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Office Equipment Company Shifts Sales Strategy, Adds Incentives to Maintain Business During Pandemic

When companies began to have employees work from home due to the pandemic, Southwest Office Systems faced dramatic revenue declines. But, the office equipment company has kept its sales team employed by changing its entire B2B sales approach.
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How Vista Bank and the Main Street Lending Program Help Small Businesses Recover From COVID-19
by | Jul 29, 2020
John Steinmetz, CEO of the Dallas-based community bank, wants businesses to know there's an alternative to the PPP. Main Street Lending Program loans range from $250,000 to $300 million and are meant to help businesses that were profitable pre-COVID survive.
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Business $ense Bootcamps: Comerica and The DEC at Redbird Partner on Virtual Series For Small Businesses
by | Jul 14, 2020
To support the Dallas-Fort Worth community during "this critical time," Comerica is working with The DEC Network at Redbird to offer free financial workshops for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
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City of Dallas, The DEC @ Redbird, 200 Business Orgs Partner to Launch Small Business Ecosystem

by | Jul 1, 2020
More than 200 Dallas County business service organizations have formed B.U.I.L.D. to provide resources for local small businesses. There will be a strong focus on women- and minority-owned businesses.
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Managing Madness with a Mentor: Meet MadLove Agency’s Mary Dee
by | Jun 25, 2020
Mary Dee, the CXO advisor of MadLove Agency, shares her advice on being candid, letting mentors know they are appreciated, and meeting your mentee where they are at.
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Here’s a Roundup of COVID-19 Funding Options for DFW Small Biz. But Key Deadlines Are Approaching
by | Jun 23, 2020
More than two dozen funding options are available for small businesses in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Dallas-Based Comerica Bank Commits $1 Million to Launch Black Capital Access Program With National Business League
by | Jun 19, 2020
The new pilot program was designed to help Black small businesses. BCAP will launch in five markets—Texas, Arizona, California, Florida, and Michigan—and be available in all 50 states in 2021.
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Managing Madness with a Mentor: Meet Motorola Solutions’ Narasimha Raju Nagubhai

by | May 7, 2020
The DEC Network, a nonprofit supporting the entrepreneur ecosystem in North Texas, is helping small business owners get real with actionable advice from business leaders in a new column, 1:1 with Dallas Entrepreneur Center CEO Bill Chinn.
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Tyler Station in Oak Cliff's Elmwood neighborhood attracts artists, craftsmen, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits
‘A Collaborative Village’: Artists, Makers, and Entrepreneurs Embrace Creative Collisions as Tyler Station Hits 100%
by | Sep 5, 2019
The mixed-use creative development in Oak Cliff was the brainchild of new urbanist pioneer Monte Anderson. As one tenant puts it: "I don’t know of anything like it in Dallas or really any other city.”
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Dallas Startup With the ‘World’s First Transparent Marketplace’ Helps Businesses Cut Costs
by | Feb 14, 2019
NickelCommerce hopes to save food and beverage businesses money with low-priced cost-tracking and a simple inventory system. Now, it's ramping up growth and looking for some outside funding.
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Egg Pods & Noise-Fighting Felt: Fräsch is ‘Not Your Typical Furniture Company’
by | Nov 9, 2018
Fräsch's modern office furniture designs may look like they're straight out of Europe, but the company — and its noise-absorbing products — is from Grand Prairie.
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On Tap: Dallas ISD STEM Expo, Living Lab Launch & Uptown Dallas Anniversary

Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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On Tap: Asteroids, Alien Worlds, & Frame4Frame Festival
Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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Fort Worth-based Kobi Electric is developing a line of smart lighting and has brought on industry veteran Terence Ndofor to spearhead testing and design of the products.
Kobi Electric Readies to Roll Out Smart Lighting
by | Jul 14, 2017
Operating under the brand UR HOM, the new products make up an intelligent lighting system controlled through home automation platforms such as Amazon Echo and Google Home.
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DeSoto Transforming Hardware
Store into Entrepreneurial Haven
by | May 9, 2017
The city is teaming up with developer Monte Anderson to bring new life to the Brookhollow Shopping Center with a business incubator.
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