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After Merging with North Texas’ Funimation, Anime Streaming Platform Crunchyroll Names New Dallas Exec
by Kevin Cummings | Jul 21, 2022
Sony finalized its nearly $1.2 billion acquisition of anime platform Crunchyroll from Dallas-based AT&T last August. Now, with Crunchyroll's production hub in DFW, it's named a new chief people officer to help guide the company on its "next phase of growth."
“We want to provide our fans with anime when, where, and how they want to enjoy it,” new exec Barb Bidan told Dallas Innovates.
by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 21, 2022
Germany's Flix SE acquired Dallas-based Greyhound bus lines last year for $172 million, with a goal of applying pricing, routing, and timing algorithms to bus travel to appeal to travelers as an innovative, affordable, and environmentally friendly mode of travel.
Now it's formed Dallas-based Flix North America to oversee operations of both Greyhound and FlixBus across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico—and it's announced C-suite moves to help roll its mission forward.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 21, 2022
Think ATMs are just for spitting out twenties? Check out the new machines from Irving-based Hyosung America. They offer everything from immersive touchscreens to modular "sidecars," enabling people to buy cryptocurrency; make cash payments; and use cash in/cash out features for gaming and more.
What about NFC readers, barcode scanners, and "ticket-in and ticket-out features"? Hyosung has those covered too.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 21, 2022
Earlier this month, Dallas-based Mary Kay announced a new partnership with Dr. Jack Gilbert, professor of pediatrics at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and professor of microbial oceanography at UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Scientists at Mary Kay will work in conjunction with Gilbert to study a key area of aging and skin health: the skin microbiome.
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Chad Cook, founder and Managing Member of Quadrant Investment Properties. [Photo: QIP]
The Last Word: QIP Founder Chad Cook on the Dallas Design District
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jul 20, 2022
“I believe we’ve hit the tipping point.”
Chad Cook Founder and Managing Member Quadrant Investment Properties .…on the growth and momentum of the Dallas Design District, via the Dallas Business Journal.
“There’s this compounding effect that we’ve never seen anywhere else,” Cook told the DBJ. “The Design District is its own little subdistrict....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 20, 2022
Joining Elysian Park Ventures—the private investment arm of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ownership group—PGA of America has formed EP Golf Ventures, LLC. Its first two investments include mobile golf simulator Dryvebox and 3D motion-capture coaching app startup Sportsbox AI.
“Through EP Golf Ventures, we'll be able to identify and invest in the most promising businesses within the golf industry to support both innovation and the growth of the game,” says PGA CEO Seth Waugh.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 20, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AMI Investments' remote monitoring of water distribution system, Avrio Genetics' transdermal patch with separated regions for delivery of immunomodulators, Cenergistic's building automation and control system modeling and reporting, Change Healthcare Holdings' augmented reality pharmacy system and method, DT Labs' apparatus for customer authentication of an item, Global E-Dentity's biometric authentication for an augmented reality or a virtual reality device, Lennox Industries' demand defrost with frost accumulation failsafe, Magic Leap's matching content to a spatial 3D environment, Salesboost's voice analysis training system, The Container Store' clothes hanger, Toyota's vehicle seat with morphing portions, and Wells Fargo Banks' complaint prioritization.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 19, 2022
“The market has done a complete about-face.”
Tom Florence
President of Physician Permanent Placement
AMN Healthcare
.…on shifts in physicians’ starting salaries.
Orthopedic surgeons are offered the highest average starting salary among physicians and advanced practice professionals, according to a new annual report from AMN Healthcare and its physician search division, Merritt Hawkins....
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The rendering above shows Red River Hall at Dallas College's Richland campus. [Image: Dallas College]
Dallas College Is Awarded a $5M Apprenticeship Building America Grant
by Quincy Preston | Jul 18, 2022
The grant—part of more than $121 million given by the U.S. Department of Labor to help strengthen and modernize Registered Apprenticeship programs—was the only one awarded in North Texas. The college was also the only higher education institute in Texas to get one of the grants.
The grants are intended to help workers find a “reliable path to the middle class," the Labor Department says.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 18, 2022
Onu Ventures' residential and retail development at the intersection of I-20 and I-45 will include a grocery store and amenities centered around green space to create community.
The Onu Ventures project adds to other developments looking to build in the southern part of the city. Last month, Hoque Global announced its 270-acre University Hills development located next to the University of North Texas at Dallas campus.
The Onu Ventures project adds to other developments looking to build in the southern part of the city. Last month, Hoque Global announced its 270-acre University Hills development located next to the University of North Texas at Dallas campus.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 18, 2022
The iconic landmark has gotten a $12 million renovation of the office towers' first floors, including rejuvenated lobbies, new lighting, commissioned artworks, and more.
The renovation comes as The Crescent has brought its occupancy to over 96%, with new and renewed leases that reinforce its reputation as the “financial center of the Southwest.”
The renovation comes as The Crescent has brought its occupancy to over 96%, with new and renewed leases that reinforce its reputation as the “financial center of the Southwest.”
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by David Seeley |
Jul 18, 2022
Jordan Fisher has done everything from winning ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" to acting in "Hamilton" on Broadway to being a music artist to starring in movies like Netflix's "Work It."
Now he's going big with gaming. Fisher recently became part owner and content creator at Complexity Gaming, the esports organization headquartered at The Star in Frisco. As a part owner, he has good company: the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones and investor John Goff are part owners, too.
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DI People: Gamestop, Dave & Buster’s, OrderMyGear, and More Make Leadership Moves
by Lance Murray | Jul 15, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Exela Technologies, Newmark, OrangeGrid, RailPros, Aimbridge Hospitality, Integrity Marketing Group, Smoothie King, Bank of Texas, MD7, Salvation Army, and more.
Plus, you'll find board appointments including Texas Mutual Insurance, Zimperium, and the Ebby Halliday Foundation.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 15, 2022
The workplace culture and brand reputation platform released its 2022 Comparably Leadership Awards. See the North Texas companies and execs that ranked for Best Leadership Teams, Best Companies for Career Growth, Best CEOs for Women Awards, and Best CEOs for Diversity Awards.
You'll find companies of all sizes—from Invitation Homes to Baylor Scott & White Health to Slingshot Technology—and 11 local CEOs among the winners.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 15, 2022
Plus, Dallas real estate startup Nada raises $5.7M, Arlington's Wonder Works Studios raises $5.53M, Exela Technologies in talks to sell off $200M-revenue business unit, PE firm Crossplane Capital closes $325M second fund, and more North Texas deals.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 14, 2022
“This shift the world needs to see is going to happen by getting, converting, and opening the opportunities for people that are already grown and already in the workforce, pivoting adults into tech.”
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