Building Texas Business

On the latest episode of the Building Texas Business podcast, you'll hear from Sharon Birkman, Chairman and CEO of Birkman International, an industry-leading behavioral and occupational assessment company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Sharon has had a long career at the company, joining in 2002 as President and being named Chairman and CEO in 2019, where her leadership has been instrumenta...

In today's Building Texas Business podcast episode, you'll hear from Rob Whitman of Forward Science, a privately held MedTech company based in Houston, Texas. Rob co-founded Forward Science in 2006 to change lives through early discovery, diagnosis, and treatment, and in this episode, you'll learn how he built the successful startup by focusing on legacy over currency. This is a gre...

The latest guest on the Building Texas Business podcast is Ziggy Gruber, restauranteur and deli owner, here in Houston, Texas. Kenny & Ziggy's is a traditional New York Delicatessen Restaurant and Bakery specializing in Eastern European Jewish cuisine. It's the heart of the local community, and we hear how Ziggy believes cultivating your employees helps build a strong family-oriented...

On the latest episode of the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking with Goran Haag, President of Champion Fiberglass. We learn how a chemical engineer from Sweden started a company in Texas that has grown over the past 30 years, building from one to four product lines, even surviving and rebuilding after a devastating factory fire, to become the leading manufacturer of fiberglass con...

Today on the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking with Reid Ryan, former president of the Houston Astros and currently the president of the Round Rock Express. As many of you will know, Reid is part of Houston sports royalty, and you'll learn many lessons from him through this episode, many of which he learned from his dad, Nolan Ryan. One of the most important, and one that is...

Today on the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking with Jacky Fischer, CEO of 3 Men Movers. Growing up poor, Jacky watched her parents struggle to make ends meet. After several false starts, her father finally opened a moving company and started making money in his 50's. At age 66, he had a massive stroke and sold his business to Jacky, who grew the company to outpace the indust...

Today on the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking with Jerry Lasco, founder and CEO of Lasco Enterprises. Starting as a pilot for the US Air Force, Jerry transitioned to being a commercial pilot before being furloughed after 9/11. He turned that challenging experience into a business opportunity, becoming a sommelier and ultimately a restaurant entrepreneur. Jerry talks about how he...

Today on the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking with William Vanderbloemen, the founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen, a Christian executive search firm. William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a senior pastor with the best practices of executive search to provide churches with a unique offering; a deep understanding of local church work, with the very...

Today on the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking to Dr. Setul Patel, Founder, and Managing Partner at FormulaMed, a health advocacy company based in Houston. Bringing over 20-years of experience in healthcare services, you'll hear how Setul went from being a physician to an entrepreneur, focusing on disrupting healthcare delivery by building a new sandbox. This is an insightfu...

Today on the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking with Brent Gallagher, President and Co-founder of Avenu Fitness & Lifestyle. We'll learn how he incorporates small town values into a unique workout experience with the goal of making a healthy lifestyle sustainable, and about the business he started in 2006 based on his passion for making fitness goals more attainable. LINK...

Today on the Building Texas Business podcast, we're talking with my friend Bethany Andell. Bethany is President of Savage Brands, a Houston-based branding, culture building, and marketing agency. In this episode, we talk about how she employs a servant/leadership mentality to her company and how her passion drives success at Savage and her client's business. This is a great conversation...

Today, on the first episode of the Building Texas Business podcast we're talking with Johnny Carrabba, founder of The Original Carrabba’s Restaurant on Kirby Drive in Houston, Texas. Johnny talks about his passion for culture, humility, and good old fashioned courtesy, and he shares his ups and downs with the evolution of the restaurant industry and his original vision for expansion. Johnny b...

Welcome to Building Texas Business. I'm Chris Hanslik, chairman of BoyarMiller, and I'll be your host as we interviewed successful business owners in Texas. I'm excited to share these stories with you, and in each show we'll have the opportunity to dive deeper into the background of these organizational visionaries and how they achieve their success, with leading-edge informati...