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Two Years after $3.9B Acquisition, Amazon’s One Medical Expands Its DFW Presence with New Plano Office

by | Oct 3, 2024
The new office expands One Medical's partnership with Baylor Scott & White Health to deliver "seamless, coordinated care" throughout the region, following earlier office openings in Addison, Highland Park, University Park, and Fort Worth's West 7th District.
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Dallas-Based ‘Not Beer’ Sparkling Water Brings the Party, Not the Buzz
by | Apr 10, 2024
Launching today on Amazon, Not Beer puts "premium American sparkling water" in a grab-and-chug, beer-like can. Founder Dillon Dandurand aims to "normalize water in social settings through bold design and cheeky messaging"—in the wake of a $1.4 billion valuation of sparkling water brand Liquid Death.
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AllianceTexas at 35: How a Pioneering Vision Led to a $120 Billion Game Changer
by | Feb 8, 2024
When Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry were in their mid-20s, they set out to defy skeptics and fast-track a first-of-its-kind industrial airport in North Fort Worth. Today, AllianceTexas stands as a 27,000-acre global nexus fueled by that same trailblazing spirit—and public-private collaboration on a grand scale.
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Next Chapter: University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk Announces Plans to Step Down
by | Feb 6, 2024
Neal Smatresk's decade at UNT sparked big changes and growth, boosting its standing in academics and research. From "record-breaking enrollment" to "making UNT the highest-ranked Tier One institution in the North Texas region," his tenure marks transformation across multiple fronts.
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Frontier Communications Partners with Amazon’s eero on ‘Future of Fast’ Wi-Fi

by | Nov 8, 2023
Whether you're downloading a movie or editing one yourself in your home office, Wi-Fi speed is everything. Frontier—the telecommunications giant that announced its HQ move to Dallas in September—aims to kick that speed up a notch with eero's first mesh Wi-Fi 7 system.
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Dallas-Based PlayersTV Network Inks Distribution Deal with Prime Video and Amazon Freevee
by | Nov 7, 2023
PlayersTV is the first-ever athlete-owned TV network focused on athletes' lifestyle and culture. The new distribution deal will bring its content—from reality to comedy, documentaries, and both scripted and unscripted programming—to two large new audiences.
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Competitive Edge: 4 Former Athletes Bringing Their A-Games to Startups
by | Sep 28, 2023
A former Yale track captain and three NFL vets—including two Dallas Cowboys—talk frankly about their entrepreneurial journeys from playing field to founder.
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Amazon Hiring 13,000 New Workers in DFW for Coming Holiday Crush

by | Sep 20, 2023
The DFW hires will be part of the 250,000 employees the company aims to bring on board throughout the U.S. in full-time, seasonal, and part-time roles across its operations network. Amazon has roughly 20 facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and said that more than 28,000 of the new workers will be in Texas.
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Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Partners with DFW School Districts on Classroom Programming
by | Aug 18, 2023
The "Upstander Partnerships" with Dallas ISD and Coppell ISD allow the districts to integrate the museum's history-informed civics and citizenship education via a "consistent and engaging" cross-curricular learning plan for grades K-12. The goal: teaching students to be upstanders, not bystanders, when bullying or discrimination occurs.
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The Last Word: Sentiero Ventures’ David Evans On Why Jeff Bezos’ ‘Customer Obsession’ Is a Good Idea for Startups
"Everyone by now has seen the video of Jeff Bezos just repeatedly saying 'customer' and his customer obsession is a well known part of Amazon lore," Evans wrote today in a LinkedIn post. "But what amazes me is how few companies think about customer success as a core function and just something 'we have to do once we get bigger,'" he adds.
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The Last Word: Retail Expert Steve Dennis On the AI-Led Demise of ‘Mediocre Middle’
“The potential shifts made possible by generative AI (and related technologies) do seem fundamentally more game-changing, while illustrating that disruption continues to happen more exponentially than linearly," Steve Dennis said in an email promoting his "Retail Apocalypse" podcast.
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Unleashed Brands Expands Leadership Team, Adds New Role of Chief Development Officer

by | Apr 28, 2023
Slemons, an experienced retail real estate developer, spent more than 10 years at Starbucks and Amazon in key retail leadership positions. The position expands the Unleashed leadership team and is intended to help franchisees who have recently signed franchise agreements to find the best real estate, secure leases, and get units opened quickly.
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Elon Musk, Other Tech Leaders Call for 6-Month Pause on the ‘Dangerous Race’ to Giant AI Systems
by | Mar 29, 2023
The request was made in an open letter signed by major players including Elon Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, the lab that created ChatGPT and GPT-4; Emad Mostaque, founder of the London-based Stability AI; and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. More than 1,000 artificial intelligence experts, researchers, and backers signed the letter, including academics from UT Dallas.
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Aaron Lobliner is CataBoom's first chief client officer and a member of the executive team.
Gamification Startup CataBoom Hires Industry Veteran as Chief Client Officer
by | Feb 23, 2023

Aaron Lobliner has been named as the first chief client officer and a member of the executive team at Richardon-based Cataboom, a leader in gamification and incentivized engagements....

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Amazon Clinic Offers ‘Message Board’ Healthcare for Millions in North Texas
by | Nov 17, 2022
Online giant Amazon announced that it is offering a new service called Amazon Clinic that provides virtual "message-based" healthcare for more than 20 minor health conditions, adding another affordable healthcare option for more than 8.5 million people in North Texas. Along with the company's Amazon Pharmacy service, Amazon Clinic joins Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company as a new, affordable healthcare option for North Texans.
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