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Motel 6 Parent G6 Hospitality Names Longtime Exec President, Interim CEO

by | Jan 13, 2023
Julie Arrowsmith, current president and CFO, has been appointed president and interim chief executive officer. Rob Palleschi has stepped down as CEO as he transitions to the position of CEO of American Campus Communities, the nation's premier student housing manager, owner, and developer.
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BuzzBallz Joins the Fight Against COVID-19 Through Hand Sanitizer Production
by | Mar 25, 2020
The Carrollton-based company plans to donate 10,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to Texas healthcare facilities, municipalities, and retail personnel in the next week.
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North Texas Cities Among Nation’s Fastest-Growing
by | Dec 12, 2019
Frisco and McKinney were the highest ranking North Texas cities in the WalletHub report, which based its rankings on job growth, increase of full-time and part-time jobs, and median household income growth, among other factors.
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Say Goodbye to Tents: This Carrollton Company Takes Pop-Ups To The Next Level
by | Aug 2, 2019
From sleeping pods to luxury showrooms, Event Architecture has done it all when it comes to portable event structures. Get a look at the mobile, easy-to-assemble modular components—and see where you might've spotted one in North Texas.
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Follow the Money: ROBO Global Launches Healthcare ETF, Arteriors Gets ‘Significant Investment’

by | Jun 27, 2019
You’ll also find news from Align Capital Partners, Mark Cuban, Hidrent, TPG, Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Apple, and Drive.ai in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas.
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Tax Tech: EY, Thomson Reuters Form Alliance to Aid Multinational Organizations
by | May 21, 2019
The alliance will make tech-driven solutions available to multinational organizations to help them better comply with tax requirements in multiple jurisdictions.
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Fatal Yeast: Carrollton Startup MycoDART Steps Up to Fight Infections in Hospitalized Patients
by | Apr 30, 2019
MycoDART, which was named one of Health Wildcatter's six startup healthcare accelerators, has a new test that may have cracked the code on Candida auris, a type of yeast that can cause severe sickness in hospitalized patients.
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Summit: Experts Talk Balancing Realities With ‘Gee-Whiz Tech’ for Smarter Cities
by | Sep 22, 2018
At the North Texas Smart Cities Summit, IT specialists, engineers, public officials, and civil servants pondered the possibilities and perils of smart city technology that's ever closer to becoming commonplace. Dave Moore has the takeaway.
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Entrepreneurs Hear How to Succeed at Dallas Consumer Product Innovations Day

by | Jul 13, 2018
Several successful CPG entrepreneurs told their stories at the Dallas Consumer Product Innovations Day at the Addison TreeHouse Thursday. Other companies got to pitch their ideas to the experts and the audience.
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Case Study: RealPage
by | Jan 17, 2018
RealPage could have moved anywhere to continue its upward trajectory. It chose Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Funding Roundup: Frisco Wearable Tech Startup Raises $95K, Burleson Project Gets $900K Incentive
by | Dec 8, 2017
From startup capital to state incentives, take a look at recent funding announcements with Dallas ties.
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Carrollton Startup Dynofit Picked for Podcast Series ‘The Pitch’
by | Aug 21, 2017
Dynofit CEO Maria Schneider will travel this fall to New York to join other CEOs in a two-day session for the podcast series.
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Warren Center Gala to Feature Musicians, Artists

by | Nov 10, 2016
Musicians will create original compositions and artists will create original works based on those compositions.
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Denton County Now Has Text-to-911 Service
by | Oct 5, 2016
Denton county is one of the first agencies in the nation with the ability to receive callback and approximate location information for cell phone callers.
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Creating a Maker City
by | Jun 23, 2016
The Maker City movement is big. So big that President Barack Obama declared June 17-24 National Week of Making.
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