Month: November 2019

JPMorgan Chase Invests $1M in North Texas Military Vets

by | Nov 20, 2019
Through local partnerships with NPower, Bunker Labs, and Headstrong, JPMorgan Chase & Co. hopes to impact veterans where they live and work.
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A Cloud Solution for Resumes Takes the Top Prize at UTD’s Annual Big Idea Competition
by | Nov 20, 2019
UT Dallas' largest startup pitch competition allowed six student teams to present their business ideas. See who took home the prize money.
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Dallas Innovates: The [Tech] Talent Issue
Talent is the No. 1 thing on the minds of North Texas leaders. Our special edition magazine dives into how companies, culture, and community are making Dallas-Fort Worth a force for the future.
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Texan by Nature Recognizes Companies Committed to Conservation
by | Nov 20, 2019
The nonprofit's inaugural list recognized 20 companies with Texas operations—including eight headquartered in Dallas-Fort Worth—that are uniting business and conservation.
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Cooklist’s New Thanksgiving Meal Planner Decides Your Dinner in Under a Minute

by | Nov 19, 2019
The Thanksgiving Meal Planner, launched today, can send an order for curbside pickup to Walmart, Kroger, or Target. The Dallas-based mobile app also recently added a grocery store price comparison that matches user's shopping list to products available locally. It's already matched around $100,000 worth of groceries.
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Recap: Startups Take the Stage at Health Wildcatters’ Pitch Day
by | Nov 19, 2019
Three of the startups that helped close the fall cohort at Health Wildcatters are based in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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TMGcore data centers
TMGcore Unveils its Transformative Data Center Platform—And it’s About the Size of an SUV
by | Nov 19, 2019
At Supercomputing 2019, the Plano-based provider of data center solutions gave a look at the OTTO platform, which has the potential to help clients cut operational costs by 80 percent. It's a tenth the size of a traditional data center. 
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DI People: RoboKind, rewardStyle, Jacobs, and Idea Grove Make Leadership Announcements
by | Nov 19, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Medecision, Magna5, the Panther Island project, Frost Bank, RAVE Restaurant Group, HollyFrontier, and Gateway First Bank.
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MODE Transportation Merges With SunteckTTS

by | Nov 18, 2019
The combined Dallas company plans to use its increased scale and resources to invest in technology and innovation.
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Travel Tech: Airstream Partners With Dallas-based Lighting Startup
by | Nov 18, 2019
HEADSPIN Outdoor's adaptable lighting device can be used as a flashlight, headlamp, or rail mount for bicycles, boats, and ATVs.
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Influencer Firm rewardStyle Gets an Industry Veteran as its New CTO
by | Nov 18, 2019
Bill Bodin is bringing three decades of experience, including from working at IBM and Kony, to the Dallas-headquartered global influencer marketing firm.
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Baicells 5G
Plano-Based 5G Solutions Company Nets $85M in Series C Funding
by | Nov 18, 2019
Baicells Technologies, a provider of disruptive global LTE/5G solutions now has total funding of $99.6 million, which includes an earlier investment by Qualcomm.
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UTD and TCU Rank Among Top 50 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs

by | Nov 15, 2019
The Princeton Review's 14th annual survey named UTD 13th and TCU 15th. Each North Texas university houses an institute for entrepreneurship studies within the business school.
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bigBANG! 2019 Encouraged Conversations Surrounding an Inclusive Economy
by | Nov 15, 2019
The two-day conference hosted a marketplace of socially-conscious enterprises from across North Texas including Marie Mae, Deep Vellum Publishing, Roma Boots, and EarthX. Check out our recap of what went down.
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North Texas Team Chosen for Federal AI Healthcare Challenge
by | Nov 15, 2019
Lightbeam Health Solutions and DocSynk are participating as one team in the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services' Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge for the chance to win $1M.
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TWU’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs Awards Ten Microgrants
by | Nov 15, 2019
Tawny Laney (pictured below), owner of Picture This!, used the money she won in 2018 from a Texas Woman's University microgrant to expand her photo booth rental business. It includes a vintage trailer with a photo booth inside.
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