Texas Business Minds

About Texas Business Minds

Presented by the The Business Journals of Texas and sponsored by Texas Mutual Insurance Company, this series features in-depth conversations with Texas business leaders each week. We rotate through Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio to deliver insight from across the state.

Publisher

The Business Journals

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Feb 2020

Latest episode

18 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

61 of 260 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   18 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Dallas: Sunitha Vegerla Leads a Remarkable Turnaround at Aircraft Seat Supplier Recaro

   When she took over as GM at Recaro USA, the company was in turmoil. In just four years, she's engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in the history of aircraft parts suppliers worldwide. In this episode with DBJ Digital Reporter Alexa Reed, Sunitha Vegerla outlines how she did it, and shares why communication and teamwork are key in any business.

2. 

   11 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Houston: Brittany Franklin's Sky High for Kids Makes Dreams a Reality

   If you need a straight shot of energy and a passion for giving, listen to this podcast! HBJ Editor-in-Chief Sean McCrory welcomes Brittany Franklin, Founder & CEO of Sky High for Kids. She shares her journey from the private sector to non-profit work and her passion for making dreams come true for kids battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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   4 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT

   San Antonio: Tariffs Threaten the Texas Economy and One Expert Assesses the Impact

   Perhaps no one is more well-versed in the impact of North American free trade than Dr. Daniel Covarrubias. With dual Mexican-American citizenship, he serves as the Director of the Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development at the A.R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). In this episode, SABJ Editor-in-Chief Ed Arnold calls on Dr. Covarrubias for his insight and advice on how to navigate what could cripple the Texas economy, parti...

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Dallas: Sunitha Vegerla Leads a Remarkable Turnaround at Aircraft Seat Supplier Recaro

Published 18 Feb 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So as general manager, what obstacles are you met with when you are growing a company like Ricardo? I know you said you are looking to grow 10 % year over year and like I mentioned previously, you've already grown your employee counts 100 just from last year. So what obstacles are you met with and how do you overcome those as you continue to grow? Yeah, there's several overall as the industry, right aviation industry, we see a huge growth potential in terms of the market projection and this is also what coming from the OEMs, Airbus, Boeing, everybody that we talk to that there is a huge demand in terms of the obstacles is of course how to grow to the pace that it requires but at the same time, make sure that we're not deviating from our operational target in terms of our reliability, the deliveries with our quality and again the car was a brand that's known for its quality and this is also what we want to make sure that we're safeguarding that. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

94

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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