She’s definitely different from me — she’s everything I’m
not. We complement each other extremely well and are in
alignment with our goals and standards.”
Glass graduated Texas A&M in 2014 with a degree
in geology, work in the oil and gas industry. When that
market collapsed, she followed her mom into real estate.
Glass is now utilizing her background, which comes in
handy more often than she ever imagined in the estate
firm. Beginning as “an assistant of sorts,” with the compa-
ny Glass quickly earned a leadership position. According
to Stark, her daughter has become “like my right hand.
She knows me, I couldn’t have trained someone to have
the insight and feel for me that she does.” Glass now over-
sees the operations of their eight-person real estate team.
Asked how she felt about working alongside her
mother, Glass said, “It’s awesome, because my mom is my
best friend … A lot of people ask us how do we work with
each other every day, how does that not make you crazy?
We just have a really good relationship. She is absolutely
incredible, one of the most inspiring people I know. A lot
of people hear her story and know she’s an inspiration,
but to really see behind the scenes and know the hard
work she puts into every single thing she does is really
cool. Growing up … when asked what I want to be when
I grow up, I say, ‘I want to be like her!’”
Stark said their business is all about legacy.
“Once Lauren decided on the real estate industry, and
joined me in building the team, it’s been just glorious.
She has the vision for what [the company] could look
like, and we talk about how do we create a business that
is relevant, not only in 5 or 10 years, but 200 years from
now. We see what we are creating as something that is a
legacy for more than just family. Your true legacy is about
how you make people feel, how you touch their souls and
the impact you have on their lives.”
This past year, Stark expanded her business and
opened an office on the Weatherford’s historic downtown
square. Located on the second floor of the Houston Place
building, the Tara Stark Real Estate Group serves their
clientele through commitment to their vision, which is to
be the most trusted real estate team of choice in North
Texas.
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Hobson Family — Keeping it
Cool Since 1962
By MELISSA MOORMAN
W
8
ith many different
interests, the busi-
nesses vary. Some came
about because of neces-
sity, but the Hobson family
is in it for the long haul
and, most importantly,
together. Most people are
familiar with the Comfort
Experts brand, and many
know about the Perfect
Technician Academy. But
those are only two of the
more than seven busi-
nesses that are run by the
Hobsons’ patriarch Philip
Hobson, matriarch Linda,
and their four children —
brothers Brett, Brian and
Greg and sister Cindy. Mix
in a couple of nieces, a
nephew and one daughter-
in-law and you have the
makings of a successful
family business that has
spanned over 55 years.
It began with
Philip Hobson and Air
Conditioning, Motor,
Brett Hobson signing at the Penagon