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Ticket Subscription Service INWEGO Launches in DFW

by | Oct 11, 2018
For $39 a month, the mobile app gives you instant access to unlimited local events. Dallas—with its numerous music venues, killer sports teams, and abundant food festivals—was the next logical launch.
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Follow the Money: Hail Merry Gets $1.08M, PostItPlayit Raises $1.59M, Celanese to Buy Polymer Maker
by | Oct 11, 2018
You'll also find news from AT&T, GridLiance High Plains and Kainos Capital. Here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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RevTech Portfolio Startup Xenio Brings Online Metrics to Brick and Mortar Retailers
by | Oct 10, 2018
The company uses precision real-time positioning inside retail locations to track customers’ behavior and provide user data around shopper metrics and engagement.
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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 2
by | Oct 10, 2018
Patents were granted for Apple's voltage regulator; Dell's distributed authorization; ROKA Sports' swimwear design & construction, iHeartMedia's listener survey tool; Shavelogic's razor tray; and more.
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UNT Entrepreneurship Center Partners with New Angel Investment Group

by | Oct 9, 2018
The Denton Angel Investment Group—founded by successful corporate executives and entrepreneurs—was created to support local early-stage ventures.
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Sneakers are Getting a New Angle
by | Oct 8, 2018
Whoever said sneakers are only meant for feet hasn't met the creators of Sole Stacks—unique displays that allow sneaker collectors to show off their shoes.
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ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth This Week
by | Oct 6, 2018
Your briefing on the innovation, ideas, and impact driving business and culture in North Texas.
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Follow the Money: Caris Raises $150M, Meritize Gets $13.2M, iDonate Secures $10M, BenefitMall Buys Phoenix Firm
by | Oct 4, 2018
From Dallas investor Carl Sparks and 7-Eleven Ventures to Conversable and Hospice Source, here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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From left, moderator LaKendra Davis, AVP, Sales, AT&T Business with panelists Anne Chow, President, National Business, AT&T Business; Bozoma Saint John, CMO, Endeavor; and Camila Casale, SVP & CMO, Softtek US & Canada.

Women of Color in Business: A Latina’s Perspective

by | Oct 3, 2018
"A one-size-fits-all approach to advancing women often leaves women of color underserved and left behind," writes Camila Casale, SVP and CMO at Softtek.

Ultimately, making change happen is up to us, she says.
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A smart notification system can include a vehicle, a mobile communication device and a wearable processing device, according to a new patent granted to Toyota. An illustration from Toyota's patent No. 10,081,347 depicts a wearable processing device. [Fig. 3 via USPTO]
Dallas Invents: 69 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 25
by | Oct 3, 2018
Patents granted include FedEx's method to service an electronic device, Toyota's smart notification systems for wearable devices, Bank of America's RFID activation, and McAfee's detection of malicious thread suspension.
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Paul Quinn College Brings AT&T Aspire Accelerator to Campus
by | Oct 2, 2018
In a VIP event yesterday, AT&T and PQC teamed up to present Entrepreneurship and Innovation: A Path to Economic Mobility.
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From BuzzBallz to BuzzTallz, This Adult Beverage Line is Growing
by | Oct 2, 2018
Literally. The newly announced wine cocktails, BuzzTallz, are just a little different (and a little taller) than the company's signature spherical shape.
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DI People: Mary Kay Names COO, Caruth Capital Gets New Partner, Jacobs Promotes 4

by | Oct 2, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Magna 5 and Modern Message in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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Role Models “Find Their Inner Rebel” at RebelCon 2018
by | Oct 2, 2018
Did you miss this inaugural tech conference in Dallas last weekend? No worries, because we learned that plans for 2019 are already in the works.
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A Day of Deals: Big Names in DFW Involved in Acquistions
by | Oct 1, 2018
It’s a big day for high-profile acquisitions involving Dallas startups and enterprises, with deals spanning industries from a conversational commerce platform to public sector technologies. We round up the big deals for you.
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Dallas-based Defakto Exits to Ansira Partners
by | Oct 1, 2018
Defakto, a leading Adobe solutions provider, will remain in Dallas, where Ansira also has headquarters.
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