D CEO September-October 2009
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Cover Story
Why Bill Lively Is the Master of High-Dollar Fundraising
To succeed at fundraising, the president and CEO of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee says the “right people” need to do the asking. And he’s the one who picks them.
By Glenn Hunter
Business
Meet Harvey Wiggins, the Little-Known Man Behind Dallas’ Greatest Medical Invention
An unassuming Dallas engineer invented the world’s leading device for analyzing brain waves. Now he’s trying to make it even better.
By Pamela Gwyn Kripke
Publications
How 5 Dallas CEOs Feed Their Need for Speed
In car-conscious North Texas, some successful execs are nearly as revved up about their rides as they are about their companies.
By Scott Black
Business
The Business Lunch: Maximo
Chef Amador Mora—expat of The Mansion and Trece—is ready to convert Dallas to fine Mexican cuisine. But is his food?
By Todd Johnson
Business
CEOs Communicate Through the TV
More and more CEOs are using video to communicate directly with their constituencies.
By Merrie Spaeth
Law
Collaborative Law Promises a Kinder, Gentler Approach to Business Disputes
Collaborative law rejects the “scorched earth” approach to commercial cases taken by many attorneys. So guess who’s opposing it?
By John G. Browning
Business
DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa Says We’re Making Progress
The Dallas Independent School District’s top man sees hopeful signs in the classroom—and in the front office.
By Glenn Hunter
Publications
Glenn Hunter Shares Dirty Little Secrets About Getting Press
The media may be easier to deal with than you think.
By Glenn Hunter
Business
My Desk: Lucy Billingsley
The workplace of Lucy Billingsley, partner, Billingsley Co.
By Kellyn Curtis
Business
The Dallas Fed’s Resident Soothsayer
Contrarian analyst and former business journalist Danielle DiMartino Booth, who predicted the housing crisis, doesn’t think we’re out of the woods just yet.
By Glenn Hunter
Business
What John Rizzuti Didn’t Know Helped Him
The managing director of Rizzuti/Austin Marketing Group proves that sometimes thinking “outside the box” means admitting you don’t know much about the box in the first place.
By Spencer Michlin
Business
Who “Lost” The New Cowboys Stadium for Dallas?
Wherein we bust three myths surrounding the Cowboys’ move Arlington.
By Crayton Webb
Business
5 Questions for Restaurateur Jeff Sinelli
The 40-year-old “chief vibe officer” for Dallas-based Which Wich and Burguesa Burger talks business strategy and the Dallas dining scene.
By Kristiana Heap
Business
Dallas Entrepreneur Chris Gay Has a Better Way To Pay for Car Insurance
The founder and president of MileMeter is miles ahead of the competition.
By Mary Candace Evans
Commercial Real Estate
The Dallas Condo Crunch
Partly because of the credit crisis, Dallas’ once-robust residential-condominium market isn’t so healthy anymore.
By Peter Simek