Startup

DSW19: Mark Cuban’s Entrepreneurial Journey, the EmTech Summit, Gaming and Esports

You'll also find who's saying what, social posts, and photo opps in today's recap of Dallas Startup Week. (Day 2)
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C-Hear
Talking Pictures: C-Hear to Reveal More About its ‘Internet Disruptor’ Image & Sound Tech
by | Apr 3, 2019
C-Hear's technology—launched at SXSW—creates unfakable documents, produces unstealable images, and allows a user to imbed audio into an image file without saving it as a video.
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ventures
3 DFW Universities will Vie for $100K in TCU’s Values and Ventures Competition
by | Apr 3, 2019
Teams from 56 universities from around the globe will pitch conscious capitalism ventures that make a profit while solving a problem.
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Dallas Invents: 116 Patents Granted for Week of March 26
by | Apr 3, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include Google's proximity payment system environment response; Omnitrac's management of movable objects; Raytheon's methods for acquiring, launching, and guiding missiles to multiple targets; Samsung's techniques for millimeter-wave mobile communication; Slocum Geophysics' airborne geophysical exploration;; and more.
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cybersecurity

Industry Professionals Tackle the Lack of Available Cybersecurity Talent

by | Apr 2, 2019
At Dallas Startup Week, cybersecurity professionals from The United Way, University of Texas at Dallas, and Tarrant County College came together to discuss how DFW enterprises can change the industry's issues.
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What Startups Should Know About Funding—From the Investors Themselves
by | Apr 2, 2019
From finding the right investor to staying local to making the perfect warm introduction, some of North Texas' most prominent investors discuss what startups need to know about funding.
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Founders
Disrupt Dallas Kicks Off Dallas Startup Week with Founders of Color Panel
by | Apr 2, 2019
The event also featured a talk with Morgan DeBaun, co-founder and CEO of the digital content startup Blavity, which raised $6.5 million in a Series A round late last year.
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Craig Hall on Democratizing Entrepreneurship, Being a Leader, and the American Dream
by | Apr 2, 2019
To Craig Hall, entrepreneurship is hard work, stick-to-it-iveness, and being willing to, at times, have your head handed to you with lots of big mistakes. During DSW19, he reflects on his own personal experiences—and makes some recommendations about the future.
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Justice as Inspiration: Innovation Brings Paul Quinn College Back from the Brink

by | Apr 1, 2019
College president Michael Sorrell says justice is about ending generational poverty and offering opportunity to every student. Here's how a changing educational trajectory is growing enrollment and pushing more students toward graduation.
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CerSci
Meet the Innovators: Lucas Rodriguez, CEO of CerSci Therapeutics
by | Apr 1, 2019
CerSci's focus is on alleviating human suffering and rescuing society from the ongoing opioid crisis via a pain drug that does not affect the central nervous system.
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‘Why Dallas, Now’: State of Entrepreneurship 2019 Announces Powerhouse Speaker Lineup, Agenda
by | Mar 29, 2019
The event, now in its sixth year, celebrates “the people, places, and passions that keep the DFW startup ecosystem thriving."
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Winter is Coming to Dallas With the Game Of Thrones Augmented Reality Experience
by | Mar 29, 2019
HBO is partnering with AT&T and AR startup Magic Leap to celebrate the TV show's final season—and let fans attempt to take on a White Walker—through immersive technology.
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funding

Follow the Money: Linear Labs Gets $4.5M; TIER REIT & Cousins Merger Creates $7B Company

by | Mar 28, 2019
You’ll also find news about Blue Racer Midstream, SureShot, SkyDefender, Allied Bioscience, Lantern Pharma, Akola Project, Mark Cuban, Siemens, KwikBoost, and Align Capital in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving investors and companies in North Texas.
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Fast 500
Top 10: Tech Boosts Job Growth in Dallas Metro, Report Says
by | Mar 28, 2019
Dallas ranks seventh in net tech employment and sixth in jobs added among 46 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas analyzed in CompTIA's Cyberstates 2019 guide.
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View from the Scooter: Uber Brings ‘Ride Pass’ to Dallas, SMU Tests Scooters on Campus
by | Mar 28, 2019
You'll also find doctors urging scooter safety, and 'Birdeo + Limet,' a classic tale of romance, rivalry, and, yes, scooters.
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Lyft
Lyft Launches its Scooters in Dallas, Debuts $5-a-Month Community Pass Program
by | Mar 28, 2019
Lyft had a busy week—first launching their scooters in Dallas, then a debuting a much-anticipated IPO on Wall Street that raised $2.34 billion Friday.
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