Gallery: #GetPluggedDFW at The Dallas Entrepreneur Center

#GetPluggedDFW The Dallas Entrepreneur Center

It was a packed house at The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (The DEC) Wednesday night, where hundreds gathered for PLUGGED: Intro to the Dallas Startup Community.

The event kicked-off with a networking happy hour, followed by a history of the startup community, and then, one-by-one, a number of successful entrepreneurs took to the stage with The DEC Co-founder Trey Bowles, where they answered a few questions, shared tips, and recalled their (often comical) memories from their early startup days.

We pulled together some photos from the night. Enjoy.

The Plugged event at the DEC drew a mix of entrepreneurs, investors, and C-suite types from all over the region. [Photo via the DEC by Saltbox Film Co.]

[ Photo by Hannah Ridings ]

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[Photo via the DEC by Saltbox Film Co.]

Trey Bowles, Dallas Entrepreneur Center Co-founder and CEO greets people as they enter the Unplugged event. Here, with Matt Alexander.

Trey Bowles, Dallas Entrepreneur Center Co-founder and CEO, with Matt Alexander. [ Photo by Hannah Ridings ]

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[Photo via the DEC by Saltbox Film Co.]

Trey Bowles, Dallas Entrepreneur Center Co-founder and CEO, kicks the night off by talking about getting involved within the community.

Trey Bowles kicks the night off by talking about getting involved within the community. [ Photo by Hannah Ridings ]

Alexander Muse talked at the DEC Unplugged event about being open to discussing failures as well as successes in business.

Serial entrepreneur Alexander Muse failure and success, and says interconnectivity in the Dallas-Fort Worth startup community is a big part of the answer to “Why DFW?” [ Photo by Hannah Ridings ]

Blake Burris talks about how the startup world has changed since 2008. [ Photo by Hannah Ridings ]

[Photo via the DEC by Saltbox Film Co.]

Gabriella Draney Zielke talked about the past, present, and future of the Dallas-Fort Worth startup scene at the Plugged event. [ The Dallas Entrepreneur Center Plugged Event | Photo by Saltbox Film Co.

Gabriella Draney Zielke talked about the past, present, and future of the Dallas-Fort Worth startup scene at the Plugged event. [Photo by Hannah Ridings ]

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