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Emmitt Smith to Lead Dallas Regional Chamber in Connecting Workers Impacted by COVID-19 to Jobs

by | Apr 20, 2020
Dallas entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist, and former professional football star Emmitt Smith will serve as the DRC's ambassador for its “Connecting Displaced Workers to Jobs” platform.
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Dallas‑Area Firms Join Forces for Smarter Healthcare Supply Chain
by | Apr 16, 2020
Together, Vizient and One Network Enterprises intend to get essential supplies into the right hands, faster. It could be a match made in supply chain heaven.
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Digital Matrix Systems expects to occupy its new headquarters in Preston Park Towers later this year. [Photo: Preston Park Financial]
International Risk Management Solutions Firm to Relocate HQ to Plano, Plans to Hire Tech Talent
by | Apr 16, 2020
Flexibility for future growth—and a location that will help recruit tech talent—was key to Digital Matrix System's decision-making. Hiring could center on business development, software engineering, and decision science.
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Dallas Invents: 146 Patents Granted for Week of March 31
by | Apr 15, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's training for a machine learning algorithm to determine customer purchases, Apple's control channel for UE power saving, Bank of America's multi-biometric-factor IoT secured network, Blacktop Plus' therapeutic elastic sports tape, Capital One's visual inspection support using extended reality, National Presort's high-speed print-and-apply label applicator, and Siemens Healthcare's atlas-based contouring of organs at risk for radiation therapy.
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Peak Nanosystems’ $25M Series C Funds an Acquisition and Product Expansion

by | Apr 14, 2020
Coppell-based Peak Nanosystems, known for taking nanotechnology out of the lab and into the real world, is expanding its optical product development.
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National Database: Dallas’ Catapult Health Partners With Evive to Help People Find COVID-19 Testing Sites
by | Apr 14, 2020
Catapult, which specializes in preventive health checkups through remote clinics and telehealth options, wants to help connect people to nearby coronavirus testing sites.
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Great Places to Work: Fortune Names the 80 ‘Best Workplaces in Texas’ for 2020
by | Apr 14, 2020
More than half of the companies have significant operations in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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PPP Program: Texas Governor Abbott Announces $50M in Small Business Loans With Goldman Sachs, LiftFund
by | Apr 13, 2020
"We all agree that we want Texans on payroll, not laid off," Gov. Abbott said.
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Housing for Healthcare: Dallas’ RVs 4 MDs Connects First Responders with Temporary ‘Wheel Estate’

by | Apr 9, 2020
This grassroots volunteer group started by two Dallas-area moms is teaming up with peer-to-peer rental platform RVshare. Together they are helping meet the demand for temporary housing for self-isolating healthcare workers.
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Poo-Pourri Repurposes 1M Toilet Spray Bottles to Speed Up its Hand Sanitizer Launch
by | Apr 9, 2020
Poo-Pourri originally planned to release antibacterial products this fall. But coronavirus motivated the team to change their plans.
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‘An Avenue Back to Normalcy’: Neighborhood Goods Plans Free Store Space for Businesses Affected by COVID-19
by | Apr 9, 2020
The Commons by Neighborhood Goods plans to provide a free platform for local and national brands, restaurants, musicians, and artists who have been negatively impacted by the pandemic.
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EarthX’s First Virtual E-Capital Summit Goes Public and It’s Free (But Don’t Miss the Deadline)
by | Apr 9, 2020
The summit, which is normally invitation only, will feature climate tech innovators, virtual happy hours, and a pitch competition with prizes up to $10,000. Organizers are serious about the deadline. Sign up by April 10, 11:59 p.m.
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A Fort Worth Molecular Lab is Now Offering COVID-19 Testing

by | Apr 8, 2020
CQuentia's newly validated COVID-19 test can determine if a patient is infected or a carrier—even if they're showing no symptoms.
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Giving Back: Salesforce Just Announced $5M in Grants to Help Small Businesses Weather the COVID-19 Crisis
by | Apr 8, 2020
The Salesforce Care Small Business Grants were announced during a virtual event featuring Mark Cuban earlier today.
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Xenex and AT&T iot connectivity hospital tech robotics
AT&T IoT Technology Powers Germ-Zapping Robots
by | Apr 7, 2020
The robots use UV light to help destroy viruses and other deadly pathogens to help hospitals stop the spread of disease.
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DI People: Learfield IMG College, ThinkWhy, and TeamSupport Make Leadership Moves
by | Apr 7, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Symphony RetailAI and C-Hear.
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