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Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Breakthroughs Mark 2025 Awards

D CEO and Dallas Innovates' Innovation Award winners are working to resurrect extinct species, launching autonomous trucks, reinventing military aircraft, and bringing AI into the physical world—and that's just the beginning. The 2025 awards showcase game-changing achievements—including Texas' first newly minted decacorn—across 17 categories of innovation. Here’s a look at the innovators leading the way.
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Finalists Announced for The Innovation Awards 2025, Presented by D CEO and Dallas Innovates
The Innovation Awards 2025 recognizes 76 companies and trailblazers paving the way for the future of innovation in North Texas. Here's who made the finalists list.
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D CEO and Dallas Innovates revealed the winners of the 2024 Innovation Awards at an event on January 24, 2023 held at On the Levee in the Design District.
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D CEO, Dallas Innovates Honor Top Innovators at 2024 Awards
At the annual Innovation Awards event, Dallas Innovates and D CEO revealed the winners in 17 categories and recognized all 74 North Texas finalists.
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Global Immigration Law Firm BAL Appoints 1st Woman, Latina as Its Managing Partner
by | Sep 15, 2023

Global immigration law firm BAL, which helps businesses and individuals navigate complex immigration issues, has appointed Frieda Garcia as the first woman and Latina to serve in the role of managing partner in the firm’s 43-year history....

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16 North Texas Companies Make Inc.’s 2023 Best Workplaces List

by | May 9, 2023
"The companies here demonstrate that a great workplace is less about Friday beer blasts and more about whether employees are equipped to experience work and life more fully, given that the two are more blended than ever," Inc. writes about its 2023 Best Workplaces list. Meet the 16 North Texas companies that joined 575 others across the U.S. in making the cut.
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The Last Word: BAL’s Chloe Mervine on Staying Focused on Her Startup’s Growth
Mervine capped off 2022 by celebrating a milestone for her Dallas-based startup Big Ass Luxuries, which she and her husband Trent co-founded in 2021. BAL makes and sells Big Ass Candles—long-lasting and aromatic candles made from natural eco-friendly scents and coconut soy wax. BAL surpassed $1.3M in 2022 sales, 10 times what it made in 2021.
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DI People: JCPenney, Sabre, Toyota Connected, Magellan Health, Sonrava, and Dallas Next Make Moves
by | Aug 12, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from UNT Dallas, 49 Financial, Daseke, Rogers Healy Commercial, CrossFirst Bank, and more.
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Texas Lawyer Honors BAL Law Firm CTO With Legal Innovator Award
by | Aug 12, 2022
"Innovation means overcoming real-world challenges people are facing, then leveraging legal knowledge and technical skills synergistically to come up with practical solutions," says Chanille Juneau. Texas Lawyer also recognized the Richardson-based immigration law firm for its tech-forward legal practice and for one of its next-gen attorneys.
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BAL Law Firm Introduces Ellie, a First-of-its-Kind Immigration Chatbot

by | Apr 29, 2020
Richardson-based Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP has launched a natural language processing tool to help clients better understand complex immigration concepts.
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