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#SaaSTalentNow: Gregslist Launches List to Highlight Local Tech Talent Seeking Jobs

by | Mar 27, 2020
Greg Head, a DFW-based software industry veteran with 30 years of experience, is working to help others during the COVID-19 crisis by curating a list of people looking for employment in the software industry.
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May the Trust Be With You: Plano Entrepreneur Shares His Latest Book on Kindle, Free
by | Mar 26, 2020
But hurry: "The Book of Trust" is free on Kindle through March 27. Plano author Yoram Solomon also has seven timely tips for companies and leaders on how to operate with trust in a world gone virtual.
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Follow the Money: Gameway Raises $530K, Integrity Marketing Makes Acquisition
by | Mar 26, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you'll also find news from Capital Southwest Corp. and Roof Angels.
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BuzzBallz Joins the Fight Against COVID-19 Through Hand Sanitizer Production
by | Mar 25, 2020
The Carrollton-based company plans to donate 10,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to Texas healthcare facilities, municipalities, and retail personnel in the next week.
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DI People: Compass Datacenters, Marconi Make SVP Announcements

by | Mar 24, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership activity by businesses and organizations in North Texas, you'll also find news from Stevens Transport and Plunk Smith.
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Trimming Branches: Banking Companies Increase Focus on Digital Banking
by | Mar 23, 2020
A new report from JLL shows that while the number of bank branch locations is falling, technology isn't ending the need for in-person banking help.
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DFW De Novo Bank Approval Still on Track: Execs Discuss COVID-19’s Industry Impact
by | Mar 23, 2020
Tyme Bank executives Joe Hansen and Ken Judd discuss how its de novo bank—the first in North Texas since 2009—could be part of the solution as small businesses eventually come back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AT&T Launches $10M Fund to Provide Home Learning Resources During COVID-19
by | Mar 23, 2020
The effort starts with a $1 million donation to the Khan Foundation, which will give teachers, parents, and students online educational materials.
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United Way Launches COVID-19 Response Fund With $1.2M From Partners

Texas Instruments Foundation, Bank of America, McKesson Foundation, Perot Foundation, Wells Fargo and Hoblitzelle Foundation are among corporate partners making an initial seed fund commitment.
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‘We are All in This Together’: EarthX2020, the World’s Largest Environmental Gathering, is Going Virtual
by | Mar 19, 2020
EarthX2020, hosted in partnership with the National Geographic Society, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This year's event will be an all-new virtual experience from April 23-25.
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Follow the Money: Predictive Fitness Nets Almost $800K, Jacobs Completes Nuclear Acquisition
by | Mar 19, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition acitivity involving companies in North Texas, you'll also find news from StackPath, MedProperties, Naya Ventures, and Charter Health Care Group.
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Get Shift Done: New North Texas Fund Puts Hospitality Workers Hit by COVID-19 Back to Work—at Nonprofits
by | Mar 18, 2020
The initiative is the brainchild of business leaders Anurag Jain and Patrick Brandt.
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Q+A: Here’s What an Edge Computing Startup is Doing in the Wake of Coronavirus

Coronavirus is changing the way people do business. But for companies like Dallas-based StackPath, they can make a difference for those that are struggling to start working remotely.
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Blue Box Air Relocates to Dallas from California
by | Mar 17, 2020
Blue Box Air, which has a patented process for sanitizing commercial HVAC systems, expects to hire 30-50 employees to work out of its new headquarters in Deep Ellum over the next year.
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DI People: Luminosity, Caruth Institute, RKD Group Make Leadership Moves
by | Mar 17, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by North Texas companies and organizations, you'll also find news from Keurig Dr Pepper, JLL, Work Shield, Balekian Hayes, and more.
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Arlington Gets $1.7M to Integrate Autonomous Vehicles into Via Rideshare Program
by | Mar 17, 2020
Arlington was the first city in the nation to convert its entire mass transit operation into what's called micro-transit. Its new service will include a wheelchair-accessible vehicle and could let UT Arlington students ride for free.
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