She’s a Gem!

Dallas Morning News' Serial Entrepreneur series profiles Chamber Member, Rebecca Ramos. Imagine my surprise when I opened Sunday's Dallas Morning News Business section. Besides seeing Tiger Woods (aren't we over that yet?), staring right at me was the smiling face of Rebecca Ramos. I almost ended up with my Fiesta cup full of coffee on my ...
Post on 8th of March 2010Keep Reading...

2009 Business Excellence Awards

The North Texas Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Chamber of Commerce has announced the recipients of the 2009 Business Excellence Awards. The Awards were created to recognize Chamber Members and community leaders. The 2009 Award recipients are: Texas Instruments - Corporate Ally; Presented to a major employer located in the North Texas area that has a ...
Post on 1st of March 2010Keep Reading...

The Lights Are On . . .

Was it only a week ago that North Texas experienced the Storm of the Century? It wasn't quite a Stephen King story, to the best of my knowledge there wasn't a demonic killer with a wolf-head cane saying, "Give me what I want, and I'll go away." That's not exactly correct. They may not have ...
Post on 19th of February 2010Keep Reading...

State of the Union to feature LGBT Certified Business

This just in! TrendyMinds, an NGLCC-certified business based in Indiana, was selected to attend President Obama's State of the Union address, thanks largely to the strong ties between the White House and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Read the full story at http://www.nglcc.org/BIZ/community/TrendyMindsatStateofUnion Congratulations to TrendyMinds and to the NGLCC!
Post on 27th of January 2010Keep Reading...

National Chamber Declares Dallas “Hot”

It's nice to have your work recognized. Even nicer when it's unsolicited. That's why the Chamber and our travel marketing partners the Dallas Tavern Guild and the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau were so thrilled when the NGLCC - America's LGBT Chamber of Commerce featured Dallas as a "Hot" destination for LGBT travelers. The Dallas Tavern ...
Post on 18th of January 2010Keep Reading...

There Are Consequences (Or Fried by Fry’s – Part II)

On December 10, I posted Fried by Fry’s. Although it may have seemed to be a rant (which it was) there really was more to it. Surprisingly, reporter Jill Griffin wrote a great article in the Austin Business Journal about me. Well, not about 'me' personally, but about unhappy customers. One unhappy customer can multiply ...
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Fried by Fry’s (Part I)

Yesterday my sister (my actually sister not my ‘sister’) asked me to help find a good computer for our father. My partner and I had purchased a new desktop computer and she wanted something similar. I looked online and found what I believed to be a good system at a good price, so good that ...
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I [Heart] FW

Last month I was driving home from our monthly Business Connections mixer in Fort Worth. As I tooled down I-30 recalling the people that I had met and the really, really good food a thought popped into my head. Oh my god, I like Fort Worth. No, I love Fort Worth! There, I’ve admitted it. I’ve ...
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All About BEN

By Candy Marcum, Stonewall Behavior Health; Guest Blogger If you thought this blog was going to have anything to do with Michael Jackson you're wrong. This BEN is no rat! People often ask me ‘why are you a member of the North Texas GLBT Chamber?’ Like most business people, time is money, so in the interest of ...
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I Learned the Truth . . .

. . . on Thursday night. It wasn’t planned, I didn’t go in search of enlightenment, but as Thursday turned to Friday and I began to look back over the previous two and a half days and the months leading up to them I found myself making mental notes, things that I had been reminded of ...
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