Startup

DI People: The Riveter, GameStop, Topgolf, Smoothie King Announce Executive Moves

by | Mar 26, 2019
Also, you’ll find news from Civitas Senior Living, Nuvectra, EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, and Wilson Perumal in this roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies in North Texas.
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Photo Recap: The Nest Helps Southern Dallas Entrepreneurs ‘Take Flight’
by | Mar 25, 2019
Check out scenes from this weekend at the DEC@Redbird and Comerica Bank's new pitch competition.
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Special Edition:
North Texas Innovators Look Back on #SXSW2019
by | Mar 23, 2019
In this week's rundown on ideas and innovation in North Texas, we caught up with local leaders to recap their experience at this year's SXSW.
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Real Estate Innovation:
Curbio Shakes up Pre-Sale Renovation in Dallas
by | Mar 22, 2019
The rapidly-expanding real estate company is changing the way homeowners sell houses and taking the guesswork out of pre-sale renovations. And it's now officially available to Dallas clients.
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Hey, Entrepreneurs: Come Party on the Plaza With WFAA for Dallas Startup Week

by | Mar 21, 2019
Join Dallas-Forth Worth innovators this Saturday at 7 a.m. for the Party on the Plaza at Victory Park. Attendees will get to try products from entrepreneurs for free, demonstrate their support for Startup Week, and be on live TV.
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Follow the Money: AmplifAI Gets $3.9M, Offerpad Closes Series C Funding Round, JLL Buys HFF
by | Mar 21, 2019
You’ll also find news about Mark Cuban, Fastsigns International, Blucora, 1st Global Inc., Alcon, and Signify Health in this roundup of funding and acquisition activity involving investors and companies with ties to North Texas.
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Learner Mobile is Now Bringing Employee Training to Smartphones
by | Mar 20, 2019
Dallas-based Learner Mobile has launched a platform designed to replace high-cost learning management systems that will allow employers to easily create training content accessible at any time via a mobile device.
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Dallas Invents: 97 Patents Granted for Week of March 12
by | Mar 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Futurewei Technologies' foldable mobile device • IBM's cognitive geofencing • Lockheed Martin's aircraft laser detector • Uniloc's pedestrian traffic monitoring and analysis
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DI People: JLL, Urban Air Adventure Park, MTX Group, Symphony RetailAI Make Exec Moves

by | Mar 19, 2019
You’ll also find news about Transplace, Amerant Bank, Greenberg Taurig, MBL Title, Associa, Logile, Avison Young, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, River Logic, and Wingstop in this roundup of executive moves by companies with ties to North Texas.
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Dallas-Founded Dating App, Vouch, Brings on a New Female CEO
by | Mar 18, 2019
Last year, Bachelor alum Sean Lowe announced he was launching a dating app where your friends could swipe for you. Now, Lowe and his team have revamped the technology and brought on a strong, local female voice to grow the platform: Christiana Yebra.
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Making People Better: AI Startup AmplifAI Raises $3.9M to Accelerate Market Growth
by | Mar 15, 2019
AmplifAI combines artificial intelligence with customer data to improve employee satisfaction. The new capital from Naya Ventures, LiveOak Venture Partners, and Capital Factory will get the startup closer to real-time assistance.
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Startup Couples: How These Entrepreneurial Duos Bet it All on Business
by | Mar 15, 2019
Success, challenges, family, and business—North Texas' entrepreneurial couples take it all in stride. Meet the duos behind HaxIot, Once-Kids, Dialexa and Rosy, ShearShare, and rewardStyle, and see how they're doing it all together.
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ParkHub’s George Baker on Founding, Funding, and Finding His Spot in Business

by | Mar 14, 2019
With a $13 million Series B funding round recently completed, the ParkHub founder and CEO talks about how his company came to be and his plans for growth.
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Innovator Q+A: Dmitri Love on Founding Bundil, the Evolution of Cryptocurrency, and Swimming with the Sharks
by | Mar 13, 2019
The UI/UX Developer who caught the attention of a Shark Tank investor calls his micro-investment platform a fun, simple, and beautiful way to help younger people invest and save their money.
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Platooning trucks create “road trains” where two or more trucks follow each other closely. Paccar’s platooning light fence system may communicate to passenger vehicles that trucks are traveling as a team to discourage cut-ins or cut-offs. [Illustration: Fig. 1, Patent No. 10220768 via USPTO. Background: Dallas Innovates.]
Dallas Invents: 148 Patents Granted for Week of March 5
by | Mar 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Toyota's vehicle bumper damage indication • Bell's aircraft with manned and unmanned flight modes • University of Texas' methods for light-dependent gene regulation • Conduent Business Services' system for optimizing passenger pick up • Amazon's system for impairment issues of distributed hosts • Paccar's platooning light fence system for trucks
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Dallas-Based Startup Racing and Cars Aims to Unite Global Automotive Community
by | Mar 12, 2019
The Dallas startup aims to connect people with a passion for cars and racing, provide members with the most recent information or news in the industry, and save members time and money on apparel, products, parts, cars, and services.
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