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Plano’s RKD Group Announces 3 Leadership Changes to Enhance Client Experience and Fundraising Results

by | Mar 8, 2024

RKD Group, a Plano-based fundraising and marketing solutions provider, has announced leadership changes aimed at strengthening its approach to purpose-driven client experience and omnichannel fundraising results.

CEO Chris Pritcher said in a statement that the company is “dedicated to amplifying and championing the missions of the clients we serve,” and the recognition of three individuals “is yet another example of how we are investing in the best client experience possible.”...

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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Begins Manufacturing Critical Meds in Dallas This Week, CEO Says at White House
On Monday, the online pharmacy's co-founders—Mark Cuban and CEO Dr. Alex Oshmyansky—took part in a White House roundtable on lowering healthcare costs and bringing transparency to prescription drug middlemen. Cuban criticized the industry's business practices, saying these middlemen keep drug prices high and that independent pharmacies can be forced to absorb losses when reimbursed less than the cost of the medications they purchase.
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Dallas Trio To Bring ‘Specialists to Patients’ With Rural Cardiac Telemedicine Pilot
by | Mar 6, 2024
With support from the American Heart Association, Access TeleCare and UT Southwestern Medical Center are spearheading a two-year initiative aimed at improving cardiac care for rural patients.
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WorldSprings, America’s Largest Social Outdoor Mineral Pool Experience, Is Coming To Grandscape

by | Mar 5, 2024
Go soak yourself. That's what WorldSprings hopes you'll do when it opens its first "globally inspired" outdoor mineral pool experience this spring at Grandscape in The Colony. The destination's 40-plus unique pools will offer a "relaxing social atmosphere" inspired by the most famous hot springs from around the world—along with Finnish saunas, a spa, and wellness therapies to cure what ails you.
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Dallas’ Spectral AI Appoints Its CFO as CEO and Board Member; Expands GC Role
by | Mar 1, 2024

Dallas-based Spectral AI Inc. has named current chief financial officer Peter M. Carlson as its new chief executive officer.

Spectral AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on medical diagnostics for faster and more accurate treatments in wound care, said Carlson succeeds Co-Founder Wensheng Fan as CEO....

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Dallas-Based Back to Space Wants to Send You on Moon Mission, Without Even Leaving Town
Now through April 27, Back to Space is offering a pop-up mixed-reality experience called "The Lunar Light" inside shipping containers at the site of the former Valley View Center. "Space travelers" can go on a critical Moon mission that engages "all five senses" through immersive theater, cutting-edge tech, and interactive storytelling. Here's how the company first launched—and where it could be headed.
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Strategic Fusion: Dallas Employment Branding Agency MindHandle Acquired by California Consultancy

by | Feb 27, 2024
The merger combines MindHandle's "brand magnetism" with California-based Liquid Agency's expertise to redefine brand engagement for consumers and employees alike. Liquid Agency’s current and former clients include Walmart, Nasdaq, Google, UGG, Nike, Nordstrom, Microsoft, and more.
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47 North Texas Companies Make Inc.’s 2024 Fastest-Growing in Southwest List
by | Feb 27, 2024
The 2024 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Southwest list features 162 companies from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona. Plano-based StaffDNA ranked No. 1 overall with 6,868% growth from 2020 to 2022—and three other North Texas companies cracked the Top 10, too.
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Global Accelerator Group Taps Longtime Dallas Entrepreneur, Investor as Chairman
by | Feb 27, 2024

Longtime Dallas entrepreneur George Brody has joined Turbostart as an investor and chairman of the board of TS Global, the company announced.

Turbostart, a global, sector-agnostic accelerator started by a group of industry professionals, is designed to support startups across various sectors....

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Nacuity Pharmaceuticals Expands Business Advisory Board
by | Feb 23, 2024
Newly appointed business advisory board member Daniel Feller is "a pillar of the rare genetic disease community in Australia," according to Nacuity co-founder and CEO Halden Conner.
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The Last Word: Wildcat Management’s Tanya Regan On Rules for Resilience

by | Feb 23, 2024
At Capital Factory's "Future of AI" salon Tuesday, the AI 75 list—a new program recognizing the most innovative people in artificial intelligence in Dallas-Fort Worth—was officially announced by Dallas Innovates in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI.
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The Last Word: Quincy Preston On the ‘Most Innovative People in Artificial Intelligence’ in Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Feb 22, 2024
At Capital Factory's "Future of AI" salon Tuesday, the AI 75 list—a new program recognizing the most innovative people in artificial intelligence in Dallas-Fort Worth—was officially announced by Dallas Innovates in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI.
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Director of Oscar-Winning ‘My Octopus Teacher’ To Make a Docuseries on Dallas-Based Colossal Biosciences
by | Feb 21, 2024
Colossal Biosciences and production partner Teton Ridge Entertainment have signed with James Reed, director of the Oscar-winning Netflix documentary "My Octopus Teacher," and his company Underdog Films, to produce the docuseries.
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