D CEO September 2006
Cover Story
Battle of the Banks
Financial institutions are cropping up all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area, either starting here, moving here, or expanding on their position. As the market gets more crowded, the deals for potential clients get better. The battle already has a winner: you.
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Publications
B-School of Hard Knocks
Drug dealers know solid business principles; they’re just on the wrong side of the law. Catherine Rohr and her Prisoner Entrepreneurship Program educates and rehabilitates future ex-con businessmen.
By Pamela Gwyn Kripke
Business
Cheap Seats
Rick Seaney’s FareCompare gives fliers an education in aviation.
By Jessica Otte
Commercial Real Estate
Cityplace Versus City Hall
Cityplace is in the final stages of two decades of redevelopment, a bad time for the city to pull out as a partner. Neal Sleeper, for one, is glad it didn’t.
By Trey Garrison
Publications
Laugh It Up
Why must CEOs be funny? Blame Herb Kelleher—and several decades of research.
By Merrie Spaeth
Business
One Day at a Time
Woot.com sells one product per 24 hours—an idea just crazy enough to work.
By Adam McGill
Publications
Ralph Hawkins
Ralph Hawkins of architecture firm HKS has built just about everything.
By Jessica Otte
Publications
Who Stands Up for Dallas?
In the battle for economic development, every local neighborhood, suburb, and town is well-armed—except for the city that gives them all a reason to exist.
By Wick Allison
Business
Catherine Carr Gets You Organized
Catherine Carr offers help for the organizationally challenged.
By Kristiana Heap
Fashion
Cigar Accoutrements
Toke on your next stogie in style with these lavish cigars and accessories.
By Katelyn Koepke
Business
IntelliCool’s Radical New Invention
Richardson-based IntelliCool’s radical new invention: a bearable Texas summer.
By Sarah Blaskovich
Publications
Javier Gutierrez
Javier Gutierrez likes cigars so much he dedicated a room at his eponymous Mexican restaurant to them.
By Jessica Otte
Publications
Like Father, Like Son
Bill Kibler founded WBK Construction at a time when guilds were commonplace. Now, spreadsheets rule the day at work sites. Still WBK, under the helm of Bill’s son Kirk, continues to grow.
By David Spence