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Creative Retail to Cold-Pressed Soap: Denton’s AccelerateHER Aims to Help Eight Local Small Businesses Grow

by | Oct 4, 2022
AccelerateHER—a partnership between the Texas Woman’s University Center for Women Entrepreneurs and Stoke Coworking—has named eight local small businesses to its female founder-focused incubator program. Next up: The program aims to expand beyond Denton to Dallas, Houston, and Abilene. “Members will be walking away with stronger foundations to their businesses, and the tools they need to grow,” says Stoke Executive Director Heather Gregory.
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Entrepreneurs Graduate from TWU’s Inaugural TX Women Owned Incubator Program
by | Jun 15, 2022
Six early-stage startup founders took part in the multi-month program, offered by TWU's Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership and local coworking space The Slate.

The founders' offerings range from "clutter-free spaces" organization to a surgical concierge service to a diaper vending machine concept. Applications will be taken this fall for the program's next incubator, which kicks off in January.
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IF/THEN Summit to Highlight Female Innovators and Promote STEM Careers
by | Oct 16, 2019
Coming to Dallas next week, the IF/THEN Summit will bring in "STEM Rock Stars" who have been selected as American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN Ambassadors. Meet the ten from North Texas.
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Staubachs Join The Slate to Talk Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and (of Course) Football
by | Sep 4, 2019
Former Dallas Cowboy Roger Staubach and his son, Jeff, had a conversation at The Slate with Shelly Slater to talk leadership development, entrepreneurship, day-to-day life, and football.
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Shelly Slater (right) and her sister Jodie Hastings (left) co-founded The Slate as a female-focused coworking workspace. [Photo: Courtesy Shelly Slater]

Dallas Sisters Create Female‑Focused Coworking Concept

by | Jan 9, 2019
Opening March 1 in the Design District, The Slate is equipped with everything a working mom might need, from a content creation studio to a wellness room to a boutique shop.
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