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Navigating a Prolonged COVID-19: 6 Tips For Your Small Business to Survive a Masked Economy

by | Oct 28, 2020
COVID-19 cases have continued to rise, causing many to suggest that another shutdown is looming. Small businesses should be preparing for how to survive—and thrive—if that's the case, experts say. Here's six tips from Dallas-based Vista Bank on what small business owners can start doing, which includes information on a potential new PPP program and new guidelines for PPP forgiveness.
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E Smith’s Tamela Thornton: We’ll See New Retail Concepts Taking Advantage of Vacancies in the Market
by | Oct 28, 2020
Building a solid tech platform is a must for retailers—and growth in the next few years has to be based on real demand, the President and CEO of E Smith Communities says.
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The Hardest Hit: How Retail and Restaurants are Retooling for an Ever-Changed Future
by | Oct 28, 2020
Omni-channel retailing, curbside pickup, and customer delivery are long-term musts for successful businesses, says The Retail Connection's Alan Shor.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 13
by | Oct 28, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Fossil's activity monitoring device, Magic Leap's virtual image generation system using emotional states of user, Microfabrica's counterfeiting deterrent and security devices, NTT Data's virtual resource monitoring for robotic processes, Siemens Healthcare's virtual biopsy techniques for analyzing diseases, Topgolf's RFID golf ball testing apparatus and systems, Toyota's on-the-fly autonomous vehicle refueling and recharging, and USAA's predictive customer service support system and method.
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CitySquare is Building “a More Equitable Future” for Dallas by Creating Affordable Housing—and Showing How Real Estate Professionals Can Help Drive Change

by | Oct 27, 2020
From tiny homes and modern shipping container housing to job training, healthcare services and a food pantry, CitySquare is turning poverty into hope.
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Health Wildcatters Co-Founder and CEO Hubert Zajicek To Receive 2020 Dennis K. Stone Award
by | Oct 27, 2020
The Dallas-based leader will receive the award from BionorthTX for his contributions to the field of life sciences.
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Caris Life Sciences Raises $310M to Continue Rapidly Growing in the Precision Medicine Market
by | Oct 27, 2020
The growth capital will allow Caris to advance its position as a leading tumor profiling company that aims to reinvent cancer care.
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Here’s a Roundup of Winners From Tech Titans’ 20th Annual Awards Gala
by | Oct 26, 2020
North Texas companies, organizations, and individuals won awards in 11 categories for significant contributions at the Roaring Twenties-themed virtual gala.
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Mayor’s Star Council Announces Its 2020-21 Class of Emerging Leaders

by | Oct 26, 2020
This year, 40 young Dallas professionals in eight areas of cultural and industry influence were picked to join the Mayor's Star Council. Here's a look at MSC's ninth class, dubbed #Redefine9.
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DI People: The DEC Network, The Concilio, DHA Housing Solutions, and More Make Moves
by | Oct 23, 2020
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, HudsonLake, abeo, OneDay, Dallas Capital Bank, ThinkWhy, and more.
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Antuit.ai Launches Strategic Advisory Board of Consumer Products, Retail, and Technology Veterans
by | Oct 22, 2020
The Frisco-based SaaS AI solutions provider helps retailers and consumer products companies improve supply chain, merchandising, pricing, and marketing. Its team now has executives from Accenture, Proctor & Gamble, Miller Coors, and more.
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Dallas Innovates is seeking a motivated Advertising Executive to join the B2B advertising sales team and grow new business across digital and print.
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Dallas Invents: 163 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 6

by | Oct 21, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allegan's dermal filler, Capital One Services' personalized car recommendations based on customer web traffic, Evergaze's method for improving, augmenting or enhancing vision, Exploring Inc.'s haptic mapping of a configurable virtual reality environment, Mitsubishi's method for sensing wind flow passing over complex terrain, and iHeartMedia's voice track editor.
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Healthcare Company MediBookr Closes Bridge Round, Raises Total Funding to $3.3M
by | Oct 20, 2020
The Dallas company closed a bridge round from a DFW institutional investor. The funding will be used to support MediBookr's growth and expand its proprietary digital health platform. 
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Smoothie King CEO Wan Kim to Star on ‘Undercover Boss’ This Friday
by | Oct 20, 2020
Coppell-based Smoothie King is the latest North Texas brand to send its top executive undercover to see what truly happens on the front lines. Tune in Oct. 23 on CBS (and get an early sneak peek with our photo gallery).
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Fidelity's 337-acre campus in Westlake, TX. [Courtesy: Fidelity Investments]
Fidelity Is Hiring 550 Client-Facing Positions in North Texas to ‘Fuel the Innovation Talent Pipeline’
by | Oct 19, 2020
Fidelity Investments is responding to evolving needs during the COVID-19 pandemic with 4,000 new client-facing roles across the U.S. It is also using technology to enhance its hiring process, recruiting college students and new graduates, and improving its onboarding processes.
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