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DI People: Meritize, Southwest Airlines, Innov8te Smart Cities, and McCarthy Announce Leadership Moves

by | Sep 16, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll find news from SierraConstellation Partners, Caregiver, Inc., Norton Rose Fulbright, Tricolor Insurance, Southern Methodist University, and MedWell Solutions.
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Sherwin-Williams is Searching for a New Global HQ and R&D Location. Dallas-Fort Worth Might be a Contender
by | Sep 16, 2019
The company could leave Cleveland as it explores options to accelerate productivity and efficiency, enhance technology and innovation, enable greater collaboration, and support recruitment and retention.
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North Texas Scientists Aim to Win a $50M (and Climbing) War on the Roses
by | Sep 14, 2019
A virus called Rose Rosette is wreaking havoc for the horticulture industry. Thanks to virus cloning, a team of scientists may have a solution.
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Venture Dallas: Big-Name Speakers Talk Tech, Funding, and Growth in Dallas-Fort Worth
Read about what you may have missed from panels and individual presentations.
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Venture Dallas: Emmitt Smith on Why Retirement is Overrated, Off-Season is Key, and DFW is the ‘Center of the Universe’

Here's how one man rose from hardscrabble beginnings to build a career in sports and real estate.
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Tech Disruptors Are Already Delivering Changes to the Supply Chain, C&W Report Says
by | Sep 13, 2019
In a new report, Cushman & Wakefield noted that technology is affecting supply chain real estate via drones, robots, 3D printing, and autonomous trucks.
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Venture Dallas: A Look at the Industries Dallas-Fort Worth May Dominate Down the Road
by | Sep 12, 2019
Entrepreneurs and investors at the Venture Dallas conference this week painted pictures of four fields with which this region may be synonymous one day. Video games are involved.
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Follow the Money: Neighborhood Goods Nets $11M, Ford Financial Fund Raises $1B; Integrity Marketing Makes Acquisition
by | Sep 12, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity by companies in North Texas, you'll also find news from VitalTech, pawTree, Corriente Advisors, Texas Security Bankshares, and Exxon Mobil.
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Venture Dallas Kicks Off With One-on-One Meetings at Capital Factory

by | Sep 11, 2019
Some 80 entrepreneurs and investors gathered at Capital Factory for custom-tailored meetings during Day 1 of Venture Dallas. Here's how it went.
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Masergy Announces AI-Powered ‘Virtual Engineer’ to Enable Autonomous Networking
by | Sep 11, 2019
Masergy's newest product is the "industry’s first digital assistant for network, security, and application optimization."
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JLL Report: Fort Worth’s Near Southside Primed to Become Innovative Economic Force
by | Sep 11, 2019
City leaders are targeting the 1,400-acre area as a Medical Innovation District with a new JLL report showing just how much Near Southside has grown—and its potential for the future.
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Dallas Invents: 156 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 3
by | Sep 11, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Raytheon's "agricultural situational awareness" tool, Enseo's hospitality property management tool, Garrity Power Services' wirelessly powered locker, Global Tel*Link's AR system for guards, Microfabrica's releasable tissue anchoring device, MoneyGram's prefunding for money transfer, Nicomodo's floral packaging method and apparatus, Sigh's noise detector and analysis/alert engine, Toyota's vehicle console with device charging trays, USAA's methods for distributed currency management, Verizon's identification of wireless coverage for multi-occupant structures, and ZS Pharma's compositions to remove toxins from the GI tract.
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BionorthTX Names Pharma Entrepreneur, Investor, and Philanthropist as Stone Award Recipient

by | Sep 9, 2019
Among the contributions of recipient Paul Dorman, the chairman and CEO of DFB Pharmaceuticals, is paying for the first-year tuition of the entire inaugural class of M.D. students at the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine in Fort Worth.
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Venture Dallas: Inaugural Tech Summit Will Highlight North Texas as an Investment Catalyst
by | Sep 6, 2019
Hear from the nine members of Venture Dallas' host committee on why the investment-focused event matters in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond.
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Done Deals: ParkHub Tech Heads to Warriors’ Arena, NTT Data Extends Partnership, Colliers Makes Acquisition
by | Sep 6, 2019
Here's your deals dashboard of big-name partnerships, unique collaborations, and innovative initiatives with ties to businesses and organizations in North Texas.
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Look Inside the Mixed-Use Creative Community at Oak Cliff’s Tyler Station
by | Sep 5, 2019
Tyler Station is now full to the brim with entrepreneurs. See what makes the collaborative village one-of-a-kind with our photo gallery.
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