Austin Business News Podcast - Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce

Austin Business News Podcast - Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce

Join the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce as we chat all things LGBTQ+ (and allied) business, events, trainings and public policies that impact our shared economy. The Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1997, promotes equity and economic vitality by supporting LGBTQ+ owned and allied businesses in the Greater Austin area. A founding member of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) since 2004, ALGBTCC partnered with the Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio LGBTQ+ Chambers in 2019 to form the Texas LGBTQ+ Chambers of Commerce. In 2021, ALGBTCC joined the Greater Austin Hispanic, Greater Austin Asian, and Greater Austin Black Chambers of Commerce to create the Diversity Ethnic Chamber Alliance (DECA.) Find out more about the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast and meet the team.

Episodes

May 13, 2025 43 mins

TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. Major Earnings Reports This Week
  2. Austin’s $535M Economic Engine, ACL
  3. Texas Tribune Acquires the Austin Monitor

✨ AND Fun Queer Facts with Fiona!

PODCAST HOSTS:

  • Tina Cannon (she/her)
  • Colton Ashabranner (he/him)
  • Amy Clunie (she/her)
  • Fiona Dawson (she/her)

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

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Join the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce each week for the latest in Austin Business News. Every Friday, we chat business, LGBTQ+ (and allied) events, trainings and public policies that impact our shared economy. 💼🌈

TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. Small Businesses cash flow crisis
  2. 10 A.M. Is the New 10 P.M in ATX
  3. Delta’s New Fun Direct from Austin

✨ AND Fun Queer Facts with Fiona! 🌈 This week we celebrated #TrueColorsDay, and yes...

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Join the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce each week for the latest in Austin Business News. Every Friday, we chat business, LGBTQ+ (and allied) events, trainings and public policies that impact our shared economy. 💼🌈

TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  • SXSW Major Shakeup
  • Austin’s Budget Fiscal Cliff
  • Austin $10B Commercial Facelift

SPECIAL GUEST SEGMENT! Mindy Raymond joins us on today's pod to talk all about the Texas legislature's expa...

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Join the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce each week for the latest in Austin Business News. Every Friday, we chat LGBTQ+ (and allied) business, events, trainings and public policies that impact our shared economy. 💼🌈

TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  • Waterline claims the title of Austin's tallest building
  • Tariffs are expected to worsen the divide between Main Street and Wall Street
  • JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon acknowledges that tariffs sting,...
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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

“Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Podcast, I am Tina Cannon your host and CEO of the Chamber. On today’s podcast we will talk about local business news - in the headlines this week:

  1. Sixth Street 2.0 - getting a glow up
  2. Retail Darwinism on South Congress
  3. Target’s Aim is Off — Again
  4. Fun Queer Facts with Fiona!

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure to check out past episodes: austi...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

“Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Podcast, I am Tina Cannon your host and CEO of the Chamber. On today’s podcast we will talk about local business news - in the headlines this week:

  1. Curmudgeon’s are suing growth, again.
  2. Tariff Tantrums: Austin's Market Meltdown
  3. Tesla’s Texas Mirage: Big Promises, Bigger Layoffs, and the EV Hangover
  4. New segment - Fun Queer Facts with Fiona!

Meet your hosts...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

“Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Podcast, I am Tina Cannon your host and CEO of the Chamber. On today’s podcast we will talk about local business news - in the headlines this week:

  1. Waymo User Data Is In - Is it safe?
  2. Austin Raising Taxes? Maybe
  3. SBA Increasing Fees
  4. New segment - Fun Queer Facts with Fiona!

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure to check out past episodes: austinlg...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

“Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Podcast, I am Tina Cannon your host and CEO of the Chamber. On today’s podcast we will talk about local business news - in the headlines this week:

  1. Another theatre/cool spot loses downtown space
  2. Austin opts to re-evaluate selection process used to pick ABIA public art
  3. Austin’s population bored during pandemic - let’s dive into the numbers
  4. New segment - Fun Que...
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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

“Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Podcast, I am Tina Cannon your host and CEO of the Chamber. On today’s podcast we will talk about local business news - in the headlines this week:

  1. Texas' new film bill could provide $2.5B to the industry over 10 years; 5 things to know
  2. Austin Housing Market Data is out - Buy for sell time?
  3. SXSW Makes Major Change for 2026; what you need to know

Meet your...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

“Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Of Commerce Podcast, I am Tina Cannon your host and CEO of the Chamber. On today’s podcast we will talk about local business news - in the headlines this week:

  1. Austin aims to jumpstart small-scale housing projects with rule changes
  2. Urban Transportation Commission recommends new strategic plan for downtown streets
  3. SBA expanding loan programs amid Federal focus on cutting ...
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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. Amtrak releases RFQ for 240-mile Texas high-speed rail project
  2. Austin Uber users can now hail a driverless vehicle
  3. CapMetro’s secret fight to fix a broken fare system

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure to check out past episodes: austinlgbtbiz.com/podcast

Join the Austin LGBT Chamber: austinlgbtbiz.com/join

Find a local LGBTQ+ (and allied) business: austinlgbtbiz.com/directory

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. First look: Design of Austin Convention Center redevelopment revealed
  2. Small businesses face new deadline as court lifts injunction on ownership reporting rule
  3. SXSW is near! Public safety road closures and prep for festival seasonWelcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, Amy and Fiona every Friday.

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. How Trump’s federal funding freeze is beginning to affect Austin
  2. City issuing big fines for parking - what you need to know
  3. What does the economic data really say about DEI and business?
  4. Plus! Fun Facts with Fiona!

Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, Amy and Fiona every Friday.

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. Austin's iconic “Sail Tower” sold
  2. Covid relief loans could be sent to debt collectors as lawmakers target program
  3. Fed announcement on interest rates
  4. Plus! Fun Facts with Fiona!

Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, Amy and Fiona every Friday.

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure to check out past episodes: austinlgb...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. Texas Stock Exchange submits registration to SEC - Wall street vs Y’all street!
  2. Tesla to launch unsupervised, full self-driving in Austin this year
  3. Austin’s 1st women’s sports bar opening soon!
  4. Plus! Fun Facts with Fiona!

Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, Amy and Fiona every Friday.

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. City Finally Rolling out with Mobility projects approved in 2016!
  2. Austin startup funding back to more normal levels, report shows
  3. Data centers are booming in Texas. What does that mean for the grid?
  4. Plus! Fun Facts with Fiona!

Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, Amy and Fiona every Friday.

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  • Rollback of LGBT supportive initiatives across business and government
  • Pushback from some shareholders of major brands to stop the DEI rollbacks
  • What all these exec orders mean for small businesses

Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, Fiona and Amy every Friday.

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure to check out pa...

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TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, and Amy every Friday.

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure to check out past episodes: austinlgbtbiz.com/podcast

Join t...

Mark as Played

Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, and Amy every Friday.

TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. McDonalds supersizes inequality
  2. Texas no longer #1 for commercial site selectors, what happened?
  3. Austin Icon Waterloo Records - leaving their longtime location

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

Be sure to check out past episodes: austinlgbtbiz.com/podcast

Join t...

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Welcome to the Austin LGBT Chamber Podcast where we chat all things local and national business. Join Tina, Colton, and Amy every Friday.

TOPICS FOR TODAY INCLUDE:

  1. Lawsuit to stop Project Connect's tax funding gets tossed
  2. New reporting requirement for businesses is back on — and the deadline looms
  3. Some areas of Texas no longer require vehicle inspections - are you in one?

Meet your hosts: austinlgbtbiz.com/staff

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