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Fiction Coffee's original location sits at 1623 N Hall St. [Photo: Theo Bowie]
Common Desk is Expanding its Coffee Brand Outside of Dallas
by Alex Edwards | Feb 20, 2020
Fiction Coffee has expanded from its flagship location at Ross and Hall with a branch at Four Oaks Place, one of the largest and most prestigious office campuses in Houston.
by David Kirkpatrick |
Feb 20, 2020
We asked a few locals what makes Texas, and Dallas-Fort Worth, a great place for black entrepreneurs—and what challenges still remain.
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by Maddie Preston |
Feb 20, 2020
Reed Duchscher and his team at Night Media manage a group of online superstars who collectively get over a billion monthly views.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 20, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from TPG, Dean Foods, Caregiver Inc., Blue River Partners, Neuro-Pro Monitoring, and StarRFoam.
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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 11
by Quincy Preston | Feb 19, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's dynamic binding of supplemental content to video, Samsung's method for 360-degree video navigation, Daifuku Co.'s automatic tire loader/unloader, DFB's treatment of skin malignancies using nanoparticles of taxanes, and Toyota's assessment of human driving performance using autonomous vehicles.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Feb 18, 2020
Google joins IBM, Tata Communications, and other major corporations on Dallas-based Hedera's Governing Council, which is tasked with supporting the distributed ledger technology.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 18, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from the American Heart Association, Comerica, North Texas Angel Network, Sundt Construction, and Hilltop Securities.
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by Maddie Preston |
Feb 18, 2020
FusionFlight, which received a $50,000 seed investment in 2016, has built and tested "the world's smallest and most powerful jet-powered drone with vertical take-off and landing capabilities."
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Dallas Flight Booking Startup FlyLine Launches Mobile App
by David Kirkpatrick | Feb 14, 2020
After recently raising $500K in pre-seed funding, FlyLine is launching a mobile experience that includes automatic check-in, budget pricing on legacy carriers, and more.
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![Founded in 2016 by Chief Executive Officer Chris Keaveney (right) and Chief Credit & Analytics Officer Phillip Stegner, the fast-growing education lender has raised a total of $23.4 million in funding, according to Crunchbase. [Photo via Meritize]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Meritize-Co-founders_-Phillip-Stegner-Chris-Keaveney-970-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Feb 14, 2020
Meritize Connect—launched in a statewide pilot—aims to bridge the gap between job-seekers, training providers, and employers.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Feb 13, 2020
The early-stage investment organization is bringing seasoned angel investor Aaron Gathmann onto the team.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 13, 2020
Tyler, the largest provider of public sector software solutions, has had 32 straight quarters of double-digit revenue growth.
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The winning team, from left: Alejandro Velasquez, Andrew Hicks, Cadell Alexander, Lianne Yang, and Joe K. Dickerson. [Photo: Courtesy TCU]
TCU MBAs Win the ‘World’s Largest Venture Capital Competition’
by David Kirkpatrick | Feb 12, 2020
The team, supported by the Cowtown Angels Fellows Program at TCU’s Neely Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, won the regional competition and will now advance to the global finals.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Feb 12, 2020
CarOffer, which says it's the retail automotive industry's first instant trade platform, has reached $60M in monthly sales within the startup's first six months.
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by Maddie Preston |
Feb 12, 2020
With the funds, the health tech company plans to grow its headquarters at the Cotton Mill near downtown McKinney and add 18 new highly technical software engineering jobs.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 12, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Frito-Lay's potato chip that has more oil near its outer surfaces, American Leather's seat convertible to a bed, Capital One's authorized data sharing using smart contracts, Google's dynamic digital certificate updating, IBM's root cause analysis of performance problems, Raytheon's shadow mask generation using elevation data, and ROCA Medical's therapeutic treatment kit for allergies based on DNA profiles.
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