Q1 2020 Texas CEO Magazine

INSIDE Features
Q1 2020
Publisher
Lauren Daugherty
Editor
Aaron Hierholzer
Operations
Tamara Trammell
Graphic Design
Michele Rodriguez
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LISTEN TO TILMAN!
A Conversation with Tilman Fertitta, Landry’s CEO,
Houston Rockets Owner, and the “Billion Dollar Buyer”
8
LEADERSHIP LESSONS
FROM A TEXAS RANGER
A Conversation with Hank Whitman,
Former Chief of the Texas Rangers
18
THE EYES OF TEXAS
ARE UPON US
A Conversation with Chris Del Conte,
Athletics Director at the University of Texas
22
WHAT CEOS
CAN LEARN FROM
EXCEPTIONAL
COACHES
John Thornton, PhD
24
STARTUP SUCCESS:
HOW MUCH SHOULD WE RAISE?
Gordon Daugherty
28
7 QUICK QUESTIONS
WITH MARK CUBAN
A Lightning Round with the Legend
30
WANT TO WORK
FROM COWBOYS HQ?
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE.
A Conversation with Jerry Jones Jr.
35
CEO ACTIVISM
AND THE CLOAK
OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Bill Simon and Blaine McCormick, PhD
Contributors
Wade H. Allen
Akira Asada, PhD
Craig Casselberry
Ed Curtis
Gordon Daugherty
Tasha Eurich, PhD
J. Michael Godfrey, PhD
Lisa Jaster
Blaine McCormick, PhD
Gary Oden, PhD
Timothy J. Quigley, PhD
Bill Simon
Tony Streeter
John Thornton, PhD
Kirk Wakefield, PhD
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