From left: Ezi Negus, Okigwe Creations; Greer Christian, PureNRG Cycle; Awah Chai, Offworld Coffee; Kimberly Matthews, Holy Rollie Pastry Shop; and moderator Tarsha Hearns, The DEC Network. [Photo: The DEC Network]
At the recent Entrepreneur Showcase in Dallas, four emerging startups were spotlighted alongside Biden Cabinet Member Isabella Casillas Guzman, who leads the Small Business Administration, and Mark Madrid, the driving force behind SBA's Office of Entrepreneurial Development. “I feel like I’ve just been to a TED talk with these entrepreneurs' words of wisdom,” Madrid said at the event powered by Dallas College and The DEC Network.
The American Rescue Act initiative aims to reduce barriers that underrepresented and underserved entrepreneurs often face in accessing the programs they need to recover, grow, or start their businesses. The Dallas Entrepreneur Center will use the grant to engage efforts with six Dallas-area organizations: Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center; LiftFund; TruFund; Dallas College; BCL of Texas; and WiNGS.
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.
North Texas boasts a new crop of Tech Titans, including a team at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, a University of Texas at Dallas inventor and a Lewisville ISD teacher.
Oregon-based Pinnacle has acquired Dallas-based experiential design agency 900lbs of Creative LLC, the two companies announced this week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition launches a new interactive studio within Pinnacle, which will be led by 900lbs founder and CEO Steve Deitz as vice president, interactive....
Eight North Texas entrepreneurs will tackle education, income and health issues as members of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ 2027 Social Innovation Accelerator.
“Some of the most powerful solutions to our community’s toughest challenges are developed by people who understand those challenges firsthand,” Frank Santoni, the United Way’s vice president of social innovation and design, told Dallas Innovates....
North Texas boasts a new crop of Tech Titans, including a team at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, a University of Texas at Dallas inventor and a Lewisville ISD teacher.
Oregon-based Pinnacle has acquired Dallas-based experiential design agency 900lbs of Creative LLC, the two companies announced this week. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition launches a new interactive studio within Pinnacle, which will be led by 900lbs founder and CEO Steve Deitz as vice president, interactive....
Eight North Texas entrepreneurs will tackle education, income and health issues as members of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ 2027 Social Innovation Accelerator.
“Some of the most powerful solutions to our community’s toughest challenges are developed by people who understand those challenges firsthand,” Frank Santoni, the United Way’s vice president of social innovation and design, told Dallas Innovates....