Startup

Managing Madness with a Mentor: Meet Motorola Solutions’ Narasimha Raju Nagubhai

by | May 7, 2020
The DEC Network, a nonprofit supporting the entrepreneur ecosystem in North Texas, is helping small business owners get real with actionable advice from business leaders in a new column, 1:1 with Dallas Entrepreneur Center CEO Bill Chinn.
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A Dallas-based CBD Startup Founder Is Working on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic
by | May 7, 2020
With her background as a cardiovascular ICU nurse, Katrina Thompkins has temporarily relocated to New York City to help local hospitals with patients diagnosed with COVID-19 after recently launching her startup K'dara CBD.
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Take Command Health Hires Kyle Estep as its Business Development Director
by | May 6, 2020
The Dallas health tech startup says the move comes as health reimbursement arrangements continue to accelerate in popularity.
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of April 21
by | May 5, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's Limiting data transmission under lossy wireless conditions of an IoT device, Bell's flexible fold-over seat configurations for emergency egress of aircraft, CareView Communications' electronic sitter management system, Hilti's construction product modeling, Ilumi's wireless communication methods, Kintrans' automatic body movement recognition and association system, SalesBoost's voice analysis training system, and Toyota's adhesive hood reinforcement for pedestrian protection.
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Deep Ellum-based MedCAD Goes Live With its PPE Shop

by | May 5, 2020
MedCAD is on a mission to innovate personal protective equipment. Now, some of its products are available online.
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Study Says: Dallas Biotech’s Antimicrobial Coating Linked with Health Care-Associated Infection Reduction
by | May 4, 2020
Last month, Allied BioScience received capital from Lydia Partners to scale its operations and meet a surging demand.
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DI People: Meritize, OYO, Texas Capital Bank, and More Make Moves
by | May 1, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from TechFW, TYME Bank, Oakview Capital Management, and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6.
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R.A. Session II, president, CEO, and founder of Taysha Gene Therapies [Background image: Olena Yepifanova via iStock]
Dallas Gene Therapy Startup Launches with $30M Series A and a UT Southwestern Partnership
by | Apr 29, 2020
Taysha Gene Therapies, which has been operating in stealth with UT Southwestern, is off to a fast start with a pipeline of 15 gene therapy programs. Together with UTSW, the combined platform could be "an engine for new cures."
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of April 14

by | Apr 29, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Capital One's method for deploying and versioning machine learning models, Dell's multi-threaded text affinity analyzer for text and sentiment analytics, DePuy Synthes Products' porous implant materials, Hypergrid's cloud computing scoring systems, Intuit's automated access of tax documents for preparing an electronic return, Panacea Quantum Leap's device for extracting water from the environment, Textron's tiltrotor aircraft having interchangeable payload modules, Toyota's traffic signal learning and optimization, and USAA's systems for gamification.
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Linear Labs’ Smart Electric Motor is Now Available to Entrepreneurs, Makers, and Small Businesses
by | Apr 28, 2020
"The Honey Badger"—a motor named for its attitude, strength, tenacity, and good looks—is now available to anyone, even those looking to experiment at home. CEO Brad Hunstable says it's the company's way of pushing the limits of ingenuity and paying back the next generation of inventors.
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Cyberstates Report: Dallas-Fort Worth Lands in Top 10 for Net Tech Employment
by | Apr 28, 2020
A new analysis from CompTIA puts the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro No. 7 for total net tech employment and No. 6 for tech employment gains.
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COVID-19 Speeds Sprint to Virtual Marathons, Triathlons, Workouts
by | Apr 27, 2020
ACTIVE Network's software enhancements allow clients to put on virtual races that feel like a physical race. It's a shift that could be here to stay: There's room for both in-person and virtual platforms in the fitness market, the company says.
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Inequalities Between Havers and Doers

by | Apr 23, 2020
"Each role is vital to the American economy. But the disparity between the haver and doer roles shouldn’t represent the difference between life and death," writes Mandy Price.
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From left, University of Texas at Dallas and SMU. [Photos: UTD, Andrew Smith; SMU, courtesy]
Solution Fund: UT Dallas and SMU Partner With RevTech on Higher Ed (SAFE) Schools Challenge
by | Apr 23, 2020
The COVID-19 mission, should you choose to accept it: To create a low-risk campus environment that could exist after state and local executive orders related to the pandemic have expired.
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COVID-19 Response: North Texas Companies Make Donations, Launch New Programs, and Support First Responders
by | Apr 23, 2020
See how Dallas-Fort Worth-headquartered companies—Greyhound, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Hari Mari, Dickey’s, MyndVR, and more—are helping local communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
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