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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Partners with Phoenix ‘Virtual Wellness Assistant’ To Tackle Prescription Affordability
by David Seeley | Aug 22, 2023
Dallas-based Cost Plus Drugs announced today that it's teaming up with Drexi, a Phoenix-based pharmacy benefit manager that calls itself a "virtual wellness assistant" offering "honest pricing and better benefits, one prescription at a time." Drexi also helps customers track their prescriptions as a "wellness partner." See why teaming up made sense for both disruptive startups.
by David Seeley |
Jun 21, 2023
Featuring "a diverse group of businesses helping chart an essential path forward," the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list features five companies that are either headquartered in North Texas or have a strong presence here. See who they are—and what they're doing to disrupt the status quo and innovate for the future.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 7, 2023
The Dallas company’s PaperEntry product targets customers wanting to save time and money by automating their data-entry process with artificial intelligence.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 2, 2023
When Dak Prescott is in a pickle, usually it's because an Eagles defensive lineman is chasing him around the backfield. But now the Dallas Cowboys QB has found a new pickle-related pursuit: He's become one of the owners of the Frisco Pandas, a Major League Pickleball franchise. The move comes just months after Frisco-based Dude Perfect became investors in the franchise, valuing the team at $5 million.
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BlueHopper permanent outdoor lighting powered by Dallas-based MeshTek Labs. [Photo: MeshTek]
Mark Cuban-Backed MeshTek Labs Wins Lightfair Innovation Award
by David Seeley | May 23, 2023
Supported by 35 issued patents, Dallas-based MeshTek builds next-gen lighting systems that turn buildings into show-stoppers. "Their patented, long-range Bluetooth mesh is the brilliance behind the solution and the future of outdoor device connectivity," says investor Mark Cuban.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 15, 2023
Dive into the trends reshaping the retail industry so this year, as spotlighted in recent reports from commercial real estate firm JLL. With insights from JLL Dallas' Rob Franks, discover how next-gen retail concepts are steering the sector towards an exciting future, and how small businesses are proving to be critical drivers of this transformation.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 16, 2023
These standouts—startup founders, tech pioneers, educators, creators, social innovators, and business leaders—are transforming entire industries and making waves in their respective fields.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 16, 2023
Meet the startup innovators who are driving change in their industries and beyond. These startups are among the Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth, our editors’ picks of forward-thinking innovators who are shaping their industries and communities.
From the healthcare sector to the real estate industry, these trailblazers are disrupting the status quo with their groundbreaking technologies and solutions....
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Frisco’s Greenwatt Lighting Launches Alert System for Schools with First Install in Southlake
by David Seeley | Jan 27, 2023
The joint venture with Mark Cuban-backed IoT startup MeshTek has released a Kid-Centric lighting system that can communicate emergency safety protocols to students, teachers, and administrators with instant visual cues and immediate notification alerts. The company says its solution "is the only safety lighting system that utilizes a reliable Bluetooth mesh network."
"With school safety being a top concern across the country, this innovation could not have come at a better time," Cuban says.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 16, 2022
In January, the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company launched its online pharmacy directly to consumers, aiming to "bypass middlemen and outrageous markups." In October, it partnered with its first U.S. health plan, Capital Blue Cross. Now, by partnering with EmsanaRx, MCCPDC has made its first move into the self-insured employer drug market.
Mark Cuban says EmsanaRx's "technological capabilities to customize to the needs of self-funded employers" will help his startup "bring lower cost medicines to a wider swath of the American public."
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 17, 2022
Online giant Amazon announced that it is offering a new service called Amazon Clinic that provides virtual "message-based" healthcare for more than 20 minor health conditions, adding another affordable healthcare option for more than 8.5 million people in North Texas.
Along with the company's Amazon Pharmacy service, Amazon Clinic joins Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drug Company as a new, affordable healthcare option for North Texans.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Nov 10, 2022
Whether he's buying a pro pickleball team or disrupting big pharma with his cost-plus drug company, Mark Cuban says he's a "ready, fire, aim" businessman. So he surrounds himself with "ready, aim, fire" perfectionists to keep him from "screwing everything up."
That's just one insight the billionaire shared in a fireside chat with Backstage Capital founder Arlan Hamilton at the Venture Dallas conference last week. “There's always going to be somebody smarter, there's always going to be somebody faster, better," Cuban added. "I just try to work a little harder.”
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Aaron Pierce, Ross Perot Jr., and Anurag Jain at the kickoff event for the 2022 Venture Dallas conference.
Tech Talk and ‘Meaningful Connections’: 10 Takeaways From Venture Dallas 2022
by Kevin Cummings | Nov 7, 2022
At last week's Venture Dallas conference, more than 400 VCs, angel investors, startups, and business leaders gathered for a showcase of North Texas' entrepreneurial and venture ecosystem. Here's a look at the highlights—from Troy Aikman saying "There are no shortcuts" to Alto Founder Will Coleman on the power of doing "the opposite" to Mark Cuban's "ready, fire, aim" approach.
“Regions like Texas and Dallas-Fort Worth, we’re the model for the rest of the nation on how to get things done," Ross Perot Jr. said at the conference kickoff.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 24, 2022
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about Sinclair Digital Services’ $5 million fundraising effort; Energy Spectrum Capital helping to launch a new energy firm; Darling Ingredients’ $1.2 billion acquisition; the Dallas Cowboys’ official accounting firm merging with BKM Sowan Horan; and more.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 17, 2022
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about Mavenir’s $155M raise, Pinnacle Realty Advisors raising $5M for ‘brokerage-as-a-service’ platform, Exela Technologies taking its European business unit public, American Airlines’ hydrogen fuel distribution investment, and more.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 5, 2022
Founded in 2020, Dallas-based Sonara Health has a big mission: "We want to end the opioid epidemic and save lives." To help tackle it, Sonara secured a patent last month for a take-home methadone monitoring system. With the new funding and earlier support from backers including Mark Cuban, the startup has raised $5M to date.
"In a world where we send billionaires to space in reusable rockets, I thought we ought to be able to create a solution that helps patients with opioid use disorder to get their daily medication in a way that does not disrupt their daily lives," said CEO Michael Giles, M.D.
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