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Recycling Subscription Service Turn Expands in Denton, Making it Easier to Compost Food Waste Scraps
by Alex Edwards | Feb 2, 2021
Dallas-based environmental startup Turn promotes green living and a minimal waste. With its services for apartment residents, corporations, and members, Turn diverts organic waste to local farms, gardens, and composters, who then turn it into a resource.
by Dave Moore |
Feb 1, 2021
A cash infusion into 13 organizations—many of them nonprofits—aims to make Southern Dallas County a more verdant, better-informed, and healthier place to live.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 1, 2021
For 2021, Gillihan plans to continue efforts to help local entrepreneurs while assisting nonprofits and cause-driven businesses with "Launch for Good."
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by Quincy Preston and Sandra Engelland |
Feb 1, 2021
Jared Pope's HR tech startup offering technology to streamline workplace harassment and discrimination claims increased its client base by 250 percent. But it's more than a "check-the-box" compliance company.
Next up, the startup plans to move its headquarters to a new Dallas location, double its staffing, and raise a Series B funding round.
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The Dallas Foundation Grants $150K to Nine Nonprofits Making a Local Impact
by Lauren Hawkins | Jan 28, 2021
After8toEducate received the largest award of $50,000, which will support its mission to help homeless Dallas youth.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 26, 2021
The startup's flagship product— Preciate Social—grew more than 200 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The virtual socializing platform for businesses and teams officially launched in September with nearly 10,000 users from 1,700 companies including AAA, SSI, Brock Solutions, and National Science Foundation/Emory.
The virtual socializing platform for businesses and teams officially launched in September with nearly 10,000 users from 1,700 companies including AAA, SSI, Brock Solutions, and National Science Foundation/Emory.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 25, 2021
The $20.5 million project, developed by the Resource Center of Dallas and Volunteers of America, will provide LGBTQ older adults (62+) with affordable rental housing. An artist's rendering by architecture firm Perkins & Will shows the current concept for the apartments that will be located near Maple Avenue and Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 22, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Sentrics, Summit Off Duty Services, TimelyMD, Calloway's Nursery, Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS, and more.
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Meet the Future 50: Dallas-Fort Worth Innovators and Disruptors You Need to Know in 2021
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 14, 2021
These standouts—entrepreneurs, leaders, inventors, creatives, and educators—are disrupting industries, solving challenges, and making Dallas-Fort Worth (and beyond) a better place in a year like no other.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 13, 2021
OCN.ai (the Ocean Currency Network) gathers and stores data on ocean conditions using blockchain tech, drones, and information from scientific partners to keep ocean sanctuaries pristine with autonomous enforcement.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 13, 2021
The nonprofit is supporting three legislative measures on the federal level and one at the state level to get small business owners in Deep Ellum the immediate relief they need.
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by Jasmin Brand |
Jan 12, 2021
Helena Krusec provides business development opportunities for a portfolio of Capital Factory companies to connect with corporate partners across multiple industries, including prime defense contractors and the government.
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Female Funders: Arlan Hamilton On Investing in North Texas and Founders of Color
by Jasmin Brand | Jan 12, 2021
“Dallas will always be home,” says the LA-based venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton. Her VC firm, Backstage Capital has now raised more than $7 million and invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders.
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by Jasmin Brand |
Jan 12, 2021
A constellation of North Texas female funders has emerged. They're bringing new perspectives and new deals to the table.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 7, 2021
The collective strength of the innovation ecosystem and intellectual capital
in Dallas-Fort Worth is a force to be reckoned with.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 7, 2021
The Lone Star Prize, a statewide competition that aims to find and fund solutions focused on creating stronger communities, will award $10 million to the most transformative, scalable, feasible, and evidence-based solution.
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