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Patented: UNTHSC’s Personalized Medicine Approach for Treating Cognitive Loss and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 30. 164 patents granted include: World’s Enterprises’ 2D detections and tracking, UNTHSC’s personalized medicine approach for treating cognitive loss, Toyota’s optical communication system for management of vehicle batteries, Overhead Door’s sliding barrier tracking system, 7-Eleven’s item identification using digital image processing, and more.
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The DEC Network’s State of Entrepreneurship Award Nominees Announced, Vote Now
From startup evangelists to rising founders to investors fueling growth, The DEC Network's State of Entrepreneurship event and awards recognize key contributors driving DFW’s dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem. See the nominees across 9 compelling categories—and vote now for who you believe should win.
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New Study Ranks Texas the No. 1 Best State for Entrepreneurs
by | Feb 20, 2024
The study by Simplify LLC analyzed data from the Census Bureau, BEA, and Federation of Tax Administrators to arrive at its rankings. The rankings were based on corporate tax rate, inflation, migration of educated workers, new business formations, job creation, and consumer spending. See who else made the top 10—and who came in last.
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Invited Sells its Stadium Clubs Division to Denver Venue Management Company
by | Feb 20, 2024
The acquisition by Denver-based Oak View Group comes just months after Dallas-based Invited sold its Big Shots Golf business for around $29 million. Invited's University Stadium Clubs include venues at Baylor's McLane Stadium, Texas Tech's Jones AT&T Stadium, the University of Arizona's Arizona Stadium, and others.
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Partners Kick Off AI 75 2024: Dallas‑Fort Worth’s ‘Most Innovative’ People in Artificial Intelligence

by | Feb 20, 2024
Dallas Innovates, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI are teaming up to launch the new AI 75 program at Capital Factory's Future of AI Salon today. The first-ever list will recognize Dallas-Fort Worth innovators in artificial intelligence. Nominations are open through March 20.
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Dallas’ MB2 Dental Raises $2.3 Billion Debt Facility with KKR To Fund Acquisitions and Growth
by | Feb 15, 2024
MB2 Dental—a "first-of-its-kind" dental partnership organization—said the financing will be used to fund upcoming acquisitions and future growth for the company. The move follows a record year of growth in 2023 with 150 new partnerships added.
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After Moving to New Downtown Digs, HBG Design Names New Dallas Leader and Principal for Nat’l Hospitality Practice
by | Feb 15, 2024
After 20 years at HKS Architects, Ray Mabry has joined Memphis-based HBG Design to "forge new frontiers in the national hospitality and entertainment industry" while helping HBG cement its footprint in the Dallas metro area. He'll be doing that from the firm's new Dallas office in the iconic, 72-story Bank of America Plaza.
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A ‘Moonshot’ for Strengthening the Brain: Founder Sandi Chapman on UTD’s Center for BrainHealth at 25
by | Feb 15, 2024
Now a quarter-century old, the Dallas-based cognitive neuroscience facility has grown from a "ragtag team" to a globally significant research institute dedicated uniquely to building better brain function. Here’s how it happened under chief director Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD.
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Former Dallas Fed President/CEO Joins Star Mountain Capital as Senior Advisor

by | Feb 15, 2024
An author of three books on leadership, Robert Kaplan is bringing his more than 40 years of investment management, business management, monetary policy, investment banking, and leadership experience to the specialized investment firm.
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PNC Bank to Invest Nearly $1B in New Coast-to-Coast Branches, Including 17 in North Texas
by | Feb 14, 2024
The Pittsburgh-based bank said it plans to open 17 new branches in North Texas as part of more than 100 new branches across the U.S. The openings are aimed at extending access to banking services and financial expertise for customers and communities nationwide. PNC will also be renovating more than 1,200 existing locations through 2028.
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McKinney’s StatLab Medical Products Launches New Manufacturing Facility in Arlington
by | Feb 14, 2024
StatLab said its 2022 acquisition of Wales-based CellPath Ltd.—known for injection molding manufacturing of histology supplies—served as a catalyst for its new, 35,000-square-foot facility in Arlington.
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Global MarTech Company PMG Unveils New Headquarters in Uptown Dallas
by | Feb 14, 2024
Fort Worth-founded PMG, a global independent marketing solutions and tech company, leased three upper floors of The Link at Uptown for its new HQ. Its roughly 300 Dallas-based employees are being greeted by a coffee bar, an Innovation Lab, interactive art installations, a communal dining & lounge area with projection screens and stadium seating, and more.
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Musically Fit: Miami’s JETSET Pilates Expands to Texas with McKinney Location

by | Feb 14, 2024
The modern reformer Pilates franchise pumps curated music playlists into its 50-minute workouts in fragrance-scented studios—delivering what it calls "the ultimate revitalizing experience." JETSET's first Texas location opens this summer in McKinney.
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Patented: Bank of America’s Resource Tracking System Using NFTs and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. 121 patents granted include: Mavenir Networks' method and apparatus for balancing server load in cloud RAN systems, Meta Platforms's selective offload of workloads to edge devices, Musarubra's system and method for detecting repetitive cybersecurity attacks constituting an email campaign, and National Tech Engineering Solutions of Sandia's secure authentication using recurrent neural networks.
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UT Southwestern Collaborates With Pfizer to Develop Better RNA Delivery Tech
by | Feb 13, 2024
UT Southwestern Medical Center and pharmaceutical company Pfizer have teamed up to develop new ways to deliver genetic treatments to patients.

Together they aim to accelerate the development of therapies that work through RNA biology and engineered delivery methods to fix root genetic causes of disease, which Pfizer could apply to its portfolio of investigational programs.
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North Texas’ New $550M Landmark: Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center Debuts in Entertainment District
by | Feb 13, 2024
The new hotel, at 888 Nolan Ryan Expressway, is Loews Hotel & Co.'s second and largest hotel in Arlington, and is described as "the first-of-its-kind" in the market. All together, the Loews Arlington complex offers nearly 1,200 guest rooms and 300,000 square feet of meeting space. One of its upcoming attractions: the 2024 MLB All-Star Game in July.
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