Referrals, not ad spend, drive most new business at Podcraft Media Lab, the Austin production company Greg Soros founded after leaving a senior producer role at a major media company in 2020. Nearly 40 percent of the studio’s clients come through word of mouth inside the audio content world, a sign that the podcaster’s bet […]

Spreadsheets and projections only go so far when it comes to convincing someone to invest in an oil well. Gulf Coast Western, the Dallas-based exploration firm founded in 1970, has leaned into a more hands-on approach, inviting partners and prospective partners to visit active drilling sites in person before or after they commit capital. Seeing […]

Oil and gas investing works differently than buying shares on an exchange, and Gulf Coast Western has built its business around that difference. Founded in Dallas in 1970, the company has spent more than five decades refining a joint venture structure that now includes over a thousand investment partners spread across six states. Gulf Coast […]