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Meet the Fastest-Growing Local Companies in the Southwest, According to Inc.

by | Mar 15, 2022
Out of 141 companies in the Southwest who made the list, 39 were from the Dallas-Fort Worth region and 106 were from Texas overall. Two local companies cracked the Southwest Top 10: Fort Worth's TimelyMD (No. 7) and Frisco's Premier Health Solutions (No. 9).
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Dallas-Based HF Sinclair Launches on NYSE Under the Ticker ‘DINO’
by | Mar 15, 2022
The newly formed "diversified, innovative energy company" is the result of a deal announced last August, when Dallas-based petroleum refiner HollyFrontier Corp. and Holly Energy Partners (HEP) acquired 105-year-old Sinclair Oil and a related business in a deal valued at nearly $2.6 billion.
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Fort Worth’s Sundance Square Is Seeking Entrepreneurs with the ‘Next Big Idea’
by | Mar 14, 2022
Sundance Square is looking for entrepreneurs and artisans with a passion for their craft and for the Fort Worth community. Entrepreneurs can apply through April 18 for the chance to win a one-year lease, interior design and marketing help, and potential seed money to help build out their space.
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Fort Worth’s Fulcrum Group Joins CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech Program

by | Mar 14, 2022
The IT managed services provider is the second Dallas-Fort Worth company in the last six month to participate in the program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. Apprentices will receive on-the-job and structured training, paired with mentorship and real work experience. With 18,600 DFW tech job postings last month alone, more talent is definitely needed.
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Bill Cawley, chairman and CEO, Cawley Partners
Cawley Partners’ CEO: ‘Dallas Is Thriving While Other Markets Continue to Lag’
by | Mar 14, 2022
While much of the office market slowed during the pandemic, Cawley Partners kept deals moving forward. CEO and Chairman Bill Cawley shares his thoughts on North Texas commercial real estate.

"If you’re not changing in today’s market, you will soon be out of the game," he says.
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Winning Deals: Granite Properties’ David Cunningham on Amenities, Architecture, and the ‘Flight to Quality’ in Office Real Estate
by | Mar 13, 2022
Granite's senior director of development and construction weighs in on trends and CRE activity in North Texas.
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DI People: CFT, SWMF, Spacee, Tech Titans, Transwestern, TRG, The Vistra Group, Stream, and More Make Moves
by | Mar 11, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from Sabre, Secmation, Crow Holdings, Westmount Realty Capital, Invitation Homes.

Plus, Communities Foundation of Texas adds two new trustees to its board—and honors outgoing trustee Florence Shapiro for a decade of service.
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Al Gore to Keynote Dallas Unicorn o9 Solutions’ Annual Digital Transformation Event in April

Former Vice President Al Gore will be a keynote speaker at o9 Solutions’ annual digital transformation event, aim10x global 2022. Gore, who is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management, will join 70-plus top presenters, o9 Solutions announced.

The virtual event—o9’s largest to date—features C-suite executives from Google, Walmart, New Balance, Pepsico, Kraft Heinz, Starbucks, Pirelli, Crocs, and many more....

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Real Estate Entrepreneur Rogers Healy Launches RHA Land and Lake for ‘All Things’ Rural Texas
by | Mar 10, 2022
The pioneer in real estate social media and branding is launching his fifth company: RHA Land and Lake. Already owning the largest independent real estate firm in North Texas with a long list of celebrity clients, Healy relocates clients worldwide. Now he aims to place more people in down-to-earth rural properties across Texas, and "Texahoma" too—with a projected $50 million under contract by this spring.
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Dallas Proptech Pioneer Kyle Waldrep on the ‘Massive Opportunity’ to Drive Tech Adoption for CRE Owners
by | Mar 10, 2022
Kyle Waldrep's SaaS proptech platform Dottid sits in one of the most critical functions for a commercial real estate owner: leasing and asset management.

The future of CRE will be powered by simple tech that helps people and organizations be more efficient and quicker to action, he says. But collaboration is the key to the future in proptech.
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The Shadow CEO:
Stock Classes and Raising Capital
by | Mar 9, 2022
Entrepreneur, investor, and corporate governance authority Dennis Cagan shares insights on seldom-taught things an entrepreneur needs to know about equity and governance—before making needless mistakes—in The Shadow CEO series. Part 7: Stock classes and raising capital
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Follow the Money: Blue Star Invests in Payments Unicorn, Ryan Scoops Up Property Tax Firm in All-Local Deal, and TPG Co-Leads $160M Investment in Video Game Developer

by | Mar 8, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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Downtown Dallas Inc. Taps City of Dallas Arts and Culture Director as New CEO
Jennifer Scripps will helm the 100-employee nonprofit organization starting in April.
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Dallas Metro Retains No. 3 Spot with the Most Tech Job Openings in U.S.
by | Mar 7, 2022
The Dallas region added nearly 3,800 new tech job postings last month, bringing its total postings to around 18,600 and ranking it No. 3 among metro areas with the highest amount of job openings in the sector, according to CompTIA. Dallas has held the No. 3 spot since August 2021.
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With New $300M Joint Venture, Dallas Single-Family Rental Giant Eyes High-End Homes
by | Mar 7, 2022
Dallas-based Invitation Homes is teaming up with Boston property investment firm Rockpoint Group to buy and renovate expensive single-family homes for rental. Their plan: targeting homes in “premium neighborhoods" across the U.S. to serve "renters by choice." With expected debt, the total venture commitment is $750 million.
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