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The DEC Network's 2022 Fiduciary Board and guests at a November meeting hosted at Accenture. [Photo: The DEC Network]

The DEC Network Adds Seven New Members To Its Board, Announces Awards

by | Feb 10, 2023

Seven new members of the Dallas Entrepreneur Center’s fiduciary board were announced by The DEC Network Board Chair Tim Hill.

The nonprofit said that the new members bring a wealth of experience and knowledge in various industries and will be instrumental in helping it achieve its mission of helping entrepreneurs start, build, and grow their businesses....

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The Last Word: Eden Green’s Eddy Badrina on the Need for Vertical Farming
by | Feb 10, 2023
Leafy greens is a multibillion-dollar industry. But before lettuce can get into salads across the U.S., it has to navigate coast-to-coast supply chain and distribution issues, says Eden Green Technology CEO Eddy Badrina, whose Cleburne-based ag-tech startup opened a new, two-acre vertical greenhouse in September as part of a planned $47 million vertical farm. Those issues have led to what Badrina calls "the 3,000-mile salad."
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Suzy Batiz: The Queen of Holistic Living Elevates Daily Routines with Sustainable Solutions—And Self Care
by | Feb 8, 2023
We caught up with Batiz, one of Forbes’ richest self-made women, who has a new course on how to “master the game of life”—AliveOS.
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Dallas’ nVenue Is Named One of 20 Sports Tech Ideas to Invest in Now
by | Feb 8, 2023
Sports Pro Daily is out with its 2023 list of 20 Sports Tech Ideas to Invest in Now—and local startup nVenue has made the list. Dallas-based nVenue's predictive analytics platform takes real-time data of what’s happening in a game and runs it through “millions” of models to show the predictive percentage of what could happen next. nVenue's tech is "helping bookmakers and broadcasters generate value from every moment in every game," Sports Pro Daily writes.
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Jim Lake Companies’ $14M Mixed-Use Project in Cedar Hill To Offer Storefronts for Entrepreneurs, Tiny Homes

by | Feb 7, 2023
Jim Lake and Amanda Moreno are turning 40,000 square feet of real estate in downtown Cedar Hill into a mixed-use development with offices, restaurants, residential, and retail space.

The $14 million project, which has yet to be named, builds on Jim Lake Companies' Bishop Arts success.
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Texas Governor Gives Agencies Deadline to Implement Plan Banning TikTok
by | Feb 6, 2023
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has put state agencies on the clock to implement policies that would prohibit the downloading or use of apps such as TikTok on state-owned devices. Abbott announced the statewide model security plan Monday for Texas state agencies to address vulnerabilities presented by the use of TikTok and other software on personal and state-issued devices. Each state agency will have until February 15 to implement its own policy to enforce this statewide plan. “The security risks associated with the use of TikTok on devices used to conduct the important business of our state must not be underestimated or ignored,” Abbott said.
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Rising Tide: Tech Surge in North Texas
by | Feb 6, 2023
North Texas continues to flex its strengths as companies big and small flock to the region for tech talent and growth opportunities.

New research shows Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in the growth of high-tech jobs. 
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John Carmack’s New Holy Grail: Artificial General Intelligence
by | Feb 2, 2023
John Carmack, the iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR pioneer, is setting his sights on AGI. If successful, his moonshot effort would be a ‘change-the-world-level’ event.
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WomenXTech Summit: The DEC Network Aims to Unleash the Power of Women in Tech on Feb. 8

by | Feb 1, 2023

The DEC Network wants to help women take their tech game to the next level in a male-dominated industry. The 2023 WomenXTech Summit, a one-day, in-person summit for women, will be held Feb. 8 at Smart Business Concepts’ headquarters in Dallas.

The event is designed to bring women tech entrepreneurs together to spread their ideas on how to succeed and support each other in the technology industry, the DEC Network said....

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Bear Robotics Added to US Foods’ Nationwide Business Tools Program
by | Feb 1, 2023
Bear Robotics makes table bussing, food running, and drink-serving hospitality robots that have wheeled meals to tables in Chili's restaurants and other eateries across the country. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, with a second office in Addison, Bear was one of more than 20 restaurant tech companies that vied for entry in US Foods' incubator program. Bear's successful demos and operator interest led US Foods to add the company to its nationwide Business Tools program.
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Autonomous Vehicle Startup Aurora Appoints a Dallas-Based President as It Gears Up for Commercial Launch in 2024
by | Jan 31, 2023
Aurora Innovation—which is partnering on autonomous freight trucking runs between Dallas, Houston, and El Paso every day—has appointed Ossa Fisher as its president. Fisher joins the company from Istation, a Dallas-based e-learning company. Fisher will continue to be based out of Dallas near Aurora’s current center for vehicle operations, and "will play a pivotal role" as Aurora scales operations on its way toward commercial launch in 2024.
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L to R: Almaden Genomics CEO David Gascoigne, Executive Chairperson Tricia D'Cruz, and Chief Scientific Officer Mark Kunitomi. [Photos: Almaden Genomics]

Three Months After Launching With Its g.nome Platform, Almaden Genomics Names CEO

by | Jan 30, 2023
Life sciences industry veteran David Gascoigne will lead the new startup, which was launched in October by Catalyze Dallas Holdings. Almaden's g.nome cloud-native platform offers "an advanced visual drag-and-drop workflow builder" and curated library of toolkits that can speed bioinformatic pipeline building "from what previously has taken months to mere hours," the company says.
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Annual EarthX E-Capital Summit on Tap for April at Fair Park in Dallas
by | Jan 30, 2023
EarthX is seeking innovators and investors to participate in its 2023 EarthX E-Capital Summit April 19-22 at Fair Park in Dallas. At the summit, early-stage climate tech companies will be able to make pitches for a chance at a cash prize. There will also be discussions on investment and industry trends by leading industry professionals, investors, startups, and policymakers, EarthX said, along with curated and self-selected one-on-one networking meetings between investors, dealmakers, and innovators.
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InfoVision Partners to Offer New Managed Security Services Vertical
by | Jan 30, 2023
The partnership enables customers of Richardson-based InfoVision to gain access to the Qualys Cloud Platform, offering continuous assessment of global IT, security, and compliance posture plus 2-second visibility across all IT assets. “Managed security systems are critical for addressing the vulnerability challenges that businesses face due to the increased adoption of cloud, application modernization, industrial internet of things, and data proliferation," says InfoVision President Sean Yalamanchi.
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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Partners with OncoPower to Help Cancer Patients Save on Medications
by | Jan 30, 2023
Dallas' Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company announced a collaboration today with Houston-based OncoPower that will enable cancer patients using OncoPower to look up pricing and order less expensive medications. OncoPower offers a free app and website with a social media-style format where patients can access professionals including dietitians and behavioral therapists, as well as cancer education and meditation content, tools for treatment adherence, and clinical trial mapping.
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