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| Jul 10, 2025 | Transforming Nonprofit Success: Stephen King Unveils The Fundraising Accountant Community for Financial Intelligence and Leadership Support | FA Logo
Stephen King, CPA and (former) founder of GrowthForce, is proud to announce the launch of The Fundraising Accountant Community, an online space dedicated to help nonprofit leaders use their numbers to tell their story to donors..
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| Dec 11, 2024 | 11 Warning Signs Your Employee Might Be Considering Quitting – And What to Do About It So, you thought that the Great Resignation was over? Well, not so fast. Almost half (46%) of professionals said they were considering quitting in the next year, according to Microsoft... | So, you thought that the Great Resignation was over? Well, not so fast.
Almost half (46%) of professionals said they were considering quitting in the next year, according to Microsoft and LinkedIn research between February and March 2024. I... |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Riverside Exits Outsourced HR Business G&A Partners | The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private investment firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has exited its investment in G&A Partners, Inc. (G&A), a leading national professional employer organization (PEO) ... |
| Apr 7, 2023 | 7 Trust-Building Tips for Leaders and Teams | Trust is essential for a productive and thriving workplace. Employees do better when they have faith in the company and the leaders they work to support. Building confidence inside organizations comes primarily from more minor actions that ... |
| May 23, 2022 | Businesses That Value Workers Also Value Data Literacy | CEO of Qlik, driving the mission to create a data-literate world where organizations tackle their most complex challenges with data. |
| Jun 16, 2021 | New Houston startup development program to help launch corporate volunteer software | Brooke Waupsh wanted to change the way people volunteered and help increase access to volunteers for nonprofits. So, she launched Swoovy, a dating app that connected singles who wanted to do some good on their first dates. Now, the Austin-b... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Splashy European pool-sharing app dives into Houston just in time for summer | Scorching temps. Baking cars. ERCOT begging locals to set their thermostats to 78 (say what?). Why, it's almost like it's summer in Houston or something.
After a long sweat, nothing cools off like a long swim in a sparkling pool. To that en... |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Houston researchers snag government funds for net-zero emissions projects | Rice University and the University of Houston were two of four national institutions to receive sizable grants from the Department of Energy last month to go toward the research and development of projects that will improve CO2 storage to h... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Lessons in prototyping: Figuring out the best type of prototype | As you continue your journey of developing and bringing a new product to the market, you have a series of decisions to make when it comes to prototyping — whether you're going to launch a hardware or a software product, or the combination o... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Autonomous delivery company joins forces with FedEx for new pilot in Houston | A tech company with self-driving robots deployed across Houston delivering pizza, groceries, and more has yet again launched a new pilot program — this time focused on parcel delivery.
Nuro and FedEx announced a new partnership to deploy Nu... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Houston unicorn fintech company launches new B2B education platform | Houston-based HighRadius — which recently hit $1 billion valuation, reaching unicorn status — has launched a new learning platform.
Highako Academy by HighRadius, launched the platform to help credit and collections teams build certain skil... |
| Jun 10, 2021 | What OSHA’s Updated Covid Guidelines Mean For Business Leaders | Group of young business team wearing protective masks and discussing work together at the table ... [+] during meetinggetty |
| May 6, 2021 | Houston school recognized as among the top institutions in the nation | Houston's Rice University continues to burnish its reputation in higher education.
A ranking released May 5 by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a British company that specializes in higher education data, puts Rice at No. 23 among the top colleges ... |
| May 5, 2021 | University of Houston power couple prescribes major gift for college of medicine | University of Houston medical students and staff will receive a gift that's just what the doctor ordered.
A prestigious and longtime UH power couple has bequeathed two major gifts a major gift to the school's burgeoning College of Medicine.... |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Houston investor goes all in on funding female founders | Carrie Colbert wasn't planning on becoming a venture capital investor — it just happened organically.
"This has been kind of a backwards process. Our fund was driven by demand," Colbert, founder and general partner of Houston-base... |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Houston startup selected for international carbontech accelerator | A new international accelerator focused on the commercialization of carbontech has announced its new cohort — and one Houston-based company has made the cut.
Cemvita Factory has been accepted into the Carbon to Value Initiative, a recently ... |
| Apr 27, 2021 | EY makes the case for people and culture amid historical oil and gas disruption | When considering the future of energy, you might see a world powered by cleaner energy sources and guided by bots and algorithms in the workplace. But digitalization and decarbonization are complex transitions. The road ahead will mix human... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Texas expert: Energy reliability and climate sustainability are not mutually exclusive | It's no secret that Texas has long been a leader in energy production, but it may surprise you to learn that Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation, producing 28 percent of all US wind-powered electricity in 2019.
We're not just ... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | Houston startup grows C-suite, Deloitte opens awards apps, SDO names leader, and more innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been especially busy this year, and for this reason, local startup and tech news may have fallen through some of the cracks.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, local organization... |
| Apr 20, 2021 | Houston again anointed the most diverse city in the U.S. by new report | Diversity is currently at the forefront of the U.S. conversation, as anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked nearly 150 percent in 2021 and the Derek Chauvin trial currently broils in Minneapolis.
But now, a new study sheds some good news on the... |
| Apr 14, 2021 | Texans among the most stressed-out people in America, says new study | No wonder nearly 40 percent of Texans have packed on the pounds during the coronavirus pandemic. It turns out Texas ranks as the 10th most stressed-out state in the country.
A new study by personal finance website WalletHub indicates Texas'... |
| Apr 14, 2021 | Diversity-focused nonprofit leader announces new VC partner, calls for Houston to be sports tech hub | For 15 years, Ashley DeWalt has been working within the sports and entertainment industry — particularly within branding and consulting. Now, as managing director for DivInc, he's taking his business acumen and relationship-focused style to... |
| Apr 14, 2021 | Growing Italian company with U.S. HQ in Houston launches new industrial-scale 3D printing | An Italian-American manufacturer of 3D parts and printers with its U.S. headquarters in Houston is touting what's billed as a first-of-its-kind innovation — an innovation that's helping drive the need for more local workers.
Roboze recently... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Houston startup with life-saving innovation receives $2M grant | A $2 million federal grant will enable Houston-based PolyVascular to launch human trials of what it hails as the first polymer-based heart valve for children.
In conjunction with the grant, Dr. Will Clifton has joined the medical device com... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Rice University rises with plan to significantly grow student body | Houston's list-topping Ivy League of the South hub is set to see significant growth. Rice University's board of trustees has approved a plan to enlarge its undergraduate student body by 20 percent, the school announced. That means some addi... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events online in April | This month, Houstonians have yet another good batch of online innovation events — from Zoom panels to virtual conferences — and you and your tech network need to know about them.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to miss this month — f... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | International hotel chain taps Houston staffing startup to get teams back to work | A Houston startup has struck a deal with a major new client focused on getting employees back to work at its 6,000 locations worldwide.
Maryland-based international hotelier Choice Hotels International Inc. selected Houston-based WizeHire i... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column about addressing the digi... |
| Mar 12, 2021 | 7 can't-miss events at virtual SXSW featuring Houston speakers | Many Houstonians were hoping to be able head out to Austin next week for SXSW 2021, but now they don't have to venture out from behind their computer screens.
SXSW has pivoted to virtual this year, but the online schedule still features all... |
| Mar 11, 2021 | How technology helped Houston fight against the pandemic | The entire world came to a standstill when the COVID-19 pandemic came knocking at the door, and Houston was no different than the rest. Businesses got shut down, people were losing jobs left and right, the medical infrastructure was wheezin... |
| Mar 11, 2021 | The future of Houston's economy shines bright, according to new report | The Houston metro area shed 141,300 jobs last year — the worst one-year job loss ever recorded in the region — and the area's unemployment rate peaked at 14.3 percent last April. But, according to a new ranking, there's at least one bright ... |
| Mar 11, 2021 | Houston experts: Diversity is key to venture capital success | Venture capital firms across the board have a goal of driving a return on their investments, but getting a good ROI and factoring in diversity and inclusion into the equation are not mutually exclusive.
In fact, on a panel at the HX Venture... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Rice University's Shell-backed hub announces latest research grants | Several clean energy research teams have been awarded grants from a Rice University hub that focuses on innovating zero-emissions technology.
The Carbon Hub has awarded seven seed grants to research teams working on solutions for clean ener... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Houston startup plans to expand to revolutionize tech-enabled small business support | Hiring and recruiting has been a challenging and inefficient process for small businesses — yet it could not be more important as a company with a small, growing team.
"Today, whether you're running a startup for the first or second ti... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Overheard: How the energy tech ecosystem will evolve and the role of Houston innovators | The energy technology and innovation ecosystem is comprised of stakeholders across the industry — from the academic institutions that house researchers in the field and the entrepreneurs with the big ideas to the venture backers who fund th... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Houston expert: Three steps community organizations can take to close the digital divide | The pandemic has had a devastating impact on low-income communities. On top of job losses and a greater risk of exposure to COVID-19, people in disadvantaged neighborhoods face another significant hurdle: access to technology.
In communitie... |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Texas winery taps Houston tech company for innovative AR experience | The Lone Star State is home to a vibrant and innovative wine scene, but, just like most hospitality businesses, winemakers missed the opportunity to engage with their patrons amid the pandemic. With a new idea of how to engage its customers... |
| Mar 5, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a guest column about pitching to venture... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Expert: Texas must grow its solar infrastructure to prevent more weather-related power outages | As Texans begin to recover from last month's once-in-a-century winter storm, many wonder how the state — an icon of the oil and gas industry and home to Houston, "the energy capital of the world" — was thrust into darkness for day... |
| Mar 4, 2021 | Unique Houston-based venture studio looks to double portfolio in 2021 | Lauren Bahorich is in the business of supporting businesses. In February 2020, she launched Cloudbreak Enterprises — B-to-B SaaS-focused, early-stage venture studio — with plans to onboard, invest in, and support around three new scalable c... |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Houston company receives FDA approval for tech that uses sound to blast away cellulite | Soliton, a Houston-based technology company, is using audio pulses to make waves in the med-aesthetic industry.
The company, which is licensed from the University of Texas on behalf of MD Anderson, announced that it had received FDA approva... |
| Feb 24, 2021 | UH launches online MBA, plus six new digital degree programs | The University of Houston's C. T. Bauer College of Business announced this month that it will begin offering fully online Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration programs in the upcoming fall semester.
The ... |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Expert says Houston is the prime spot for creating and testing game-changing resilience solutions | The city of Houston, along the rest of the Lone Star State, has been hit from every direction — pandemics, hurricanes, winter storms, and more.
"We're just whipsawed," says Richard Seline, co-founder at the Houston-based Resilienc... |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Houston expert: Winter storm Uri's devastation should be a reminder to prioritize innovative energy solutions | Texas has landed itself in the middle of a fierce debate following what's been considered one of the worst winter storm in recent history for the state.
Uri wreaked havoc as it rolled through regions that were wholly unprepared for the sudd... |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Overheard: Houston health care experts sound off on how tech and COVID-19 have affected the industry | There has been an undeniable paradigm shift in the health care industry due to COVID-19 as well as the growth of technology. A group of professionals sat down to discuss what in particular has changed for the industry as a whole as well as ... |
| Feb 22, 2021 | 4 female Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to four innovators across industries recently making headlines — from space tech to startup development organizations.
Dorit Donoviel, director of the T... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Tech company to grant funds to Houston-area BIPOC small business owners | Comcast, the telecom, media, and entertainment conglomerate, is awarding $1 million in grants to small businesses in Houston owned by entrepreneurs who are Black, indigenous or people of color (BIPOC).
In all, 100 grants of $10,000 each wil... |
| Feb 19, 2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, why a tech company chose Houston for its... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | NASA and Johnson Space Center celebrate unprecedented Mars Perseverance landing | While Houston is in the depths of a historic freeze, some spacey locals are celebrating a major cosmic milestone. NASA — and Johnson Space Center, locally — are toasting the landing of Perseverance, the amiable roving vehicle, on Mars.
The ... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Houston space tech company raises $130M series B | Just around a year ago, Houston-based Axiom Space Inc. closed a $100 million series A round. Now, the space tech company has announced even more financing as it grows and scales to support a NASA-commissioned project.
Axiom raised $130 mill... |
| Jan 5, 2021 | 8+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events online in January | It's a whole new year, but Houston is cranking out the same great business and innovation-focused events.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to miss this month — from workshops and webinars to summits and pitch parties. Note: This post ... |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Houston expert: How to keep your employees engaged during the holidays | When you combine standard holiday distractions with a year of prolonged and intensified stress, it can result in an exhausted team and real employee engagement (and productivity) problems for your business.
So, what can you do to minimize t... |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Houston university ranks among top of the class for best schools for the money | A Houston school is among the head of the class when it comes to bang for your buck. This, according to a recent survey from College Factual, which ranked the best colleges for your money in the Southwest.
The University of Houston comes in... |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Riverside Employs the Right Solution for G&A Partners, Inc. | The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has made a minority investment in G&A Partners, Inc. (G&A), a leading national professional employer organization (PEO) and human r... |
| Jan 2, 2019 | Houston company is solving the energy and space industries' carbon dioxide problems with synthetic photosynthesis | Houston-based Cemvita Factory is unlike most startups. Before even knowing what industry they were going to affect, Moji Karimi and his sister, Tara, established their company, which uses synthetic photosynthesis — the process of turning ca... |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Daydreaming — when done correctly — can be good for business | The mind is prone to wander. Commonly known as daydreaming – the state of mental disconnection from the task at hand – it can take up as much as half of the typical workday.
Some research suggests this may be a good thing. Wandering minds h... |
| Dec 18, 2018 | How to think outside the box — according to research | Creativity is an essential ingredient in problem-solving, and the importance of "thinking outside the box" has been stressed in nearly every context imaginable, business or otherwise. But that mantra assumes — wrongly — that we al... |
| Dec 13, 2018 | Identifying and engaging community stakeholders from the start is key to a success startup | Often times we think of technology as innovation. But innovation and the success derived from it is not always about technological advances.
Technological advances have driven innovation in all sectors of our economy. Technology and social ... |
| Dec 5, 2018 | Houston coding class grows tenfold in 2 years to meet the job market needs | When DigitalCrafts hosted its first coding boot camp in Houston, it opened with eight people. Two years later, the organization's next class will graduate 125 people as coders, ready to take on the challenges of the Bayou City's 21st centur... |
