Entrepreneurs On The Rise
Entrepreneurs On The Rise are individuals or businesses that are having great success in their respective business area because of their ingenuity, modernization and entrepreneurial spirit. This page is devoted towards celebrating their acheivements.
Virtual Appoint, LLC
Founded: 2009
Industry Focus: B2B Appointment Setting and Lead Generation
Virtual Appoint is a leading provider of outsourced B2B appointment setting and lead generation services. The company’s clients hire Virtual Appoint to make business to business cold calls and to set qualified appointments for their executives and sales people to meet with qualified prospects. The result is that their clients spend less time prospecting and more time closing sales.
Within two years of its founding, Virtual Appoint has quickly become one of the leading companies in the appointment setting and lead generation fields and the company is serving clients across a wide range of industries, including technology, finance, marketing, human resources, medical, business services, and hospitality.
Amber Graham
McKinley Margo, LLC
McKinley Margo is an internet retail business based in Houston, Texas founded by Amber Graham in 2008. Amber is originally from Southeast Texas, but moved to Houston after graduating from the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University in 1998 with a degree in marketing. Amber spent 10 years in consumer marketing and product development working with national retailers and product companies. During her tenure as a product developer, Amber gained considerable expertise in the home décor, home fragrance, gift and personal care industries.
In 2008, Amber decided to focus her talents on her own business and founded McKinley Margo. McKinley Margo, LLC features products that can be personalized or are handmade. Amber chose to focus on personalized gifts because they “mean so much to the recipient knowing so much care was taken to make the gift their own.” In addition to the web based store, you can often find McKinley Margo, LLC at trade and craft shows. They also hold home parties for their customers.
Capital City Orthopaedics, P.A.
Principle: Mike Burris, M.D.
Founded: 2007
Industry Focus: Medicine
Capital City Orthopaedics, P.A., is the orthopaedic surgery practice of Dr. Michael Burris. Dr. Burris was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and he attended college at the University of Texas in Austin. He graduated with honors from the McCombs School of Business while comleting his premdical curriculum. Dr. Burris obtained his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston where he also completed a five year residency in Orthopaedic Surgery, serving as Chief Resident from 2005-2006. He continued his medical training with a subspecialty fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicene at the University of Kentucky.
In 2007, Dr. Burris opened up his orthopaedic practice of medicene in Austin, Texas. Dr. Burris' education and knowledge, his ability to provide timely and reliable care, as well as the compassion he displays for all of his patients have helped make him one the preeminent young orthopaedic surgeons in Austin, Texas.