What Investors Say About Gulf Coast Western
Oil and gas partnerships ask investors to accept uncertain outcomes, which makes communication from the operator especially important. A December 2021 CBN profile of Gulf Coast Western focuses heavily on how the Dallas company treats the people who fund its joint ventures. CEO Matthew Fleeger also acts as an investment manager and puts his own…
Read MoreHart Energy Honors Kelcy Warren in 2023 Hall of Fame
Hart Energy marked its 50th anniversary in 2023 with a Hall of Fame series recognizing industry pioneers and the leaders guiding energy into its next chapter. Kelcy Warren, co-founder and executive chairman of Energy Transfer, earned a place on that list for building a pipeline empire in under 30 years. The profile, written by editorial…
Read MoreMatthew Fleeger’s Path to Leading Gulf Coast Western
Matthew Fleeger did not take a straight line to the top of Gulf Coast Western. His career includes an early apprenticeship in the family oil business, a detour into medical-waste management, and a return that ended with him in the chief executive’s chair. Fleeger graduated from Southern Methodist University with a business administration degree and…
Read MoreGreg Soros, Podcaster, Keeps Human Creativity Central to AI Production
Plenty of podcast producers have hurried to hand their workflows over to AI. Greg Soros has gone the other way, or at least partway. The entrepreneur and podcaster runs Podcraft Media Lab, a production company that uses automation where it saves time and keeps people in charge wherever creative judgment is required. Soros trained technically…
Read MoreA Homeowner’s Year: Seasons, Services and Habits
Ask a seasoned homeowner how they keep a house running and the answer is almost always a calendar. Spring brings gutters and windows, summer the yard, fall the furnace and winter the quiet checks that catch small issues early. Good habits, repeated gently, beat any single burst of effort. Many families now fold regular service…
Read MoreWhy Podcaster Greg Soros Bets on Balance, Not Automation
The podcast production market is crowded with companies chasing the fastest turnaround times, and many have turned to full automation to get there. Greg Soros, a podcaster who has spent years building a premium production business, has taken a different route, one that industry observers say may hold up better as the field matures. A…
Read MoreJustin Fulcher on the Thread Linking Healthcare and Defense
Across two decades of work spanning telehealth in Southeast Asia, reform efforts at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and modernization work at the Defense Department, Justin Fulcher points to a single idea connecting all of it institutions that have, in his word, calcified over time. The Same Signature, Different Sectors “In every domain I’ve…
Read MoreKelcy Warren’s Philosophy on Building a Pipeline Empire
Kelcy Warren has never claimed to have mapped out Energy Transfer’s rise from the start. Despite building one of the largest pipeline networks in North America over less than three decades, he describes much of the company’s growth as a response to circumstance rather than the product of a master plan drawn up years in…
Read MoreA Longer Tick Season Is Reshaping How Grit Marketing Trains New Reps
This year’s tick season started earlier than usual and, based on current trends, is expected to remain active through October. For sales organizations, a longer season means a longer window in which the underlying public health data supports the pitch, which in turn affects staffing, training cadence, and how quickly new representatives need to become…
Read MoreJustin Fulcher Champions Durability Over Speed in Public Work
“Execution over narrative. Accountability over optics. Durability over speed.” That line, posted by Justin Fulcher in a LinkedIn article about public service, sums up an approach he has carried across two very different careers. A Philosophy Tested in Two Fields The first test came in healthcare technology, where he launched RingMD in 2013 at 21,…
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