February 2007



Studio Movie Grill in the News

Brian Schultz, owner of Studio Movie Grill and DRT member has just opened his latest theater in Arlington. Check out this news story on CBS11 about his theater, it is awesome (http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=16447@ktvt.dayport.com)

Brian truly embodies the spirit of the DRT. He is generous with his time, advice and help, and is extremely successful; coming from nothing and building a unique and growing theater chain. As you can tell from the video clip, he is doing everything right, but still makes time every Tuesday to come to the DRT meetings and actively participate.

So tonight, grab the spouse and head over to one of his Studio Movie Grill locations and have a beer, order the chicken wrap and enjoy the first run shows.



Suzanne Bock with Wells Fargo Wealth Management

Got a few million burning a hole in your pocket? Well then talk with Suzanne Bock of Wells Fargo. Suzanne gave a presentation today on the wealth advisory services she provides at Wells Fargo. Unlike most wealth management companies, Suzanne takes a holistic approach to the advisory services that she provides. Starting at investments of $1 million, her team at Wells Fargo reviews the needs of her clients across 12 specific sectors including insurance, investments, POAs, titling of assets, charitable contributions and more.

Many of her clients have recently benefited from liquidity events and now must manage new issues. One area of focus she has is with Women Owned Businesses, a personal passion of hers. Managing the demands of family, business and asset planning is daunting for anyone. Suzanne has had personal experience with these situations and her insight and compassion and passion have helped her clients immensely.

So if you have joined the ranks of the 1% or are looking for a complete and total solution for your wealth management needs, contact Suzanne Bock at 214.721.8247.



Adam Van Daele, Vice President of Busienss Development for Rogers-O’Brien

Adam Van Daele gave an interesting presentation today on his company Rogers-O’Brien Construction (RO). RO is the 14th largest builder in Dallas and Austin and is the key general contractor on many commercial real estate projects. In his role at RO, Adam is responsible for developing business connections with Fortune 10 companies, business owners and real estate developers.

One of the key points that Adam detailed this morning is the evolving nature of commercial bids. While they do the fixed bid pricing commonly found among other GCs, they have developed a unique process for conceptual bidding, where they can work with architects and owners at the preliminary stages of a project and provide budgetary ranges that can be used for financing. This type of conceptual bidding can be extremely important in helping businesses scope the project and maximize their cost savings.

While RO has a rich history of constructing a variety of projects they are constantly evolving their internal processes to address environmental and safety issue at the start of every effort. And they continue to be a pioneer in the ethics of construction through a focused emphasis on their mission, values and quality statements to customers.



Member Lead Exchange

One of the core functions of the DRT is to help members with leads. Every month we dedicated one of our breakfast meetings to Lead Exchanges.

The Lead Exchange process is very simple yet powerful. Members sit at tables of 10 and are given 2 minutes each to discuss their business lead needs. These needs can be anything from an introduction to a specific person or a general call for leads within a specific industry. The table moderators record each request and the members at the table can then provide contact information etc.

This format has proven to be one of the most powerful benefits of the DRT. Unlike most networking groups, this format provides a direct response vehicle for members to get qualified leads with referrals from trusted sources. And since each session is recorded, members have a record of who made what promise and can follow up with that member to pursue the leads mentioned.

Now, this system can only work if members know and trust each other. This is one of the core reasons why our meetings are held each Tuesday. Through frequency of meetings, we can begin to learn about each other’s business and build the trust needed to help refer each other business. No other business group can claim this type of powerful format and it is one reason why the DRT is so unique.



Scott Barnes, CEO Of ArtBanc

The world of fine art and finance have collided and ArtBanc is sitting in the middle. Scott Barnes, CEO of ArtBanc gave a fascinating presentation today on the transactional nature of fine art…or more specifically the lack there of. His company has created the first transactional database of dealers and buyers and provides a plethora of financial services designed to lower the cost of fine art transactions while increasing the volume of deals.

To learn more about ArtBanc go to http://www.artbanc.net