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Dallas Startup Week keynote speakers, left to right: Chamillionaire, Sol Rashidi, Whitney Gates, Chaz Gates, and The D.O.C. (Tracy Lynn Curry) [Photos: Dallas Startup Week]
Grammy Winners to Brand Founders: The DEC Announces Speakers for Dallas Startup Week 2024
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.
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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by Lance Murray |
Jul 23, 2024
Founded by industry veterans Ben and Luke Doramus, D2 Asset Management said it aims to generate "compelling returns" for its partners across real assets, specialty finance, and structured credit.
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Jayliyah Fortenberry pitches "Glash" false eyelash adhesive at the STEM BizCamp competition. The Adamson high school student took home 3rd place. [Photo: UNT Dallas]
3 DISD Students Win NFTE STEM BizCamp Pitch at UNT Dallas
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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by David Seeley |
Jul 18, 2024
The first TOCA Social immersive soccer entertainment venue opened in London in 2021, attracting cast members of "Ted Lasso" and top Premier League stars. Next summer, the first U.S. venue will kick its way into Grandscape in The Colony, thanks to a partnership with Major League Soccer in advance of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Osteal Therapeutics Chairman and CEO David Thompson spoke on the company's lead candidate at LSI Europe ‘23 Emerging Medtech Summit last fall.
Dallas Biotech Secures $50M Series D Funding To Combat Rare Hidden Killer in Joint Replacements
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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by David Seeley |
Jul 12, 2024
A new Pickleball Kingdom just north of Galleria Dallas will offer 11 indoor pickleball courts. But the biggest "dink" you'll hear is when the even bigger North Fort Worth faciity opens in Q1 2025, serving up the largest dedicated pickleball facility in North Texas with 17 indoor courts.
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A 1968 Pontiac LeMans hitting a desert highway "with OpenRoad’s superior coverage," according to the Dallas-based company. [PRNewsfoto/Open Road Insurance]
Covering Collectors: OpenRoad Classic Car Insurance Launches Out of Dallas
by David Seeley | Jul 11, 2024
Here's an innovative approach to launching an insurance company: Cover something niche that people prize, cherish, and value almost as much as their kids. And in some cases—say, an owner of a cherry red 1971 Pontiac Firebird with flaming wings on the hood—maybe more so.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 10, 2024
A new Texas Monthly story says the startup's latest G8RSkin product reduces the chance of concussion by as much as 79%, according to a rating by the Southern Impact Research Center, which found the device provides the most effective protection on impacts to the top of the helmet.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 9, 2024
The nation's "first and only" African American franchise symposium and trade show will take place at Yum! Restaurants International in Plano on August 16 during Black Business Month. This year's theme: Own Your Future: Franchising as a Path to True Independence.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 9, 2024
JAS is one of eight CPG and beverage brands startups selected for PepsiCo's Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow) Edition. The five-month accelerator kicked off recently at Frito-Lay's HQ in Plano—and the winning startup will snag $100,000.
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