3 Austin companies rank on fast-growing UH alumni business' list

Three Austin-area companies have made the grade on the 2015 Cougar 100 List of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by a University of Houston alumni. The list was published by Houston Business Journal, an affiliated publication of Austin Business Journal. Collectively, the 100 companies have an average two-year growth rate from 2012-2014 of 28 percent — not an easy task for the majority of the businesses located in the Houston region, considering the nosedive the price of oil has done…