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Impact
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CauseBot Only Texas Team Vying for $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE
by Lance Murray | Jul 11, 2017
Selected teams are challenged to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with AI technologies to take on the world's great challenges.
by Dave Moore |
Jul 11, 2017
A video starring Cuban is the first in a series of testimonials featuring local business leaders and entrepreneurs speaking about the advantages of moving to and living in Dallas.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jul 7, 2017
On Thursday, Toyota and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas awarded a $1 million Impact Grant to four area shelters who are pooling together their efforts to help homeless women and children.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 7, 2017
In the aftermath of the horrific event, Ipinowula “Ipi” Adedokun created World Apparel Co. to sell fashionable clothing and donate a portion of its profits to help children in need.
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For Oak Cliff Helping Students Craft Stories Through Hip-Hop
by Mallory Houser | Jul 6, 2017
At the end of the four-week camp, students will perform their own recorded music live at For Oak Cliff's back-to-school festival on Aug. 12.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jul 5, 2017
Radio play-by-play sports voices Brad Sham, Eric Nadel, Chuck Cooperstein, and Dave Strader will tell stories and take questions from the audience to benefit four children's charity organizations and Rays of Light for the third annual Talk of the Town event.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jul 5, 2017
The free, 90-day “transformation program” is providing assistance to returning citizens from jail or prison or recovering addicts by training them how to be entrepreneurs.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 30, 2017
Since 2012, F.A.R.M. has assisted more than 250 veterans and raised around $400,000 to help veterans return to civilian life. Recently, it moved to 200 acres in Seogoville, which co-founder Steve Smith said has been challenging, but offers future potential.
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WeWork Creator Awards South Regional Finals at ACL Live at The Moody Theater on June 27, 2017 in Austin. Dallas finalists are Keisha Whaley of Brass Tacks Collective (second from left) and Jennifer Ding (fifth from left) from ParkIT. [Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images for WeWork]
Dallas Women Win $144K
at WeWork Creator Awards
by Chloe Bennett | Jun 28, 2017
ParkIT and Brass Tacks Collective received $72,000 each for their early stage businesses.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 28, 2017
The Dallas-based foundation will use the grant to support the new Gulf Coast Conservation Loan Fund aimed at bolstering Deepwater Horizon mitigation funding for the Texas Gulf Coast.
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by Heather Noel |
Jun 27, 2017
Impact House will open Saturday as a space for freelancers and entrepreneurs to work on their ventures and where the community can come together to drive social change.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jun 27, 2017
The Dallas-based luxury coach company offers a discount for riders headed to M.D. Anderson in Houston.
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Giant panda bear in the forest. [Photo: Hung-Chung_Chih via istockphoto]
Kimberly-Clark, WWF Working to Raise Awareness About Sustainable Forestry
by Amy Wolff Sorter | Jun 26, 2017
In 2003, Irving-based Kimberly-Clark became the first U.S. tissue company to require suppliers be certified as "providing fiber from responsibly managed sources." Now, it will be the first to launch a packaging campaign to educate about responsibly-sourced products.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jun 23, 2017
The Irving-headquartered convenience retailer is winnowing down the seven potential franchisees to three finalists, with help from the contestants’ Why I Should Win videos, and the public.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jun 22, 2017
Which Wich CEO Jeff Sinelli, saw the VBikes appear in downtown Dallas recently and cooked up a plan to put them to work for good.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 21, 2017
Along with approximately 30 others, the finalists will present in front a live audience at ACL Live in Austin on June 27 to compete for a range of financial awards.
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