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Inc. Female Founders 500 honorees, left to right, top row first: Amber Capone, Amber Venz Box, Donna Letier, Susan Sarich, Suzanne Miller, and Tera Davis.
6 North Texas Entrepreneurs Make the Inc. Female Founders 500 List
by David Seeley | Mar 12, 2025
Six local entrepreneurs have joined 494 other "women at the top of their games" by making Inc.'s Female Founders 500 list. From a nonprofit helping battle-scarred veterans to an influencer marketing innovator to a nationwide "all-American" bakery chain and more, here's what the six women created—and why they're thriving.
by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2025
LTK Co-Founder and President Amber Venz Box says the creator commerce platform has rebuilt the LTK app from the ground up. Now users have control over their feed with the ability to discover creators by interests and location. And for the first time, they can see and connect with friends on LTK.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 11, 2024
Dallas-based LTK is proving that North Texas startups can go toe-to-toe with Silicon Valley giants. In a recent interview with Axios, Amber Venz Box discussed the company's impressive growth in the creator economy space.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 12, 2024
Based in Dallas and Fort Worth, the four local entrepreneurs pursue missions ranging from making healthy hair care accessible to all to turning locations into landmarks to blazing new trails in influencer marketing.
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Left: The LTK platform powers creator-guided shopping; Right: Amber Venz Box [Photos: LTK]
The Last Word: Amber Venz Box on Adding Virtual Storefront Checkout to the LTK App
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Sep 27, 2022
Today Bloomberg reported that LTK is now allowing users to buy from influencer-curated virtual storefronts on LTK's app. Box's company has added in-app checkout to leverage the fact that influencers use the platform to make their videos and photos "shoppable."
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 22, 2021
The investment values LTK, formerly rewardStyle, at $2 billion. The fashion-forward tech innovator plans to use the capital to rapidly grow its team and accelerate its multifaceted, influencer-driven marketplace for creators, brands, and shoppers.
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by Bella Pinera |
Jun 16, 2021
A decade ago, Amber Venz Box founded rewardStyle and completely redefined the way influencers monetize their original digital content. Her newest business, Cherry, is on its way to doing the same—the app provides on-demand nail services from professional technicians, with the intent to support economic mobility for low-income women and their families. With a recent partnership from United Way Metropolitan Dallas, the organization's first impact investment in a for-profit venture, the app is now offered in all of Texas' zip codes.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 20, 2020
Five fellows from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' Social Innovation Accelerator will present their ideas in health, income, or education for the chance at $235,000 in funding. Tickets are on sale now for the all-virtual event on Oct. 28.
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Co-founder Amber Venz Box [Image: rewardStyle]
Dallas-Based rewardStyle Expands Its Billion-Dollar LIKEtoKNOW.it App With Video Shopping
by Sandra Engelland | Sep 10, 2020
The influencer-driven LIKEtoKNOW.it app is rewardStyle's fastest-growing product. 5,000 retailers—from Chanel to Walmart and Adidas to Ulta—were integrated in the new LTK Shopping Video feature at launch.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 26, 2019
The leadership appointments follow rewardStyle's milestone last month of hitting $4 billion in lifetime retail sales. Now, the fashion-focused technology platform says it's primed for a move into scaled hypergrowth.
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by Trey Bowles |
May 29, 2018
The tips were given by female leaders at the first ever Mompreneur Brunch and Learn held recently at The Dallas Entrepreneur Center.
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by Heather Noel |
May 8, 2018
The AOL co-founder's traveling tour, designed to spur more growth in entrepreneurial ecosystems around the nation, made its first 2018 stop in Dallas Monday. Steve Case encouraged attendees to "seize the moment," and get engaged with helping local startups.
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Baxter Box (left) and Amber Venz Box share their personal story about building rewardStyle into a global brand. [Photo: Jewels Clark]
Monetizing Your Passion: Fashionable Dallas Duo Talk About Building rewardStyle
by Jewels Clark | Dec 8, 2017
The Dallas entrepreneurs shared their startup story as part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Global Perspectives series.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 30, 2017
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by Jewels Clark |
Sep 20, 2017
RewardStyle influencers point their followers toward products in their posts, which in turn can impact retailers' online traffic, and, hopefully, translate into sales.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 9, 2017
Users of LikeToKnowIt can shop for clothing items, accessories, and home decor by simply taking a screenshot of the item.
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