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Every Last Word
Dallas Innovates’ signature series capturing what leaders across North Texas are saying — in their own words — about innovation, impact, and what’s next.
Mark Cuban [Composite image, DI Studio; Photo, Sandra Louz /DRC]
The Last Word: Mark Cuban on AI—and 6 More Takeaways From His Dallas Talk
by Quincy Preston | Apr 8, 2026
Cuban didn’t hold back at Convergence AI Dallas, where his onstage conversation with Alex Kantrowitz delivered blunt advice and unfiltered insights.
by Quincy Preston |
Mar 26, 2026
A new BioNTX podcast digs into the regulatory gauntlet behind drug naming — and why biotech startups shouldn't wait to think about it.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 18, 2026
A $96,500 Micron Foundation grant is bringing robotics, coding and AI-ready tools to Richardson ISD elementary classrooms.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 11, 2026
The company is celebrating with a free pop-up museum at the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas — and a $250 billion bet on what comes next.
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Nirav Tolia [Image: Courtesy photo; Nextdoor; DI Studio]
The Last Word: Nextdoor CEO on Neighborhoods Where People ‘Actually Show Up for Each Other’
by Quincy Preston | Mar 5, 2026
The platform's 2026 Friendliest Neighborhoods rankings are out — and DFW's Addison ranks No. 4 in Texas. Check out your neighborhood.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 4, 2026
The state attracted more than 1,400 projects and $75 billion in capital investment in 2025 — more than twice the projects of the second-ranked state.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 25, 2026
Andrew Sanderson launched the firms' venture arm today pairing capital with know-how for startups ready to scale.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 24, 2026
The Dallas firm's weekly newsletter The Markup delivers insights on private markets and pre-IPO deals.
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The Charles Main Dining Room Seating [Photo: Samantha Marie Photography]
The Last Word: The Charles Gets a New Look in the Dallas Design District
by David Seeley | Feb 12, 2026
The Charles opened in the Dallas Design District in 2018 as the first-ever concept from Dallas-based Duro Hospitality. After a brief closing recently to enable a redesign, the restaurant has reopened with a new look and new menu offerings and "is stepping confidently into its next era."
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 5, 2026
The Dallas-based SageBerry strategist is out with his annual list of retail predictions for 2026. He doesn't claim to be a retail prophet, but they are, as he puts it, provocative.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 3, 2026
“It’s hard to argue that North Texas isn’t the strongest market right now. The scale of growth in the DFW area is unmatched in Texas.”
Phil Green
Chairman and CEO
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc....
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 22, 2026
His new Texas Venture Studio helps startups build what customers actually want.
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Texas Women’s Foundation President and CEO Karen Hughes White [Photo: Texas Women’s Foundation]
The Last Word: Texas Women’s Foundation CEO on New Census Data Showing DFW’s Gender Pay Gap
by Quincy Preston | Jan 20, 2026
“So what’s incentivizing us if we are going to make considerably less than our male counterparts the more educated we get?”
Karen Hughes White President and CEO Texas Women’s Foundation … on newly released Census data showing D-FW has the widest gender pay gap among U.S. metros with populations over 5 million, via the Dallas Morning News....
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 14, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared it "the ChatGPT moment for robotics," Worlds CEO Dave Copps says. But all those dancing, boxing, laundry-folding bots? They're only as smart as the environments they operate in.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 13, 2026
Donna Letier took her gardening-as-wellness message to Times Square on Jan. 9.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 8, 2026
“Retail follows rooftops, and today’s grocers are expanding.”
Bob Young
Executive Managing Director
Weitzman
…on why Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in new retail construction, speaking at Weitzman’s 36th annual retail forecast at the George W....
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