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finalists for the Innovates McKinney startup competition

1st McKinney Startup Competition to Name Winners Tuesday

by | Jun 24, 2016
McKinney's first startup competition is aimed at spurring future business.
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Trey Bowles
Dallas Entrepreneur Center’s Trey Bowles Gives Entrepreneurs Tools For Success
by | Jun 6, 2016
Bowles also co-founded the Dallas Innovation Alliance, or DIA, a public-private partnership that aims to develop and execute on a plan to deploy “smart cities” technologies in Dallas.
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People Behind Tech Wildcatters Startups Share Business Stories
by | May 25, 2016
Tech Wildcatters startups took a moment this week to answer some questions about how their businesses began.
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Maggie Barton
UTD Student Startups Reach Funding Goals
by | May 25, 2016
Three student startups — Icing Aid, Converse VR, and Travabond — reached their funding goals in early May.
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Want Money From Tech Wildcatters? Have a Solid Business Plan
by | May 3, 2016
Tech Wildcatters will make companies reach certain requirements or hit milestones before getting any investment.
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Crowdfunding
Dallas Startup Week: How to Have Crowdfunding Success
by | Apr 18, 2016
Doing crowdfunding correctly can spell the difference between failure and success for your business.
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TrippAlly
Q&A: TrippAlly founders talk about company’s beginnings
by | Apr 14, 2016
TrippAlly founders Olia Bosovik and Jeanne Whitesides took time recently to talk about what led them to start the company.
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Nepris

Nepris Brings Industry Experts into the Classroom

by | Mar 22, 2016
Headquartered in Plano, Nepris aims to inspire a new generation of leaders for the fields of science, technology, engineering, math, and the arts (STEAM).
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Modo Payments Completes $2 Million Funding Round
by | Feb 19, 2016
Modo Payments, a Richardson-based payment services startup, just completed a $2 million raise intended to support expansion of its platform, the Dallas Business Journal reported.
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Real Estate Accelerator Motive to Take a Hiatus
by | Feb 18, 2016
On the heels of graduating its first class last year, Dallas real estate accelerator Motive is taking a hiatus, prompted by the drastic drop in oil prices and instability in financial markets.
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Dallas Skyline
Why We Need to Grow our Eco-System, not an Echo Chamber
by | Jan 28, 2016
All industries have badges of honor. In the startup world, the badge consists of working on software, raising capital, chatting on Slack, keeping up with the latest tech trends, attending hackathons, preparing pitches, working at co-working spaces, and, sometimes, it’s obtained by just attending startups events.
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Dallas Is Never Going To Be Silicon Valley. And That’s Okay.

by | Dec 17, 2015
By acknowledging and building on our strengths, we can create an environment of innovation that not only rivals, but surpasses other cities.
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