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Petal(s) for a medal: Daughter MisBehavin' has a 2 ½-year-old girl, BamBino, who didn't realize gift giving went both ways. "Mommy buys me Frozen...birthday!" she screams over and over. Mr. B, who plays the role of Poppa Tex in this family, tried to explain to her that Mother's Day is for moms and that she needed to quit California Dreamin' and get her mother something. "Elsa & Anna blanket," BamBino suggested. This wasn't working so Poppa Tex called Courtney McHendry at Gordon Boswell Flowers and asked for a suggestion. She mentioned so many beautiful arrangements but suggested her favorite, which includes a candle and some chocolates. Mr. B got a BOGO -- one to MisBehavin' and one for a reader's special mom.

Velvet prose: Marcelle LeBlanc loves to make moms happy. Past B2B Insider giveaways have had lots of moms chattering on about how much they love gift cards from Marcelle's The Velvet Box and how their purchases make them feel. Marcelle, however, didn't shop her stores for a wonderful gift for her mom, a recent visitor for two weeks. "My mom has a new grandbaby, a cutting horse I bought. LOL. It's the closest she's gonna get." Win one of these two $50 gift cards to The Velvet Box and you could be that much closer to chattering away about how great you feel.
Hat trick: Mr. B nominated his mother to be honored by Easter Seals North Texas during its very classy Hats Off to Mothers Luncheon. He sent in a photo of mum wearing her Miami Dolphins helmet and wrote an essay on her career labors...she had six children. She didn't win, again. Being honored this year is another outstanding quartet -- Carol Minker, Rikki Stewart, Myra Stroll and Anne Paup. Lisa at ESNT manned up and got a seat for two readers for the May 4 luncheon at The Ashton Depot.

Thank you, thank you: Cassata Catholic High School is privately funded; tuition is based on a sliding scale and while its cost of educating a child is approximately $8k a year, most students pay less than $1,250. During the last 41 years, more than 2,000 students have graduated. Cassata excels by raising money with fundraisers such as the 19th Annual Noche de Gracias. Community volunteer Tracy Rector is being honored during this year's May 3 event at Joe T. Garcia's with the Spirit of Cassata award. She has worked diligently to create the Cassata Connections Mentoring program, among other things. Teddi (not related to Mitchell) Wiggins has tickets for you and a guest.

Seeing is believing: Les Kreis, Managing Partner of Steelhead Capital Management and founding member of Cowtown Angels, says the best idea he has seen (and invested in) with the Angels is Encore Vision, a TECH Fort Worth client. "Its eye drops for presbyopia, which after a certain time will replace the need for reading glasses," he said. "It has an enormous total addressable market." Some tips from Les on investing:

• Entrepreneurs, "you have to nail the pitch...the 2-minute elevator speech or the 10-minute presentation. It might be your only chance."
•  Investors, "the dynamics between the entrepreneur and you are different. The investments that seem to work are the ones that are easy relationships."
• Cities, "spend some money on resources to teach entrepreneurs how to build businesses and how to attract investor dollars."

With a little help from our friends: The EECU Mayfest Run(s) early Saturday along the Trinity River benefits Cook Children's Medical Center. Uniquely, EECU is pairing five celebrity runners with five hospital patients to help them to the finish line. Celebrities include: Tim Burch, EECU; Barry Church, Dallas Cowboys; Sal Espino, Fort Worth Mayor Pro Tem; and two other broadcast news celebs.

She's no Patsy: Brenda Cline, eVeep and CFO at the Kimbell Art Foundation, is the third honoree of the Bob Bolen Civic Leadership Award presented by TCU's Neeley School of Business. Can you imagine how much money she oversees? Previous winners were Mr. Defense Gordon England, and BNSF Railway Chairman Matt Rose.

Pressed to innovate: Cockrell Enovation is going smaller, quicker and more digital. Two presses are out the door, and a new "super-duper HP that fits large sheets and has coatings and all the bells and whistles" is in.  "It really should be great," said Christy Blackwell. "Enovative, that is."

Running with scissors: No wonder B2B Insider had to advertise last week for more Chamber Am-Bass-Adorables. The greeters were greeted with this work schedule for the next week and their future greetings could be muted by sheer exhaustion. Today at 4 p.m., they'll be playing the ol' game of telephone with the ribbon and tin cans at either end while visiting TelePacific Communications at 1320 S. University Dr. Ste. 215. Tomorrow they will be wearing TCU purple for the 4 p.m. visit to Purple Land Management at 210 East 8th Street. Then they run (limp?) over to Central Texas Pain Center, 7235 Boat Club Road, for a 5 p.m. cutting. And those docs use real scissors. Finally, next Wednesday at 4 p.m., they will mortgage their future when each decides to buy a home and get their mortgage while at SSBT Mortgage Group, 2813 S. Hulen Street.

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