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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.
Goldee's Bar-B-Q co-founders, left to right: Lane Milne, Jonny White, and Jalen Heard [Photo: Jonny White via Instagram]
The Last Word: On the Founders of Fort Worth’s Goldee’s BBQ Making Food & Wine’s 2024 ‘Best New Chefs’ List
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Sep 13, 2024
People wait in line up to 5 hours to get into Goldee's, a BBQ restaurant in a rough-hewn wood shack in Fort Worth. So you know something special is smokin' up there. But now the line may get even longer—because Goldee's three co-founders made the 2024 Food & Wine Best New Chefs list this week.
by Quincy Preston |
Sep 11, 2024
Dallas-based LTK is proving that North Texas startups can go toe-to-toe with Silicon Valley giants. In a recent interview with Axios, Amber Venz Box discussed the company's impressive growth in the creator economy space.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 10, 2024
Plano-based Cinemark Holdings had a lot of popcorn to pop last weekend, thanks to a sequel to a huge 1988 Gen X hit. The company achieved its all-time best September domestic box office weekend driven by "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," which also notched Cinemark's biggest domestic opening weekend box office for a September title. And one more record got hilariously, demonically set: a new September mark for Cinemark's September weekend food, beverage, and premium format sales.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 9, 2024
Doughbird, a new restaurant from Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts, opened Friday in Dallas' Inwood Village near Inwood and Lovers Lane—joining a lineup of Fox's "sister restaurants" in the city including Flower Child, The Henry, Culinary Dropout, and North Italia. With an offbeat menu featuring a "fun spin on ordinary American classics," it's the fifth location and first in Texas for the concept. A cozy design scheme is the backdrop for wildly varied dining options—from Detroit-style pizzas to prime rib steak sandwiches to steak frites.
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The Last Word: CRE Lawyer on AI Algorithms and the Antitrust Landscape
by David Seeley | Sep 5, 2024
The use of AI and algorithms in business practices is drawing increased scrutiny from antitrust regulators. According to a recent report in The Business Journals, attorney Jerrold Bregman highlighted the legal territory these technologies present.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 4, 2024
Most people who look out their window are lucky to see a tree. But residents who move into the upcoming One Rangers Way—a $100M, 300-unit luxury apartment project from the Texas Rangers and the Cordish Companies—will get a sports-related eyeful in multiple directions. The project is located several field-goal kicks from AT&T Stadium and across from Choctaw Stadium and nearby Globe Life Field, and close to the looming hubub coming with the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 29, 2024
At Bisnow's Future of DFW Life Sciences Summit, Davis predicted a "snowball effect" of success in the next three to ten years as the life sciences industry grows. Davis has today's "Last Word."
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 28, 2024
“Across many professional industries, women have made strides in breaking down barriers; however, supply chain and digital technology are two sectors that are often seen as being male-dominated.”
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The Last Word: Law Firm Leader Paul Genender On Dallas’ ‘Supercity’ Status
by David Seeley | Aug 26, 2024
In June, the Dallas-based TXSE Group announced plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on Texas and the Southeast U.S., with $120 million in funding lined up from BlackRock, Citadel Securities, and other investors. That's led to national buzz about "Y'all Street" and growing global awareness of the city's financial and corporate momentum.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 23, 2024
Leaders light up LinkedIn thread on ex-Google CEO's work-life balance comment.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 22, 2024
“The idea is to scale this and be able to support more small businesses, get more companies involved.”
Hayden Blackburn
Chief Operating Officer
TechFW
…on partnering with the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, or SATOP, via Fort Worth Report....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 21, 2024
“Texans are rarely all hat and no cattle.”
Taylor Kennedy Frenchi
Program Manager – Nature and Health Alliance
Texan by Nature
.…sharing the organization’s 2023 Conservation Impact Report on LinkedIn
Texan by Nature, founded by former First Lady Laura Bush in 2011, has released its 2023 Impact Report....
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"Orbital" being shown in immersive shared reality at a preview evening of Cosm at Grandscape in The Colony [Photo: Cosm Dallas/Instagram]
The Last Word: Cosm’s Jeb Terry at a ‘Shared Reality’ Preview at Grandscape in The Colony
by David Seeley | Aug 19, 2024
Terry welcomed an invitation-only crowd Saturday night for a preview experience of Cosm at Grandscape in The Colony. Officially opening on August 31 with a College Kickoff Weekend, the venue and its 87-foot diameter, 12K-plus LED dome will make people feel like they're magically close to the action of live sports and artistic events—from college football and NBA games to Premier League matches, UFC fights, performing arts events, and more. On Saturday night, the crowd got a taste of what "immersive shared reality" is like—and came away wowed.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 16, 2024
“Mentorship is not cloning a Mini-Me, but supporting others in their journey to become the best they can be.”
Richard Riccardi
Writer, 52 Steps Forward
Co-founder, DFW CPG
Investor
.…on...
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The Last Word: Texas State Fair’s Jennifer Schuder On Taking a Bite Out of the Big Tex Choice Awards
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 15, 2024
We’re about a month and a half from the start of the State Fair of Texas and people are buzzing about the Big Tex Choice Awards. Since 2005, the contest has decided which new culinary creations will sit alongside the classics, like Fletcher’s Corny Dogs. Today, you can find Fletcher's in many places, like the grocery store and in a food truck at Klyde Warren Park. But their first appearance was at the State Fair of Texas in 1942.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 14, 2024
In 2026, AT&T Stadium will host nine FIFA World Cup matches, including a globally watched semi-final—more than any of the other 15 host venues in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. A stunning 3.4 million spectators attended the 2022 World Cup matches in Qatar. Now Lewis is tasked with making sure arrivals and departures go smoothly in 2026 at Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas Executive Airport, and the Vertiport in downtown Dallas.
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