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Health Wildcatters Adds Nine New Startups to Its Portfolio

by | Sep 10, 2020
The new cohort brings the number of startups under Health Wildcatter's umbrella to 77, according to CEO Hubert Zajicek.
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Nastia Liukin on Why Becoming an Entrepreneur is Just Like Training for the Olympics
by | Sep 10, 2020
"Whether you're starting your own business, you're part of a startup, or you're raising a round of funding, you have to have the blood, sweat, and tears just like I did training for the Olympics," Liukin says. "That's how you have to feel every single day."
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Venture Dallas’ Event Sponsors Prepare for 34-Day Virtual Pitch Conference
by | Sep 9, 2020
Meet the supporters of Venture Dallas' upcoming month-long virtual experience that connects Texas founders with active investors. They say now is an ideal time to build the startup ecosystem, investment opportunities, and new relationships.
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‘Brands with Heart’: 7-Eleven is Looking for Food and Bev Companies to Stock its Shelves
by | Sep 9, 2020
For the third annual 7-Eleven Brands with Heart event (this year held virtually), emerging brands will pitch to 7-Eleven leaders, attend workshops, and network. The application to participate is due Oct. 1.
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Dallas Startup Week 2020 State of Entrepreneurship: ‘This Year Has Been Tough, But Dallas Is Tougher’

by | Sep 3, 2020
During this year's event, DSW20's State of Entrepreneurship award winners were announced.
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Anurag Jain and Patrick Brandt Share How They Started Nonprofit Get Shift Done Amidst a Pandemic
by | Sep 2, 2020
What started as an idea with backing from community organizers and restaurant owners, Get Shift Done has rallied support to give meals and livelihoods to at-risk groups in 11 cities.
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Study Says: Working from Home is Giving People Their Time Back
by | Sep 2, 2020
What are you doing with your extra four and a half hours? A recent study shows that remote workers have gained back 10 percent of their work week by not commuting.
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Dallas Startup Week Panelists: How Dallas Is Becoming A Hub for Autonomous Transportation
by | Sep 1, 2020
The virtual panel of leaders from Ericsson and Kodiak discussed Dallas' growth and how startups can seek funding and partnerships from large corporations.
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NTT Data Pushes Dallas-Fort Worth Startups to Enter Open Innovation Contest

by | Sep 1, 2020
CTO Kris Fitzgerald thinks of Dallas as having "pragmatic innovation." NTT DATA wants to tap into that.
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Disrupt Dallas: Minority Founders Discuss How ‘Innovation Lives in the Hood,’ Emerging Tech, and Where to Go From Here
by | Aug 31, 2020
Local entrepreneurs talk emerging tech, overcoming challenges, how to be more diverse within your organization, and where to go post-COVID.
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Experts from RevTech Ventures and Accenture Interactive Discuss the Future of Retail During Dallas Startup Week
by | Aug 31, 2020
In an age nicknamed the “retail apocalypse” by analysts, marketing experts spoke on digital pioneering amid economic crisis at DSW20.
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Here’s What You Can’t Miss During Next Week’s Dallas Startup Week
by | Aug 27, 2020
DSW20 begins this Sunday. Get ready now with our roundup of ten can't-miss events.
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Nominate an Entrepreneur for Dallas Startup Week’s State of Entrepreneurship Awards by Friday

by | Aug 25, 2020
It's the 11th hour: Nominations for the annual State of Entrepreneurship event's four award categories close on Friday, August 28.
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CerSci
Dallas-based Biotech CerSci Acquired by ACADIA Pharmaceutical in $52.5M Deal
by | Aug 25, 2020
CerSci shareholders could net another $887 million in milestones and tiered royalties. The clinical-stage startup, which launched in 2015, is developing a new generation of non-opioid meds to treat acute and chronic pain.
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Southlake BioTech Startup Gets $10M Grant from CPRIT for Technology That ‘Lights Up’ Cancer
by | Aug 20, 2020
OncoNano Medicine, a spinout of University of Texas Southwestern, uses pH as a biomarker to detect metastatic cancer. Its technology, which visualizes a tumor, could be a gamechanger.
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‘It Takes a Proverbial Village’: Dallas Startup Week and Global Entrepreneurship Week Fort Worth Partner on This Year’s Flagship Events
by | Aug 19, 2020
Last year, GEW FW and DSW attracted more than 12,000 attendees combined. To unite the entrepreneurial ecosystem across Dallas-Fort Worth, the organizations will share staff, resources, speakers, sponsorships, and marketing for both events.
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