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Higher-Ed Telehealth Startup Grows Leadership Team With 5 Exec Moves

by | Dec 19, 2021
The telehealth startup focused on higher education continues to grow its team as its services are in greater demand than ever.
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Lindsey Wendler Dresner Partners will lead the firms entry into the Dallas market.
Dresner Partners Names Managing Director to Lead Dallas Market Entry
by | Dec 19, 2021
Investment banker Lindsey M. Wendler will lead the firm’s entry into the Dallas market and the south-central U.S.
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Brett Giroir named to the board of Onconano
Dallas-Fort Worth Biotech OncoNano Medicine Adds National Public Health Leader to Board
by | Dec 19, 2021
The former Assistant Secretary of Health and Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service will help advance Onconano's mission to advance the identification and treatment of cancer.
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travel tech giant Sabre hires Kurt Ekert, separates CEO and president roles
Travel Tech Giant Sabre Gets a New President
by | Dec 19, 2021
As part of its strategic plans, Sabre is separating the roles of president and CEO with the appointment of Kurt Ekert, beginning in early 2022. CEO Sean Menke currently holds both roles.
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CBRE Launches $7.25M Community Impact Initiative With a Key Focus on Dallas

by | Dec 17, 2021
CBRE has launched a $7.25 million commitment to help combat climate change globally, improve educational and career development opportunities for racial minorities and disadvantaged populations across the U.S., and support community betterment efforts in Dallas—its headquarters city.
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Texan by Nature CEO Says ‘The Future Is Innovation.’ Here’s Why Today Is Our Slowest Day
by | Dec 16, 2021
The nonprofit is uniting industry and conservation as we move faster and faster towards progress.

How do we radically shape the future? In November, the Laura Bush-founded Texan by Nature hosted a conservation summit to tackle the topic. CEO Joni Carswell urged an audience of innovators, collaborators, and changemakers to “Ask yourself ‘what if?’ Do something different and new and more.”

Here are takeaways.
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2021 TxN 20: Meet the Industry Leaders Pushing the Envelope for Conservation and Sustainability in Texas
by | Dec 16, 2021
Texan by Nature, a nonprofit founded by former First Lady Laura Bush, named 20 “innovators, collaborators, and changemakers” to its 2021 TxN 20. The honorees—selected after independent research on more than 2000 Texas' publicly traded and private companies—span 12 industry sectors.

Among them are several Dallas-Fort Worth companies.
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Amazon Deploys Its First Palm Recognition Tech at Dallas Love Field Airport
by | Dec 16, 2021
Travelers shopping at Hudson Nonstop stores inside Dallas Love Field Airport will be the first to try Amazon One, a contactless way to enter and pay for items using only the palm of your hand.
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8 Trends Kanarys CEO Mandy Price Sees For Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2022

by | Dec 15, 2021
At the close of a landmark year—one that made her one of 25 Black female founders to have raised at least $4.6 million in venture capital—Mandy Price is looking ahead to what 2022 will bring for the DEI space.
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Dallas-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Startup Gets $20M From Tailwater Capital’s Freestone
by | Dec 15, 2021
Founded in 2016, Momentum—whose CEO is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list—is a lithium-ion battery recycling company. It's developed a patented battery recycling technology in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Lab and Halliburton Labs.

The investment will help Momentum build its first two battery recycling plants.
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Robert Half Report: 4 in 10 Dallas Workers Plan to Seek New Jobs in First Half of 2022
by | Dec 15, 2021
A new report from global talent solutions firm Robert Half says that 4 in 10 Dallas workers plan to look for a new job in the first half of 2022. That's up from 38% six months ago. The firm's biannual Job Optimism Report surveyed more than 2,400 workers across the U.S. 
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Dallas Invents: 109 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 30
by | Dec 15, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's topview object tracking using a sensor array, AT&T's autonomous vehicle signaling system, Bank of America's multi-tiered digital wallet security, Bell Helicopter Textron's components using mobile robotic inspection systems, and more.
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Plano-Based iDonate Raises $15M Series B to Grow Its Digital Giving Platform

by | Dec 14, 2021
iDonate wants to innovate generosity. The company's all-in-one digital fundraising platform is built to boost the impact of nonprofits. Its new funding to scale operations globally follows last year's raise of $8.7 million to expand its tech.
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A Roundup of Dallas Innovators You Need to Know Today—and Why
by | Dec 14, 2021
Here are people from American Airlines, Comerica, and Service King who are making moves.
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Dallas-Based Common Dwelling Offers Investment Opportunities in Single-Family-Home Rentals
With an initial target raise of $20 million, Ty Lee's Common Dwelling online platform offers everyday Americans a chance to invest in—and profit from—single-family home rentals.

"I wanted to create a platform where people can invest with however much money they have available to them," Lee said. Even if that's as little as $100 or $1,000.
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Downtown Arlington’s Urban Union Live‑Work‑Play District Is Expanding
by | Dec 13, 2021
Dodson Commercial Real Estate is building five new mixed-use buildings along Front Street to house restaurants, retail, and apartments. The expansion will result in a five-city-block attraction for downtown Arlington. The city's largest public accounting firm, Sutton Frost Cary LLP, will be relocating to a 21,000-SF office building that's part of the project.
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