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Lyft Partners with Per Scholas Dallas to Give Free Rides for Training Sessions, Site Visits, and Employment

by | Nov 26, 2019
The Lyft Jobs Access Program will provide Per Scholas members with rides in order to close short-term transportation gaps through Dec. 31.
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DI People: Elevate Credit, Devenney Group, Kimberly-Clark Make Leadership Moves
by | Nov 26, 2019
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves involving companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Jones|Carter, SWK Holdings, Wingstop, the Michaels Companies, and more.
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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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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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A Cloud Solution for Resumes Takes the Top Prize at UTD’s Annual Big Idea Competition
by | Nov 20, 2019
UT Dallas' largest startup pitch competition allowed six student teams to present their business ideas. See who took home the prize money.
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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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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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TMGcore Unveils its Transformative Data Center Platform—And it’s About the Size of an SUV
by | Nov 19, 2019
At Supercomputing 2019, the Plano-based provider of data center solutions gave a look at the OTTO platform, which has the potential to help clients cut operational costs by 80 percent. It's a tenth the size of a traditional data center. 
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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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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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bigBANG! 2019 Encouraged Conversations Surrounding an Inclusive Economy
by | Nov 15, 2019
The two-day conference hosted a marketplace of socially-conscious enterprises from across North Texas including Marie Mae, Deep Vellum Publishing, Roma Boots, and EarthX. Check out our recap of what went down.
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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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