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This zip line at Fritz's Adventure Park travels past towers erected along Sam Rayburn Tollway and back through the building's rafters. [Photo: Fritz's]
Fritz’s Adventure Zips Open April 2 at Grandscape in The Colony
by David Seeley | Mar 5, 2025
Fritz’s Adventure will feature an indoor/outdoor "TreeTops zipline course" that will send guests zipping around the building and back inside again. There will also be extreme slides, underground tunnels, giant treehouses, a multi-level ropes course, and "much more."
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 5, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 28 with a total of 152 patents granted.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 4, 2025
Hesam Hosseini has been promoted to chief operating officer of Dallas-based Match Group, effective April 1. Gary Swidler will step down as president on that date and continue as an adviser to the company until July 4. The moves come one month after former Zillow co-founder and CEO Spencer Rascoff was appointed CEO of Match Group.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 4, 2025
As part of the rebrand of BizCom Associates and Brand J, Jack Monson, former president of Brand J, has been appointed chief growth officer of Thunderly.
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Alkami CEO Alex Shootman [Photo: Alkami Technology]
North Texas Alkami to Acquire MANTL in $400M Deal, Addressing ‘Paramount Concern’ of Financial Institutions—Customer Onboarding
by Lance Murray | Mar 4, 2025
The digital banking solutions provider says acquisition completes its "Digital Sales & Service Platform," enabling banks to process new accounts at three times the industry standard speed.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 4, 2025
The 300-unit luxury apartment project is located across from Choctaw Stadium and nearby Globe Life Field, just several field-goal kicks from AT&T Stadium. Developed by Baltimore-based The Cordish Companies in a collaboration with the Texas Rangers, it's the first residential component of the Arlington Entertainment District.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 4, 2025
Before Colossal Biosciences can "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, some small steps are in order. They've now been taken by the Colossal Woolly Mouse—a gene-edited creation with "dramatically altered coat color, texture, and thickness reminiscent of the woolly mammoth’s core phenotypes."
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Mar 4, 2025
Four years and about 600,000 laundry loads later, founder Laurel Hess has scaled to 33 major metros across 19 states.
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Accenture's North Texas office Managing Director MIke Noel [Source Photo: LinkedIn]
Accenture Appoints Longtime Executive as Dallas Office Managing Director
by Lance Murray | Feb 27, 2025
Mike Noel takes over the role from Jorge Corral, who led Accenture in North Texas for nearly 10 years. Corral will continue his ongoing role leading Data and AI for Accenture’s Resources Industry group.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2025
LTK Co-Founder and President Amber Venz Box says the creator commerce platform has rebuilt the LTK app from the ground up. Now users have control over their feed with the ability to discover creators by interests and location. And for the first time, they can see and connect with friends on LTK.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2025
Dale Petroskey, Allie Beth Allman, and Curtis C. Farmer were honored by Junior Achievement of Dallas at the annual Dallas Business Hall of Fame fundraising gala at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2025
L.A.-based Surf Air is now operating out of Addison Airport. The regional air carrier is currently developing an AI-powered airline software operating system and is working toward certification of electric powertrain technology.
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David Stinnett, partner at Trive Capital [Image: Trive Capital]
Dallas-Based Trive Capital Invests in UK Forgings and Alloy Manufacturer Following Karman $506M IPO
by Quincy Preston | Feb 27, 2025
After defense and space systems maker Karman Holdings—formed by Trive Capital in partnership with Aerospace Engineering Corp. and AMRO Fabricating Corporation in 2021—went public earlier this month, the PE firm remains its largest shareholder. Now, Trive is expanding its aerospace and defense portfolio with UK-based IFA.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 26, 2025
IBM and Seagate veteran Jim Chirico brings four decades of leadership to the data automation company: "Corporations are inundated with promises of artificial intelligence only to receive more reporting. INSTANT is different."
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 26, 2025
Charles Lehosit has more than two decades of experience as a digital transformation leader and previously spent 10 years with RKD developing technology solutions that answered clients' business needs, the company said.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 26, 2025
Last week, Yum! Brands announced that it's relocating its KFC U.S. headquarters from Louisville, Kentucky, to the KFC and Pizza Hut global HQ in Plano, Texas. The news didn't escape the attention of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who proposed a Lone Star-flavored name change for KFC.
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