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Study Says: Dallas Biotech’s Antimicrobial Coating Linked with Health Care-Associated Infection Reduction

by | May 4, 2020
Last month, Allied BioScience received capital from Lydia Partners to scale its operations and meet a surging demand.
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The ‘Airbnb of Storage’ Neighbor.com Launches in North Texas
by | Mar 5, 2020
Neighbor.com asks, 'Would you clean out your garage for $2,016?' The startup is jumping into the $5 billion Texas storage market through its peer-to-peer shared storage marketplace expansion.
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Venture Capitalist Arlan Hamilton founded Backstage Capital and and invests in startup founders who identify as a Woman, Person of Color, and/or LGBTQ. [DI composite: Images courtesy of Backstage Capital]
Arlan Hamilton’s Backstage Capital Tour is Coming to Dallas
by | Feb 19, 2020
On May 12, Arlan Hamilton is coming to town with her multi-city, one-day event series, featuring a pitch competition, book release, and panel on the Dallas ecosystem. The Backstage Tour was created to celebrate underrepresented startup founders, just like Hamilton does with her VC firm.
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7-Eleven Pilots Cashierless Concept Store at its Irving Headquarters

by | Feb 7, 2020
The test store uses a mix of algorithms and predictive technology to separate individual customers and their purchases from others.
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Meet the Future 50: North Texas Innovators and Disruptors You Need to Know
No matter which of our six buckets you look at—startup, enterprise, invention, education, innovation, or creative—you're sure to find leaders capable of disrupting industries, benefiting society, or changing the world.
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How Award-Winning Author Elizabeth Dyer Made a Name for Herself—the Digital Way
by | Sep 27, 2019
Dallas' Elizabeth Dyer became a winner of the "highest award of distinction for romance fiction" for a novel she published through Amazon's self-publishing system. Now, she's coming out with a new book.

What made the attorney become an author? It was a 'bucket list' item.
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Meet Hasith Vattikuti: One of Two DFW-Based Breakthrough Junior Challenge Semifinalists
by | Sep 10, 2019
Out of only 30 semifinalists in the world, this Flower Mound student has managed to make it to the competition's "Popular Vote" stage.
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Venture Dallas: Inaugural Tech Summit Will Highlight North Texas as an Investment Catalyst

by | Sep 6, 2019
Hear from the nine members of Venture Dallas' host committee on why the investment-focused event matters in Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond.
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Look Ahead: Venture Dallas’ 2019 Conference Schedule
by | Sep 6, 2019
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, startups and investors will gather in Dallas to embark on a first-of-its-kind journey in our city: to connect with innovators, business luminaries, and investors from around the nation and showcase the things that make Dallas’ entrepreneurial landscape fertile.
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Two North Texas Students Reach Semifinal Round of Breakthrough Junior Challenge
by | Sep 5, 2019
This global video competition invites talented teenagers from around the world to create STEM-related videos for the chance to win $400,000. DFW's own Shruti Siva and Hasith Vattikuti are two of 30 semifinalists who made it to the "Popular Vote" stage of the challenge.
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Take a (Much) Closer Look at Digital Fight Club 2019 with DHD Films’ Gigapixel Photos
by | Aug 29, 2019
DHD Films is giving viewers a 360-degree tour of Digital Fight Club 2019 with DHD GIGA, a 4-billion-pixel capture that lets viewers get up close and personal with attendees.
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Midlothian ISD Invests in Entrepreneurial Students’ Futures

by | Aug 23, 2019
The INCubatoredu program will be available to Midlothian freshmen and sophomores this fall and will open to all high schoolers in August 2020.
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‘There’s No More Mall, Y’all’: How Two DFW Developers Are Reimagining Aging Retail Centers
by | Aug 21, 2019
From Southern Dallas' Redbird Mall to Plano's Collin Creek, traditional retail malls are being reinvented. The Urban Land Institute North Texas poses the question, "What's in store for aging retail?" Here's what these two developers had to say.
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How FC Dallas Players Are Changing the Game With Technology
by | Aug 19, 2019
Major League Soccer has revealed that Reggie Cannon and the FC Dallas team actually use innovative sports tech—movement analysis software, tracking equipment, special vests, and more—to kick it up a notch.
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