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Steve Snell doesn’t have a law degree. When Williamson County named him county judge in 2025, well-meaning friends congratulated him

David Valdez has photographed three U.S. presidents, sixty-five thousand rolls of film, and a Soviet funeral where a dictator’s widow

Steve Stapp’s answer to an upset customer was never a script. It was your money back, no cross-examination required. That

Seth Flowers has quit a winning business on purpose, twice. Not because it was failing. Because he’d solved the puzzle

Matt Kata never played the same position two games in a row if the team needed him somewhere else. Over

Kim Pollok’s company gave everyone notice on December 31st. Two thousand people out of work, and Kim was the HR

Caroline Harris Davila almost threw up after the first speech she ever gave. She was shaking, petrified, convinced she had

What do you do when the hardest thing that ever happened to you becomes the most important credential you have?

Most people who grew up in Round Rock remember when this place was cornfields and a two-lane road. Hunter Leatherman

A few years ago, Candyce Hunt was offered a job at $85,000. She thought it sounded reasonable. Then she found

A handshake used to mean something. Two people looked each other in the eye, shook on it, and that was

What does it really take to stand out in a business where every product looks the same? On this episode

Most “leadership” talk today sounds like a fight. This episode doesn’t. I sat down with Round Rock Mayor Craig Morgan,

What happens when someone who’s helped build a city gets to watch it grow up? That’s the story Charley Ayres

Jayme Shiarla did. But not the way you’d expect. On this episode of Rock Solid: The Round Rock Business Leaders

What do football teams and small businesses have in common? More than you think. In this episode of Rock Solid: The

Nine times. That’s how many times Wen Zhang failed the TOEFL test. Most people would’ve quit after two. Maybe three.

Anita Steenson didn’t just get hired into disaster recovery work — she was recruited from a disaster zone. From Hurricane

Have you ever wondered what makes a business not just survive, but become something people truly miss if it disappeared?

Round Rock wasn’t always the thriving hub it is today. When Charlie Culpepper first arrived in 1977, it was a