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Hack Culture: Asterisk Redefines Tech Recruitment Through Hands-On Coding Experiences

by | Nov 25, 2019
Hackathons are about coding collaboration in the extreme. But Asterisk's hackathons deliver on all levels for both companies and their talent—from problem-solving to scouting tech talent.
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Ready, Cassette, Go: This Nostalgic Music Player Gets a Functional Fix
by | Nov 22, 2019
MIXXTAPE is a blend of nostalgia and modern technology—it has the look and feel of a cassette, but can play your MP3s, FLAC, iTunes, and other hi-fi audio formats. 
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SoGal Foundation’s Global Pitch Competition Announces Dallas Regional Finalists
by | Nov 21, 2019
The three finalists from the Dallas SoGal Pitch will move on to the final round of the global competition for the chance to win some of an expected $600,000-plus of investment dollars, which will be allocated to the winning teams.
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Follow the Money: Renibus Therapeutics Nets $16.3M, Shiftsmart Raises $12.75M, Traxo Receives Equity Funding
by | Nov 21, 2019
In this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity by North Texas companies, you’ll also find news from EX-IQ, BaiCells, Mark Cuban, MODE Transportation, Artifex Partners, AT&T, and Blue Star Heating and Air.
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Dallas Innovates: The [Tech] Talent Issue

Talent is the No. 1 thing on the minds of North Texas leaders. Our special edition magazine dives into how companies, culture, and community are making Dallas-Fort Worth a force for the future.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 12
by | Nov 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Atos Digital Health Solutions' system for secure messaging, Bell Helicopter Textron's aircraft fleet maintenance system, Capital One's data sharing via distributed ledgers, Carefusion 303's variable dose dispensing system, Danco's smart water filter system, rewardStyle's dynamic creation of product links from a web browser, and Texas Instruments' one-way key fob and vehicle pairing.
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Cooklist’s New Thanksgiving Meal Planner Decides Your Dinner in Under a Minute
by | Nov 19, 2019
The Thanksgiving Meal Planner, launched today, can send an order for curbside pickup to Walmart, Kroger, or Target. The Dallas-based mobile app also recently added a grocery store price comparison that matches user's shopping list to products available locally. It's already matched around $100,000 worth of groceries.
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Recap: Startups Take the Stage at Health Wildcatters’ Pitch Day
by | Nov 19, 2019
Three of the startups that helped close the fall cohort at Health Wildcatters are based in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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DI People: RoboKind, rewardStyle, Jacobs, and Idea Grove Make Leadership Announcements

by | Nov 19, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Medecision, Magna5, the Panther Island project, Frost Bank, RAVE Restaurant Group, HollyFrontier, and Gateway First Bank.
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Plano-Based 5G Solutions Company Nets $85M in Series C Funding
by | Nov 18, 2019
Baicells Technologies, a provider of disruptive global LTE/5G solutions now has total funding of $99.6 million, which includes an earlier investment by Qualcomm.
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My Startup Story: How a McKinney Couple Wants to Change the View on Healthcare
by | Nov 18, 2019
Whether someone wants to call a doctor instead of go to an office, email one with specific questions, or simply save money on healthcare, freshbenies works to provide it all through its discount card program.
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UTD and TCU Rank Among Top 50 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs
by | Nov 15, 2019
The Princeton Review's 14th annual survey named UTD 13th and TCU 15th. Each North Texas university houses an institute for entrepreneurship studies within the business school.
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North Texas Team Chosen for Federal AI Healthcare Challenge

by | Nov 15, 2019
Lightbeam Health Solutions and DocSynk are participating as one team in the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services' Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge for the chance to win $1M.
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TWU’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs Awards Ten Microgrants
by | Nov 15, 2019
Tawny Laney (pictured below), owner of Picture This!, used the money she won in 2018 from a Texas Woman's University microgrant to expand her photo booth rental business. It includes a vintage trailer with a photo booth inside.
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UNTHSC Launches Innovate Fort Worth Podcast to Highlight Local Startups
by | Nov 15, 2019
The UNT Health Science Center aims to bring awareness to the Fort Worth entrepreneurial community by sharing the stories of leading founders, innovators, and investors.
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Coffee Company NuZee Files for $12M Initial Public Offering
by | Nov 14, 2019
The single-service coffee provider moved its headquarters to Plano from California earlier this year. Now, it's planning to grow via an IPO.
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