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Blowouts & Company in Deep Ellum [Photo: Andrew Sherman]
See Inside: An Art‑Filled ‘Instagrammable’ Blowout Bar Is Coming to Deep Ellum
by David Seeley | Jul 31, 2024
Dallas' Deep Ellum is famous for the 130 murals that cover walls, bridges, and columns throughout the neighborhood east of downtown. Now two of those mural artists are opening Blowouts & Company in a space where "southwest Boho meets Alison Wonderland inside of your cool grandmother‘s purse."
by Lance Murray |
Jul 30, 2024
Specializing in buyouts of industrial and manufacturing businesses in the U.S. and Canada, StoneTree said its inaugural fund received commitments from a diverse group of investors, including "investment funds, family offices, foundations, pension funds, endowments, and OCIOs."
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by David Seeley |
Jul 30, 2024
Why take cuts in a dusty batting cage when you can swing for the fences with friends in a buzzworthy venue? That's the idea behind Batbox, which has chosen DFW for its first U.S. location after opening 13 venues across Mexico. Now, with a $7.3 Series A closed, Batbox is calling its shot: 25 U.S. locations by 2030.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 29, 2024
Inferno's portfolio includes verticals in oil & gas, energy, solar, and the digital world. Now it's added a marketing agency founded in March by a 21-year-old Instagram influencer with 1.7 million followers.
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The RF Seeker system view as seen by a user comprises several windows: Top left: spectrum analyser view of detected interferer showing centre frequency and power level; Lower left: spectrogram view of detected interferer showing frequency versus time response; Right: map view showing drive path with detected interferer’s level and predicted location. [Image: Vecta Labs]
Dallas’ Vecta Labs Launches RF Seeker for Mobile Network ‘Interference Hunting’
by Lance Murray | Jul 25, 2024
Vecta Labs said that after years of development and testing, its new solution is "set to transform the wireless industry" by dramatically improving how interference is detected and managed.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 25, 2024
A free, five-day celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation, Dallas Startup Week 2024 will be held August 11-15 in Frisco. Some 100 sessions and activations will be built around four compelling summits. The keynote speakers: a Grammy-winning musician and noted tech investor; an AI thought leader and best-selling author; "Shark Tank"-starring husband-and-wife "wine cocktail" brand co-founders; and a founding member of the legendary rap group NWA.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 24, 2024
Glass-Media founder Daniel Black and 900lbs founder Steve Deitz are bringing human scale to conversations—wherever you are—with PeerVsn. "Life-size scale provides more impact and focus than a half-filled browser window," Deitz says.
The duo plans to leverage their "second-mover advantage" to improve video conferencing and telepresence across industries.
The duo plans to leverage their "second-mover advantage" to improve video conferencing and telepresence across industries.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 24, 2024
The competition is open to Texas-based women entrepreneurs with businesses that are less than three years old. The pitch finale event will be held on November 12 at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.
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Study Names Dallas the No. 4 Best U.S. City for Starting a Business in 2024
by David Seeley | Jul 23, 2024
A record 5.5 million new U.S. business applications were filed last year. According to a new data study from USA TODAY Blueprint, whether those startups succeed could depend a lot on one key ingredient: location. Here's why Dallas ranks among the top U.S. cities for putting out an "OPEN" sign.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2024
Students from six Dallas ISD schools took part in the STEM BizCamp sponsored by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. The three winners pitched startups focused on interior design, floral bouquets, and a chemical-free false eyelash adhesive.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 19, 2024
Arcade said that Mark Clare’s appointment comes at a pivotal time for the company, as it reaches its four-year milestone since launching to wireless retailers.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 19, 2024
Addie Gundry, founder and CEO of Keller-based Pluie, won an honorable mention award from the program, presented by Block Advisors by H&R Block. As a new mom, Gundry experienced firsthand the challenges of changing diapers in unhygienic public bathrooms, so she created a patent-protected self-sanitizing changing station.
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Providential Media CEO Denny Darmo and CRO Andrew Naugher [Photo: Providential Media]
2 North Texas Sports Tech Startups Announce Merger Focused on Fan Engagement
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Jul 17, 2024
Snipitz is an interactive video player for live and video-on-demand streaming; rikodi is a user-generated content experience that leverages the power of memories to turn global fans into content creators. The road to their combination as one company began last year with an "introduction lunch" between the two founders.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 16, 2024
The $50 million funding will support the commercial launch of Osteal Therapeutics' pioneering combination drug/device therapy targeting biofilm infections, which are notoriously difficult to eradicate.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 15, 2024
Garcia's Cornbread Hustle is a staffing agency that helps people with criminal records and those in recovery find meaningful employment, by working with "forward-thinking companies" that value second-chance hiring.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 15, 2024
Coming to Uptown Dallas this summer, Playkout blends physical group workouts with pickleball-based digital gamification. The company's lab in Plano has found that its simulators increase calorie burn "by 15%"—while taking the "work" out of "workout." Here's a look at what guests will find inside.
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