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Dale Petrosky [Composite image: DI Studio; Source photo, DRC]
The Last Word: DRC CEO Dale Petrosky On What Makes a Great Career
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 18, 2025
The outgoing Dallas Regional Chamber chief executive received the Dallas Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award after 12 years of helping elevate the region's economic standing.
by David Seeley |
Nov 18, 2025
Alphabet-owned Waymo already operates fully driverless robotaxi services for public riders in Austin and four other cities. Soon, it will begin "fully autonomous driving" on Dallas streets in a testing run-up to a public Dallas robotaxi launch next year.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 18, 2025
A familiar figure in Dallas arts, civic innovation, and public service, Cuellar will succeed longtime CEO Tony Fleo following a months-long search as Social Venture Partners Dallas plans its next 25 years.
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North Texas’ Starship Bagel Conquers New York, Wins BagelFest’s ‘Best Bagel’ for 2nd Time in 3 Years
by David Seeley |
Nov 17, 2025
Starship, owned by Brooklyn-born North Texas entrepreneur Oren Salomon, has locations in downtown Dallas, Far North Dallas, and Lewisville. At New York's Citi Field Sunday, it beat out 24 international bagel shops and schlepped home with yet another top win.
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Rivulet, a 90-acre master planned community in Southern Dallas [Rendering: Russell Glen Company]
City Council Approves $23.5M Grant for Russell Glen Co.’s ‘Catalytic’ Rivulet Community in Southern Dallas
by Lance Murray | Nov 17, 2025
To be located directly across from the University of North Texas at Dallas, Rivulet is slated to feature roughly 300 single-family homes, 240 apartment homes, and a 20-acre retail district envisioned to include a neighborhood grocery store, retail shops, office, restaurants, and a public library/innovation center.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 16, 2025
The North Texas company is scaling its intelligent instruction platform across manufacturing, defense, and field service, backed by a new Air Force contract and rising enterprise adoption.
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![At Google’s Midlothian data center on Nov. 14, Google executives joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other government leaders to announce the company’s $40 billion Texas investment. [Photo: Google]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Platform-panel_47A1634_970_google-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 16, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in North Texas on Friday to announce the tech giant’s largest investment in a single state. The multiyear plan will add three Texas data center campuses, increase energy supply to the state’s grid, and train 1,700 electricians as the AI economy scales.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 13, 2025
Dallas’ first skate park south of the Trinity River is one ollie, kickflip, and grind closer to coming to life, thanks to the closing of a $400,000 private fundraise, which will lead to $400,000 in matching public dollars. According to a report by the Oak Cliff Advocate, that $800K will be added to $1 million in 2024 bond funds and will cover design and construction of the Westmoreland Park Skate Park.
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Valor President Jarod Cox [Photo: Valor]
Oil & Gas Asset Management Co. Valor Hires New President
by Lance Murray | Nov 13, 2025
Cox’s appointment follows a string of milestones for the Fort Worth oil & gas firm, including a new CFO, multiple workplace awards, and CEO Joseph DeWoody’s latest industry honor.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 13, 2025
HOAM is an investment firm specializing in PropTech and real estate technology. Its subsidiary TownSq is a leading tech platform providing comprehensive solutions for homeowner association communities. HOAM said it aims to expand its client base to more than 100,000 HOAs within the next eight months.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 13, 2025
Designed for families with kids 3 to 8 years old, the new active-play concept is "a colossal new experience unlike anything kids have ever seen," said CEO Randy Forsyth. "Adventure World captures all the fun, laughter and magic families love about Chuck E. Cheese and takes it to a whole new level, with our characters leading the adventure in amazing new ways.”
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 12, 2025
The largest U.S.-based crypto exchange is following Tesla and SpaceX out of Delaware as Texas pitches its Business Court and stronger director protections as a business-friendly alternative. Interest in “DExit” has increased, according to a recent Harvard corporate governance analysis.
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Jesse Eisenberg, a star of "Now You See Me: Now You Don’t," will be available for holographic selfies at the Cinemark theater on Webb Chapel on Nov. 14. [Photo: Proto Hologram/Lionsgate]
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco Will Hologram Into Dallas to Promote Their New Movie
by Lance Murray | Nov 12, 2025
With technology by Proto Hologram, the movie's distributor, Lionsgate, will “magically” bring the illusionist characters played by actors Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Justice Smith, and Ariana Greenblatt into theaters for the first time.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 12, 2025
Nasdaq rang its closing bell at an oil & gas industry cook-off in Midland today, using the Texas setting to announce its planned Nasdaq Texas launch. Slated to open in 2026, the exchange will join NYSE Texas and the Texas Stock Exchange in competing for pro-growth companies.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 12, 2025
“There used to be a time to say, ‘Let’s see how much pain this causes us, and we’ll see what we’re going to do.”
Shane Williams
Managing Director of Global Trade
Ernst & Young
…on the uncertainty around potential new tariffs, via The Dallas Morning News
At the annual Fort Worth Chamber Economic Impact Forum at the Kimbell Art Museum, EY trade expert Shane Williams told attendees that the old “wait it out” approach to tariffs no longer works, according to the DMN....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 12, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 7 with a total of 117 patents granted.
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