support student researchers, according to this Houston expert - Link
• Houston health tech startup wins female-focused pitch competition - Link
• Houston space health institute to send experiments on upcoming SpaceX mission - Link
• Houston founder grows B2B SaaS platform that's supporting the neurodiverse workforce - Link
• Houston startups named most promising in the life science space at annual event - Link
• Houston expert: How gamification in education can close the COVID-19 learning gap - Link
• Houston's DEI Champions share obstacles they are overcoming promoting equitable innovation - Link
• Greentown Houston announces co-located accelerator for energy innovators of color - Link
• Houston tech startup raises $3.5M following industry expansion - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - Innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms
   
• Investors, leaders recognize 11 companies at annual Texas Life Science Forum - Link
• TEDxRiceU Countdown to focus on ideas, solutions to climate change - Link
• Rice bioengineer seeks better signals from cells - Link
• Growing pure nanotubes is a stretch, but possible - Link
  - Rice University
   
• Jed Foundation aims to improve mental health access - Link
• Paul Wall talks UH, upcoming performance - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• Q&A: Houston’s Matt Mullenweg sees opportunity in Twitter’s chaos - Link
• NASA set to launch Artemis I mega rocket - Link
• Divers find remnants of NASA's space shuttle Challenger - Link
• NASA's rocket stays on launch pad due to Tropical Storm Nicole - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• Mobile-order platform provider Rivalry Tech announces $3.5M fund raise - Link
• Restaurant software provider HungerRush expands leadership team - Link
• HyVelocity Hub adds energy giants, research groups to bid on DOE hydrogen hub funding - Link
• How University of Houston is using augmented intelligence tactics to enhance future workforce - Link
• Cadence Bank CEO shares update on BancorpSouth merger, growth plans - Link
• CEO: Project costs grow for Occidental's first direct air capture plant in Permian Basin - Link
• City of Houston approves Texas Enterprise Zone nominations for Macquarie, Men's Wearhouse - Link
• University of Houston opens Family Care Center, aims to help underserved communities - Link
• San Antonio-based Vantage Bank expands into Houston, hires market president - Link
• Team from Greater Houston Partnership, city of Houston visit Japan as part of international push - Link
• Mobile-order platform provider Rivalry Tech announces $3.5M fund raise - Link
• Op-ed: A healthy democracy is critical to a robust economy - Link
• Restaurant software provider HungerRush expands leadership team - Link
• Arch-Con CEO Michael Scheurich on potential recession: Be prepared - Link
• Three entrepreneurs win funding at 10th annual Liftoff Houston pitch competition - Link
• Cadence Bank sees Houston Open sponsorship as post-merger rebranding opportunity - Link
• Nolan Ryan's company to help run San Antonio minor league baseball team if new owners take over - Link
• Sugar Land EDC launches incentives program to keep companies' headquarters in city - Link
  - Houston Business Journal

• The 13-week Cash Flow Forecast - Michael Girdley - Link
• My CEO Compensation Framework - Michael Girdley - Link
• Marketing Roundup: The Age of Brand Collabs - 3rd & Lamar - Link
• The Benefits Of Filming Podcasts - 3rd & Lamar - Link
• No Regrets: How to Evaluate Employees After Buying a Company - Kirk Coburn - Link
• Sam Bankman-Fried Was Supposed to Be Different. He Wasn't. – Vice - Link
• Keurig Dr Pepper Invests $50 Million in Athletic Brewing Company, Takes Minority Stake in Non-Alc Beer Maker - BevNET.com - Link
• Major League Pickleball's newest team owner is Anheuser-Busch - Link
• Why Inspirational Leadership Alone Is Not Enough - Link
• Chamber of Commerce Vice President talks data privacy, technology - Link
• Main Street Storefronts Are Suffering. This Founder Has Taken Notice | Inc.com - Link
• More Losses For Tiger Global From Its FTX Investment - Link
• Look inside only large-scale 3D printed housing development in U.S. - Link
• How to Plan for a Work Holiday Party - Link
• How Much is Enough? – Golden Section - Link
• Techstars Gift Guide 2022 - Link