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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.
Debra Brennan Tagg, president of Dallas' BFS Advisory Group [Photo: LinkedIn]
The Last Word: On the Growing Power of Women in Wealth Management
by David Seeley | Jul 10, 2025
BFS Advisory Group President Debra Brennan Tagg is just one of several high-achieving female financial advisers quoted in D CEO's recent story "The Future of Wealth Management is Female." The article notes that by 2030, women in the U.S. will control nearly five times more wealth than they did 10 years ago. And increasingly, women are among the wealth managers who advise them on how to grow and protect their money.
by David Seeley |
Jul 9, 2025
Eight years after his first day at TestFit—a Dallas-based real estate development feasibility platform that's helped clients speed up site planning by as much as 10 times—Harness took to LinkedIn to share "8 things about founders." His insights include "We will work 80 hours a week for fun"; "We will not accept defeat, even at a 97% casualty rate"; and "Motivation is our own. No carrot. No stick. Just manic intent."
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by David Seeley |
Jul 8, 2025
From knowing your "why" to nailing the follow-up, the Dallas-based investor who's backed over 100 brands took to LinkedIn to share tips for making those crucial 60 seconds count.
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![The 2025 Southwest winners and stakeholders gather on stage at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards last weekend. [Photo via Dennis Cail]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/EY-southest-award-2025-Dennis-Cail-share-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Jun 25, 2025
The 2025 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Awards were judged by a powerhouse panel of past winners—including Zirtue's Dennis Cail. What he saw in the 18 standout founders and executives? The grit and vision it takes to make it.
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Night terrors come to life in “Tinkle,” Davis Knocke’s surreal sibling comedy where two brothers settle in to sleep—only to be dragged into a hilariously horrifying dreamscape. [Still via Pegasus Film Festival]
The Last Word: Pegasus Film Festival’s Madeleine Beck on Giving Young Creatives a ‘Taste of Hollywood’
by Quincy Preston | Jun 12, 2025
The student-led fest returns June 20–22 with 64 bold short films from DFW and around the world—including zombie substitute teachers, culture-clash comedies, and Kiwi tales of friendship. Plus: red carpet moments and real-world connections with film pros.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 11, 2025
Jackson Moses was named to Business Insider’s Seed 100: The Best Early-Stage Investors of 2025 in May. Today, the Dallas-based venture capitalist shared Voyager Technologies’ IPO surge—with a message for defense tech holdouts, in a LinkedIn post.
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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.
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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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Student founders display their custom startup flags at the SMU Spears Launch Accelerator kickoff in late May. "The Spears Institute is your mission control and the community, and this community is your crew," Program Director Bhavna Kumar told the flag-bearing founders. [Photo: SMU Spears Institute]
The Last Word: SMU’s Bhavna Kumar on Why SMU’s New Spears Launch Accelerator Starts With Planting a Flag
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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by David Seeley |
May 29, 2025
Ashley Weaver and her husband, Dayne Weaver, have smoked themselves up a place of honor in Texas barbecue lore. Their Aledo restaurant, Dayne's Craft Barbecue, just cracked the Top 10 in the famed, every-four-years Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joints list. By ranking No. 7, Dayne's joins Fort Worth-based Goldee's Bar-B-Q as the only North Texas BBQ joints in the Top 10. (Goldee's, which ranks No. 3 in 2025, made it all the way to the top in 2021 by ranking No. 1.)
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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....
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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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Whoopi Goldberg presents Jam Vino on ABC's "The View." [Image: Chef Lorious Group, LLC]
The Last Word: On Dallas-Based Jam Vino’s Appearance on ABC’s ‘The View’
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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by David Seeley |
May 15, 2025
May is National Pet Month, and to help make sure local pets are healthy, safe, and homed, the Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) is presenting North Texas Gives to Animals, a fundraising campaign through the NorthTexasGivingDay.org platform.
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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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