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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.
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The Last Word: Jackson Walker Associate on How Different Generations Communicate Differently
by David Seeley | Sep 18, 2023
In a Fast Takes podcast, Courtney White, a research attorney at Texas-based law firm Jackson Walker, interviews two of the firm's associates about how different generations in today's workforce communicate differently.
by Quincy Preston |
Sep 15, 2023
Investor and tech pioneer Steve Case, best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, made this call to action yesterday while visiting North Texas at Dallas Startup Week in Frisco. The pandemic "created an opening that's a unique, maybe even once-in-a-lifetime, kind of opportunity," he added.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 14, 2023
Quinn's Greenville-based company, EXOS Aerospace, is one of three that are currently licensed by the FAA to fly resusable rockets, the CEO told KXAS. The other two? They're just a little bigger: Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 13, 2023
Sagar's company is building a Tapestry community of 121 homes in east Frisco with eco-friendly grass rooftops and lawned terraces and courtyards built into each new abode, according to the Dallas Morning News.
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FuelCell Energy and Toyota have announced completion of "the world's first 'tri-gen' production system. [Photo: Toyota Motor North America]
The Last Word: Toyota’s Chris Reynolds On Scaling Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell Tech
by David Seeley | Sep 7, 2023
Plano-based Toyota Motor North America has been making innovative moves at its operations in the port of Long Beach, California. Partnering with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, the companies announced today the completion of what they call "the world's first Tri-gen production system."
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by David Seeley |
Sep 6, 2023
In a closing announcement at the "Future of AI" summit Tuesday, Nancy Avila, EVP, CIO, and CTO at Irving-based McKesson, announced that her company and Accenture will be presenting Convergence AI Dallas, a sales conference slated for spring 2024.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 29, 2023
Writing on LinkedIn, Shootman tapped the Humperdinck song "Please Release Me, Let Me Go" to describe the situation faced by many homeowners, who aren't eager to give up their low mortgages in exchange for a much higher one at another address.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 28, 2023
Loboa was explaining a critical need that SMU and other universities are addressing—one that was got a boost last week when The O’Donnell Foundation announced its donation of $30 million to SMU to create 10 endowed academic positions in engineering and data science, as well as to support research in those fields.
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VYIT Co-founder, CFO, and COO Christine Scott [DI background; Courtesy photo]
The Last Word: VYIT’s Christine Scott on Her Startup’s Wearable Fitness App Launch
by David Seeley | Aug 24, 2023
Scott and three other women co-founders—all "transformation and wellness coaches"—launched their North Texas-based VYIT LIFE platform in 2022. Aimed at everyone from the healthy-living curious to fitness beginners to those seeking “ultimate body transformation," the brand acknowledges that people have different fitness goals.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 23, 2023
It's going to be 106 degrees all weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth, but don't worry—fall is coming! The proof's in a viral video posted by user 23CUPS on Facebook and Instagram. There, in the next lane on the highway, an 18-wheeler is trucking gigantic Big Tex boots toward Fair Park, where the State Fair of Texas will open on September 29.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 22, 2023
Dating apps can be a great way to find romance. But increasingly, according to the Wall Street Journal, users are finding something else instead: business come-ons from tech recruiters, networkers, children's book authors, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 21, 2023
Dating apps can be a great way to find romance. But increasingly, according to the Wall Street Journal, users are finding something else instead: business come-ons from tech recruiters, networkers, children's book authors, and more.
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The Last Word: Albers Aerospace On Starting a Business with Vision and a ‘Get-Stuff-Done Mentality’
by Quincy Preston | Aug 17, 2023
That vision and "get-stuff-done" mindset has fueled McKinney-based Albers Aerospace's growth and innovation for nearly a decade. Founded in 2014 by retired Marine John Albers, the family of defense and space manufacturing companies operates to deliver “top products while improving employees' lives.”
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by David Seeley |
Aug 16, 2023
So how do you start in approaching big problems? Tare says it's all about the basics: "You start from the very basics and think about data collection. What you measure now, you need to measure again in the future to see if there’s a trend line."
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by David Seeley |
Aug 15, 2023
Farmers Branch has officially launched a four-day work for city employees. The move followed earlier approval by the city council, and a few months of schedule-testing by various city departments.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 14, 2023
Williams is one of four North Texas entrepreneurs we profiled last week who got funding through The DEC Network from the Small Business Administration's Community Navigator Pilot Program.
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