Solving The Value Equation

Inc 5000 Industry Winners: Fastest Private Company Growth Industries

Inc 5000 industry analysis shows the highest growth rates in media, government services, real estate, and security.

The best performing industries for revenue per employee included Computers and Energy.

America’s fastest growing businesses by state, industry, metro, and much more can be reviewed via Inc 5000.

 

Sources of industry information include:

Inc 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The 2012 Inc. 500|5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2008 to 2011. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2008. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2011. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2008 is $100,000; the minimum for 2011 is $2 million.

Sageworks Inc., which does past and current financial analysis of privately held companies

AnythingResearch.com, which provides industry market research analysis, reports, and publications

IBISWorld, which provides detailed past industry growth percentages, revenue forecasts for the next five years, employment growth, profit margin averages, and industry competition ratings.

Inc 5000 Analysis: Texas Compared to National Averages for Private Company Growth by Industry

The Inc 5000 is a listing of America’s fastest growing private companies.  (Read more here about the Inc 5000 lists).

How does Texas compare?

Texas represented 389 of the 5,000 companies with approximately 8% of the total revenues and 9% of the employees.

By Industry how does Texas compare?

 

More can be read here about the companies by region, industry for the 2012 Inc 5000: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2012/top-lists.html

CEO Networking Event, TeXchange Houston

Join us for a “Town Hall Meeting” on Leadership and Management Effectiveness for our Twitter world.

About TeXchange:
TeXchange is critical to the economic growth, job creation and prosperity of the Houston technology oriented business community. The TeXchange Board of Directors of the Houston Chapter would like to formally invite you to join our community as we strive to make Houston known as a preeminent hub for technology business.

About the Houston TeXchange Events:
All TeXchange events are hosted at The Briar Club @ 2603 Timmons Lane, Houston, Texas 77027 (complimentary valet parking). The event fee, which includes dinner, is $25 for TeXchange members and $35 for non-members. Events are open to guests. All TeXchange events are hosted from 6 to 8:30pm with the following schedule of activities:

• 6:00 p.m. - Networking and Cocktail Reception
• 6:45 p.m. – Program and Dinner
• 7:30 p.m. - Table Discussions, Presentations and Question & Answer Session
• 8:30 p.m. - Closing Comments/Wrap up

 

Thursday’s event will cover the following leadership management topics:

• The hallmarks of effective management
• The roles of a company board and/or advisors
• How to overcome team skill gaps
• What to expect from employees in key positions
• What KPIs investors require from a company’s business model
• Getting the most out of your employees and advisors

“Beyond the practical how-to advice on the latest management tools and leadership strategies, what the CEOs are able to take back and apply to their companies immediately is the real value of Houston TeXchange,” commented Garry E. Meier, TeXchange Chairman, sponsor, and Ephor Group Chairman. “The metrics, tools, and processes shared at TeXchange are the fundamental tactics we’ve seen distinguish market laggards from leaders in the institutional investment community.”

Panelist bio for Art Saxby, Chief Outsiders. Innovator and born nomad, Art Saxby has a reputation for being “Mr. Fix It.”

• At Hines Horticulture Saxby led the implementation of new strategy helping position the company for sale.
• At Imperial Sugar, Saxby introduced an innovative customer based growth strategy that helped drive the company’s stock price from a previous $1.05 to $35 a share.
• A seasoned professional, he has worked in marketing and strategy at Frito-Lay, Kellogg’s, CocaCola, Compaq Computers/HP, and Imperial Sugar. Saxby is a husband, father of two, cyclist, wine enthusiast, and world traveler - although he doesn’t believe in booking the same vacation spot twice, sighting that there’s too much in the world to see. Saxby, his wife, and two daughters live in Cypress, Texas.

Panelist bio for John N. Younker, Ph.D.. John is currently a business advisor, consultant, and coach to Houston CEO and leadership teams.  John’s background includes:

• Cofounder and President of Houston based ACI.
• John has served, since 1993, as a Chair for Vistage, an international organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEO's and their Key Executives.
• Executive Professor at University of Houston.
• Senior Vice-President at The Institute, Inc. and was a Vice-President and Senior Field Researcher at the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC).   At the Center, he was extensively involved in field research and advisory initiatives that focused on employee involvement and empowerment, the development of high performing work teams, organization assessment and planning, and service quality improvement.
• Other organizational associations include the Shell Mining Company, the Geisinger Medical Center, and the U.S. Navy where John was actively involved in Navy’s efforts in leadership and organization development, race relations education, and drug and alcohol abuse education and rehabilitation.
• John holds a doctorate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from The University of Memphis.  He is a guest speaker and lecturer and his writings are published in several professional journals and textbooks.

“We welcome senior executives to join us Thursday October 25^th for networking, learning, and discussion,” commented Charles Bedard, TeXchange Houston Director.

Read more about the Houston CEO networking event here:

http://tinyurl.com/9f6fazc

A Special Thank You to our Sponsors who have been so supportive!

Download the recap from our August event here:

http://www.ephorgroup.com/download/UsefulCapitalStrategiesforGrowth-August2012.pdf

Cool New Social Performance Management HR Technology from #HRTechConf

Social Performance Management cool new technologies were very paramount at HRtech this year.  Last year, only a handful of the mainstream companies plus a few emerging vendors such as Rypple, now Work.com. This year more than fifty (50) vendors marketed their social performance management features.

Cool new social performance management technologies for small business:

Culture Amp’s Murmur

Your organization;s real-time pulse on employee engagement analytics.

Fairsail HCM/Social with an enhanced Collaboration Portal that enables the workforce to manage their participation in multiple cross functional teams. Progress can be tracked using Milestones and Review points and team members can exchange comments and recognize each other's efforts and achievements.

SyncHR’s cloud-based Human Capital Management Solution provides enterprise-class, fully integrated HR, Benefits and Payroll software at an affordable price.

Its object-oriented, real-time technology simplifies the complexity of HR through patented technology that automatically adapts to companies' business strategies, resulting in lower operational costs and reduced administrative burdens.


New to HR and HCM social players: Atlassian, Jive, Yammer, WorkSimple, Socialtext  from PeopleFluent, Podio from Citrix, Telligent, and many others that serve the social business software market. Read more about the future of work and social performance strategies here.

See you in 2013!

Cool New eRecruiting HR Technology from #HRTechConf

A recap of new, cool HR eRecruiting technology from HRTech.

• Congratulations to the six winners  for “Awesome New Technologies in HR 2012” including: Culture Amp’s Murmur, EmployTouch (my vote for best presentation based on throwing the technology across the room to make a point), Knack.it, Peoplefluent, TalentBin, and Visier.
• ERE Recruiting Vendors Stand Outs.
• Read the full list of the 53 new product announcements from HRTech here.
  
eRecruiting HR technology cool new technologies debuting in 2012 for small business:

Hireology features a complete hiring platform with everything you need to hire the best candidates in your industry.  With so many companies wasting their money with bad hires, it’s not shocking to hear Hireology is in high demand with its focus on making selection management easier for non-recruiters.

 

Acertiv.com  is an online work history certification platform for both recruiters and job seekers. A résumé, for example, contains many claims such as “increased sales by 10 percent” or “led functional testing effort for a highly trafficked e-commerce site.” A recruiter will look at such claims and think, “Ok, now how can I gain confidence that what this candidate says is true?” Learn more about Acertiv.com.

 

 

 

HRTech Recap of the World’s Largest HR Technology Conference and Town Hall Meeting #HRTechConf

From the world’s largest HR technology conference this past week in Chicago over 260 vendors exhibited, 53 product announcements were made, and 3,000+ attendees were blitzed with an urgency to adopt cloud, social, and mobile into their HCM processes.

The big themes: Social Performance Management, Work Management, Mobile, Big Data Analytics, Social Talent Recruiting, and The Future of Work is Social.

 

Quotes, Testimonials, & Takeaways:

• Workday has approximately 340 customers. SAP has an install base greater than 10k and Oracle approximately 18k for HCM. 
• Oracle-Taleo processes approximately 15 percent of USA resumes.
• If you’re looking for a job, Oracle is investing $5 billion in research and development alone. Plus, sales and customer service.
• “We develop for mobile first.” HRTech panel of industry leaders.
• “Ask yourself.  Do I have the best people?  55 percent of GDP is people.  You will replace half your workforce in the next ten  years. Help the CEO succeed.  HR’s job is to help the CEO succeed with data and people. Execute the strategy with simplicity.  Get people, the greatest people.  Alignment of people plus data plus clear thinking (strategy) wins.” Mark Hurd, Oracle President.
• “The Future of Work is getting things done.”  Yvette Cameron, Constellation Research.
• “Don’t do RFP’s.  Do use case demos that pertain to your business.” – Naomi Bloom. 
• “Social is the ability to get support, collegial encouragement, and community. With social technology alone is no longer lonely.” Marcia Conner. 

The ROI Business Case for Social HCM:

Social adoption by industry:

SaaS adoption driven by demand for a better User Experience

The Engagement Challenge:

HRTech disruptive trends:

 

Read more recaps about HRTech here:

The Future of HR is in Social, Gamification, Cloud, Mobile, Big Data and Global #HRTechConf

Insights from the Candidate Experience Awards (#theCandes) at the #HRTechConf

Recruiting Vendors Try to Stand Out in the HCM-focused Crowd

Global Payroll Gurus Speak + Northgate Arinso unveils euHReka11

The Future of Work & Looking Beyond HCM Vendors for HCM Technology

Ultimate List Of Human Resources Blogs: 2012 Edition

Are you buying Workday stock?

The Workday solution is a suite of cloud applications for human capital management (including human resources, benefits and talent management), payroll, financial management, time tracking, procurement, and employee expense management. 

• The market size for Workday is projected (according to IDC industry and market data) at $67 billion in 2016.
• Currently projected: $4 to $5B market cap post IPO.
• Workday filed its S-1 IPO document with the SEC, noting that of its approximately $300 million billing run rate, only ten percent is going to its financials product.
• Existing investors include: Michael Dell and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and founders Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, who were top executives at PeopleSoft, the HR software company Oracle bought in a hostile takeover.
• “Workday’s S-1 paints a fascinating story of building a multi-billion dollar SaaS company in seven years by burning over $325M in capital, and no signs of slowing down. Workday’s management team is in it for the long-haul and will be extremely successful” from David Cummings, CEO of Pardot.

The Workday’s S1 reveals the attributes of a successful emerging growth company for today’s economy as well as its strategy for growth.  Not only the next hot tech IPO, Workday is an example of what it takes to be an emerging growth leader. And clearly the team assembled is in it to win it.

Read more here: Workday company profile.

Houston Networking Event on Leadership & Management Practices for 2013: Register now for Houston TeXchange’s October 25th Event

Have you planned for 2013?

At TeXchange, our focus is on practical strategies and insights that can be applied immediately to your business.

2013 is quickly approaching so come network and prepare yourself for success in 2013 at the last TeXchange dinner seminar event of 2012.

Event: Leadership & Management Effectiveness.

Date: Thursday, October 25^th @ 6pm at The Briar Club (2603 Timmons Lane).

Focus: This seminar will address management processes and leadership practices for our “Twitter” world.

Topics:

• How to overcome team skill gaps.
• What to expect from employees in key positions.
• What KPIs investors require from a company’s business model.
• Getting the most out of your employees and advisors.

The panel will present stories and best practices on making sure that investors believe in the integrity and abilities of a company’s employees, as well as tips on measuring progress and success coupled with leadership skills for our Twitter world.

October 25^th panelists include:

John N. Younker, Ph.D.

John is currently a business advisor, consultant, and coach to Houston CEO and leadership teams. John’s background includes:

• Cofounder and President of Houston based ACI.
• John has served, since 1993, as a Chair for Vistage, an international organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEO's and their Key Executives.
• Executive Professor at University of Houston.
• Senior vice-president at The Institute, Inc. and was a vice-president and Senior Field Researcher at the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC). At the Center, he was extensively involved in field research and advisory initiatives that focused on employee involvement and empowerment, the development of high performing work teams, organization assessment and planning, and service quality improvement.
• Other organizational associations include the Shell Mining Company, the Geisinger Medical Center, and the U.S. Navy where John was actively involved in Navy’s efforts in leadership and organization development, race relations education, and drug and alcohol abuse education and rehabilitation.

John holds a doctorate in industrial-organizational psychology from The University of Memphis. He is a guest speaker and lecturer and his writings are published in several professional journals and textbooks.

Art Saxby, ChiefOutsiders

Innovator and born nomad, Art Saxby has a reputation for being “Mr. Fix It.”

• At Hines Horticulture Saxby led the implementation of new strategy helping position the company for sale.
• At Imperial Sugar, Saxby introduced an innovative customer based growth strategy that helped drive the company’s stock price from a previous $1.05 to $35 a share.

A seasoned professional, he has worked in marketing and strategy at Frito-Lay, Kellogg’s, CocaCola, Compaq Computers/HP, and Imperial Sugar. Saxby is a husband, father of two, cyclist, wine enthusiast, and world traveler - although he doesn’t

believe in booking the same vacation spot twice, sighting that there’s too much in the world to see. Saxby, his wife, and two daughters live in Cypress, Texas.

ABOUT TEXCHANGE

TeXchange is a forum for senior executives to network and learn. All events are hosted from 6 till 8:30pm at The Briar Club. Topics include:

• A Playbook for Success: Business Model Strategies for Wealth Creation
• Strategy Development and Implementation: Growth Options Go-to Market Venues and Techniques for Revenue Generation
• Financial & Capital Management
• Leadership Practices

A Special Thank You to our Sponsors who have been so supportive!

 

For members, please register online here.

For guests, please contact Charles Bedard, TeXchange Houston Membership Director at bedard[at]ephorgroup.com or email TeXchange at houston[at]texchange.org

Topic:	Leadership & Management Effectiveness.
Date:	Thursday, October 25, 2012
Time:	6:00 p.m. – Networking and Cocktail Reception 6:45 p.m. – Program and Dinner 7:30 p.m. – Table Discussions, Presentations and Question & Answer Session 8:30 p.m. – Closing Comments/Wrap up
Location:	The Briar Club 2603 Timmons Lane, Houston, Texas 77027
Pricing:	Members: $25 Non-Members & Guests: $35