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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: Offices.net’s Teresha Aird on How Using ChatGPT Is Like Making a ‘Dream Hire’
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 9, 2023
Teresha Aird has used ChatGPT for her work with Dallas-based Offices.net, and she's a believer.
by David Seeley |
May 8, 2023
Thomas sat down with Dallas Weekly's Jess Washington to talk about a range of issues her company is working on in an effort to overcome disparities in opportunity. They include skills training efforts to help people advance in the labor market; bridging the "wealth divide" by providing access to capital and tech assistance to underserved entrepreneurs; supporting efforts to revitalize underinvested communities that are facing gentrification; and more.
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by David Seeley |
May 5, 2023
Quadrant Investment Properties has broken ground on two office buildings in the Dallas Design District, according to the Dallas Morning News' Steve Brown—a five-story building on Riveredge Drive and the 10-story Thirteen Thirty Three on Oak Lawn near Riverfront Boulevard. QIP's Chad Cook says he doesn't want the district "to become another Uptown."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 4, 2023
Julie and Reid Robinson, former owners of the bars Brizo and The Forum in Richardson, are opening something new in the same city: Beyond the Bar, which they call the first alcohol-free "bottle shop" in the Dallas area.
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The Last Word: Dallas AI’s Aamer Charania On ‘ChatGPT in Medicine’
by David Seeley | May 2, 2023
On Wednesday at 6 p.m., Charania will host a "ChatGPT in Medicine" online meetup sponsored by Dallas AI, the largest nonprofit AI forum in North Texas. His guest: Harvey Castro, MD, author of "ChatGPT and Healthcare: The Key to the New Future of Medicine."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 1, 2023
Green is the former leader singer of a punk rock band, who toured the world and put out two albums in his early twenties. But now he's taking the stage in a different way—by leading his startup Nada into the $27 trillion home equity market.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 28, 2023
In February, the Dallas Museum of Art launched a “Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition" for a major expansion that will add flexible gallery spaces, reorganized entrances and circulation, and a reapportioned interior.
The museum received 154 design submissions from all over the world. On Thursday, the DMA announced that it has selected six finalists.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 27, 2023
On Tuesday, the Fort Worth City Council approved an economic development agreement with Sinclair Digital, the smart buildings tech startup that brought The Sinclair—a Marriott Autograph Collection hotel called "the world's first all-digital hotel"—to downtown Fort Worth.
Under the agreement, Sinclair Digital will launch a new corporate R&D and tech center in downtown Fort Worth. According to the Star-Telegram, city tax incentives will enable the hiring of 30 to 40 new employees over the next few months, with programmers included in the new positions.
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The Last Word: Harvest Returns’ Chris Rawley on Reaching a $30 Million Milestone in Agriculture Investments
by David Seeley | Apr 25, 2023
Fort Worth-based Harvest Returns has found good soil to plant the seeds of investment success since its founding by Rawley and COO Austin Maness in 2016. The two military veterans created an online crowdfunding marketplace that brings agricultural producers together with investors, and today they announced that they've reaped a milestone: The company's platform has reached the $30 million mark in funding more than 50 farms, ranches, and other agribusinesses.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 21, 2023
The Dallas Museum of Art has scoured the world for works of art to grace its walls and galleries. But Thursday it announced 12 acquisitions it made from its own back yard—this year's Dallas Art Fair, which is open to ticketed attendees today through Sunday, April 23, at the Fashion Industry Gallery in the downtown Dallas Arts District.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 20, 2023
After recently losing her nonprofit's former work space, Small has found a new one in Comerica Bank's near East Grand Avenue. The VWEC will be Comerica Bank's community incubation partner at its new BusinessHQ collaborative space on East R.L. Thornton, offering six small businesses dedicated/private office space, one-on-one cultivation support, and consultations with small business capital providers, as well as exclusive access to a content creation studio.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 19, 2023
To celebrate Dallas Arts Month, the Omni Dallas Hotel is displaying 16 animations by UTD Projection Mapping Lab students on select nights through the end of the April, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
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Reggie Spraggins, body shop team leader at GM Arlington Assembly plant. [Video still: GM]
The Last Word: GM’s Reggie Spraggins on Being a Third-Generation Company Man
by David Seeley | Apr 17, 2023
Last month, the General Motors Arlington Assembly plant set a 70-year monthly production record in March by producing more than 34,000 vehicles. Now a worker at the plant is featured in a company video campaign called "Earn a Living. Make a Life."
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 14, 2023
Dallas-based T.D. Jakes Enterprises said the event will be held May 3 in Orlando through a partnership with Stand Together Foundation. The daylong event will serve as a platform and clearing house for business leaders, influencers, and aspiring entrepreneurs to inspire and proliferate opportunities for scaled Black entrepreneurs and small businesses in diverse communities.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 13, 2023
Plano-based Alkami—a leading cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for banks and credit unions—presented a new concept at its annual Co:lab 2023 conference in Grapevine last week. Drawing a distinction from the FinTech industry, Alkami unveiled its "TechFin" concept: "a technology company that builds financial solutions."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 11, 2023
Earlier his month, it was announced that Ken Hersh will receive the Bush center's prestigious 2023 H. Neil Mallon Award, presented annually to individuals who have “excelled in promoting the international aspects and strengths of North Texas.” But he's become even more known lately for a memoir he just published: "The Fastest Tortoise: Winning in Industries I Knew Nothing About—A Life Spent Figuring It Out."
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