Dallas Innovates

Matt Johnner and David Montgomery

Startup Helps ‘Level the Playing Field’ for Community Banks

by | Jul 10, 2017
BankLabs is revolutionizing the process for making construction loans while also arming community banks with another weapon against their biggest competitors — FinTechs and large multinational banks.
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Frisco Software Company to Launch Custom App Platform
by | Jul 10, 2017
Pangata will analyze customer's data and generate a template-based app within hours.
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Toyota Gives $1M to Help Homeless in Collin County
by | Jul 7, 2017
On Thursday, Toyota and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas awarded a $1 million Impact Grant to four area shelters who are pooling together their efforts to help homeless women and children.
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Baylor Scott & White Health App Provides Direct Communication Between Paramedics, Hospitals
by | Jul 7, 2017
Baylor Scott & White Health-Grapevine said the app has helped it reduce patient wait time from the national average of 90 minutes to 26 minutes.
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Rising From Tragedy: Denton Nonprofit Founded After 2016 Dallas Police Ambush

by | Jul 7, 2017
In the aftermath of the horrific event, Ipinowula “Ipi” Adedokun created World Apparel Co. to sell fashionable clothing and donate a portion of its profits to help children in need. 
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Wal-Mart Has Towering Answer to Online Pickup
by | Jul 7, 2017
The nation's largest retailer put one of its first vending machines for online orders in The Colony as one of six planned for North Texas in coming months.
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AT&T Announces $200M Venture Capital Fund Investment
by | Jul 6, 2017
The fund is intended to help AT&T find solutions to some of the toughest technology issues facing the nation.
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Plano ISD Teachers Become Externs for Local Companies
by | Jul 6, 2017
The Plano Mayor's Summer Internship Program is piloting a new paid externship program for teachers to work alongside student interns at top Plano companies.
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For Oak Cliff Helping Students Craft Stories Through Hip-Hop

by | Jul 6, 2017
At the end of the four-week camp, students will perform their own recorded music live at For Oak Cliff's back-to-school festival on Aug. 12.
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Spending Time Looking For Email Attachments? Rettach Autosaves Them to Cloud Storage
by | Jul 6, 2017
Incubated by Irving venture capital fund Naya Ventures, Rettach is inviting Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365 users to participate in a free trial version of the program.
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SMU Researchers: Usain Bolt’s Gait is Asymmetrical
by | Jul 5, 2017
The researchers assessed Bolt's running using a new motion-based method to test how hard and fast each foot hits the ground.
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Phil Romano’s West Dallas Bar
To Serve Up Networking
by | Jul 5, 2017
The Network Bar, set to open in October, will provide a mix of technology, events, food, and beverages to members seeking to meet other Dallasites.
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NEC’s NeoFace Tech Being Tested
in U.S. Airports

by | Jul 5, 2017
The goal of the pilot program is to ensure that Customs and Border Patrol keeps better tabs of foreign individuals who might be overstaying their visas.
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MediBookr Recognized as
National Health‑Care Innovator
by | Jun 30, 2017
The Dallas startup was the only Texas company featured as part of Premier Inc.'s Innovation Celebration amid products from 3M Corporation, Abbott/St. Jude Medical, and Siemens Healthineers.
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AT&T Pairs Budding Filmmakers With Famous Mentors
by | Jun 30, 2017
The end result of these partnerships will be short films that will air in late 2017 on DirecTV Now, which is owned by Dallas-based AT&T.
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A new study titled "Arts & Economic Prosperity 5," recognizes the North Texas region as the third-largest arts economy in the nation.
North Texas Region Named Third Largest Arts Economy
by | Jun 30, 2017
The Americans for the Arts study focused on the 2015 fiscal year, reporting that the "economic impact of the Dallas Arts District has tripled in five years."
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