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Startup Grind Fort Worth Will Launch on Jan. 9 with Vari CEO as Its First Speaker

by Lance Murray | Dec 19, 2023

Startup Grind calls itself "the world's largest startup community," with 600 chapters from Beijing to London to New York. Now a new chapter is set to launch in Fort Worth with a kickoff event on January 9—joining existing chapters in Dallas and Frisco.

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At the Fourth Annual iC3 Life Science Summit at UT Arlington on Oct. 10, 2017 recipient Lyda Hill will present the award. To register for the summit, visit www.bionorthtx.org. [Illustration: bestbrk/istockphoto]

Bio North Texas Shifts iC3 Life Sciences Summit to Virtual Event

by Quincy Preston | Sep 22, 2020

Networking—always a highlight of the biotech event— is still a cornerstone thanks to a new virtual conference platform, its organizers said.

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Entrepreneurs celebrate a 2019 Impact Ventures' cohort, photographed in the time before COVID. [Photo: Impact Ventures]

Apply to Accelerate: Diversity‑focused Impact Ventures Opens Applications for Fall 2020 Program

by Quincy Preston | Sep 15, 2020

Founder and CEO Benjamin Vann says the startup accelerator aims to create more diverse and inclusive ecosystems.

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Time to Scale: TechFW Executive Director Looks to the Future

by Hayden Blackburn | Jul 21, 2020

Fort Worth's startup community has grown through major startup acquisitions, the launch of two innovation districts, and new startups expanding to the area, Hayden Blackburn says.

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Minority-Focused Startup Accelerator Aims to Help Underrepresented Startups

by Alex Edwards | Jul 16, 2020

Founder and CEO Benjamin Vann was motivated by the opportunity gap: "As of 2018, just 2 percent of minorities received venture capital funding and 2 percent of minorities were represented in the tech industry workforce,” he says. A Dallas Innovates series highlights startups in Impact Ventures' first spring program.

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