C. Dean Kring, Director of Research

Executive Director of Services
Cooperative Association, Director of Research for the Centers (Entrepreneurial
Development, Womens
Business, Software
Business, Product
Development, International
Business, Start-Up, Residency, Virtual and Incubator
Self-Sufficiency Group), President and CEO of Emerging Business Centers, Inc.
In 1976, after 15 years in "Corporate America," Mr. Kring chaired a private
industry committee in order to determine future standards and forecast new methods for
hydrocarbon exploration. At that time he made the correlation that our nation's
greatest energy resource was its entrepreneurial energy, not hydrocarbon, nuclear, solar,
wind or water. Consequently, he started an independent research and consulting
practice in entrepreneurial education for emerging companies to minimize the loss of
national resource that occurs when companies go out of business before adding positive
energy of employment and tax contributions to the economic mainstream. During this
process, he defined the methodology to have emerging companies grow faster and stronger
with significantly less expenditure of startup capital. The methodology is called
business incubation. Mr. Kring "is recognized by the National Business
Incubation Association as an industry leader and pioneer in business incubation"
and is credited with having the first emerging business development practice in the United
States. A few recommendations.
Since 1977, a partial listing of related activities include:
- Co-founder - Small Business
Council - Houston Chamber of Commerce, '77;
- Outstanding Toastmaster - Sharpstown Club
2243 - Toastmasters International, '77;
- Editor - "Small
Business News" - Houston Chamber of Commerce,
'77;
- Winner - "Table Topics" Contest - Sharpstown Club 2243 - Toastmasters International, '77;
- Chair Education Committee - DECA, VOE and Career - Alief Chamber of
Commerce, '77;
- Winner - Fall Speech Contest - Sharpstown
Club 2243 - Toastmasters International, '77;
- Co-Author - "Guide
to Business Networking" - Small Business
Council - Houston Chamber of Commerce, '78;
- President - Sharpstown Club 2243 - Toastmasters International, '78:
- Commenced a privately funded study on "Why Small
Service Businesses Fail" and began the design of a "Business
Development Methodology On Factors For Startup Business Success" '78 to
'84;
- Outstanding Club President - District
56 - Area 2 - Toastmasters International, '78;
- Contributing Editor - Small Business Issues - Small Business
Council - Houston Chamber of Commerce, '79 to
'83;
- Co-Author - "Small
Business Development Through Business Networking" - Small Business
Council - Houston Chamber of Commerce, '82;
- Founder - Services Cooperative Association from
a Houston Chamber of Commerce economic development
research project ('79 to '82) on networking groups, to demonstrate the broader issue of
entrepreneurial self-development and entrepreneurship education, '83;
- Notable 1983 presentations included SCORE Houston.
- Steering Committee - Houston Business
Group - Houston Chamber of Commerce, '82 to '87;
- Coordinator - Greater Houston
Area Entrepreneurship Education Steering Committee - Texas Education Agency under the U.S. Departments
of Education and Commerce Joint Program "Promoting
Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship Education and Training", '84;
- Chair - First
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '84;
- Chair - A.C.E. Award - The National
Exchange Club - Houston Chapter, '84;
- Chair - Training Needs
Assessment - North Harris County College Business and
Industry Council, '84,
- Co-Chair - Special Task Force - "Effective Business
Incubator Development Methodology" - State of Texas, '84 and '85;
- Notable 1984 presentations included the Texas
Association of Post-Secondary Occupational Education, Deans and Directors on
"Private Sector Perspectives of Entrepreneurship Education - Yes, It Is
Possible."
- Chair - Second to Fourth
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshops - Houston Chamber of
Commerce, '85 to '87;
- Founder - Entrepreneurial
Development Center, Houston's first small business incubator (now Texas' oldest)
- SCA, '85;
- Introduced "Co-Working Space" to the National
Business Incubation Association, '85;
- Founder - First
Advisory Board For Business Incubator Clients in the U.S., EDC, '85;
- Chair - Economic
Development - North Harris County College Business and
Industry Council, '85;
- Notable 1985 presentations on "Entrepreneurship Education - Yes, It is
Possible" included the Houston Economic Development
Council and National Association of Women Business
Owners.
- Vice-Chair - Texas Delegation - White
House Conference on Small Business, '86;
- Co-Chair - Innovation
and Development Issues - White
House Conference on Small Business, '86;
- Co-Author - "Guide to
Advisory Board Members," - EDC, '86;
- "First Ever Damn Good Award" - SCA,
'86;
- Notable 1986 presentations on "Entrepreneurship Education - Yes, It is
Possible" included the Houston Public Library
Neighborhood Information Center Librarians, Houston
Community College Business Students, and National Tooling and Machining Association.
- Co-Recipient - Mayoral Proclamation -
"Graduating The First Company From A Small Business Incubator - Houston, '87;
- Co-Author - "Guide to
Business Mentors," - EDC, '87;
- Notable 1987 presentations "Entrepreneurship Education - Yes, It is Possible"
included Houston Community College
Central Campus, American-Arab
Business and Professional Association and Bellaire/SW
Houston Chamber of Commerce.
- Co-Author - "First
Annual Houston Awards for Promotion of Entrepreneurship," '88;
- Fifth to
Seventh Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA,
'88 to '90;
- Notable 1988 presentations on "Entrepreneurship Education - Yes, It is
Possible" included Houston
Community College Central Campus, The University of
Houston Center for Applied Technology and The University
of Houston College of Business Administration.
- Co-Founder - First Houston Small
Business Seed Capital Fund,'89;
- Vice Chair - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '89;
- Chair of Education - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '89;
- Co-Chair - "Second and Third Annual Houston Awards for Promotion of
Entrepreneurship," - SCA, '89 and '90;
- Interim Coordinator - Federation of
Houston Networking Groups, '89;
- Led the design of development programs for the Womens Business Center,
the first small business incubator for women in the U.S., '89;
- Introduced "Residency Business Incubation" to the National Business Incubation Association, '89;
- Notable 1989 presentations on "Entrepreneurship Education - Yes, It is
Possible" included the U.S. Small
Business Administration Region VI.
- Chair Education Committee - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '90 to '92;
- Notable 1990 presentations included the California
Business Incubation Network.
- Led the design of development programs for the Software Business Center,
the first small business incubator for software developers in the U.S., '91;
- Visiting panelist - MIT
Forum of Houston, New Venture Clinic, '91,
'94 to '98, 2009 and 2010;
- Co-Chair - Network 100 Committee "Houston Business Breakfast Benefiting "First Houston Small Business Seed
Capital Fund," '91 to present;
- Invited by the Soviet
Association of Women Business Owners on a Entrepreneurship Lecture Tour through
Russia, '91 (declined);
- Organizational Task Force - Women's Chamber
of Commerce of Texas, '91;
- Nominee for Honorary Doctorate in Entrepreneurial Education by Texas Business
Incubator Association, '91;
- Notable 1991 presentations on "Entrepreneurship Education - Yes, It is
Possible" included the National Business Incubation
Association and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.
- Led the design of development programs for the Product Development Center,
the first small business incubator for inventors in the U.S., '92;
- Led the design of development programs for the Houston
Engineering and Scientific Society, '92;
- Notable 1992 presentations included the Entrepreneurs'
Association and The Dover Club..
- Nominee - Kauffman Foundation
"Entrepreneurship Educator Of The Year," '93;
- Chair Nominating Committee - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '93 to '96;
- Overall Planning Committee and Interim Chair Legislative and Educational Programs - Texas Conference
on Small Business, '93;
- Led the design of development programs for the International Business
Center, the first small business incubator for international business in the U.S.,
'93;
- Beta Project Leader - "Efficiency,
Certification and Curriculum" - led the design of development programs for the
first Certified Business Incubators in the nation - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '93;
- Notable 1993 presentations included the Texas Business
Incubator Association.
- Economic
Development Committee - Spring Branch Association, '93 and '94;
- Chair Education Committee - Beta Project Leader - "Efficiency, Certification and
Curriculum" - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '94 to '99;
- Small Business Development Task Force - Imagine Houston
Project, City of Houston, Office of the Mayor, '94 and '95;
- Host Business Incubator - International Visitors Program - Institute
of International Education, '94 to 2000;
- Entrepreneurship Education Committee - Houston
Community College System, '94 and '95;
- Presented Honorary Doctorate "Entrepreneurial Education" by the Texas Business
Incubator Association, '94;
- Interim Coordinator - Greater Houston
Area Task Force - White House Conference on Small Business, '94;
- Nominee - Greater Houston Partnership
"Augustus C. and John K. Allen Award for Entrepreneurship," '94;
- Nominee - Greater Houston Partnership "Sam
Houston Award for Community Service," '94;
- Nominee - Greater Houston Partnership "Jesse
H. Jones Award for Business Leadership," '94;
- Nominee - Kauffman Foundation
"Entrepreneurship Educator Of The Year," '94;
- Led the design of development programs for the Startup Center, the first small
business incubator for virtual companies U.S., '94;
- Notable 1994 presentations included the Houston
Entrepreneurs' Forum.
- Houston
Entrepreneurial Community Outstanding Participation Award, '94, '96 and '97;
- Houston
Finance Advisory Council - Small Business
United of Texas, '94 to '96;
- Chair - Issues
Committee - Greater Houston
Area Task Force - White House
Conference on Small Business, '95;
- Chair - Public/Private
Competition Sub-Committee - Greater Houston
Area Task Force - White House
Conference on Small Business, '95;
- Founded - Incubator
Self-Sufficiency Group, '95;
- Notable 1995 presentations included the Houston
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
- Vice-Chair - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '95 and '96;
- Chair of Education - Texas Business
Incubator Association, '95 and '96;
- Houston
Task Force - Small Corporate
Offering Registration, '95 and '96;
- Houston
Issues - Governor's
Conference on Small Business, '96;
- Texas Task
Force - Small Business Equity Capital Investment Fund, '96;
- Co-Author - Unfair
Competition Resolution - Governor's Conference on Small Business, '96;
- Co-Recipient - Mayoral Proclamation for "Entrepreneurial Community Tribute Day -
July 3rd, 1996";
- Notable 1996 presentations included the Texas Governor's
Conference on Small Business.
- Chair - Texas
Business Incubator Association, '96 to '98;
- Planning Committee "Fifth
Biannual Texas Small Business Day - February 12, 1997";
- Led the design of development programs for the Health-Medical
Enterprise Center, the first small business incubator for the healthcare industry in
the U. S., '97;
- Chair - Eighth
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '97;
- Houston Legislative Issues Advisory Council - Small Business United of
Texas, '97.
- Notable 1997 presentations included The Academy
Association (graduates of the U.S. Military Academies), The Society of Women Engineers and The Small Business Capital Access
Association.
- Chair - Ninth
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '98;
- Steering Committee - Houston Technology Center, '98,
- Spring Branch
Redevelopment Association, '98 and '99;
- Houston Focus Group - Community Reinvestment Act
- Office of the Controller - State of Texas, '98;
- Certificate of Recognition - Houston City Council, '98;
- Notable 1998 presentations included The Houston
Reveille Club and Memorial Women's Business Team.
- Economic Development Committee - Houston West Chamber of Commerce, '99;
- Co-Recipient of Mayoral Proclamation for "Services
Cooperative Association Emerging Business Day, July 7, 1999";
- Chair - Tenth
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '99;
- Notable 1999 presentations included the American Cash Flow Association.
- Board of Directors - Spring
Branch Redevelopment Association, '99 and 2000;
- Chair - Eleventh
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, 2000;
- Certificate of Recognition - "Eleventh Entrepreneurial Workshop" - City of Houston, 2000;
- Advisory Board - Spring Branch
Redevelopment Association, 2000 and '01;
- Board of Directors - Houston
Proud, 2000 to '04;
- Chair - "18th Annual Houston
Business Breakfast and Year 2001 Economic Forecast" - SCA, 2000;
- Notable 2000 presentations included Prairie View A&M
University Office of Research and Development, Texas Chamber of
Electronic Commerce and National
Association of Mobile Health Professionals.
- Steering Committee - Women's
Empowerment Center, '01;
- Received the Gold Star Award - Greater Houston
Area Better Business Bureau, '01;
- Nominated Annual Innovation Award - National Business
Incubation Association, '01;
- Chair - Ways and Means Committee - Women's
Empowerment Center, '01;
- Co-Recipient of a Mayoral Proclamation for
"Services Cooperative Association Day - July 3rd," '01;
- Award - "Outstanding Leadership in Keeping Houston Emerging Business Capital of the
World" - SCA, '01;
- Chair - 12th Entrepreneurial Workshop
- SCA, '01;
- "Inspiration Award" - Women Achieving
Independence & Financial Success, '01;
- Chair - "19th Annual Houston
Business Breakfast and Year 2001 Economic Forecast" - SCA, 2001;
- Notable 2001 presentations included the Phi Theta Kappa
International Honor Society and Houston Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
- Advisory Board - Spring Branch
Revitalization Association, '01 to '05;
- Emerging Business Council - Greater Houston Partnership,
'02 to '06;
- Chair - "20th Annual Houston
Business Breakfast and Year 2003 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '02;
- "Star Patron Award" - Women Achieving
Independence & Financial Success, '02;
- Notable 2002 presentations included the Commercial
Real Estate Network.
- Chair - "Houston Business: Starting - Expanding - Acquiring, SCA's 20th
Anniversary Celebration" - SCA, '03;
- "Business Associate of the Year" - WINGS
Chapter American Business Women's Association, '03;
- Economic Issues - Blueprint
Houston Initiative, '03.
- Co-Chair - "21st Annual Houston
Business Breakfast and Year 2004 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '03;
- Notable 2003 presentations included the American Business
Women's Association.
- Chair - Texas
Business Incubator Association, '04 to '06;
- Co-Chair - Annual Spring
Trade Show, - SCA, '04;
- Recognized as a "Houston Hero" - SCA,
'04 to '14;
- Chair - 15th Annual
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '04;
- Co-Recipient - Mayoral Proclamation for
"Houston Heroes Day," '04;
- Chair - Board Development Committee - Houston Proud, '04 and '05;
- 5 Year Dedicated Service Award - 1st Wednesday
Luncheon, '04;
- Chair - 21st Annual Boofest For
Charity - SCA, '04
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '04;
- Chair - "22nd Annual Houston
Business Breakfast and Year 2005 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '04;
- Board of Directors - Spring Branch
Revitalization Association, '05 to '08;
- Co-Chair - 16th Annual
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '05;
- Chair - Annual Boofest For Charity
- SCA, '05;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '05;
- Co-Chair - "23rd Annual Houston
Business Breakfast and Year 2006 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '05;
- Invited by the Chinese government to present at the formation meeting of the Chinese Women's
Entrepreneurship Association, '06 (declined);
- Economic Development Committee - Emerging Business Council - Greater Houston Partnership, '06;
- Co-Chair - Annual Spring
Trade Show, - SCA, '06;
- Co-Chair - 17th Annual
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '06;
- Chair - Annual BooFest For Charity
- SCA, '06;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '06;
- Co-Chair - "24th
Annual Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2007 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '06;
- Named "A Houston Business Icon" by Houston
Networking News, '06;
- Notable 2006 presentations included the Houston
Entrepreneurial Club.
- Co-Chair - Annual Spring
Trade Show - SCA, '07;
- Co-Chair - 18th Annual
Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '07;
- Co-Founder - Women's
Business Assistance Forum Online - WBC, '07;
- Chair - Annual BooFest For Charity
- SCA, '07;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '07;
- Co-Chair - "25th
Annual Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2008 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '07;
- Notable 2007 presentations included the Women's Business
Assistance Forum Online.
- Houston Technology Champion - Houston Technology Center, '08 to '10;
- Emerging Technology Council - Economic Development Committee - Houston Technology Center, '08 to '10;
- Co-Chair - Annual Spring
Trade Show - SCA, '08;
- Co-Chair - 19th
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '08;
- Chair - Annual BooFest For Charity
- SCA, '08;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '08;
- Co-Chair - "26th
Annual Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2009 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '08;
- Notable 2008 presentations included the NAFTA Delegation
- Office of the Governor.
- Rice
Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship - Rice University, '08 to '10;
- Star Member - U of H SBDC, '08 to '11;
- Co-Chair - One Form
Certification Process - SCA, '08;
- Founder - Start A
Business Store/Mall - SCA, '09;
- Co-Chair - Open 24-7 in
Houston - SCA, '09;
- Co-Chair - Annual Spring
Trade Show - SCA, '09;
- Co-Chair - 20th
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '09;
- Executive Committee Chair - "Business Tip of the Month" - Greater Houston Business Procurement Forum, '09;
- Outstanding Contribution Award - Minority Enterprise
Development Week, '09;
- Patron - MIT
Enterprise Forum of Texas, '09 and '10;
- Chair - Annual BooFest For Charity
- SCA, '09;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA '09;
- Director - "27th
Annual Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2010 Economic Forecast" - SCA, '09;
- Director At Large - Gulf Coast Mensa - '09 to '11;
- Notable 2009 presentations included Houston
Baptist University Entrepreneurship Students; Texas
Association of Licensed Investigators; Greater Houston
Business Procurement Forum, Women's
Business Assistance Forum.
- "First Ever Enrollment Award" - SCA,
'10;
- Founder - LunchBreakBiz - SCA, '10;
- Founder - Women
Entrepreneurs United - WBC,
'10;
- Founder - Women
Entrepreneurs Unite World - WBC, '10;
- Director - Annual Spring
Trade Show - SCA, '10;
- Director - 21st
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop - SCA, '10;
- Chair - Annual BooFest For Charity
- SCA, '10;
- Houston Summit For The Creative Economy, '10;
- Business Plan Judge - InnerChange Freedom Initiative,
'10;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA '10;
- Host Committee - Ambassadors' Club 14th Annual
Toys-For-Tots Soiree', '10;
- Director - 28th Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2011 Economic Forecast - SCA, '10.
- Notable 2010 presentations included Central Senior Manager's Group - Houston First Baptist Church, SCORE - Houston Chapter, Women's
Business Assistance Forum, Houston
Entrepreneur Bar Camp, Downtown Houston
Lion's Club, 1st
Wednesday Luncheon.
- Commenced the resurrection of Houston
Proud - '11;
- Co-Founder - Bayou Walk
- '11;
- Director - Annual Spring
Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '11;
- Charter and Lifetime Membership - MyndHyve,
'11;
- Director - 22nd
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop, SCA,
'11;
- Co-Founder - Master
Mind Focus Groups For Women Business Owners, WBC, '11;
- Director - Annual BooFest For
Charity - SCA, '11;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '11;
- Director - 29th Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2012 Economic Forecast - SCA, '11;
- Notable 2011 presentations included Houston
Business Executives, Women's Business
Assistance Forum.
- Director - Annual Spring
Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '12;
- Director - 23rd
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop and Houston Heroes Luncheon - SCA, '12;
- Recognized as a Houston Hero
for Startup Center Business
Incubator - '12;
- Director - Annual BooFest for
Charity - SCA, '12;
- Director - Annual Fall Trade
Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '12;
- Director - 30th Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2013 Economic Forecast - SCA, '12;
- Notable 2012 presentations included Office of
the Governor, State of Texas Mexico Office, Women's Business
Assistance Forum, Central Senior Manager's Group - Houston First Baptist Church,
- Top 1%
Most Viewed Profile - LinkedIn,
'13;
- Founder - Residence Incubator,
first in the world - SCA, '13;
- Director - 30th
Anniversary Celebration honoring Houston's Consular Corps -
SCA, '13;
- Director - Annual Spring
Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '13;
- Co-Author - Proposal to Save
the Astrodome - SCA, '13;
- Director - 24th
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop and Houston Heroes Luncheon - SCA, '13;
- Director - Annual BooFest for
Charity - SCA, '13;
- Director - 31st Annual Fall
Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '13,
- Producer - Jingle Mingle
Charity Breakfast - SCA, '13,
- Producer - Bring in the New
Year Charity Breakfast - SCA, '13,
- Producer - 31st Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2014 Economic Forecast - SCA, '13;
- Notable 2013 presentations included Office of
the Governor, State of Texas Mexico Office; The After Hours Network; Artists Alive And Well, Houston CrossRoad$, Bistro Collaboration.
- Producer - 31st Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2014 Economic Forecast - SCA. '14;
- Producer - 32nd Annual
Spring Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA,
'14;
- Producer - 25th
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop and Houston Heroes Luncheon - SCA, '14;
- Producer - Annual BooFest for
Charity - SCA, '14;
- Producer - 32nd Annual Fall
Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA, '14,
- Producer - Jingle Mingle
Charity Breakfast - SCA, '14,
- Producer - 32nd Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2015 Economic Forecast - SCA, '14;
- Notable 2014 presentations included Houston
CrossRoad$, Women's Business
Enterprise Alliance, Office of the
Governor, State of Texas Mexico Office.
- Producer - 33rd Annual
Spring Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA,
'15;
- Producer - 26th
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop and Houston Heroes Luncheon - SCA, '15;
- City of Houston - Office of
Business Opportunity Disparity Study, '15;
- Producer - Annual BooFest for
Charity - SCA, '15;
- Producer - Jingle Mingle
Charity Breakfast - SCA, '15,
- Notable 2015 presentations included Houston
CrossRoad$, Office of the Governor,
State of Texas Mexico Office.
- Producer - 33rd Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2016 Economic Forecast - SCA, '16;
- Producer - 34th Annual
Spring Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA,
'16;
- Producer - 27th
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop and Houston Heroes Luncheon - SCA, '16;
- Notable 2016 presentations to date: included Houston CrossRoad$, Office of the Governor, State of Texas Mexico
Office.
- Producer - 34th Annual
Houston Business Breakfast and Year 2017 Economic Forecast - SCA, '17;
- Producer - Jingle Mingle
Charity Breakfast - SCA, '17;
- Notable 2017 presentations: Houston
CrossRoad$.
- Producer - 35th Annual
Houston Heroes Business Luncheon and Year 2018 Economic Forecast - SCA, '18;
- Producer - 35 Years of Service to
Houston Celebration - SCA, '18;
- Producer - 36th Annual
Spring Trade Show & Business EXPO - SCA,
'18;
- Producer - 36th
Annual Entrepreneurial Workshop and Houston Heroes Luncheon - SCA, '18;
- Producer - Annual BooFest for
Charity - SCA, '18;
- Producer - 36th Annual Fall
Trade Show & B2B EXPO - SCA, '18.
- Notable 2018 presentations: Houston
CrossRoad$.
- Producer - 37th Annual
Houston Year 2019 Economic Forecast - SCA,
'19;
- Producer - 36 Years of Service to
Houston Celebration - SCA, '19;
- Producer - 37th Annual
Houston Entrepreneurial Heroes Luncheon - SCA,
'19;
- Notable 2019 presentations: Houston
CrossRoad$.
- Producer - 38th
Annual Houston Year 2020 Economic Forecast - SCA,
'20;
- No major events conducted because of Covid restrictions;
- Producer - Total Services Portal for startup and early stage companies - SCA, 2023
Authored articles, lectures, workshops and
seminars on small business incubators, entrepreneurial development and entrepreneurship
for associations, business, civic, educational groups and students - third grade to post
graduate, '77 to present, including the dissertation "Entrepreneurship Can be
Taught" for a doctoral program in entrepreneurial education. Mr. Kring uses
the successes of his client
companies - which have won virtually every award for growth in the city of Houston,
some nationally and internationally - as proof of his theories and is considered a leading
expert in self-sufficient public and private sector business incubation programs as
economic development tools for both job creation and wealth generation. (See Services Cooperative Association.) Mr.
Kring is frequently called upon as the keynote speaker for educational groups concerned
with entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial development and emerging business
assistance as a means of economic development and is the most tenured
owner/operator/manager of a business incubator in the National Business Incubation
Association. He has been called upon as an economic development
consultant, globally, in projects ranging from hiring and training of executives and
staff to project conception, planning and implementation. Look for the books "Extraordinary Attention
to Clients" and "Working
with Gifted People."
See some endorsements here.
A few benchmark accomplishments:
Demonstrated to academia that 1.) entrepreneurship could be taught and 2.) the most
capable teachers were the successful entrepreneurs from within their own communities who
had boot-strapped their ventures.
Demonstrated to the government that 1.) women were starting businesses at a faster
rate than men and 2.) were seeking the "hand up" and a "level playing
field" and not the "hand out" or "charity."
Demonstrated to the incubation industry that 1.) small business incubators could be
self-funded and remain self-sustaining entirely without public funding, grants, gifts,
contributions or donations and 2.) significantly accelerated business growth by making a
variety of resources, assistance and experts conveniently available from within one
environment.
Notable quotes:
"Those who truly serve, lead."
"Entrepreneurship is color blind."
"A mentor moves you forward, faster."
"You can't teach what you don't know."
"Never confuse education with intellect."
"When we have a vote, we have a voice."
"Charity is the bane of entrepreneurship."
"Be short on promises and long on delivery."
"Business incubators accelerate business growth."
"Building a successful business is not a spectator
sport."
"There are no glass ceilings in Entrepreneurial America."
"If you could do it by yourself, you'd already be doing it."
"Accountability extends well beyond financial statements."
"Life is about choices and sometimes there are no easy ones."
"Never accept personality as a replacement for performance."
"Our greatest energy resource is our entrepreneurial energy."
"Creating change is vastly more rewarding than accepting it."
"Some windows of opportunity are but brief moments in time."
"Business success is having fun, making money and doing good."
"The best way to advance your career is to manage your career."
"When all the world leaders are women, there will be no more wars."
"Do what you love and let your passion show in the result you produce."
"A bird in the bank account is worth more than two in the business plan."
"Those who are employed by the bureaucracy comprise the bureaucracy."
"Too much government is vastly more harmful than too little government."
"Action can only be achieved when you allow your faith to overcome your fear."
"When we focus on "what's not," we lose all possibility of creating
"what can be."
"Entrepreneurship is an experiential discipline. To teach it, you must be able to do
it."
"Business incubators provide entrepreneurial engineers to build successful
businesses."
"The art of entrepreneurship continually befuddles the science of business
administration."
"The health of our free enterprise system is determined by the vitality
of our emerging businesses."
"When you are skilled, those who buy on price are not your market. Those who buy on
results are."
"Better to spend your time thinking of what you should do rather than what you should
have done."
"Some people continually overcome life's difficulties while others are continually
overcome by them."
"There is no force so powerful
as a group of like-minded women who are bonded in common purpose."
"Every incredible thing being accomplished now was totally impossible at some
previous point in time."
"It is regrettable when our government
uses our tax dollars to knowingly compete with our businesses."
"There are two forms of education - that learned in the classroom and that
gained in the process of life."
"Economic development is where someone comes and spends money with you rather than
someone else."
"You don't learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book - you learn to ride a bicycle by
getting on the bicycle."
"The essence of entrepreneurship is to find a niche, make sales, manage to profits
and repeat the process."
"Women process information, assess risk, utilize support systems and demonstrate team
playing skills uniquely."
"Coming up with new ideas is the easy part. Making them work is the hard part and
that's where business incubators excel."
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, teach teachers.
Those who can't teach teachers, teach business plans."
"Endeavor to live your life in such a manner so that if you were sent back to do it
again, the only thing you would change was living longer."
"Being happy is a choice. Being successful is a choice. Being honest, diligent and
returning something to your community are not choices. They are responsibilities."
"There are those who will attempt to convince you that you must learn everything
there is to know about electricity before you can successfully operate a light switch.
Their mantra is 'business plan.' "
"An effective business incubator
provides the resources, environment and methodology to accelerate business growth and
creates more resources than it consumes."
"More than anything else when working with early stage entrepreneurs, is to keep
them mindful of things to be done, knowledgeable of how to do them, and motivated to get
them completed."
"There exists within some people an inherent quality; an entrepreneurial exponent.
With it, the likelihood of business success is dramatically increased. Without it, all the
government funded small business development resources in the world won't yield a
successful business."
"To be successful in your venture, no matter the nature of the venture, you must
first believe in yourself and your vision. When you can believe in yourself, you can trust
yourself. When you can trust yourself, you can trust other people. When you can trust
other people, you open up an entirely new resource mix."
Mr. Kring serves as Advisor, Professional Development
Consultant, Mentor, Business Coach and Guide to individuals, managers
and chief executives of both not-for profit and for-profit enterprises and business
incubators, small and large. For non-professional activities, Mr. Kring's interests range
from being Charter Member #2 of the Houston MG Car Club
(founded 1971) to membership in Knife and
Fork Club (founded 1953) and American Mensa
(founded 1951).
For
information about Mr. Kring appearing as the speaker for your group, please click here or contact the
business office
at (713) 932-7495 x 12 or send email to: Booking Office.
   
"Mr. Kring's presentation at our annual conference was educational,
entertaining and inspiring."
California Business Incubation Network
For immediate response about the Structured Development Methodology for incubators,
resident companies and entrepreneurs, send e-mail to: Emerging Business Centers
"Entrepreneurship spoken here!"


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A few of the awards and letters of
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