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Annie Hockey [Photo: Skytale Group]

Skytale Group Hires New Head of Management Consulting Practice Inbox

by | Sep 29, 2023

Dallas-based Skytale Group has hired Annie Hockey as head of consulting for the investment bank and management consulting firm that specializes in healthcare business.

Hockey is a former entrepreneur, executive, and management consultant, and brings extensive experience both building and advising successful businesses, ranging from early stage, venture-backed startups to public and Fortune 500 companies....

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The Last Word: Jared Drinkwater’s Easy Sell for Low and Slow Snacks
by | Sep 29, 2023
Drinkwater, who previously worked at Frito-Lay and as VP of national marketing at Pizza Hut, co-founded Low and Slow Snacks in 2019. The barbecue junkie told the Dallas Business Journal the idea struck when he doused a bag of corn chips in BBQ rub and smoked them in his backyard smoker—and his family gobbled them down in 30 seconds. 
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UTD Students Launch Routora App After Winning Big Idea Competition
by | Sep 28, 2023
Promising "AI-driven route planning at your fingertips," Routora is a route optimization app that helps you find the shortest, most efficient multi-stop route to save time, gas money, and carbon impact on the environment.
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Jason Derulo, right, shown with fellow Omaha PVF franchise co-owner Danny White. [Photo: PFV]

Pop Star Jason Derulo Increases His Stake in Pro Volleyball Federation with ‘Major Equity Investment’

by | Sep 27, 2023
Seven months after joining the ownership group of the PVF's Omaha Supernovas, Derulo has spiked in another investment in the league itself. Based in Frisco and Columbus, Ohio, the Pro Volleyball Federation is slated to begin play next February—with a Dallas team joining on in 2025.
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Dallas’ TestFit Helps Prologis with Warehouse Site Evaluation Following 2022 Investment
by | Sep 27, 2023
San Francisco-based Prologis—whose venture arm invested in a $20 million Series A round for TestFit along with Parkway Venture Capital and Perot Jain last year—has now deployed TestFit’s real-time AI platform to help the company "better judge the feasibility of new warehouse sites."
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‘Innovation Meets Investment’: Venture Dallas Sets Sights on National Stage with New Branding, Expanded 2023 Summit
by | Sep 27, 2023
The rebrand "marks the start of our next chapter of growth," says Venture Dallas Chair Aaron Pierce. The nonprofit's 2023 summit, backed by JPMorgan Chase and Perot Jain, is set for October 25.
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John Carmack’s Keen Technologies Partners To Speed Development of Artificial General Intelligence
by | Sep 26, 2023
Carmack—whose Dallas-based, AGI-focused startup raised $20 million in August 2022—is partnering with Dr. Richard Sutton, chief scientific advisor at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute in Canada. Their focus: developing a genuine AI prototype by 2030 that will show "AGI signs of life."
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Unoma Okorafor, a computer engineering Ph.D. and West African native, founded Dallas-based Herbal Goodness in 2013 while on a personal journey to find papaya leaf products to support her pregnancy.

How Selling in Amazon’s Store Fuels Local Businesses and Personal Passions

by | Sep 24, 2023
Amazon's "Sellers in Your Community" program lets entrepreneurs and small businesses share their stories with local leaders, creating more awareness and opportunity. Meet two Dallas-area founders who have big visions and philanthropic purpose.
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Tarleton State University Powers Up North Central Texas Innovation Engine With NSF Grant; Eyes Award From DoC
by | Sep 24, 2023
Fort Worth's Rupa Iyer is expanding Tarleton State University's research and innovation impact in the region and beyond. The Stephenville university new "GRANTED" initiative picks up momentum following the recent approval of Tarleton's new Biotechnology Institute in downtown Fort Worth.
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Healthcare Tech Solutions Startup Altysys Names Chairman of Advisory Board
by | Sep 22, 2023
Arjun Malhotra has been a prominent figure in the Indian IT entrepreneurial scene and is widely known for his instrumental role in co-founding the HCL Group in 1975.
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ECI Software Solutions Appoints New Chief Customer Officer
by | Sep 22, 2023
Riz Karim will lead customer-facing teams, collaborating across divisions including manufacturing, residential construction, field service management, building supply, office technology, and wholesale/retail distribution industries.
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The Last Word: Nirav Tolia on Going from Yahoo! Employee No. 84 to Founding His Own Game-Changing Companies

by | Sep 22, 2023
The tech entrepreneur and investor, who moved from the West Coast to the Dallas region in 2021, went on to found Epinions and Nextdoor after leaving Yahoo! during its meteoric rise in the late '90s. Seeing the success of the Web juggernaut firsthand—despite a blunt warning from its co-founder—gave Tolia the courage to branch out on his own.
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Nextdoor Co‑Founder Nirav Tolia on Creating Community, Building Teams, and Learning From Failure
by | Sep 21, 2023
During Dallas Startup Week, the entrepreneur and executive—a Highland Park resident who Yahoo employee No. 84 before founding multiple tech companies—said "successes will spawn more successes" in the North Texas startup ecosystem.
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Dallas Ad Man Pedro Lerma Launches MEL Communications Agency with NYC & Miami Partners
by | Sep 21, 2023
MEL (Messianu/Edelman/Lerma) said it will provide expertise in earned-centric media, creative, and digital solutions, through a distinct Latino lens that enables it to develop creative campaigns that represent the cultural traditions and modern lifestyle experiences of bilingual and bicultural Latinos.
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