FWinc/Columns
What do all these words describe? Most of us would agree they describe some part of Fort Worth – and we love to debate, discuss and dialogue on them. What do we want to be known for, and how do...
By: FWTXmag
Suddenly, everyone is talking about sexual harassment in the workplace. Hollywood moguls, television personalities and corporate titans are being held accountable, as the #MeToo movement continues to...
Dr. George Cravens has been spending a lot of time talking up stroke awareness. May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and just last year, studies showed that a critical treatment for stroke...
By: Scott Nishimura1
Fort Worth barreled into 2018 with substantial first-quarter wins on the economic development front that stand to create more than 300 jobs. Leveraged with Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce resources,...
Texas’ energy sector continues to improve, according to the Federal Reserve Bank Dallas’ first-quarter Energy Survey. Oil and gas production and use of oilfield equipment showed...
5 a.m. Alarm goes off, and I head to LA Fitness to exercise. 6 a.m. Return home to get ready for work. 7 a.m. Leave the house and drop my 5-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son at school on my way...
Count Robin Carson in the ranks of accidental entrepreneurs. An audiologist for years, she’d always worked for someone else. And then one day, a large corporation bought her employer. “I...
Running toward the roar is nothing new to Jamey Ice. In fact, you could say he thrives off of those moments when the entire outcome seems in doubt. Ice, a Fort Worth lifer, felt that risk when he...
FWinc/Bizz Buzz
Walsh, the sprawling west Fort Worth development that launched last year, is pushing ahead this year with the additions of key amenities, including two pools opening in time for the summer. About...
Life sciences ideas rose to the top of the competition at this year’s TCU Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Competition, the university’s eighth annual April international...
Five years have passed since food was last served at 1417 Vaughn Blvd., a place where Texas Wesleyan University students and faculty would often gather for burgers and chicken at the old Poly Grill...
By: Samantha Calimbahin
Few things can be more grueling for an entrepreneur than a pitch competition. But, if you win, your business could get quite the payoff. Cowtown Angels member Luke Wittenbraker and TCU’s...
Blue Zones Project Fort Worth, the largest demonstration site for the global well-being initiative, is nearing its goals for signing up work sites, people, restaurants, grocery stores, and schools...
Features
It was an interesting question, and one the co-founders of the Fort Worth life sciences company Eosera had been pondering. “I don’t know how people did this 30 years ago,” said...
FWinc/Features
Entrepreneur Paul Dorman could have retired, but there’s this one thing: “This is what I do for fun,” CEO of the Fort Worth biotech firm DFB Pharmaceuticals, says with a smile, not...
Fort Worth’s new economic development plan, taking aim at weaknesses and highlighting strengths, recommends the city formally designate the Near Southside as a “medical innovation...
Cover Story
Bruce Conti believes in transformation. The native Fort Worth commercial real estate developer has taken buildings like the old Ranch Style Beans plant just east of downtown and turned it into the...
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,...
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...
