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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.
Steve Dennis [Composite image: Sources, Sageberry Consulting, Coquet Adrien/Shutter2U/istockphoto, DI Studio]
The Last Word: Retail Guru Steve Dennis on Agentic AI—And Why This Time Is Different
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.
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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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 21, 2026
Sammy Abdullah tracks 37 public SaaS companies so you don't have to.
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas won CNET Group's 'Best Robot' award at CES 2026. The humanoid debuted at Hyundai Motor Group's media conference as part of the automaker's AI robotics strategy to lead the physical AI era. Atlas is slated for deployment at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America by 2028, with global expansion planned by 2030. [Photo: Hyundai Motor Group]
The Last Word: A Dallas AI Entrepreneur’s Take on Robotics’ ‘ChatGPT Moment’ at CES 2026
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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The Last Word: HGP Intelligent Energy’s CEO on Repurposing Navy Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 6, 2026
The Dallas-led company proposes repurposing USS Nimitz nuclear reactors to power AI data centers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the birthplace of the Manhattan Project.
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The Last Word: The Good Foundation’s 2025 Gift Guide Features ‘Gifts That Give Back’
by David Seeley | Dec 9, 2025
The Good Foundation, an Addison-based nonprofit founded in 2017 Ashlee and Chris Kleinert, focuses on community empowerment by serving populations in need of a chance. One way it does that is through its annual Good Foundation Gift Guide, which offers #GiftsThatGiveBack.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Dec 4, 2025
Monica Paul, president of the North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee, describes what's ahead after Friday's 2026 FIFA World Cup draw in the Dallas Morning News—after announcing a new host city supporter this week.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 3, 2025
Cindy Weber, who's landed in all 50 states and a half dozen countries, offers advice as TWU's pioneering woman-focused aviation program doubles enrollment.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 20, 2025
At a private dinner at the Petroleum Club ahead of the Venture Dallas Startup Awards—and just weeks before Nasdaq announced its new Nasdaq Texas exchange—Rachel Racz delivered a message that landed in a room full of high-growth founders.
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Dale Petrosky [Composite image: DI Studio; Source photo, DRC]
The Last Word: DRC CEO Dale Petrosky On What Makes a Great Career
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 18, 2025
The outgoing Dallas Regional Chamber chief executive received the Dallas Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award after 12 years of helping elevate the region's economic standing.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 13, 2025
Dallas’ first skate park south of the Trinity River is one ollie, kickflip, and grind closer to coming to life, thanks to the closing of a $400,000 private fundraise, which will lead to $400,000 in matching public dollars. According to a report by the Oak Cliff Advocate, that $800K will be added to $1 million in 2024 bond funds and will cover design and construction of the Westmoreland Park Skate Park.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 12, 2025
“There used to be a time to say, ‘Let’s see how much pain this causes us, and we’ll see what we’re going to do.”
Shane Williams
Managing Director of Global Trade
Ernst & Young
…on the uncertainty around potential new tariffs, via The Dallas Morning News
At the annual Fort Worth Chamber Economic Impact Forum at the Kimbell Art Museum, EY trade expert Shane Williams told attendees that the old “wait it out” approach to tariffs no longer works, according to the DMN....
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 6, 2025
CoSpero Consulting’s Harold Hogue issues a call to action as nonprofits “stand in the gap in ways most folks don’t see.”
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