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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.
Dialexa CEO and Co-Founder exited to IBM in September 2022 for an undisclosed amount. [Courtesy photo]
The Last Word: Dialexa’s Scott Harper on Founders Who Can’t Handle the Truth
by David Seeley | Nov 6, 2023
Mizzen+Main Founder and Chairman Kevin Lavelle caused a bit of a stir on LinkedIn recently when he wrote candidly about the need for venture capitalists to provide feedback to founders— especially when they're passing on a pitch.
by David Seeley |
Nov 3, 2023
The "Chase for Business Make Your Move Summit" at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort had its share of seat-filling speakers Wednesday through Friday, including Matthew McConaughey and Mark Cuban, along with sports stars Emmitt Smith and Sheryl Swoopes. But Jamie Dimon spoke at the summit with a rock star status of his own—and a national profile so exalted, he recently had to deny he's running for president in 2024.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 2, 2023
All of North Texas has been going bonkers since the Texas Rangers won the 2023 World Series last night, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 and snagging the series with four wins against only one loss. Way back in January, GM Chris Young told the Dallas Regional Chamber that this was the team's goal.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 1, 2023
Texas just topped Site Selection’s annual ranking of state business climates. The state, typically in the top five business climate rankings, placed No. 3 last year. The No. 1 ranking follows another recent win—Texas won the publication's Governor's Cup for total capital investment projects for the 11th straight year in March.
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Björn Mårlid, CEO of Altris AB, with Prussian White cathode material used to create sodium-ion batteries. [Photo: Altri s]
The Last Word: Fluor’s Richard Meserole on Partnering with Sweden’s Altris AB on a Sodium-ion Battery Facility
by David Seeley | Oct 30, 2023
Irving-based Fluor Corporation announced Thursday that its Advanced Technologies & Life Sciences business line has been selected by Altris AB (whose CEO, Björn Mårlid, is seen above) to provide front-end engineering and design services for the world’s first industrial-scale sodium-ion battery production facility in Sandviken, Sweden.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 27, 2023
Riding a wave of digital transformation and remote work, Inclusion Cloud recently expanded to Dallas from Latin America. With new offices in the U.S., Spain, and Chile, the company helps Fortune 500 companies and other enterprises rapidly build remote teams of skilled engineers at competitive costs.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 26, 2023
Dallas billionaire Clark Hunt, owner of the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, sat down with Anurag Jain at the Venture Dallas Summit on Wednesday. Hunt—the chairman and CEO of both the Chiefs and FC Dallas—was the headliner for the first event at the annual summit for innovators and investors at the Bush Center.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 25, 2023
An Uber Eats driver was involved in a car crash in Southlake recently, and the city's police and fire departments went to the scene. The driver turned out to be OK, but was unable to finish delivering an order of fresh-grilled hibachi from Hashi Japanese Kitchen. That's when Corporal Tejada and Officer Grace stepped up to finish the job for the gig worker—and in a sense, gig workers everywhere.
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Nicole Small [Photo: Adam Lee/ARPA-H]
The Last Word: Nicole Small On Why the Dallas-Based ARPA-H Hub Is Focused on Clinical Trials
by Quincy Preston | Oct 20, 2023
The Dallas-based customer experience hub of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health had its official launch yesterday at Pegasus Park. The hub's first mission: making it easier for Americans from across the country to take part in clinical trials, through the Advancing Clinical Trial Readiness Initiative.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 19, 2023
Nguyen founded Dallas-based Purpose Tea in 2017, launching a purple tea beverage company that's "powered by social purpose." Its mission: LIfting from poverty some of the world’s most impoverished women, by giving female tea pickers the opportunity for economic empowerment so they can improve their lives.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 18, 2023
in August, Dallas-based women’s fashion retailer Avara was ranked the No. 1 fastest-growing e-commerce business in the U.S. on the 2023 Inc. 5000 list. Achieving 1,089% three-year revenue growth, Wickard's company made the list for the second year in a row, Avara also ranked as the No. 4 fastest-growing women’s retailer in the nation and the 20th fastest-growing among Dallas-Fort Worth companies overall.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 16, 2023
We told you last month about CannibiSenS, the hand-held rapid saliva test developed by Prasad and her team at UT Dallas. The device can measure THC levels with 94% accuracy, the team says. According to the researchers, the “electrochemical sensor” is more sensitive than over-the-counter tests, which typically can detect THC but don’t determine its concentration.
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Ross Perot Jr. and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (right) at UP.Summit 2023. [Photo: Office of the Governor]
The Last Word: Gov. Greg Abbott on Why Tech Innovators Should Think Texas
by David Seeley | Oct 11, 2023
On Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott addressed more than 250 CEOs, industry innovators, investors, political leaders, and military officials gathered at Circle T Ranch just outside Fort Worth for the invite-only UP.Summit. The three-day event—once described by a co-creator as “Sun Valley meets CES meets the Oshkosh Airshow meets Burning Man meets TED meets Davos“—convened minds, money, and mobility tech from across the globe.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 10, 2023
UNT Dallas is hosting a “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes” event to enable people to take a stance against sexualized violence. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday October 11 on the university campus at 7300 University Hills Blvd. in Dallas. The public is invited to participate or attend the free event, with no registration required.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 6, 2023
TechFW's Impact Showcase "embodied the spirit of innovation, the essence of progress, and the promise of a better tomorrow" at Dickies Arena's
Simmons Bank Pavilion Thursday in Fort Worth.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 5, 2023
Founded in Dallas in 2012, Mizzen+Main says it created the world’s first "performance fabric dress shirt" over a decade ago. Since then, the brand's flag has been flown with help from innovative marketing, like getting brand ambassador and pro golf superstar Phil Mickelson to do a "dad dance" in the company's shirt, as we noted in our story here.
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