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Left to right: Eido Bio founders Courtney Rutkowski, Sara Chumbley, and Stephanie Collins [Photos: Eido Bio]
This Biopharma Trio Is Tackling the Blind Spots in Women’s Health
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist | Mar 27, 2025
Eido Bio’s three co-founders are taking on menopause, research gaps, and a market where women’s health “sort of starts and stops with birth control.” The biotech startup is raising a Series A to launch clinical trials for a menopause treatment—and help shift the science toward women.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 26, 2025
Later this spring, an inspiring work of public art is going up in downtown Dallas, honoring cancer survivors from its placement above the Cancer Survivors’ Plaza. The installation—originally conceived by artist and Aurora co-founder Joshua King in 2016—tells the deeply personal stories of four cancer survivors.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 25, 2025
New data from the TXWF shows that the annual impact of the wage gap has grown 27% since 2019 to $60.1 billion annually in lost earnings and economic activity. "To sustain the level of economic success we enjoy here in Texas, the time is now to invest in women and that starts with closing the wage gap," said CEO Karen Hughes White.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 24, 2025
Following the ribbon cutting by George and Laura Bush with help from 32 national heroes, a "Mission to Inspire Spectacular" lit up the sky over the National Medal of Honor Museum with fireworks and drones, accompanied by video and musical arrangements to commemorate the milestone.
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The Last Word: When AI Rewrote the Famous “Barbie” Speech for Nonprofits
by David Seeley | Mar 20, 2025
When AI rewrote the Barbie speech for nonprofits, it hit uncomfortably close to home from impossibly tight budgets to donor expectations. Social entrepreneur Suzanne Smith says it's time for leaders to dive in and try Gen AI for themselves.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 19, 2025
Circular Services said the facility will serve as a "circularity campus," able to house a variety of material management services for municipal and commercial customers in McKinney, Frisco, and surrounding communities.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Mar 18, 2025
Under CEO Dana Donati, the 501(c)(3) co-founded by former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker provides education and opportunities to those lacking the resources to pursue a career in aviation. In some cases, it all starts with a VR headset that puts them in the cockpit of an Airbus or a Boeing.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 12, 2025
Six local entrepreneurs have joined 494 other "women at the top of their games" by making Inc.'s Female Founders 500 list. From a nonprofit helping battle-scarred veterans to an influencer marketing innovator to a nationwide "all-American" bakery chain and more, here's what the six women created—and why they're thriving.
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Sam's Club has donated $1.5 million to Dallas-based Big Thought. [Photo via Sam's Club]
The Last Word: On Sam’s Club Donating $1.5M to Dallas’ Big Thought to Advance Youth Career Opportunities
by David Seeley | Mar 6, 2025
Dallas-based Big Thought is one of two nonprofits who have each received a $1.5 million grant from Sam’s Club, part of a $3 million investment to help youth, aged 16-24, who are out of school and unemployed by providing them with meaningful career pathways.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 6, 2025
The grant to Big Thought is part of a $3 million investment to help youth, aged 16-24, who are out of school and unemployed by providing them with meaningful career pathways.
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![In a side room at Old Parkland, entrepreneur Mark Cuban. left, and Houston philanthropist John Arnold compared notes for the Texas Business Hall of Fame's Creators 2025 speaker series. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305-TBHFCreators2025SpeakersSeries-KyleKlose-001-crop-360x203.jpg)
by Glenn Hunter |
Mar 6, 2025
Cuban and Arnold told an audience of businesspeople at Old Parkland Wednesday that high healthcare costs have multiple causes—and that efforts to significantly reform the system are likely to take a while.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 5, 2025
The nonprofit's 2025 Annual Gala at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas raised the money to expand high-quality early childhood education across North Texas.
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Dale Petroskey, Allie Beth Allman, and Curtis C. Farmer [Photo: Brad Newton/Grant Miller Photography]
Junior Achievement of Dallas Honors 3 Leaders at Business Hall of Fame Event, Raises $1.25M
by Lance Murray | Feb 27, 2025
Dale Petroskey, Allie Beth Allman, and Curtis C. Farmer were honored by Junior Achievement of Dallas at the annual Dallas Business Hall of Fame fundraising gala at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Feb 26, 2025
The southern half of Dallas County is home to just over 1.05 million residents. That’s about 40% of the total number of people who call Dallas County home—and roughly 200,000 more than the entire population of San Francisco....
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 20, 2025
The new center at Bridge Labs will train the workforce powering North Texas’ biotech boom—helping startups speed therapies, vaccines, and breakthrough biologics from lab bench to patients. Funded in part by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing Satellite Campus is set to open this summer.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 18, 2025
Do you know a deserving teacher in Dallas-Fort Worth who could use a break? Here's your chance to help. The Holdsworth Center, a nonprofit that builds stronger leaders for Texas public schools, is inviting North Texans to nominate a teacher for a weekend retreat at the center’s campus on Lake Austin—"a one-of-a-kind place dedicated to the idea that public education matters."
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