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‘Why Dallas, Now’: State of Entrepreneurship 2019 Announces Powerhouse Speaker Lineup, Agenda

by Lance Murray | Mar 29, 2019

The event, now in its sixth year, celebrates “the people, places, and passions that keep the DFW startup ecosystem thriving."

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Startup Funding: Who Got the Money in 2018

by Lance Murray | Feb 15, 2019

Regardless of what type of funding it is—seed, venture capital, angel, or corporate—here are 17 North Texas companies that successfully pulled in capital to back their ventures.

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Coworking Grows Up: Shared Space Is One of North Texas’ Hottest Placemaking Tools

by Jeremiah Jensen | Feb 13, 2019

Coworking has become a mainstay in the Dallas-Fort Worth office market. No longer considered a fad, the region has over 1 million square feet of shared space in play—and it's not stopping there.

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DI People: DRC, Transplace, SpotSee Make Leadership Announcements

by Lance Murray | Jan 22, 2019

You’ll also find leadership announcements from EarthX, Celanese, MedSys, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, HNTB, Dean Foods, and Colonial Savings Bank in this roundup of people news in North Texas.

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Dallas To Host National Restaurant Innovation Summit

by David Kirkpatrick | Oct 29, 2018

Robots. Gamification. UX. CX. Blockchain in the kitchen. Tech trends of all kinds are on the radar for the National Restaurant Association's first summit in Dallas.

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Tech Town Ranking: CompTIA Index Plugs Dallas Near the Top

by Lance Murray | Oct 23, 2018

Dallas ranked No. 3 for the number of IT job ads on the index, which ranked cities based on cost of living, the number of open IT jobs, and the projected job growth over the next 12 months and next five years.

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‘Big Ideas in Biotech’: Federal Conference to Focus on Research, Tech Grant Programs

by Quincy Preston | Oct 12, 2018

For researchers and early-stage biotech companies looking for federal grant funding—this could be the opportunity to find it.

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BuzzBallz CEO Merrilee Kick at PilotWorks Dallas, a food incubator in Northwest Dallas.

BuzzBallz’ Merrilee Kick on Innovating, Lessons Learned, and the Science of Success

by Quincy Preston | Oct 2, 2018

BuzzBallz was created out of necessity, became an opportunity, and now is reaching consumers in 47 U.S. states and seven countries. Here’s how Merrilee Kick made it happen.

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James Helm, VP of Design at Intuit [Photo: Intuit]

At the Helm: Intuit VP of Design on Being ‘Design-Led, Through and Through’

by Dave Moore | Sep 24, 2018

Intuit has embraced design thinking, says Intuit VP of Design James Helm. He talks with Dave Moore about the thinking that precedes formal design and how the company retains designers who may get multiple recruiting calls each week.

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Don Relyea, head of design at BBVA [Photo: BBVA]

Money Talks: Don Relyea Takes User Experience to the Bank

by Dave Moore | Sep 24, 2018

Don Relyea — who Incorporated a 19-person core design team to BBVA Compass within a couple weeks — says that the addition of designers to global banking firm BBVA is introducing constructive problem-solving to operations across 35 countries.

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My second year (in teaching high school English), things began looking up. I cracked the code and figured out how to motivate students. I had lessons I could improve upon. And I started getting curious — what could the sciences teach me about how we learn? Most of what I read at that time could be classified as pop psychology — secondhand accounts of “brain science” studies. ...One particular study involved our sense of smell and memory. I had been reading Robert Jutte’s 2004 book “A History of Senses,” and I stumbled upon this interesting remark: “Our sense of smell is most directly linked to memory.” Hmm — smell and memory are linked. I began to think how this could be applied to some of our creative writing assignments... Excerpt from “Seductive Interaction Design,” by Stephen Anderson [Sources: Capital One, Stephen Anderson]

Custom Build: An Acquisition and Ties to Higher Ed Led UX Thoughtleader to Capital One’s Garage

by Dave Moore | Sep 24, 2018

Q+A | Stephen Anderson, head of design at Capital One’s Garage, (literally) wrote the book on “Seductive Interaction Design.” He talks about finding talent and how design thinking is applied to daily life.

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Users First: An Interview With USAA’s Tatiana Miller

by Dave Moore | Sep 24, 2018

Q+A | Tatiana Miller, executive director of design at USAA, tells Dave Moore how the company invests in design, what she's most proud of, and how she manages some 60 creative professionals.

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