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This 1973 Schwab Bronco will be the Charles Schwab Challenge Champions Prize on Memorial Day weekend. [Photo: Business Wire]
The Last Word: Schwab’s Jonathan Craig on the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge Champion’s Prize
by David Seeley | May 11, 2023
A certain percentage of Dallas Innovates readers must be salivating at the sight of the 1973 Ford Bronco above. If you'd like to own it, no problem—you just have to win the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge, a PGA Tour event set for Memorial Day Weekend at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth.
by David Seeley |
May 11, 2023
A coming-of-age tale about life, love, and loss, the short film was produced on location at Mescal Movie Set in Benson, Arizona. It tells the story of a young woman searching for her place in life when she suddenly encounters a surprise visitor. Here's how it got made—and how you can watch it.
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by Lance Murray |
May 11, 2023
Several major U.S. companies have joined with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to launch a pledge to help small businesses during National Small Business Week.
The companies — including Intuit, JPMorgan Chase, Alpha Technologies, Accion Opportunity Fund, and Vistage — joined with the chamber to ask companies to pay their small business suppliers quicker to help America’s small businesses manage their capital and maintain a healthy cash flow, signing on for the Prompt Pay Pledge, the U.S....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 10, 2023
“The average person is only productive for three hours.”
Lauren Lemunyan
Founder and CEO
Spitfire Coach
.…on why we need to focus on what matters most
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A look inside X-energy's pioneering Xe-100 reactor [Image: X-energy]
Fort Worth’s Paragon Energy Partners with Developer of Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Technology
by Lance Murray | May 10, 2023
Under the agreement, Paragon is supporting X-energy's pioneering Xe-100 reactor design, which couples scalability, innovative modularity, enhanced safety, and higher temperature capabilities with decades of high-temperature gas reactor research and operating experience.
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by Lance Murray |
May 10, 2023
Cacique is a leading maker of authentic Mexican-style cheeses, cremas, chorizos, and salsas in the U.S. As yet another California HQ import to North Texas, the company said it's celebrating its 50th anniversary with a focus on innovation and increased production capacity.
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by Lance Murray |
May 10, 2023
To commemorate that milestone, the district has been looking back on its history and accomplishments as well as the cultural and financial impact the district has had on the city of Dallas. “Through continual collaboration, education, community, inclusion, and innovation as its core values, the Dallas Arts District has heralded acclaim around the globe and has put Dallas in the world’s spotlight for its exemplary success,” Executive Director Lily Cabatu Weiss said.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
May 10, 2023
Aiming "to make kindness cool," Lady Gaga co-founded the Born This Way Foundation in 2012 with her mother, Cynthia Germanotta. Through high-impact programming, youth-led conversations, and strategic partnerships, the nonprofit works to validate the emotions of young people and eliminate stigmas surrounding mental health. And now Fort Worth-based TimelyCare will help Born This Way do that for college students from coast to coast.
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Fort Worth’s HTeaO Taps Retail Industry Veteran as President
by Lance Murray | May 9, 2023
Fort Worth-based HTeaO said that Heath Nielsen will enhance its already positive, industry-leading unit level economics to help its franchisees find even greater success, and he will drive exponential franchise growth by attracting aspiring and existing entrepreneurs throughout the country. The new president has previously held executive positions at several notable companies including Black Rifle Coffee Co., Just Food for Dogs, Nestle Coffee Partners' Starbucks division, and Sony Corp.
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by Lance Murray |
May 9, 2023
A subsidiary of Boston-based Bain Capital Credit is backing the launch of Legacy Corporate Lending, a new asset-based lending company headquartered in Plano that will serve middle market companies that might not be able to readily access traditional forms of lending....
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by Lance Murray |
May 9, 2023
Founded in 2008, Managed Lab Services delivers cutting-edge laboratory support solutions to keep labs operating optimally, including vendor-managed inventory, lab support, project management, and IT operations. Flagship said it also recently acquired Biotechnical Services, an independent lab services company that specializes in lab equipment repair, calibration, and maintenance.
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by David Seeley |
May 9, 2023
Just months after acquiring Fort Worth's historic Oil & Gas building for a residential-retail conversion, Bluelofts has now acquired the adjacent—and even more historic—19-story Star-Telegram building. It's now slated for a mixed-use future of luxury apartments, office space, and retail. Plano-based Wolfe Investments partnered on both deals.
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AT&T's Roman Smith and Mohammed Farshori with Oscar at AT&T headquarters in downtown Dallas [Photo: AT&T]
‘First AI Trash Can in Texas’ Helps You Sort Recycling with a Robotic Glance
by David Seeley | May 9, 2023
Oscar, the AI-powered robotic trash can at AT&T's downtown Dallas HQ, can spot a recyclable in nothing flat. Developed by Vancouver, Canada-based Intuitive AI, the robot checks out any trash item you hold up to it and tells you whether it goes in its recycling, compost, or landfill bins.
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by David Seeley |
May 9, 2023
"The companies here demonstrate that a great workplace is less about Friday beer blasts and more about whether employees are equipped to experience work and life more fully, given that the two are more blended than ever," Inc. writes about its 2023 Best Workplaces list. Meet the 16 North Texas companies that joined 575 others across the U.S. in making the cut.
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by Lance Murray |
May 8, 2023
From its scrappy beginnings in Texas in 2007, MB2 Dental has grown into a nationwide network of over 550 practices across 38 states. The organization's doctor partners are also shareholders, giving them financial freedom and a say in decision-making for patient care. With a record-breaking $20M fundraising round and a new $150M debt facility, the DPO is poised for more growth.
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by David Seeley |
May 8, 2023
Thomas sat down with Dallas Weekly's Jess Washington to talk about a range of issues her company is working on in an effort to overcome disparities in opportunity. They include skills training efforts to help people advance in the labor market; bridging the "wealth divide" by providing access to capital and tech assistance to underserved entrepreneurs; supporting efforts to revitalize underinvested communities that are facing gentrification; and more.
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