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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.
Dallas AI co-founder Babar Bhatti (left) and global supply chain leader Masood Khan with their new "Beginner to Executive Prompting Guide," launched at SMU's Dallas AI Summer Program. [Courtesy photos]
The Last Word: Dallas AI Experts Author New Executive Prompting Guide
by Quincy Preston | Jun 10, 2025
Most people are getting AI all wrong—asking random questions and getting mediocre results, say Babar Bhatti and Masood Khan. Their new guide shows how to prompt like a pro and turn AI into your strategic team.
by Quincy Preston |
Jun 5, 2025
In one of his first deep interviews since Colossal's dire wolf debut made global noise, Ben Lamm joins the TechStuff podcast to talk mammoths, backlash, and why he's not here to play it safe.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 4, 2025
“Gifting is about more than passing down wealth—it’s about passing down purpose.”
Susan Hirshman
Director of Wealth Management
Schwab Wealth Advisory and Schwab Center for Financial Research
…on the motivations behind high net worth gifting, via Schwab’s latest HNW Client Pulse Survey....
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 3, 2025
The accelerator's first cohort is charting unknown entrepreneurial territory—with up to $100K investment potential.
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Karen Hughes White, Effie Dennison, Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, and Caren Lock at the 2025 Texas Womens Foundation Leadership Forum & Awards Celebration in May. [Photo: Kim Leeson and Guy Rogers/TXWF]
The Last Word: Karen Hughes White on Ann Richards’ Timeless Advice—and the Ripple Effect of Investing in Women
by Quincy Preston | May 28, 2025
“Because we know that an investment in a woman is an investment in her family and in her community.”
Karen Hughes White President and CEO Texas Women’s Foundation …speaking at the organization’s Leadership Forum and Awards Celebration earlier this month.
Karen Hughes White wasn’t speaking in theory when she recently addressed the crowd at the Omni Dallas Hotel....
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by David Seeley |
May 22, 2025
Paige Bueckers has been in great demand since being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2025 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings. Sadly, Sherwin-Williams' Radiant Lilac SW 0074 hasn't been much in demand at all. In fact, it's the brand's least popular color, with the fewest gallons created in 2024. Now, in an innovative marketing spin, AT&T is promoting Radiant Lilac as its "The Loneliest Color"—and hoping Bueckers will make it as hot as her shooting hand.
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by David Seeley |
May 21, 2025
Conner—a serial entrepreneur, investor, and chief payment and logistics officer at Just Park U.S.—took part in the recent reopening of Dallas' historic Reverchon Park Baseball Field, following a multi-million-dollar renovation that has "restored it to greatness."
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by David Seeley |
May 20, 2025
On May 6, "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg shared some of her "favorite things" on a Mother's Day gift edition of the ABC show. One of her favorites? Jam Vino, a line of wine-infused jams from Dallas-based Founder and CEO Chef Lori Rogers.
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Hikaru Nakamura and Dommaraju will headline "Checkmate: USA vs. India," a landmark global chess showdown at Esports Stadium Arlington on October 4. [Photo: Maria Emelianova]
The Last Word: Hikaru Nakamura on the USA vs. India Chess Showdown in North Texas Oct. 4
by David Seeley | May 14, 2025
The chess world will turn its brainy gaze to North Texas on October 4, when "Checkmate: USA vs. India" hits the boards at Esports Stadium Arlington. The global chess showdown will feature five-time U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura taking on the current World Chess Champion, India's Gukesh Dommaraju—along with other headline-grabbing pairings.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 13, 2025
Our urban green space hosts a colony of ecological superheroes—aka bats—working tirelessly to pollinate plants and control pests while most humans are fast asleep.
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by David Seeley |
May 8, 2025
Last Thursday, SPARK! Dallas—a nonprofit that aims to ignite creativity in children through a fully immersive, hands-on learning environment—celebrated its 10th anniversary with a SPARKtacular fundraiser event. More than 160 guests attended, bid on silent auction items, and enjoyed appetizers and beverages at the home of Leigh and Bryce Williams. The goal: raise funds to help children learn about creativity. And as today's Last Word shows, SPARK! Dallas Executive Director Meg Bittner has high hopes for what that mission could lead to.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 7, 2025
The challenge above was addressed by Google Public Sector's Chris Hein to the opening-day audience at the Convergence AI Dallas conference, hosted April 30-May 1 by the Dallas Regional Chamber. Held for the second year at the Irving Convention Center, the event featured 75 expert speakers and attracted more than 750 innovators, leaders, builders, and advocates from the Dallas-Fort Worth AI ecosystem.
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Rendering of Terminal F at DFW Airport [Image: American Airlines]
The Last Word: On American Airlines and DFW Airport Committing $4B to New Terminal F
by David Seeley | May 1, 2025
American Airlines and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport unveiled plans Thursday for the airport's sixth terminal—Terminal F—that will enable both to "continue growing together." American and DFW have increased the planned investment in Terminal F to around $4 billion—aiming to create what will be DFW’s "signature terminal experience," operated entirely by American Airlines.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 29, 2025
Capital One has long positioned itself as a technology company that does banking, not the other way around. But what’s lesser known—even inside tech circles—is that the company now has a growing enterprise software business selling commercial cloud tools to other organizations.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 24, 2025
Manthripragada is just one of countless leaders in business, investment, innovation, philanthropy, academia, environmental advocacy, and more who've been speaking and connecting at this weeks's EarthX2025 Congress of Congresses, which runs through Friday at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. During the event's E-Capital Summit, Manthripragada spoke with MassChallenge CEO Caitlin Reimers Brumme,
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by David Seeley |
Apr 23, 2025
In celebration of Dallas Arts Month, Communities Foundation of Texas is presenting North Texas Gives to the Arts, a fundraising campaign that lives on the NorthTexasGivingDay.org platform. The campaign—which runs through April 30—includes $100,000 in total matching funds from The Giana Foundation Fund, the Robert B. and Virginia Payne Fund for Arts & Culture, and CFT.
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