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Rasheda Walker is an NPower Tech Fundamentals graduate and an apprentice at CITI. [Photo: NPower]
The Last Word: Rasheda Walker on NPower Texas’ Tech Fundamentals Program
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 5, 2022
A recent graduate of the NPower Texas Tech Fundamentals program, Walker is a testament to what the nonprofit's free 16-week training course can offer. Before joining the program, Walker was facing the most difficult period of her life. When she saw the organization at a veteran’s job fair, she grabbed the opportunity for its free training and the opportunities it could provide. She ended up getting not only tech instruction, but much-needed social support as well.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 4, 2022
This Friday and Saturday August 5 and 6, some 250 female leaders will gather for the 5th annual Women’s Leadership Summit at the Renaissance Hotel in Dallas. Founded by former Texas State Representative Helen Giddings, the event has a goal of women empowering women to promote mentorship, entrepreneurship, and breaking down barriers to women in leadership.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 3, 2022
You may have seen her mural on the wall of Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum. But that's just for starters. Marshall has made her mark across Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond as an art curator and consultant for her firm Articulation Art. Tapping the talents of multiple artists, her company has curated art works on exterior and interior walls for the Virgin Hotel, the Design District Playground, the Renaissance Hotel, Cushman & Wakefield, the Case Building, Tom Thumb, 7-11, Deep Ellum Brewing Company, and many more businesses.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 1, 2022
Dude Perfect, the sports and comedy group that's been doing stunts, trick shots, and viral videos since 2009, is about to really take off. Or at least one of them is: Co-founder Coby Cotton has a seat on Thursday's scheduled Blue Origin space flight.
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Andrea Karne, chief curator at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. [Photo: Evie Bishop/courtesy of The Modern]
The Last Word: The Modern’s Andrea Karne on ‘Women Painting Women’
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jul 28, 2022
“It’s not a feminist exhibition, but I think there’s a lot of taking the power back when women paint women.”
Andrea Karne Chief Curator The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth .…on the museum’s “Women Painting Women” exhibition, via Forbes.
“Women Painting Women” is an exhibition at The Modern featuring 46 female artists who choose women as the subject of their artistry....
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by David Seeley |
Jul 22, 2022
Of three summits to be held during Dallas Startup Week, the Women of Innovation Summit is right in Miller's wheelhouse. The summit is powered by her company, Toyota Financial Services, and will celebrate women who transform their ideas and ambitions into a reality.
The goal? To set women leaders up for success, says Miller.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 20, 2022
“I believe we’ve hit the tipping point.”
Chad Cook
Founder and Managing Member
Quadrant Investment Properties
.…on the growth and momentum of the Dallas Design District, via the Dallas Business Journal....
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by David Seeley |
Jul 19, 2022
“The market has done a complete about-face.”
Tom Florence
President of Physician Permanent Placement
AMN Healthcare
.…on shifts in physicians’ starting salaries.
Orthopedic surgeons are offered the highest average starting salary among physicians and advanced practice professionals, according to a new annual report from AMN Healthcare and its physician search division, Merritt Hawkins....
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Edwin Tatum, founder and CEO of TatumTek. [Photo: Edwin D. Tatum]
The Last Word: TatumTek’s Edwin D. Tatum on Modular Home Construction
by David Seeley | Jul 12, 2022
Tatum told D CEO he got the idea for his modular construction firm after he stopped playing pro basketball in Latin America and started investing in residential construction.
“I became frustrated with the change orders, inspection process, and delayed times. I distinctly remember telling myself, ‘There has to be another way.’" Tatum told D CEO. Today his company can build a home in eight to 16 weeks, and do it more sustainably, he says, with a forecast of over $50 million in revenue this year.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 29, 2022
“It was a dog fight.”
Kent Sharp
President
Sherman Economic Development Corporation
.…on battling with rivals in South Korea and Ohio to bring GlobiTech’s $5 billion new silicon wafer plant to Sherman, via the Dallas Business Journal....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 14, 2022
In a press conference yesterday, Smith and Dallas Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones announced that Blockchain.com is the team’s official digital asset partner in a multi-year sponsorship deal.
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