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Shug's Bagels' Lemmon Avenue location in Dallas [Photo: Shug's Bagels Facebook]
The Last Word: Shug’s Bagels Founder Justin Shugrue on His Boffo Bagel Success
by David Seeley | Mar 20, 2024
They say you gotta be a New Yorker to really know bagels—which may be just one reason for Shugrue's successful 2020 launch of Shug's Bagels at 3020 Mockingbird Lane in Park Cities Plaza near SMU.
by Lance Murray |
Mar 19, 2024
Dallas-based Colossal said that in her new role, MacArthur Award winner Beth Shapiro will oversee continued expansion of the company's de-extinction and conservation science teams. The company previously announced plans to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo bird.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 18, 2024
SquareDash said its latest equity round was led by FINTOP Capital. The funds will be used to expand the startup's payment advance and subscription services, grow the team, and invest in sales and marketing.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 18, 2024
With bootstrap funding of less than $500,000 and a passion for vinyl, Rogers Healy and his co-founders at Tuned In Grading revolutionized music collectible authentication. Now, the beat goes on as the company prepares to merge with Steve Aoki's Audio Media Grading
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[Photos: Huzzy Smart Sips and Starla Sips from Starla Wines]
Here’s the Buzz About Two DFW Non‑Alcoholic Beverage Brand Launches
by David Seeley | Mar 18, 2024
CURLS Founder and CEO Mahisha Dellinger has made a move from haircare products to the $13 billion non-alcoholic beverage category with newly launched and Frisco-based Huzzy Smart Sips. And in Dallas, Starla Wines has launched Starla Sips—"cute" two-bottle mini packs of its ultra-premium alcohol-removed wine.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 15, 2024
The Coppell-based company said along with its strong foundation, the new structure combines seasoned leadership with strategic hires. Among the moves, Co-Founder Davis Corley is returning to his role as the company's CEO.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 14, 2024
Launched last fall on the Apple iOS and Google Play app stores, the Routora app has added 37,000 drivers in over 90 countries, saving them 2.1 million driving miles, 50,000 hours, $315,000 in fuel costs, and 940 tons in CO2 emissions, the startup says.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2024
Apex said the acquisition will strengthen its RIA Custody & Execution Platform with a suite of digital advice tools that enable wealth management firms to build remarkable client experiences at scale.
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Megha Tolia, Nirav Tolia, and Josh Taylor [Photo Illustration: DI; Images: SMU]
Veteran Leader Named Managing Director of SMU’s Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
by Lance Murray | Mar 13, 2024
Joshua Taylor will be responsible for leading the institute’s goals, programs, and operations, in alignment with the overall mission and vision of SMU Cox, co-founding directors Megha Tolia and Nirav Tolia, and benefactor Dr. William S. Spears.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2024
The North Texas Innovation Alliance has begun offering quarterly "hands-on innovation experiences" at "the brightest and most innovative projects across North Texas" for NTXIA members. The Immersive Innovation field trips kicked off with a tour of the NSF's newly opened eCAT Center at UNT. Here's where the NTXIA is going next.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 12, 2024
Silicon Valley-based autonomous driving startup Plus has announced a partnership with brands of the Munich-based TRATON GROUP. The partners say they're already testing self-driving trucking runs between Dallas and Houston with a safety driver on board—and more runs are coming "in the Texas triangle and I-10 corridor."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 8, 2024
Today is International Women's Day, and many women entrepreneurs across North Texas are still basking in the glow of something that happened Thursday night: As Alballero said in her post, The DEC Network's 2024 State of Entrepreneurship event featured an all-star cast of women among its entrepreneur award winners.
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TechFW CEO Ryan Brown [Photo: Devan Peplow]
TechFW Appoints Longtime Entrepreneur as CEO to Lead Innovative Growth
by Lance Murray | Mar 8, 2024
TechFW, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering innovation and empowering technology entrepreneurs, has named veteran entrepreneur Ryan Brown as its new chief executive officer.
According to TechFW, Brown has extensive experience as an entrepreneur in various industries, including aerospace and defense, and has led company growth and executive leadership within real estate, finance, nonprofits, and events....
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by Lance Murray |
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....
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by David Seeley and Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2024
After dipping its toes into brick-and-mortar with a Dallas store on Knox Street, the premium sandal brand is now focused squarely on e-commerce and wholesale. Thanks to the new equity round, led by Riveron Founder and former CEO Landon Smith, Hari Mari aims to take a big step forward.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Mar 6, 2024
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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