The DEC Network's Disrupt Dallas Summit at Dallas Startup Week 2023 in September featured entrepreneur and Grammy award-winning musician Chamillionaire moderated by Lady Jade, host of The Dash Podcast. [Photo: The DEC Network]
"Our lending commitment over the past three years has reached thousands of businesses to help them thrive and succeed," said Omar Salah, Comerica Bank EVP and director of Small Business Banking.
The city of Fort Worth announced that finance and community development professional Glenn Forbes has been hired as executive director of CDFI Friendly Fort Worth, launched just over a year ago....
Funds raised beyond the cost of renovation were presented to CitySquare to support the ongoing food pantry needs. [Image: Courtesy Dallas Regional Chamber]
Leadership Dallas chooses a community project supporting a local nonprofit each year, with CitySquare being chosen for 2020. Although this is a year like no other, as Gillea Allison puts it, "When Dallas sets its mind on something, it gets it done—and this project was no different."
What started as an idea with backing from community organizers and restaurant owners, Get Shift Done has rallied support to give meals and livelihoods to at-risk groups in 11 cities.
Trey Bowles and Delanie Majors from The DEC Network hosted Founder and CEO of Common Desk Nick Clark to discuss how his company is innovating to help entrepreneurs get back into shared office spaces.
Coinciding with the election of former Mayor Mike Rawlings and Lizzie Horchow Routman, a member of the legacy Horchow Family, the Hoblitzelle Foundation has elected a new slate of officers that includes its first female Chair.
Since expanding to the Dallas market in 2000, PSA Management has gone on to manage projects across the country and launch a scholarship foundation with Dallas College.
John Steinmetz, CEO of the Dallas-based community bank, wants businesses to know there's an alternative to the PPP. Main Street Lending Program loans range from $250,000 to $300 million and are meant to help businesses that were profitable pre-COVID survive.
Investments to Lendistry and California FarmLink will target businesses in underserved areas as well as small-scale farms and ranches providing fresh food to their communities.
CIO Grergory Elsborg, who has been dealing with fallout from the pandemic for about a quarter of his year-long tenure, talks about his role and how it has shifted to help the community. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit system has helped school districts deliver meals to kids, completed grocery deliveries for paratransit riders, and has multiple partnerships in development—all in the midst of a pandemic.
Through Southern Dallas Thrives and Frito-Lay's collaboration with Volunteers of America, the Plano-based company continues to support causes in the Dallas region and beyond.
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Until recently, the majority of Lee Brown’s academic career and research at Texas Woman’s University had centered on corporate political activities and business-government interaction. But just two short years ago, Brown, the business college’s associate dean of research and an associate professor of management, started delving into artificial intelligence technology....
Plano-based Digital Matrix Systems is partnering with New York City-based fintech Stratyfy to support both companies’ common goal of helping leading institutions improve process and mitigate risk.
Founded in 1982, Digital Matrix is an international risk management solution provider that helps clients leverage the power of data to make better-informed business decisions....
The Colossal Foundation, the Dallas-based nonprofit arm of Colossal BioSciences has made an initial $1 million donation of its $3 million commitment to the Pask & Frankenberg Lab at the University of Melbourne in Australia to advance research and conservation efforts against chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease responsible for the extinction of at least 90 amphibian species worldwide and significant declines in over 500 other species....
Terrell-based Unified Power, a national provider of repair and maintenance services for uninterruptible power supply systems and backup generators, has been acquired by California-based Pearce Services, a leading national provider of operations, maintenance, and engineering services for critical infrastructure....
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Until recently, the majority of Lee Brown’s academic career and research at Texas Woman’s University had centered on corporate political activities and business-government interaction. But just two short years ago, Brown, the business college’s associate dean of research and an associate professor of management, started delving into artificial intelligence technology....
Plano-based Digital Matrix Systems is partnering with New York City-based fintech Stratyfy to support both companies’ common goal of helping leading institutions improve process and mitigate risk.
Founded in 1982, Digital Matrix is an international risk management solution provider that helps clients leverage the power of data to make better-informed business decisions....
The Colossal Foundation, the Dallas-based nonprofit arm of Colossal BioSciences has made an initial $1 million donation of its $3 million commitment to the Pask & Frankenberg Lab at the University of Melbourne in Australia to advance research and conservation efforts against chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease responsible for the extinction of at least 90 amphibian species worldwide and significant declines in over 500 other species....
Terrell-based Unified Power, a national provider of repair and maintenance services for uninterruptible power supply systems and backup generators, has been acquired by California-based Pearce Services, a leading national provider of operations, maintenance, and engineering services for critical infrastructure....