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Impact Ventures: Meet HVACIntel, an IoT Platform That Helps Contractors Manage HVAC Installations
by Alex Edwards | Jul 21, 2020
HVACIntel hopes to disrupt the legacy industry with its patented IoT platform that monitors HVAC systems, proactively detects operational issues, and prevents failures.
by Alex Edwards |
Jul 21, 2020
Mercado brings the world of international trade into the digital age by transforming the global supply chain. That's been especially important in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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by Riley Farrell |
Jul 21, 2020
Newly launched Oasis provides food delivery that is affordable for both customers and restaurants in Uptown Dallas—there's a $0 delivery fee and restaurants are only charged 10 percent.
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by Dave Moore |
Jul 20, 2020
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.
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Frito Lay’s Joan Cetera [DI composite. Photo: Frito Lay]
Q+A: PepsiCo Foods North America’s Joan Cetera on Frito-Lay’s Local Community Efforts
by Dave Moore | Jul 16, 2020
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.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 16, 2020
CBRE’s annual ‘Scoring Tech Talent’ Report places Dallas-Fort Worth as the fifth largest in the U.S. in terms of its tech talent labor pool. All metrics included, DFW ranked No. 13 among 50 markets.
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by Chantal Canales |
Jul 14, 2020
To support the Dallas-Fort Worth community during "this critical time," Comerica is working with The DEC Network at Redbird to offer free financial workshops for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 14, 2020
To help local businesses—mainly those that are minority and woman-owned—survive the COVID-19 pandemic, the Women’s Business Center in Dallas is offering free business assessments and recommendations, emotional wellness coaching, and industry-specific trainings.
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U.S. Congressman Colin Allred [Image: Courtesy U.S. Congressman Colin Allred Official Website]
Congressman Colin Allred Discusses $1.5T in Potential Infrastructure Funding and COVID-19 Relief Package
by Michael Wood | Jul 13, 2020
“We all recognize that this is not a want-to, this is a need-to,” said Allred on the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion package recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to modernize U.S. infrastructure.
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by Patricia Blasquez, Director, Regional Marketing |
Jul 8, 2020
Regular communication, technology, and health screening will all come into play as the region continues reopening physical workspaces.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Jul 8, 2020
Local experts—from Brain Performance Institute, Mental Health America of Greater Dallas, Baylor Scott & White, and Microsoft—weigh in on how to create a psychologically safe workplace. Their takeaways? Invest in mental wellness, encourage a culture of openness, and more.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Jul 2, 2020
The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), formerly the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), launches at a tough time as supply chains are strained in the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting the right goods into the right hands has become a question of resiliency, experts say. The virus has accelerated urgent change in supply chains as they must quickly adapt—within days, in some cases.
“What used to be possible with just a pencil, and pen, and paper is now impossible to operate” without technology, analyst Piotr Marczewski says.
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Take Command Health CEO Jack Hooper [Photo: Take Command Health]
As Demand for HRAs Surges, Dallas-Based Take Command Health Grows its Team and Closes Fundraising
by Alex Edwards | Jul 2, 2020
In response to an increased interest in health reimbursement arrangements as companies shift from employer-sponsored health insurance, health tech startup Take Command is growing—fast.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Jul 1, 2020
From Toyota making executive changes to AT&T offering a new enterprise-level internet solution, here are our 10 most-read stories in June.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 1, 2020
Dallas-based CRTKL SVP Jim Henry is leading the firm's COVID-19 recovery efforts out of Dallas. PODS containers are being repurposed into self-contained rooms with hospital beds that could be used for COVID-19 patients.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 1, 2020
PCCI compares COVID-19 response to fire prevention: There's long-term considerations (where to locate a firehouse) and short-term (identifying active fires). Once those are understood, public health actions can be taken.
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