Gabriella Draney Zielke

The Last Word: Jim Keyes on His New Book ‘Education Is Freedom’

In one of our top stories today, Dallas Innovates' Glenn Hunter spoke with former 7-Eleven and Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes about his new book, Education is Freedom. That CEO acronym in the book makes a key point, he told us.
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Visionary Business Leader Jim Keyes: ‘It’s Time to Create an Educated Workforce for the Information Age’
by | Jun 6, 2024
Amid a general atmosphere of ignorance and fear that’s being stoked by the internet and social media, the U.S. education system currently is under attack as irrelevant or beyond repair, Jim Keyes says. What’s urgently needed, he believes, is replacing this cycle of negativity with knowledge—and a new technology platform that will ‘take American education to the next level.’
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Wildcatters
Recap: Tech Wildcatters Fall Pitch Day
by | Sep 30, 2016
The Dallas-based accelerator held its second Gauntlet pitch day Wednesday at the House of Blues in Dallas featuring 11 startups.
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Dallas Skyline
Why We Need to Grow our Eco-System, not an Echo Chamber
by | Jan 28, 2016
All industries have badges of honor. In the startup world, the badge consists of working on software, raising capital, chatting on Slack, keeping up with the latest tech trends, attending hackathons, preparing pitches, working at co-working spaces, and, sometimes, it’s obtained by just attending startups events.
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