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Ashley Beebe, left, and Hanna Howard of Valor

Ashley Beebe, left, and Hanna Howard of Valor

Valor Hires Two Female Executives with TCU Athletics Backgrounds

by | Jan 13, 2023

Fort Worth-based specialty asset management and accounting-based software solutions company Valor has hired two female executives with ties to Texas Christian University athletics.

Hanna Howard, a former associate head coach for the TCU Women’s Basketball team, will serve as Valor’s chief of staff. Ashley Beebe, formerly associate director of major gifts for the TCU Frog Club, has been hired to serve in the organization’s newly created position of chief growth officer....

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The Last Word: TCU’s Guy Golan on Why Sharing Online Articles Doesn’t Make People Experts
by | Dec 15, 2022
Researchers at UT Austin published a study in July called "I share, therefore I know? Sharing online content—even without reading it—inflates subjective knowledge." The study, published by the Society for Consumer Psychology, explored how sharing online content affects what people think they know. Turns out, they think they know a lot—which isn't necessarily the case at all.
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Co-Founders Behind Fort Worth’s Rollin’ n Bowlin’ Launch Snacking Brand realsy to ‘Disrupt’ the Industry
by | Nov 1, 2022
Co-Founders Sophia Karbowski and Austin Patry launched Rollin' n Bowlin' as a food truck offering healthy smoothie and açaí bowls at TCU in Fort Worth. Now it's grown to brick-and-mortar locations at multiple U.S. universities and products on store shelves, leading to its latest new CPG brand launch: realsy nut butter-filled dates. “We're so excited to disrupt the better-for-you snacking industry with an actually good-for-you snack,” Karbowski wrote on LinkedIn.
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The Last Word: TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini Jr. on Ringing the NYSE Closing Bell Today
by | Sep 16, 2022
TCU's 150th anniversary kicks off January 23, 2023, but the university isn't waiting to ring out in celebration. Today Boschini—joined by Neeley School of Business Dean Daniel Pullin, and other TCU leaders, students, and alumni—rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Arun Agarwal, CEO of Dallas home textile company Nextt, and Katie Farmer, president and CEO of BNSF.

Gov. Abbott Taps Two Local Leaders to Help Bring New Businesses, Jobs to Texas

by | Jul 11, 2022
Arun Agarwal, CEO of Dallas home textile company Nextt, and Katie Farmer, president and CEO of Fort Worth-based railway giant BNSF, have been named to the Texas Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors. Along with seven other Texas execs tapped by Governor Abbott, they will market Texas across the U.S. and abroad as a place to relocate a business and create new jobs.
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Digital Seat Media Aims to Expand Beyond the Stadium as it Eyes New Funding
by | May 3, 2022
The Fort Worth-based startup already engages with fans at college and NBA games and PGA Tour events. Now, as it raises a $5 million funding round to accelerate its growth, it's seeking to move beyond sports contests and into big concert events, a Digital Student service, and even suicide prevention.

Dallas Innovates talked to Co-Founder and CEO Cameron Fowler about his vision for his technology as an "all-in-one solution."
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Local Innovators Take Home Awards at Dallas’ State of Entrepreneurship 2022 Event
by | Mar 14, 2022

At the Dallas Entrepreneur Center’s State of Entrepreneurship event last week, individual innovators and local startups were recognized for their accomplishments over the past year. And, according to the numbers, there was a lot to celebrate....

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DI People: Techstars, Critical Start, VolunteerNow, Corganics, and More Make Moves
by | Feb 25, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from the Richardson Chamber, PICKUP, BPS Technology, the Frontiers of Flight Museum, UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, and Giving DNA. Plus, Governor Abbott appoints three North Texans to the Governor's Commission for Women.
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DI People: Dave & Buster’s, Cyber Group, and SOLiD Announce Leadership Moves

by | Feb 25, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from LandDesign, Texas Instruments, Kimberly-Clark, Mr. Cooper, Texas Christian University, and Reed Smith.
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DI People: TCU’s Neeley School of Business, CBRE, AMN Healthcare Make Leadership Moves
by | Apr 16, 2019
You’ll also find news from Alacura Medical Transportation Management, Fort Worth Public Library Foundation, First Financial Bank, Match Group, U.S. Concrete, and Associa in this roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas.
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Winners Take Home $100K in Cash Prizes From TCU’s Socially Conscious Business Competition
by | Apr 9, 2019
The event pitted the teams in a two-day competition that produced nine winners, two special place awards, and six awards for the Elevator Pitch.
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3 DFW Universities will Vie for $100K in TCU’s Values and Ventures Competition
by | Apr 3, 2019
Teams from 56 universities from around the globe will pitch conscious capitalism ventures that make a profit while solving a problem.
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The medical school will be based in the Interdisciplinary Research and Education Building, left, at the University of North Texas Health Science Center west of downtown Fort Worth. [Photo: Courtesy UNTHSC]

TCU and UNTHSC’s Fort Worth Medical School Rethinks Healthcare Education

by | Feb 26, 2019
An inaugural class of 60 students will kick off this summer at the medical school, which emphasizes efficiency, holistic learning, and immersion training in real clinical settings.
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TCU Announces New Neeley Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
by | Oct 19, 2018
The new campus entity will focus on student’s entrepreneurial endeavors and faculty research to benefit small business startups.
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Nonprofit Collaborative Working to Nurture DFW Biosciences Industry
by | Aug 21, 2018
The Medical Innovation Collaborative is connecting scaling bioscience companies to university researchers, funding, lab space, and corporations.
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Discovery: Caching In to Speed up Data Access; Prof Studies Cochlear Implants & Literacy
by | Aug 10, 2018
Also, UT Southwestern makes discoveries in pediatric kidney cancer. Here are some of the research projects underway in North Texas aimed at making our lives better.
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