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Goldman Sachs Launches 10,000 Small Businesses Fellows Internship Program in Dallas
by David Seeley | Sep 17, 2021
Kicking off during National Small Business Week, the program will partner locally with Dallas College. Its goal: Create paid internships for underrepresented community college students and address the skills gap faced by small businesses during the pandemic.
by Alex Edwards |
Sep 17, 2021
You'll also read about the FC Dallas Foundation opening a soccer field for My Possibilities, Hari Mari partnering with St. Jude's, North Texas Food Bank Starts Its New $500M Campaign, and more organizations making a difference in Dallas-Fort Worth right now.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 16, 2021
McKesson is streamlining the return of unsaleable drugs to reduce the burden on health systems. It can also increase their profitability.
The offering is powered by a national pharmaceutical reverse logistics and disposal provider, Pharmalink.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 16, 2021
CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, assists employers in upskilling and reskilling workers while creating a more diverse tech talent pipeline. Here's how companies, individuals, and educators can get involved.
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Stacy’s Pita Chips Partners with Reese Witherspoon to Amplify Female Founders and Announces the 2021 Stacy’s Rise Project Finalists
by David Seeley | Sep 15, 2021
Oscar-winning actress and producer Witherspoon and the media company she founded, Hello Sunshine, will work with Plano-based Stacy's Pita Chips to help support the visibility and success of female founders. Stacy's is also growing its Rise Project legacy by launching FoundedByHer.org, a nationwide directory of female business founders.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 15, 2021
The new board is comprised of Margot Carter, president of Living Mountain Capital and co-founder of Cien; Ka Cotter, formerly The Staubach Company's top revenue producing broker; Russell Denson, chairman of Gulf Energy Information and director of Peerless Media; and Debra von Storch, longtime Americas Director for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 15, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's virtual store shelf that emulates a physical store shelf, Air Distribution Technologies' HVAC scrubber unit with building management system integration methods, ProBiora Health use of hydrogen peroxide-producing bacteria for tooth whitening, Recognition Concepts' digital signage and content manager, Rovi Guides' methods for content rights portability, Salesforce.com's object detection and image classification-based OCR recognition, Toyota Motor North America's use of sensors to detect hazard from another vehicle while driving, Varidesk's motorized adjustable height table, and Zixcorp System's harvesting and distributing a certificate based on a DNS name.
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by bionorthTX |
Sep 14, 2021
Deadline for nominations is Friday, September 17. The 2021 award, sponsored by BioLabs at Pegasus Park, will be presented on September 30 at the iC3 Life Science Summit.
The impact that Dr. Dennis K. Stone left on the DFW biotech industry is, without doubt, immeasurable, says BioNTX. Past recipients of the award that honors his memory are Phil Ralston, Lyda Hill, Darlene Boudreaux, Paul Dorman, and Hubert Zajicek.
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Dallas Threat Detection Platform Lands $16 Million in Series A Funding to Fuel Advances and Expansion
by Quincy Preston | Sep 14, 2021
Evolon Technology develops proprietary tech that turns surveillance video into real-time actionable information.
CEO Kevin Stadler says market and tech trends are "creating a perfect storm" for the fast adoption of innovative security systems to protect an organization's critical assets and infrastructure.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 13, 2021
The Plano-based fintech plans to expand its total addressable market and gain new cross-selling opportunities via the strategic acquisition.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 13, 2021
Mouser—a Berkshire Hathaway company—is Mansfield's largest private employer with 2,000 employees. The global distributor says it's never had an employee layoff since its founding in 1964. Now it's ramping up hiring as a "result of the company’s strong and continuous growth."
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Tricolor to Expand Its AI-Powered Credit Vehicle for Underserved Hispanics With $90M in Funds Managed by BlackRock
by Alex Edwards | Sep 9, 2021
The Dallas-based certified Community Development Financial Institution plans to accelerate its mission-driven approach to the purchasing and financing of used vehicles for credit invisible Hispanics.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 9, 2021
43 percent of Texas workers say they'd leave their jobs if another company offered free skills training opportunities. In a tight labor market, Amazon's move could attract talent nationwide—including people like Tory Bias, a Dallas-based Amazon UX apprentice we spoke with today.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 9, 2021
Dallas-based Southwest collaborated with Hangar A, a leading supplier of digital air logistics solutions, to create a user-friendly platform for online cargo bookings to keep products moving. Some "Next Flight Guarantee" shipments can be booked up to 10 days in advance.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 8, 2021
Grand Prairie-based beverage distributor RNDC has partnered with LibDib to launch LibDib@RNDC Texas—giving craft spirits makers access to restaurants, bars, and shops across the state. "The 'little guys' now have a chance," LibDib says. "It's time to distribute differently."
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