Category: Business

Most oil and gas firms talk about integrity. Gulf Coast Western has been demonstrating it since 1970. The Dallas-based exploration company, founded by Thomas Fleeger and now led by his son Matthew, has built its entire partnership model around one core belief: informed investors make better partners, and better partners build stronger ventures. Risk Disclosure…

Kelcy Warren, founder and executive chairman of Energy Transfer, joined the Hart Energy Hall of Fame in December 2023, an honor that recognized his decades of work building midstream infrastructure across the United States. During a Hart Energy LIVE interview conducted in conjunction with the induction, Kelcy Warren spoke about the industry he has devoted…

Business success at the level that Burak Basel has achieved is rarely a solo accomplishment. It depends on a network — of investors, operators, advisors, regulators, and peers — that has been built through years of genuine relationship cultivation rather than transactional networking. The Basel Holding network spans London’s financial district, Malta’s emerging business community,…

Sustainable energy investment requires patience that many financial frameworks do not accommodate well. The technology development cycles are long, the capital requirements are substantial, and the path to commercial scale involves regulatory, engineering, and market development challenges that can extend over many years before financial returns materialize. Yazan Al Homsi has engaged with this investment…

Idaho’s business community has grown significantly over the past decade, attracting attention from entrepreneurs, investors, and organizations who recognize the state’s combination of quality of life, business-friendly environment, and a workforce culture that values hard work and practical competence. Within this ecosystem, Idaho business executive Karl Studer has been a consistent contributor — as a…

In 1983, a teenage hacker nearly started World War III when he broke into a military supercomputer and triggered an automated missile launch sequence. The film was called WarGames, and it scared a lot of people, including President Reagan, who signed one of the first presidential directives on computer security shortly after watching a private…

When Justin Fulcher describes what made RingMD work, he does not lead with technology. He leads with trust. The tech entrepreneur has argued that telehealth platforms earn institutional credibility the way most durable things do: through accountability sustained across time, not through demonstrations at launch. That insight, accumulated during years of operating in some of…

The conversation around wealth management tends to focus on what clients should look for in an advisor. Less discussed is what a rigorous, client-centered advisor looks for in a prospective client relationship. Michael Gold, who leads Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, has developed a diagnostic-first philosophy that shapes both how he evaluates clients and…

Justin Fulcher has moved through a range of contexts since stepping back from RingMD in January 2025: workforce development initiatives in South Carolina, advisory work in defense technology, and public service roles that included serving as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense. The contexts differ. The underlying orientation does not. What the Palmetto Initiative…

Few energy companies can trace their roots back more than five decades while still maintaining a reputation for growth and investor confidence. Gulf Coast Western, the Dallas-based oil and gas exploration and development firm, has done exactly that. Founded in 1970 by Thomas H. Fleeger, the company has steadily expanded its footprint across the American…