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WalletHub: Fort Worth Leads Texas Among Best Places to Start a Business

by Lance Murray | May 19, 2023

According to the latest WalletHub list, Fort Worth ranks as the No. 1 city to start a business in the state of Texas, leading a strong showing of five Dallas-Fort Worth cities among the top 100 best places to start a business in the nation.

WalletHub is a personal finance website that offers free consumer tools and provides users with credit reports, scores, and monitoring....

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Enterprise Software Veteran Joins BackBox Board of Directors

by Lance Murray | Apr 28, 2023

Dallas-based network automation company BackBox announced that IT software industry leader Rita Selvaggi has joined its board of directors.

In a statement, Selvaggi expressed her belief that BackBox is a hidden gem for automating essential network tasks.

“BackBox may be the best-kept secret for automating network backups, single-click recovery, OS upgrades, and health checks,” she said....

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Cedar Hill Joins Flock of Cities With Bird City Texas Certification

by Lance Murray | Feb 22, 2023

Cedar Hill, roughly 17 miles south of downtown Dallas, is noted for its "outdoorable" fun. Here's a list of locations to enjoy the local birding.

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Reality TV-Featured Luxury L.A. Real Estate Firm Opens Dallas Office

by Lance Murray | Feb 1, 2023

Called The Agency, the brokerage has been featured on TV shows including "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles," "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," and Netflix's "Buying Beverly Hills." Its new office at 8117 Preston Road is part of a growing network of more than 70 offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe. The Dallas office will be led by managing partners Damon and Megan Williamson.

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CBRE Report: DFW Leads the U.S. in Multifamily Real Estate Investments

by Kevin Cummings | May 13, 2022

A new report from Dallas-based CRE services and investment firm CBRE shows that DFW was No. 1 in the U.S. in multifamily investments over the last four quarters. Nationwide, Q1 2022 saw the strongest multifamily absorption since 2000. And Texas is leading the U.S. in multifamily completions, as rent growth continues to gain momentum. “The rise in demand has been fueled by household formation, job and wage growth, and sharply rising home prices,” the report said.

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Gig Boom: Dallas Ranks in the Top 10 Markets for Skilled Independent Worker Revenues

by Alex Edwards | May 20, 2021

Dallas, Austin, and Houston have a combined 2020 projected revenue of more than $15.6 billion from their independent workers, according to a newly released report from Fiverr. Dallas alone expects nearly $6.6 billion—more than either Austin or Houston.

This work is here to stay, according to Fiverr—even in a post-pandemic world. Amidst a time of high unemployment, people are turning to the self-employed gig economy as a viable source of income.

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Capital Factory’s Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0 Highlights How Texas Competes with Silicon Valley

by Alexa Vickaryous | Mar 9, 2021

Founder and CEO of Capital Factory Joshua Baer declared that “Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States." Here’s why.

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ShearShare founders Courtney and Tye Caldwell

Capital Factory Announces $100K Investment Challenge for Annual Black in Tech Summit

by Lauren Hawkins | Dec 16, 2020

Past Investment Challenge winners include McKinney-based ShearShare, Houston-based GroupRaise, and Austin-based Journey Foods. Applications are open now until Jan. 22.

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The Eos Bioreactor sequesters carbon dioxide using algae. [Photo: Courtesy Hypergiant Industries]

The Art of Climate Tech: Fort Worth Museum Showcases Hypergiant’s AI-Powered, Carbon-Capturing Eos Bioreactor

by Sandra Engelland | Nov 10, 2020

The Eos Bioreactor, which also has been featured in Popular Mechanics, uses algae to "eat" CO2.

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Capital Factory’s Texas Startups Roadshow Goes Virtual for Global Entrepreneurship Week

by Alex Edwards | Nov 4, 2020

The Texas Startups Roadshow will take local entrepreneurs and out-of-state investors on a virtual ride that spotlights the startup community in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Anchoring the Dallas leg of the trip on Nov. 19 is UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition and a keynote from Mark Cuban.

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Headed to Houston: Local Rideshare Alto Makes Its First Expansion Outside of Dallas-Fort Worth

by Alex Edwards | Sep 21, 2020

In 2018, Alto's founder and CEO told us he had plans to reach a national presence by 2020. Houston residents can currently book pre-scheduled rides through Alto, with on-demand rides launching Oct. 1. And California could be next.

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Kendra Scott Partners with Dallas’ Balfour in its First-Ever Brand Collaboration

by Lauren Hawkins | Aug 27, 2020

The company wants to “reinvent tradition” by teaming up with powerhouse brand Balfour, the more than 100-year-old premier class jewelry provider, while also pivoting its GEMs program.

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Everlywell founder and CEO Julia Cheek with "Shark" Lori Greiner, who invested a $1 million line of credit in the company. [Image: Courtesy Everlywell]