Building Texas Business

Building Texas Business is a Texas-centered interview show about entrepreneurship, leadership, and the mechanics of building durable organizations. Chris Hanslick hosts conversations with people who run companies, chambers, schools, land organizations, restaurants, and real estate ventures. The show is formal enough for executives, but it is not stiff. It has the rhythm of a professional conversation that can move from corporate conversions and legal education to hamburgers, Fort Worth museums, and the first Tex-Mex meal someone wants after leaving town. Texas is not just scenery here. It is the operating system. Episodes ask why companies move to the state, how cities like Fort Worth present themselves to the world, and what a business-friendly climate means in daily practice. Steve Montgomery brings the civic and chamber view, connecting Fort Worth's momentum to land, culture, and a yes-oriented business mindset. Patrick Terry brings the founder view, explaining P. Terry's Burger Stand through competition, customer listening, hard work, and care for people. Jerry Mooty brings the serial entrepreneur's view, moving from law to credit card processing, development, and residential real estate brokerage. The 100th episode adds a live-room dimension, pairing South Texas College of Law Houston's anniversary context with discussion of leadership, education, University Land, and the transformation of oil and gas activity in the Permian Basin. The show is strongest when guests explain the hidden infrastructure behind familiar success. A burger stand becomes a case study in differentiation. A chamber becomes a window into migration, branding, and economic development. A land organization becomes a story about technology, minerals, endowments, and modernizing before demand arrives. Real estate becomes a test of timing, competition, and appetite for uncertainty. The tone stays collegial and Texas-proud without turning into boosterism alone. Guests are allowed to be specific, and those specifics give the show its value. It is less about motivational slogans than the decisions, constraints, and relationships behind growth. The result is a business show for people who care how local economies actually get made.