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Dallas Innovates Calendar for the week of Oct. 19

On Tap: E-Commerce Summit, Texas Veggie Fair & ArtsGoggle

Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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military
1st Military Influencer Conference on Tap in Dallas
by | Oct 20, 2017
The event will feature 35 speakers, 3 keynotes, and more than 21 sessions for the military and veteran community.
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astrapi
$699K NSF Grant, Partnerships Will Help Astrapi Soar into Next Phase
by | Oct 19, 2017
With new funding, the Dallas company is opening a research and development lab in North Texas, and hiring radio frequency engineers, and researchers to staff it.
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diversity
$100K Dallas Diversity & Inclusion Investment Challenge Seeks Applicants
by | Oct 18, 2017
The challenge is targeting North Texas startups that have at least one female or person of color on their executive team.
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Clockwise from upper left: Conversable, Accenture Global Services, Cisco Technology, Google Technology Holdings, ATT Intellectual Property, Imagine Communications, Bank of America, and Genband US secured patents this week.

Dallas Invents: 73 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 10

Patents granted range from a “system and method for early detection of Alzheimer’s” to a “blueberry plant named Norman.” Check out this week's ranking for inventive activity in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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techweek
Techweek Dallas Releases Schedule, Techweek 100 Winners
by | Oct 17, 2017
The event series, which is meant to spotlight the tech ecosystem and give its players a chance to network, will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 3 and include sessions throughout the Dallas area.
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glassboard
Fort Worth Firm Makes Custom Glassboards Industry Standard
by | Oct 17, 2017
In 2009, Clarus Glassboards was founded in a Fort Worth garage. The company is now the largest glass casual display manufacturing facility in the U.S.
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innovation
Dallas Climbs 12 Spots in Annual Innovation Report
by | Oct 17, 2017
Dallas had one of the biggest jumps from the 2016 rankings rising to claim No. 7 on this year's Innovation That Matters list. 
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cybersecurity

3 DFW Cybersecurity Startups Among Nation’s Best-Funded

by | Oct 16, 2017
CB Insights mapped the privately owned cybersecurity companies in the U.S. that raised more than $100 million.
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On Tap: Art House Dallas Anniversary, Retailing Summit & Friday Night Salon
Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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TREC
TREC Announces 3 Finalists for its First Shark Tank Focused on South Dallas Projects
by | Oct 13, 2017
The finalists will pitch their GrowSouth-related projects before a live audience and a panel of real estate professionals Nov. 2 at Gilley's.
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Fort Worth Entrepreneur Trades Selling Fighter Jets for Razors at His New Men’s Grooming Startup
by | Oct 13, 2017
Though his job was something most would dream of, his desire to be an entrepreneur led him to start Supply, a men's grooming company based in Fort Worth.
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Brandon Warman

3D Skyline Replica Maker Passes $7K Kickstarter Goal in 8 Hours

by | Oct 12, 2017
Brandon Warman needed more 3D printers to keep up with demand for the skyline replicas, so he decided to have a monthlong Kickstarter.
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Sarah Shadonix
Former Commercial Litigator Starts ‘Clean-Crafted’ Wine Club
by | Oct 11, 2017
Scout & Cellar is dedicated to delivering wine produced from fruit grown naturally without synthetic pesticides and vinified without modifications or added sugar.
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Ben Lamm
Dallas’ Ben Lamm Among Adweek’s ‘Young Influentials’
by | Oct 11, 2017
Ben Lamm, co-founder and CEO of Conversable, was included in the group that Adweek said is "shaking up the tech world” in media, brands, and marketing.
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68 patents were granted by the USPTO for the week of 10/3/17 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Dallas Invents: 68 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 3
68 patents were granted in Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth this week, ranging from the “secure erase of non-volatile memory” assigned to SanDisk Technologies to a “golf club head having trip step feature” secured by Taylor Made Golf Company.
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