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Follow the Money: DoctorLogic Raises $7M; Geoforce, TPG Growth Make Acquisitions

by | Jan 23, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Match Group, On the Road Lending, Oakview Capital, Sales Benchmark Index, TPG Capital, Mark Cuban, P10 Holdings, Cloudvisory, Metro Energy Savers, and Trudela Partners.
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‘There’s No More Mall, Y’all’: How Two DFW Developers Are Reimagining Aging Retail Centers
by | Aug 21, 2019
From Southern Dallas' Redbird Mall to Plano's Collin Creek, traditional retail malls are being reinvented. The Urban Land Institute North Texas poses the question, "What's in store for aging retail?" Here's what these two developers had to say.
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ECi Rebrands to Recognize its 20 Years of Growth in Business Software
by | Aug 7, 2019
The brand refresh reflects Fort Worth-based ECi's mission of providing small- and mid-sized businesses with support and purpose-built solutions. Also today, ECi released its new cloud-based analytics and data visualization platform to help users "become data-driven masters of their respective industries."
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Staffing Agency Moves Into Dallas to Boost Local Tech Talent
by | Jul 8, 2019
NEXTAFF is opening a location in North Dallas to offer staffing solutions to information technology businesses.
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Immortals Gaming Club Acquires Frisco’s OpTic Gaming in Multi-Million Dollar Deal

by | Jun 12, 2019
Immortals Gaming Club's recent purchase of OpTic Gaming's parent company, Infinite Esports & Entertainment, is being called the "largest change of control transaction in esports history."
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Innovative Spaces: Peterbilt Brings Advanced Manufacturing to 2 Denton Truck Facilities
by | May 16, 2019
The Peterbilt Test Building and Plant 1 were both a part of an expansion project to allow for increased productivity, efficiency of production, and modernization of Peterbilt's equipment.
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Esports North Texas Emerging Technologies Summit Dallas Startup Week
‘Dallas Has Been Made for Esports’: How Startups Can Grab a Spot in the Gaming Industry
by | Apr 15, 2019
North Texas startups have the opportunity to take place in an emerging industry, experts say. Here’s what founders need to know about finding funding and the future of esports.
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The Recipe to Individual Success? Barack Obama says Innovation, Hard Work, and Resilience
by | Apr 12, 2019
Diversity is an integral part of growth, but Obama says it isn't always easy for minority groups. The solution, he said Thursday at the National Diversity Council's 15th Annual Diversity and Leadership Conference in Dallas, is: "I'm gonna prove you wrong. I'm going to outwork, out-hustle, out-imagine, out-innovate to achieve that goal."
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Cultivating the Next Generation:
The Kidpreneur Expo and The DFW Children’s Business Fair

by | Nov 16, 2018
Kids with big ideas share their entrepreneurial spirit at these free events on Nov. 17.
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furniture
Egg Pods & Noise-Fighting Felt: Fräsch is ‘Not Your Typical Furniture Company’
by | Nov 9, 2018
Fräsch's modern office furniture designs may look like they're straight out of Europe, but the company — and its noise-absorbing products — is from Grand Prairie.
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Pei Wei Pokes at Panda, Hopes to Be “The Wei Forward” With Clean-Label Initiative
by | Oct 15, 2018
The DFW-based restaurant chain has launched its transparency campaign, calling out competitors to reveal their own ingredient labels in a series of cheeky tweets.
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Access Healthcare

Access Healthcare Rises from Coffee Shop Beginning to 11K Employees With Acquisition

by | Aug 31, 2018
Access Healthcare—which grew from three employees to 11,000 in seven years—says the deal gives it additional scale in the health-care space.
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CityCentral
Dallas Coworking Space Focuses On Community, Collaboration
by | Jul 9, 2018
CityCentral, which recently opened a location in Dallas, is a coworking space dedicated to creating a fun, engaging environment for all types of business professionals in North Texas.
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Brazen
Brazen Opens Branch for
Female Entrepreneurs in DFW
by | Apr 24, 2018
The organization is aimed at reaching out to female business owners and tapping into the potential of “growth-seeking” women.
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