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Power couple Megha and NIrav Tolia, hailing from the worlds of television and tech, have found a welcoming home in Dallas-Fort Worth. [Photo: SMU]
Shondaland COO and Nextdoor Founder: Dallas Power Couple Tapped to Lead SMU Entrepreneur Hub at Cox School of Business
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Sep 11, 2023
Global TV and tech innovators Megha and Nirav Tolia will helm SMU’s Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Launched in 2022 with the largest-ever gift by a non-alumnus in SMU's history, the institute is gearing up to leverage the "culture of free enterprise in North Texas."
by Lance Murray |
Jun 23, 2023
A collaboration between the university’s Meadows School of the Arts and Cox School of Business, the SMU Impact Lab aims to equip the next generation of SMU students to understand impact investing through education and practice. By aligning "profits and purpose," SMU said it's committed to advancing the idea of "investing for the greater good."
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by David Seeley |
Nov 10, 2022
Acosta served as a Marine amphibious assault vehicle operator in posts from Somalia to Haiti to Jordan before coming home to the U.S.—and seeking his place in the civilian workforce.
“I gained a life experience that enabled me to see the world differently,” he said in a statement about his Marine service.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 10, 2022
Rakesh Apte, Dell's director of product management and innovation strategy, lays out the emerging trends driving the future of innovation in the technology space that companies big and small should have their eyes on.
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Dr. Simon Mak, executive director of SMU's Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. [Photo: Cox Today/SMU]
The Last Word: SMU’s Dr. Simon Mak on Entrepreneurship as a Calling
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 8, 2022
Besides his role at the Caruth Institute, Dr. Mak is a professor of practice in the Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Business Economics at the SMU Cox School of Business, and much more. The Cox School is ground zero of North Texas entrepreneurship this week, as the site of Dallas Startup Week.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 2, 2022
Dallas Startup Week is only days away. In addition to three big summits, the DEC Network's flagship week-long event will offer sessions on 21 different "tracks." From social impact to startup funding to esports and emerging tech, here's a look at what the week holds in store.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 27, 2022
The DEC Network’s flagship event—Dallas Startup Week—will be held August 7 through August 11 both virtually and in person at SMU's Cox School of Business.
Bringing together the local ecosystem’s “breadth and diversity” of corporations and startups, the Corporate Startup Innovation summit will feature Jim Adler, founding managing director of Toyota Ventures, and Steven Levy, editor at large at Wired—plus a deep dive in the funding landscape, an accelerator pitch competition, and more.
Bringing together the local ecosystem’s “breadth and diversity” of corporations and startups, the Corporate Startup Innovation summit will feature Jim Adler, founding managing director of Toyota Ventures, and Steven Levy, editor at large at Wired—plus a deep dive in the funding landscape, an accelerator pitch competition, and more.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 20, 2022
The Disrupt Dallas summit will highlight "champions who are disrupting the entrepreneurial ecosystem and talent pipeline,” says The DEC Network.
The summit on August 8—part of Dallas Startup Week's multi-day event—offers education and programming from local entrepreneurs of color on how to help support and grow a business.
Dear Fathers, a media platform for Black fatherhood, was co-founded by Jesse Alex and Lamar Johnson Jr., who "turned their pain of not having real father experiences growing up" into a positive mission. [Image: Dear Fathers]
Dear Fathers is a platform “dedicated to telling stories of black fathers from all angles while also empowering our community with tangible resources that inspire, heal, and strengthen the Black man.”
Odell Beckham, Sr.
Lamar Quinn
Dessie Brown, Jr.
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Crow Holdings and the Robert and Margaret Folsom Institute for Real Estate at SMU Cox School of Business announced the joint hiring of Mark G. Roberts as Director of Research at both institutions.
Real Estate Expert Joins SMU, Crow Holdings to Provide Industry Research to the Region
by Kevin Cummings | Mar 11, 2022
Mark Roberts is taking his expertise in the real estate space to two local organizations.
A fellow at the Real Estate Research Institute, Roberts has been jointly hired by Dallas real estate investment and development firm Crow Holdings and the SMU Cox School of Business’ Robert and Margaret Folsom Institute for Real Estate as a director of research....
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by David Seeley |
Jan 21, 2022
The gift by Weber, a 1958 alum and former Mustang football player, is the largest in the history of the SMU Athletic Department. It launches a $100M facility drive to build the 192,500-SF complex—which will house a team auditorium, new locker rooms, a weight room, position-specific meeting rooms, and more.
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by Leslie Barker |
Jan 13, 2022
Hosted by The DEC Network and powered by Capital One, the five-day showcase is North Texas’ largest event focused on driving entrepreneurial success, economic impact, and innovation.
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