The Building Texas Show
Where trailblazers speak & bridges form.
The Building Texas Show with host, Justin McKenzie, where he talks about the balance of business and governance and growth across Texas. We interview the local leaders affecting the issues, business owners creating momentum and founders who are working to change the world, and inspire you to uncover the power you have to forge the future.
Hosted by Justin McKenzie
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6:44University President on Spaceport Expansion & Energy Diversification
UTPB serves 7,400 students in the heart of the Permian Basin — and most come from within 150 miles. President Dr. Woodle
23:27Why Texas Data Centers Must Build Their Own Power
ERCOT has over 300,000 megawatts in the queue by 2032. Peak load today is about 85 gigawatts. That is roughly 4x the pow
24:09San Marcos Spaceport? Here's What's Coming
San Marcos just bought almost 200 acres to extend its runway for commercial air service. Berry Aviation runs DoD work fr
32:20Texas Flood Recovery for Small Business: Grants Up to $10K & Where to Apply
LiftFund has deployed 525 grants and loans totaling more than $17 million to Texas Hill Country small businesses in the
Iteration Under Pressure: Why This Texas High School's Fail Forward Method Works
This Texas high school built a quiet pipeline to SpaceX and NASA, and now it's teaching freshmen to pitch for $20,000 in
24:42Fractional CFO: The 2 Hires Every Founder Gets Wrong Before Their Exit | Bart Davis
Fractional CFO, now CEO, Bart Davis built 512Financial into a firm serving startups across Austin and the wider Texas st
23:03CEO Explains: The Real Reason Community Associations Succeed or Fail
Associa is the largest manager of homeowners associations in the world — a 24,000-employee, five-country operation that
31:08The Aerospace & Defense Companies Picking Buda Over Austin
Everyone says aerospace and defense is coming to Austin. It's actually coming to Buda. In this episode of The Building T
16:59This Texas Border City Is Trading Farmland for Factories
Mayor Rudy Cruz runs a Texas border city east of El Paso where families are selling farmland their grandparents worked b
23:26Frisco's Population Boom: What's Really Happening?
A comment from the Frisco ISD school board president "this is our meeting, not thecommunity's” got a standing ovation fo
16:02How NexCourt Built 50 Dallas Mavericks Courts & World Cup Futsal Pitches
Mark Kundysek started NexCourt in 1989 with a $250 dealer kit and a satchel of plastic tile samples. Today, his company
22:48She Left DC to Open a Boutique in Fair Oaks Ranch
In this episode of the Building Texas Show, host Justin sits down with Kelly to discuss the realities of operating multi