Startup

Robot Grocery Delivery Is Coming to Dallas Via Vroom Delivery, Tortoise, and Urban Value Corner Store

by | Aug 9, 2021
Remotely piloted robots will make on-demand deliveries in the coming months from Urban Value's downtown Dallas location. You can order everything from milk and eggs to medications—but not beer (that will still be delivered by humans). If the pilot is successful, a larger rollout is planned.
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Dallas Founder Wes Cummins Sells 272 Capital to B. Riley Financial, Secures Energy Source for His Crypto Hosting Business
by | Aug 6, 2021
Wes Cummins made moves this week with two of his Dallas-based companies, 272 Capital and Applied Blockchain.
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DI People: Jacobs, ThinkWhy, Texas Medical Association Make Moves
by | Aug 6, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Freese and Nichols, Topgolf, Duane Morris, Dottid, and Jet Health.
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EY EOY Southwest winners 2021
Meet the Unstoppables: Here are the Winners of EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Southwest Award
by | Aug 5, 2021
The 11 entrepreneurs are eligible for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards.
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‘Built for the People’: Republic and Dallas‑based Nada Launch Real Estate Index Investing

by | Aug 5, 2021
Cityfund lets people invest in real estate markets like stock, starting with launch cities Dallas, Austin, and Miami.
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Mayor Johnson Partners With The DEC on a New Startup Package for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
by | Aug 4, 2021
Local entrepreneurs and small business owners can apply now to receive discounted and free services—from Amazon, IBM, Google, Dell, Microsoft, and more—to go toward cloud services, software, tech consulting, training and education, inbound marketing, networking, events, and accelerators.
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Legacy Knight Founding Partner Offers Advice for Entrepreneurs at Every Stage
by | Aug 4, 2021
"You don't have to be amazing to take the first step," Abe Minkara, former managing director of Mark Cuban Companies, says. "You have to take the first step to become amazing."
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Dallas Cryptocurrency Startup Zabo Acquired by Coinbase
by | Aug 4, 2021
Zabo’s technology connects cryptocurrency accounts making it easy for users to unify their crypto holdings. The core tech is a good fit with Coinbase which has worked to bring cryptocurrency mainstream, particularly with its IPO in April 2021. Zabo offers integrations with most top exchanges and wallets. The company, founded in 2018, is a good fit with Coinbase, which has worked to bring cryptocurrency mainstream, particularly with its IPO in April 2021.
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Dallas Mobile Vet Startup ReadiVet Raises $2.5M To Bring New Vets and Services to Pets at Home

by | Aug 4, 2021
ReadiVet's veterinarians deliver at-home care so your pet (and you) can relax in familiar surroundings. The startup, which now serves most of Dallas and Collin Counties, estimates that over 80 percent of vet care can be done in the home.
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Lantern Pharma CEO Shares His Four Secrets to Turning a Startup into an IPO
by | Aug 3, 2021
Panna Sharma has had a hand in four IPOs. The latest was finalized during the middle of COVID for his clinical stage biopharmaceutical oncology firm, Lantern Pharma. Now, he shares the phases to transforming a young private company into the next public success story.
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Get a Grip: Two State-of-the-Art Climbing Gyms Are Opening in Dallas
by | Aug 3, 2021
Movement The Hill opens in October with bouldering walls, yoga, weights, and fitness classes at Walnut Hill and I-75. Wanna climb higher? A second Movement gym opens in the Design District next spring—with 50-foot-high walls. (Gulp.)
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Frisco-Based Tijoh Launches Auto Brander, Its Fifth Digital Business Since 2020
by | Aug 3, 2021

Are you drinking generic coffee from a generic mug in a generic T-shirt? If so, your company may not be going anywhere. Branding is the name of the game, baby—and a young Frisco company wants to make it easier than ever....

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Influencer Innovator LTK Launches Self-Serve Marketing Platform

by | Aug 3, 2021
The self-service expansion gives brands of all sizes and budgets hands-on access to LTK’s proprietary retail performance data for influencer campaigns. Dallas-based LTK—formerly known as rewardStyle & LIKEtoKNOW.it—expects to open the platform to its full 5,000 brands this year.
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Why the CEO of HER Texas Believes Improving the State’s Business Ecosystem Starts With Women
by | Aug 2, 2021
Jasmin Brand, the founder and CEO of HER Texas, joined Zero Gap Founder and President Jacqueline Twillie during Dallas Startup Week to discuss creating a new table for women in business. Here's what she had to say.
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Dallas-Based Applied Blockchain Launches Crypto Hosting Business
by | Jul 31, 2021
"This industry is young and evolving rapidly," says Cummins. "It's important that a company can position itself to react quickly to capture opportunities like this one."
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Former Topgolf COO Craig Kessler Named New CEO of Dallas’ Buff City Soap
by | Jul 30, 2021
Kessler helped Topgolf triple in size to nearly $1 billion in revenue, growing its venues from 25 to 70. Now he's bringing his track record of experiential innovation and franchise-building to the world of plant-based personal care.
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