FWinc/Columns
The inability to communicate well and build high levels of trust with one another in the workplace is a skill that directly affects the bottom line. Poor communication can cost businesses dearly,...
By: FWTXmag
Some of Fort Worth’s startups are moving into their next gear. Updates on some of the startups FW Inc. has written about: Eosera’s Earwax MD Eosera, a Fort Worth biotech company founded...
One of the more publicized provisions of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December was the reduction in tax rates on C corporation net earnings to a flat rate 21 percent from an...
In the art of negotiation, the first demand drives the settlement result. Study after study has proven this. Why and how does this happen? This brain trickery (technically a cognitive bias) is known...
Columns
Texas auto insurance rates continue to climb, with the state’s rising population and risk factors like hail, new data shows. “Car insurance rates are at an all-time high nationwide, and...
By: Spray Gleaves
Texas’ economy continues to move ahead, propelled by oil prices above $60 per barrel, rising exports, and business optimism over the new federal tax law and economic strength, the Federal...
Over the past few years, much has been written about “discovering the why behind what we do.” And while I believe that understanding our motivations is core to what inspires us to...
By: Tony Ford
John Hill’s run-toward-the-roar moment wasn’t organic. It was thrust on him by a devastating heart attack that totally changed the trajectory of his life. Today, Hill is the founder and...
Will Northern has explored just about every nook in real estate, moving from rehabbing historic property in the Texas Hill Country with his father, to being a landman in college, doing assemblages...
By: Scott Nishimura1
FWinc/Executive Life & Style
He’s been called a “Bearded Bae” and a “Black Dandy.” But at the end of the day, he’s just “Frank” — that is, Frank Moss, co-owner of bespoke...
By: Samantha Calimbahin
It’s no secret that Fort Worth City Council member Kelly Allen Gray is skeptical of developers. The YMCA is underway on building a new branch in her district, but years off its original hoped-...
5:45 a.m. Alarm goes off. I head to the treadmill upstairs to jumpstart my day. 7 a.m. Breakfast with my 13- year-old daughter. We discuss summer plans. She tested into the Duke TIP summer program...
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Stacy Marshall has had a lot to navigate since he became executive director in 2015 of Southeast Fort Worth Inc., the economic development organization responsible for helping revitalize the largely...
FWinc/Features
Tim Fleet has been building homes and developing property for years. And you’ll find him across the region, from Decatur to Ennis and Fort Worth interior city neighborhoods like Como,...
Jennifer Neil Farmer and Robb Farmer, who run a Fort Worth design-build firm that does projects internationally, were looking for a historic property to buy when they ran across a listing for an old...
FWinc/Cover Story
Ramon Romero Jr.’s dad was never short on lessons he dispensed to his eight children when they were growing up in Southeast Fort Worth’s middle-class Poly neighborhood. “My dad used...
Executive Life & Style
By Ryan Terry Rental-by-owner websites like Airbnb and VRBO have exploded onto the hospitality market, offering wow-worthy alternatives to the typical hotel experience. These properties in some...
By Meg Hemmerle Business is tricky, but sometimes wine pairing and etiquette can be even trickier. The old rules of wine pairing no longer apply as strictly as they once did. According to Cadillac...
Piattello Italian Kitchen was on Fort Worth Magazine’s list of Best New Restaurants in the November issue of the magazine. And, while a hearty fall dish of Saffron Cappelletti in a Lamb Ragu...
By: Kendall Louis
By Kat Barclay Speks Magnetics Balls High-intensity magnetic balls for molding into 3D shapes. getspeks.com, $24.95 Magic Penny Magnet Kit Build works of art with a couple of magnets and...
By Ryan Terry Fixing phones started as a hobby and high school job for TCU senior Daniel Castaneda, but the young entrepreneur has evolved his hobby into FlyFix, an innovative startup business...
Photos by Rachel Paul Photography Most employees at HISTORYMAKER Homes enter through the south side of the building, each day walking past words subtly etched into the concrete floor: “To...
By Kat Barclay Step inside Matt and Jacqueline Marciante’s closet, and you’ll find mostly black, white and gray clothing — not too many prints or patterns, or anything really fancy...
By Jason Forrest Forrest Performance Group Thomas Neely walked into a liquor store one day as a regular shopper, not expecting to audition for a new job. As it turned out, this day would be quite...
