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Fire Meets Ice: Solo Stove Family of Brands Brings Portable Air Conditioning Into Its Outdoor Lineup

by | Aug 10, 2023

Solo Brands, with its hallmark commitment to consumer passion and community engagement, is adding IcyBreeze Cooling to its outdoor lifestyle product portfolio. The deal was finalized on July 1, as announced by Generational Equity, a Richardson-based mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses.

In a statement, Generational Equity’s Michael Goss said the deal is the realization of a “vision and plan” set out alongside Sweetwater-based IcyBreeze President John Brinkman in August 2022. ...

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The Last Word: Cypress Growth Capital’s Vik Thapar on the Dallas Entrepeneur Difference
by | Aug 10, 2023
Dallas has proven to be an ideal home base for Cypress Growth Capital, Quincy Preston wrote last week in Dallas Innovates. The firm's unique model is defying norms in the funding landscape by fostering rapid growth without diluting entrepreneurial control.
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Inbenta Expands Customer Experience Platform, Allows Companies to Integrate Generative AI Solution of Their Choice
by | Aug 9, 2023
With the addition of multiple generative AI platforms to its solution, Allen-based Inbenta said it intends to cut a company's content development timeline by more than half, "supercharging" their ability to quickly develop customer service responses, chatbot scripts, helpful content pieces, and more.
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SBA Chief in Dallas: ‘We Are Becoming the Startup Nation’
by | Aug 9, 2023
Since January 2021, a record 12.2 million new business applications have been filed nationwide—with Texas alone contributing 1.1 million. Speaking at a Dallas event, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman emphasized ongoing efforts to support Americans in realizing their entrepreneurial dreams.
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Past Issues: Dallas Innovates—The Magazine

by | Aug 9, 2023
Peruse Dallas Innovates' special once-a-year magazines. Each edition is a keeper.
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RateGain Appoints Omni Hotels Chair as its New President for the Americas
by | Aug 8, 2023

Hospitality and travel software provider RateGain, which is headquartered in India with an office in Irving, has appointed veteran hospitality executive Peter Strebel as president for the Americas region and tasked him with leading the company’s expansion in the Americas....

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Addison’s Securonix Appoints Chief People/Culture Officer
by | Aug 8, 2023
Former Chief People and Culture Officer at global telecommunications leader Mitel, Paul Gregory, will take his post at Securonix, ready to usher in its next phase of growth and innovation. The company recently introduced an integration with ChatGPT that it said delivers generative AI capabilities within the Securonix Investigate platform to greatly reduce incident response time.
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Cameron Cushman, who first noted the innovation happening in physical health in Fort Worth more than three years ago, was the catalyst for the Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator. [Photo: Techstars]

The Last Word: HSC’s Cameron Cushman on Fort Worth’s ‘Guide to Starting a Small Business’ Webpage

by | Aug 4, 2023
"No matter where you are in your startup journey, the City of Fort Worth's "Guide to Starting a Small Business" webpage directs small business owners to local resources—all in an easy-to-understand, step-by-step guide," the post reads.
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Dallas’ Oak Lawn Pharmacy To Deploy Robotic ‘Pharmacy Dispensing Kiosks’ Across Texas
by | Aug 4, 2023
ATM machines changed banking by putting access to money in places where banks weren't. Phoenix-based MedAvail aims to do the same for prescription drugs with its robotic pharmacy dispensing kiosks—and Dallas' Oak Lawn Pharmacy has signed on to deploy 10 of the kiosks across Texas. Here's how the kiosk works.
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Dallas’ Mobile Veterinary Care Startup ReadiVet Adds Chief Marketing Officer, Adviser
by | Aug 4, 2023

Dallas-based ReadiVet, a provider of mobile, in-home veterinary care, has appointed healthcare brand and communications expert Gabrielle Hannafan as its new chief marketing officer.

ReadiVet also announced that it has engaged seasoned startup adviser Justin Cordon to provide strategic oversight of operations and finance....

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Retail, Digital Commerce Veteran Joins RETISIO as New President
by | Aug 4, 2023

Retail and digital commerce veteran Phil Newmoyer has joined Frisco-based RETISIO Inc. as its new president, bringing with him years of corporate leadership experience.

RETISIO, a leading provider of eCommerce solutions, said Newmoyer comes to the company after having served in roles such as CEO of Provoso Software, chief information officer for Toys R Us and Serta Simmons Bedding, and chief technology officer of Money Mart Financial Inc....

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CyberlinkASP, known for its versatile Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions, will expand New York-based Seaport Capital's tech-enabled services portfolio.

Seaport Capital Snaps Up Dallas-Based IT Management Services Co. CyberlinkASP

by | Aug 3, 2023
CyberlinkASP, known for its versatile Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions, will expand New York-based Seaport Capital's tech-enabled services portfolio.
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Secretome Therapeutics Appoints Financial Veteran as CFO
by | Aug 3, 2023

Dallas-based Secretome Therapeutics announced that Deepa Prasad has been appointed chief financial officer of the biotechnology company, which develops first-in-class therapeutics derived from neonatal mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of underserved diseases.

“Deepa brings a wealth of knowledge through her combination of investment banking, operations, and venture capital experience in the life science industry,” Vinny Jindal, president and chief executive officer of Secretome Therapeutics, said in a statement....

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Dallas-Based Doable Launches as ‘First-Ever’ Creative Agency Founded, Staffed by Talent With Disabilities
by | Aug 2, 2023
Pioneering a new frontier in advertising, Doable's founders have forged a strategic partnership with global network Worldwide Partners and independently established a research institute. Their target: an underrepresented $480 billion consumer market.
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