Posted on: July 22, 2020
The Small Business Continuity Fund (SBCF) program, a partnership between the City of Dallas Office of Economic Development, Dallas Development Fund, and National Development Council, has awarded over $600K to Dallas small businesses impacted by COVID-19.
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Posted on: April 23, 2020
The Office of Economic Development is launching a $5 million Small Business Continuity Fund which will provide up to $10,000 in grants and up to $50,000 in low-cost loans. The program was approved by Dallas City Council on April 22nd.
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Posted on: July 6, 2018
Capital Factory has opened its first Dallas location at the newly refurbished Centrum office building. The new space is also home to The Dallas Entrepreneur Center, which moved from its original West End location to join forces with Capital Factory.
Launch DFW - June 5, 2018
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Posted on: January 29, 2018
Our very own Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters brought home a Good Food Award this year for their Ethiopian Guji. It’s an organic, natural process coffee, and this is the second time any roaster from Dallas has won this award.
D Magazine, January 23, 2018
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Posted on: January 19, 2018
North Texas is a vast hub of entrepreneurs, thinkers, and innovators — one that might seem a little daunting to dive into at first glance. But in reality, it’s a friendly playground with people who genuinely want to help others succeed.
Dallas Innovates, January 17, 2018
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Posted on: January 17, 2018
Pilotworks is opening its first Dallas food incubator and shared commercial kitchen at 11830 Webb Chapel Rd. It will offer a state-of-the-art kitchen, classes and workshops, access to a mentor network, tailored membership programs, and rentable space.
D Magazine, January 11, 2018
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Posted on: December 27, 2017
PM360 magazine has named Bio-Lum Sciences one of the most innovative startups of 2017 in its annual "Innovations Issue." BioLum Sciences was founded in 2015, and its BioSense AMD product helps asthma patients assess and manage their condition.
Dallas Innovates - December 21, 2017
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Posted on: December 27, 2017
Chad Houser of Cafe Momentum has won the top prize at BBVA's Social Entrepreneurship Competition. Cafe Momentum is a nonprofit, restaurant training platform for juvenile offenders that is focused on serving great food and transforming young lives.
Launch DFW - December 21, 2017
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Posted on: December 18, 2017
Dallas designer Tish Cox has sewn ties with a new e-commerce store called The SIL (Stuff I Love). The new collaboration along with the backstory of Cox’s Cinderella rise in the industry was featured in the December/January issue of Garden & Gun magazine.
Dallas Innovates, December 18, 2017
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Posted on: November 21, 2017
The app-enabled dog toy GoBone is on a roll and moving up to Oprah’s Favorite Things List 2017. Dallas-based GoBone is run by Santiago Gutierrez, the CEO and founder of PulsePet, which makes smart, connected devices for pets and their people.
Dallas Innovates, November 17, 2017
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Posted on: October 16, 2017
Joshua Baer is founder and chief executive of Capital Factory, a startup hub in downtown Austin. In August, he announced he’d expand his focus to Dallas and Texas’ other major cities to strengthen the state’s reputation as a great place for startups.
Dallas Morning News, October 12, 2017
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Posted on: October 16, 2017
What started as a fun hobby creating the Dallas skyline in a 3D printed model has turned into a full-fledged business for Brandon Warman with new cities and iconic buildings being added all the time. He calls the company 3D Printed Skylines.
Dallas Innovates, October 12, 2017
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Posted on: October 10, 2017
Five Dallas area businesses have been named to the Inner City 100. The list identifies, ranks, and spotlights the 100-fastest growing businesses located in the nation’s inner cities each year, ranking them by revenue growth.
Dallas Innovates, October 4, 2017
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Posted on: September 19, 2017
Dallas Mav Seth Curry recently met with KIPP Destiny Middle School students at the Venture Entrepreneurial Expedition Program in Southern Dallas, where students are taught to think entrepreneurially about business and life.
SB Nation - September 13, 2017
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Posted on: September 12, 2017
In the startup world, capital can be hard to come by outside of the coasts. But sometimes, the government steps in and gives you a hefty grant to make your city a more entrepreneurial place. At least, that’s what happened in Dallas.
Tech.co, September 11, 2017
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Posted on: September 1, 2017
When Tech EdVentures started offering its technology courses three years ago, it had 16 students. Now, it provides instruction at 16 locations throughout Dallas-Fort Worth and has touched the lives of more than 3,000 children.
Dallas Innovates, August 28, 2017
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Posted on: August 23, 2017
Richard Margolin has a specialized expertise — making robots with faces. During his previous work with universities, Margolin thought robots with faces could make a
difference educating children with autism. That's where he got the idea for RoboKind.
Dallas Business Journal, August 21, 2017
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Posted on: August 23, 2017
Four years after its launch, ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index ETF has topped $1 B in assets under management. The ROBO Global Index, the original exchange traded fund dedicated to robotics investing, is composed of 83 companies from 14 countries.
Dallas Innovates, August 18, 2017
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Posted on: August 11, 2017
Foot Cardigan, the Dallas-based online subscription company that sends zany socks to 30,000 regular customers monthly all over the world, is ready for its next act. The company has sold a majority stake to Detail Provisions Co.
Dallas Morning News, August 7, 2017
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Posted on: August 11, 2017
Capital Factory is joining forces with the Dallas Entrepreneur Center to take the first step in building a Texas ecosystem for startups and investors. The accelerator will connect Austin & Dallas startups with mentors, investors, work space, & training.
D Magazine, August 8, 2017
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Posted on: August 9, 2017
Next month Dallas New Tech, the monthly showcase for the city's coolest and newest technology, is moving to the Dallas Arts District. Its new home will be Industrious, the latest coworking space to open in Dallas.
Launch DFW - August 3, 2017
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Posted on: August 4, 2017
With the latest upgrades to its mobile app, Fan Media Network, a Dallas startup, has almost all the product capabilities it needs to start raising advertising funds and recruiting talent. The development process has been almost three years in the making.
Dallas Business Journal, August 2, 2017
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Posted on: July 31, 2017
On the same day that Matt and Jacqueline Marciante were planning to launch a Kickstarter campaign for their leather footwear company, they had also planned a party to help get the word out. 30 minutes beforehand, they hit their $10,000 funding goal.
D Magazine, July 26, 2017
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Posted on: July 17, 2017
Two years after a sign about their wedding plans went viral, Gabriel Mendez and Kenneth Denson continue to have a special connection with shoppers at their Red Pegasus Comics shop in a converted house in the Bishop Arts District of Oak Cliff.
Dallas Observer, July 12, 2017
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Posted on: July 17, 2017
A start-up based in Uptown said it intends to disrupt the residential real estate market by reducing the six percent commissions that realtors charge. Door Homes charges $5,000 to buy or sell a house regardless of its price.
WFAA.com, July 13, 2017
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Posted on: July 17, 2017
TissueGen Inc., recently received the “Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough” award from MedTech Breakthrough for its patented biodegradable polymer-based fiber that has the potential to provide new patient-care opportunities.
Dallas Innovates, July 14, 2017
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Posted on: July 17, 2017
Two Dallas startups want to cut closet clutter: one offers clothing storage and the other flexible hangers. Clouset stores clothes when they are out of season or no longer needed. Hangio is the perfect hanger that can hold any type of clothing.
Dallas Innovates, July 12, 2017
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Posted on: June 30, 2017
Exposition Park will officially welcome a new coworking community Saturday with a mission to meld enterprise and social good. Impact House Founder and CEO Benjamin Vann said his space will operate in the intersect where “profit meets purpose.”
Dallas Innovates, June 27, 2017
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Posted on: June 26, 2017
A mentor-driven retail accelerator, which offers a 12-week program to advance technology in retail and grocery industries, is settling into its own place in a 13,000-square-foot coworking space at Dallas’ Walnut Glen Tower.
Dallas Innovates, June 23, 2017
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Posted on: June 21, 2017
The Women Veterans' Enterprise Center, a pilot for a national model, is opening at 4900 S. Lancaster Rd. in southern Dallas. The center will provide coworking space, a conference center, and a cafe lounge, with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship.
Dallas Innovates - June 16, 2017
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Posted on: June 14, 2017
Some new businesses are adding energy and momentum in the Vermont Village area of Oak Cliff. Big banners reading “Now Open” are greeting neighbors as they pass along the 1700 block of South Ewing Avenue.
WFAA.com, June 7, 2017
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Posted on: June 5, 2017
The next big shopping arena in Oak Cliff is the size of a Walmart plus a CVS store. It’s huge, but it’s no big box. Tyler Station, adjacent to DART’s Tyler/Vernon station, is a developer’s mixed-use dream in a 125,000-square-foot former factory.
Oak Cliff Advocate, May 29, 2017
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Posted on: May 22, 2017
This summer, Dallas will be among nine U.S. cities to host Inner City Capital Connections seminars, which coach leaders of businesses operating in inner-city communities on how to build sustainable businesses, and aid them in obtaining capital.
Dallas Innovates, May 16, 2017
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Posted on: May 16, 2017
Are you a Dallas-area entrepreneur looking for all things innovative & local? Then look no further than this new interactive toolkit, where you'll find co-working & maker spaces, innovation centers, incubators & more.
Dallas Innovates - May 12, 2017
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Posted on: May 12, 2017
Dallas technology startup Astrapi, a pioneer in spiral-signal modulation, has attracted the attention of investors and potential clients after winning the grand prize at the inaugural Satellite 2017 Startup Space pitch competition.
Dallas Innovates - May 11, 2017
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Posted on: April 20, 2017
Local startup Modern Message has won 2017 Best Off-Campus Vendor/Operator Solution at the Student Housing Business Innovator Awards. Modern Message designed the Community Rewards platform for EdR, a company that owns and manages student housing.
Dallas Innovates - April 17, 2017
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Posted on: April 11, 2017
University Laundry is the latest Dallas startup to score a big exit. At the kickoff of Dallas Startup Week on April 3, the college campus laundry service announced that it sold to Procter & Gamble and will be rebranded as Tide University Laundry.
D Magazine, April 4, 2017
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Posted on: April 11, 2017
Dallas knocked Atlanta from its perch as the top metro area ranked in Paychex's small business jobs index last month, the payment processing firm said on Tuesday — yet another economic indicator pointing to growth in the Metroplex.
Dallas Morning News, April 4, 2017
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Posted on: April 10, 2017
Five social entrepreneurs competed at the recent "OneUp the Pitch" competition, held as part of Dallas Startup Week 2017. Jewelry company Akola won the judge's award of $75,000, and healthy food provider Bonton Farms won the $25,000 audience award.
Dallas Innovates - April 7, 2017
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Posted on: April 5, 2017
Dallas Startup Week 2017 is in full force this week, with thought-provoking panels of industry leaders, open discussions with the Dallas startup community, and of course, a few happy hours sprinkled throughout. See the full schedule and make your plans!
Dallas Innovates - March 31 2017
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Posted on: March 30, 2017
Dallas-based startup BioLum is building mobile applications to help people manage their health. Starting three years ago, the company has developed a mobile device that helps asthma suffers measure their breath for lung function in just 30 seconds.
Dallas Innovates, March 9, 2017
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Posted on: March 30, 2017
Beloved Oak Cliff neighborhood bookstore The Wild Detectives is celebrating its three-year anniversary. The independent bookstore will increase its community programming, fully curate its book selection, create a new cocktail menu, and extend its hours.
Oak Cliff Advocate, March 22, 2017
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Posted on: March 24, 2017
Interior design firm Pantina Bleu will resurrect its retail presence in the Bishop Arts District. For five years, the company has operated by appointment-only out of its warehouse. Owner Greg Barker is known for remaking old furniture in creative ways.
Oak Cliff Advocate, March 22, 2017
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Posted on: April 5, 2017
Ten local nonprofits are receiving training in a pilot program being offered by the United Way, UNT-Dallas, and the State Fair of TX. Agency staff will meet for 6 months of group trainings to learn how to scale up their organizations and increase impact.
Dallas Innovates - March 27, 2017
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Posted on: April 5, 2017
Dallas Startup Week 2017 is in full force this week, with thought-provoking panels of industry leaders, open discussions with the Dallas startup community, and of course, a few happy hours sprinkled throughout. See the full schedule and make your plans!
Dallas Innovates - March 31 2017
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Posted on: April 4, 2017
In a rare international move, the wireless networking company Zinwave will relocate its headquarters to 2525 McKinnon Ave. in Uptown. The company is citing Dallas’ large technical workforce and central location as an ideal hub for a global firm.
Dallas Morning News - March 15, 2017
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