Rob Schneider - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/rob-schneider/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Rob Schneider - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/rob-schneider/ 32 32 103504436 PODCAST: Author talks about the ‘Metail’ economy and the radical shift of the consumer-business relationship https://houstonnewmedia.org/podcast-author-talks-about-the-metail-economy-and-the-radical-shift-of-the-consumer-business-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-author-talks-about-the-metail-economy-and-the-radical-shift-of-the-consumer-business-relationship Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=0f73e2c4ad80c6412ab168773e225bb6 Joel Bines co-leads the global retail practice at the consulting firm AlixPartners. He's written a book, "The Metail Economy," about the radical power shift that he says has occurred between businesses and their customers. In the book, Bines discusses ...

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]]> 275997 Stream Realty Partners launches industrial capital markets group, new Houston project https://houstonnewmedia.org/stream-realty-partners-launches-industrial-capital-markets-group-new-houston-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stream-realty-partners-launches-industrial-capital-markets-group-new-houston-project Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:59:38 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=87bf322987c9527368c17b99f7a61601 Stream President Chris Jackson said this expansion into capital markets has been in development for the last few years and will help clients accomplish their investment objectives on both the buyer and seller side.

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]]> 249808 How the mayor of a small Texas town plans for explosive growth, works with private sector https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-the-mayor-of-a-small-texas-town-plans-for-explosive-growth-works-with-private-sector/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-the-mayor-of-a-small-texas-town-plans-for-explosive-growth-works-with-private-sector Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:16:21 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=3cff0d9a1ad207e7680f275a207c10e5 Nate Pike serves as mayor for the city of Anna and a senior vice president and investment officer for Utter - Pike Private Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors and a 40 Under 40 honoree for the Dallas Business Journal in 2021.

Pike was a ...

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]]> 213850 Kanarys CEO Mandy Price makes strong business case for workplace diversity https://houstonnewmedia.org/kanarys-ceo-mandy-price-makes-strong-business-case-for-workplace-diversity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kanarys-ceo-mandy-price-makes-strong-business-case-for-workplace-diversity Wed, 30 Dec 2020 18:06:01 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=0ec5ff0ded94081d138c7af9191329ae Mandy Price is CEO and co-founder of Kanarys, which is using modern technology tools to help businesses improve diversity, equity and inclusion in their workplaces.

Price, who was a recent Women in Business honoree, was also recently interviewed for ...

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]]> 99297 UI Global Brand was on cusp of breakout — then Covid happened https://houstonnewmedia.org/ui-global-brand-was-on-cusp-of-breakout-then-covid-happened/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ui-global-brand-was-on-cusp-of-breakout-then-covid-happened Wed, 30 Dec 2020 14:33:53 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=0a67255e64702a35a2fcd280472a5a28 Psyche Terry talked about what happens to a fast-growing business when the economy changes radically in a matter of days.

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]]> 99224 Podcast Q&A with Sarah Cummings: ‘Technology is a tool that allows us to unlock a narrative’ https://houstonnewmedia.org/podcast-qa-with-sarah-cummings-technology-is-a-tool-that-allows-us-to-unlock-a-narrative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-qa-with-sarah-cummings-technology-is-a-tool-that-allows-us-to-unlock-a-narrative Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:19:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=03c4f41525955ab84f0328af54a62319 Sarah M. Cummings is a partner at global law firm Reed Smith, where she and her team manage numerous pieces of litigation, government investigations, regulatory advisory projects for clients in the life sciences and health care space.

Earlier this ye...

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]]> 97896 Developing with intention in an underserved community https://houstonnewmedia.org/developing-with-intention-in-an-underserved-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-with-intention-in-an-underserved-community Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:26:30 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e294753ca38297bfcfff478e79ae6ec2 Terrence Maiden has a passion for using commercial real estate to make his community better, which is becoming a reality with RedBird, a $200 million redevelopment project on the site of the former Southwest Center Mall in southern Dallas.

Maiden grew...

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]]> 61750 Elevator etiquette: The new rules of going up and down https://houstonnewmedia.org/elevator-etiquette-the-new-rules-of-going-up-and-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elevator-etiquette-the-new-rules-of-going-up-and-down Sun, 12 Jul 2020 13:05:38 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=04bc0411a9c11e7ca28f92088600ea47 One function of the new office that will be dramatically different in a post-Covid world will be the capacity and use of elevators.

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]]> 58962 North Texas Cares: How a unique partnership has rapidly given over $32M to local nonprofits for COVID-19 relief https://houstonnewmedia.org/north-texas-cares-how-a-unique-partnership-has-rapidly-given-over-32m-to-local-nonprofits-for-covid-19-relief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=north-texas-cares-how-a-unique-partnership-has-rapidly-given-over-32m-to-local-nonprofits-for-covid-19-relief Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:04:32 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=2c13d74b6d6cc0c95174952e51f3a04c What started as an out-of-the-blue conversation with a colleague from the past eventually turned into North Texas Cares, a unique partnership created in March that has enabled millions of rapid giving to local nonprofits for COVID-19 relief.

That or...

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]]> 51846 Dallas developer talks downtown, helping tenants through COVID-19 https://houstonnewmedia.org/dallas-developer-talks-downtown-helping-tenants-through-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dallas-developer-talks-downtown-helping-tenants-through-covid-19 Tue, 12 May 2020 20:13:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e43fa4711d882003fab73486b5e8a617 For Tanya Ragan, the transformation of downtown Dallas has been a change she witnessed as resident and developer.

“I've been downtown for almost 15 years. ... Ten years ago, downtown essentially shut down at 5 p.m. — the streets were empty,” said Rag...

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]]> 43649 PODCAST: Texas economist Ray Perryman on where the economy could land after pandemic, energy collapse https://houstonnewmedia.org/podcast-texas-economist-ray-perryman-on-where-the-economy-could-land-after-pandemic-energy-collapse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast-texas-economist-ray-perryman-on-where-the-economy-could-land-after-pandemic-energy-collapse Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:31:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=a41e228a8b1dcda48a6b39ef3d6a214b For some perspective on the potential aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects on Texas, the Dallas Business Journal talked to economist Ray Perryman for our statewide Texas Business Minds podcast.

Perryman, president and CEO of Th...

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]]> 36194 Texas was doing a lot of things right heading into 2020. Here’s where the economy could land after pandemic, energy collapse https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-was-doing-a-lot-of-things-right-heading-into-2020-heres-where-the-economy-could-land-after-pandemic-energy-collapse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-was-doing-a-lot-of-things-right-heading-into-2020-heres-where-the-economy-could-land-after-pandemic-energy-collapse Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:37:21 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=dc57882704bce61156811cf900e2cc1e Ray Perryman discusses how the Lone Star State is positioned in an economy being hammered by outside forces, uncertainty around the coronavirus, the Dallas vs. Houston employment base and more in this interview with the Dallas Business Journal.

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]]> 35482 Texas Business Minds podcast interview with BuzzBallz CEO Merrilee Kick https://houstonnewmedia.org/texas-business-minds-podcast-interview-with-buzzballz-ceo-merrilee-kick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-business-minds-podcast-interview-with-buzzballz-ceo-merrilee-kick Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:10:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=dde16144b42eb1702ab47fe6facd0917 The Dallas Business Journal interviewed Merrilee Kick, CEO and founder of Carrolton-based distiller BuzzBallz/Southern Champion, as part of its statewide podcast Texas Business Minds, a joint project with our sister publications in Austin, Houston and ...

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]]> 30042 Houston area gets one deal on list of biggest M&A — but its others are far smaller https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-area-gets-one-deal-on-list-of-biggest-ma-but-its-others-are-far-smaller/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-area-gets-one-deal-on-list-of-biggest-ma-but-its-others-are-far-smaller Wed, 04 Dec 2019 13:23:22 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=69d2a533452cb9caf2c97d6cf4a616f1 Mergers and acquisitions in the energy industry have slowed significantly this year, but Houston-area companies are still making deals.

There were 28 mergers and acquisitions targeting Houston-based companies between Aug. 1, 2018, and Aug. 30, 2019, a...

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