He tells his own story to inspire others and strengthen the ecosystem. And he's confident that "we'll be celebrating several more unicorns going forward."
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John Olajide [Photo: Michael Samples]
How Axxess’ John Olajide Built a Bootstrapped Unicorn in Dallas
by Kevin Cummings and Quincy Preston | Nov 9, 2022
Axxess founder John Olajide built his Dallas-based healthcare tech company from a fledgling startup in 2007 to a global company with 1,000 employees serving 3 million-plus patients. But the journey getting there wasn’t a straightforward path.
He tells his own story to inspire others and strengthen the ecosystem. And he's confident that "we'll be celebrating several more unicorns going forward."
He tells his own story to inspire others and strengthen the ecosystem. And he's confident that "we'll be celebrating several more unicorns going forward."
by Lance Murray |
Nov 9, 2022
The Perot family’s support will expand the number of students admitted to UT Southwestern's dual-degree program as well as research disciplines in which they study, to include biomedical engineering, computational biology, bioinformatics, and data science.
The funding will enhance the curriculum and experiences of Medical Scientist Training Program students and increase efforts to recruit students from elite U.S. colleges, including top international students who want to stay in the U.S. for their careers.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 8, 2022
This Friday, November 11, Orlando and Medal of Honor Recipient CSM Gary Littrell (U.S. Army, retired) will serve as co-grand marshals of the Veterans Day Parade in Dallas, to be held starting at 11 a.m. at City Hall Plaza.
It'll be a homecoming of sorts for Orlando. In 1973, his song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" became a global hit, reaching No. 1 in the U.S. and U.K. charts. Families of returning Vietnam War POWs adopted the song as their own, tying yellow ribbons on trees across America. Later in 1973, Orlando performed the song at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas at an event welcoming home returning POWs. with Bob Hope as host.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 8, 2022
If you come shop for a cause Thursday, the Auxiliary of Nexus will offer a wide variety of gifts, snacks, and apparel from 16 different vendors. You'll find everything from artful ceramics to python bags and clutches to men's clothing, women's apparel, skincare, Mexican glassware, handbags, scarves, and much more.
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South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park [Photo: Trust for Public Land]
Trust for Public Land Receives Over $5.7M in New Commitments for Five Mile Creek Greenbelt
by Lance Murray | Nov 4, 2022
The Boone Family Foundation dedicated $2.65 million and Lyda Hill Philanthropies committed $2.5 million to help fund the Five Mile Creek Greenbelt, a network of parks and trails the TPL is developing across Oak Cliff and southwest Dallas.
"For 80 years, Dallas has dreamed of a greenbelt along Five Mile Creek to benefit the city’s health, connectivity, and environment," the TPL's board chair said.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 4, 2022
For nearly a century, The Dallas Foundation—Texas’ first community foundation—has impacted causes that have helped communities thrive across North Texas. On Thursday, the foundation announced it has awarded more than $1 billion to Dallas-area nonprofit organizations that work to improve the lives of North Texans. That eye-popping total reflects almost a century of philanthropic partnerships and grantmaking.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 4, 2022
On Thursday, the foundation announced it has awarded more than $1 billion to Dallas-area nonprofit organizations that work to improve the lives of North Texans. It crossed that historic mark after nearly a century of philanthropic partnerships and grantmaking.
“Although the impact to date has been significant, we are truly just getting started," said the foundation's president and CEO, Matthew Randazzo.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 2, 2022
The city of Dallas has a Bike Plan—but it was written in 2011. Now, after creating 67 miles of bike lanes across the city, Dallas is working on an updated bicycle master plan that lays out future bike and roadway improvement needs.
“We want to build connected bicycle routes that help you safely get from your home to your work, school, parks, and other destinations,” the city said in a statement.
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Dallas BioLabs Site Director Gabby Everett, center, with (from left) BioLabs New York Director Glennis Mehra, BioLabs Dallas Director of Operations Jeff Laidlaw, BioLabs COO Adam Milne, BioLabs Philadelphia Director Melina Blees, BioLabs CEO Johannas Fruehauf, BioLabs VP/Operations Gary Olsem, BioLabs CFO John Freeman, BioLabs VP/Business Susan Chase, BioLabs CBO Nina Dudnik, BioLabs Dallas' Paola Sota. [Photo: Dallas Innovates]
The Last Word: Committee Chairman Bernard Poussot on BioLabs and Others Winning 2022 Prix Galien Awards
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 1, 2022
The Prix Galien USA Committee honored excellence and innovation in life sciences during the Prix Galien USA Forum and 16th annual Prix Galien Awards Gala last week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
One big winner was BioLabs, which has a 37,000-SF coworking and shared wet lab space at the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park in Dallas, along with other locations across the U.S. and in France and Germany.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 31, 2022
Dunnu Devulapally has faced his own struggles with identity issues as a first-generation American as well as with substance abuse. Now he aims to help people facing these and other mental health-related issues by launching NRVE, a Dallas-based research nonprofit. Targeting younger generations, NRVE will focus on awareness in youth, support for veterans, support for homeless people, and research for substance abuse, domestic violence, and suicide prevention.
With the information it collects, NRVE plans to become the “Google” for the mental health space, Devulapally told Dallas Innovates.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 28, 2022
Read “who said what” in our roundup of quotes about all things North Texas, including ENO8's Jeff Francis; MyndVR's Chris Brickler and Ted Werth; Axxess' John Olajide; the Urban Land Institute's Ron Pressman; Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson; the Mavs Foundation's Katie Edwards; UT Arlington's Yi Hong; HomeUSA.com's Ben Caballero; ParkHub's George Baker Sr.; and more.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 25, 2022
McKinney's Wistron GreenTech has partnered with New Jersey-based Princeton NuEnergy on a lithium-Ion battery direct recycling pilot production line, which officially opened in McKinney today. PNE founder Dr. Yan Chao calls it a "powerful next step" in a vision for covering a nationwide close-loop recycling supply chain for the batteries.
The line will use PNE's patented process to recycle everything from phone batteries to full EV battery packs.
The line will use PNE's patented process to recycle everything from phone batteries to full EV battery packs.
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Denton will be one of three focus cities in the five-year study. [Avondale Park trail in Denton: City of Denton]
UNT Geographers Get $1.5M NSF Grant to Explore Tech’s Impact on Urban Forests
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 24, 2022
University of North Texas faculty members Alexandra Ponette-González and Matthew Fry will soon launch a a five-year study—backed by a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation—to explore how digital tools like i-Tree influence urban forest sustainability and equity.
Cities across the U.S. use this technology to help make decisions about our urban forests—which encompass all the trees and shrubs that exist on public and private land within each city....
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by David Seeley |
Oct 24, 2022
Southern Gateway Park, a planned $172 million, five-acre deck park over I-35 by the Dallas Zoo—just reached a big milestone. TxDOT has completed the foundation deck for Phase 1 of the deck park (seen in the right half of the image above). The park will literally and figuratively reconnect the Oak Cliff neighborhood that was divided by I-35 in the 1950s.
The park promises to be an engineering marvel with five acres of wooded slopes, water features, rocky escarpments, a restaurant/retail complex hidden under a hilltop, and one of the most awesome kids' playgrounds in North Texas. But its greatest achievement may be to make Oak Cliff whole again—and to bring all of Dallas together.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 23, 2022
Zoo To Do is a major source of funding for the nonprofit Dallas Zoo. Proceeds help support the Zoo’s dedication to providing the best animal care, delivering unique education offerings, and strengthening its wildlife conservation efforts in Dallas and around the world.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 21, 2022
The next time you see Luka Doncic slam home a dunk at a Dallas Mavericks game, he'll be doing more than helping his team win in the new NBA season. He'll also be scoring $50 to help create opportunities for young adults across Dallas-Fort Worth.
TIAA and the Mavericks are teaming up on Dunks for Equity, a program supporting educational and professional equity for all.
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