Business

 

 

Women Helping Women: Texas Women’s Foundation Honors Seven Trailblazing “Agents of Positive Change”

by | Feb 8, 2021
Meet the influential women who will be honored by the Texas Women's Foundation for their work in catalyzing change and new opportunities for other women and girls. The virtual event will be next level, says TWF CEO Roslyn Dawson Thompson.
MORE
texas, tyler-technologies, plano, public sector, cloud computing, cloud-computing, information technology, multi-year, multiyear, tyler technologies inc, tylertech.com, saas, cloud strategy, corporate operations team,
Tyler Technologies’ New Corporate Operations Team to Support a Multi-Year Cloud Strategy
by | Feb 8, 2021
As more state, local, and federal government agencies move to a cloud-based environment, which has only accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tyler's new team will help create a roadmap toward a public cloud infrastructure.
MORE
DI People: Southwest Airlines, Collin County Business Alliance, UT Dallas, and More Makes Moves
by | Feb 5, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Meritize, ECI Software Solutions, Cyber Group, Munck Wilson Mandala, Xpressdocs, Tailwater Capital, and more.
MORE
bell’s, bell's, bells, hillwood, hil lwood, package delivery, package-delivery, package_delivery, package deliveries, fort worth, fortworth, north texas, air mobility, alliancetexas mobility innovation zone, alliance texas mobility innovation zone, alliancetexas) mobility innovation zone, dallas, electric vertical takeoff,
Hillwood and Bell Complete a Package Delivery With an Unmanned Aircraft
by | Feb 4, 2021
The demonstration marks the first point-to-point unmanned aircraft system delivery in North Texas—showing the future capabilities of commercial operations.
MORE
dallas, dalla, pandemic, startup, startups, start-ups, start ups, start-up, dak prescott, dak-prescott, dallas cowboys, dallas cowboy, dallas-cowboys, dallascowboys, jason-witten, jason witten, strength training, fitness equipment, fitness-equipment, personal trainer, personal trainers

OxeFit Closes $12.5M Series A to Revolutionize the World of Strength Training

by | Feb 3, 2021
OxeFit's funding was led by Lydia Partners with participation from high-profile investors like the Dallas Cowboys' Dak Prescott, Blake Jarwin, and Jason Witten.
MORE
Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford launched the company in 1999, It's getting bought by global games giant Embracer.
Frisco-Based Gearbox Acquired by Embracer Group in $1.3B Deal
by | Feb 3, 2021
The merger adds "rocket fuel" to Gearbox’s creative engine to accelerate growth. Its 550 employees will join Embracer Group's global family of game developers and publishers.
MORE
Social Innovation Meets Entrepreneurship: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Looks to Improve Health Through Innovation Technology Challenge
by | Feb 3, 2021
Up to $1 million in prizes will be up for grabs based on ready-to-launch solutions for improving healthcare and mental health.
MORE
entrepreneurship, entrepreneurshi p, en­trepreneur­ship, digital health technologies, ecosystem, ecosystems, first cohort, pegasus park, biotech+ hub, biotech hub, dallas cohort, dallas-cohort, dfw, d-fw, life science startups, lyda hill philanthropies, lydahillphilanthropies, pandemic, part of launchbio, techfw thinklab, thinklab accelerator,
LaunchBio and TechFW Announce First Cohort of Startups for Dallas’ ThinkLab Accelerator
by | Feb 3, 2021
The program will offer eight Dallas biotech and life science companies free business training with the hope that they will one day locate their companies to Pegasus Park, a mixed-use social purpose project near the Dallas Design District and the Southwestern Medical District.
MORE
frisco, careington international corporation, dialcare, health care, healthcare, health-care, telemedicine, dialcare teledentistry, texas, dental care, telehealth, telemedicine solution, www.careington.com, careington.com, dentalplans, dental plans, dental plan, dialcare.com, national teledentistry program, national-teledentistry-program, pandemic, telemedicine platform

Frisco-Based Careington Launches National Teledentistry Program for Oral Health Consultations

by | Feb 2, 2021
Through its affiliate, DialCare, Careington's new teledentistry program offers around-the-clock access to licensed dentists nationwide for a phone or video consultation. It's a largely untapped market, the company told us, one that's only been accelerated by COVID-19.
MORE
cybersecurity, cyber security, cyberse- curity, cyber- security, chief innovation officers, chief-innovation-officer, chief_innovation_officer, artificial intelligence, artificial-intelligence, cio, cios, digital transformation, digital transformations, pandemic, pandemics, healthcare, health care, health-care, innovation lab, innovation labs, startups, innovate, innovates, innovator, innovators, dallas,
Cyber Group Hires Its First Chief Innovation Officer for New Innovation Lab
by | Feb 2, 2021
The Dallas-based software services provider has brought on business tech expert Rob Palacios to lead its new initiative. The new Innovation Lab will help Cyber Group clients take a short but deep dive into possibilities. 
MORE
health, nonprofit, nonprofits, non-profit, non-profits, non profits, non profit, non- profits, startup, startups, start-up, start-ups, start up, dallas, healthcare, health care, small business, small businesses, small-business, smallbusiness, texas, collaborative, ecosystem, entrepreneurship, innovators, innovator, nonprofit organizations, nonprofit organization, non-profit organization, non-profit organizations, pandemic, pandemics, american heart association, local businesses, local business, finalists, finalist, north america, public health,
Dallas-Based American Heart Association Awards $60K to Community Health Entrepreneurs
by | Feb 2, 2021
This year’s AHA Business Accelerator program winners received funding for their innovative business solutions to health inequities. Both aim to prevent unnecessary deaths caused by lack of funding, training, or resources in medical emergencies with their products.
MORE
texas, gov, automation, coronavirus, dallas-fort worth, dallas/fort worth, dallas / fort worth, dallas fort worth, dallas-fort-worth, dallas – fort worth, dfw, information technology, information technologies, north texas, north-texas, north_texas, pandemic, stakeholders, stakeholder, technology companies, technology company, telecommunications, business processes, business process, government agencies, local government, local governments, l ocal government,
Dallas-Based Kofile Launches GovOS to Help Agencies Bring Paper-Based Processes Online
by | Feb 2, 2021
GovOS was launched to meet a growing demand for digital access to government services.
MORE
dallas fortune's most admired companies, most admired companies, admired companies, fort worth fortune's most admired companies, dallas, dallas admired companies, dallas company, dallas companies, southwest airlines, southwest airlines most admired company, McKesson, AT&T, D.R. Horton, Jacobs engineering group, Kimberly-clark, Texas Instruments, Korn Ferry

Nine North Texas Companies Make Fortune’s Newest List of the World’s Most Admired Companies

by | Feb 1, 2021
From North Texas, Southwest Airlines, AT&T, D.R. Horton, Jacobs Engineering Group, Kimberly-Clark, McKesson, and Texas Instruments ranked in the top 300 All-Star companies.
MORE
toyotas, automotive, dealerships, dealership, retailers, retailer, pandemic, coronavirus, electric vehicles, electric vehicle, electric-vehicle, new vehicles, auto industry, automakers, automaker, automotive industry, automotive industries, buying process, buying processes, car-buying experience, car buying experience, north america,
Toyota Unveils Expanded Online Car Buying Experience to Keep Up With Shifting Retail Patterns
by | Feb 1, 2021
Toyota Motor North America's complete online retail experience, SmartPath, gives customers the ability to purchase a car without ever visiting a dealership.
MORE
Dallas-Based Work Shield Adapts Its HR Tech to the New Workplace—Home
Jared Pope's HR tech startup offering technology to streamline workplace harassment and discrimination claims increased its client base by 250 percent. But it's more than a "check-the-box" compliance company. Next up, the startup plans to move its headquarters to a new Dallas location, double its staffing, and raise a Series B funding round. 
MORE
DI People: Brinker International, Neiman Marcus Group, Texas Oncology, and More Make Moves
by | Jan 29, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Trinity Park Conservancy, RKD Group, Taysha Gene Therapies, Freese and Nichols, NuVinAir, and Skybox Datacenters, among others.
MORE