THIS WEEK
Here are the Most Popular Stories on Dallas Innovates
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⓵ Dallas’ First Test Bed for Smart‑City Transit Tech Receives Funding Through $4M Federal Grant
⓶ Dallas Innovates 2021: The Resilience Issue
⓷ Meet the Future 50: Dallas-Fort Worth Innovators and Disruptors You Need to Know in 2021
⓸ Pitchbook Forecasts 8 Venture Capital Trends for 2021
⓹ Lyda Hill Philanthropies Chooses Finalists for $10M Lone Star Prize
⓺ ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation
⓻ Dallas’ Parkland Hospital Teams Up With DevSecOps Innovator on Medical Technology Training During COVID-19
⓼ Mayor Eric Johnson Names the 15 Members of His Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
⓽ Experience ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ in AR at AT&T Discovery District
⓾ Every Last Word: The Critical Answer to ‘Are There Quality Ag Deals Out There’ Is a Resounding ‘Yes’
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In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll find news from Mohr Partners, Ignite Sales, BBG, World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Addus HomeCare, Tenet Healthcare, OneDay, Tech Titans, and Kainos Capital, and more:
- GameStop refreshes its board to accelerate new transformation
- Vari adds to its executive team
- MediaKind names a new CFO
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Forces for Good
People and organizations of all kinds are stepping up to help and inspire local communities. Here are highlights from around the region:
⟫ Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is partnering with OnCore Golf through their “Everyone Eats” golf ball collaboration to donate $3,000 to the North Texas Food Bank. Elliott will also be donating an additional $10,000 to the hunger relief organization, which is a nonprofit close to his heart, according to a statement. The food bank and its partners provided over 95 million meals to a 13-county service area in 2020. ⟫ Frisco local Connor Dawson, who is turning 12 years old today, is raising money in lieu of birthday gifts for the third year in a row for Operation Smile. The volunteer-based nonprofit offers cleft surgery and other cleft-related treatments to patients. In 2019, Dawson raised $520 and, in 2020, he raised $1,700 to fund children with cleft conditions receiving new smiles. So far, Dawson has raised $5,370 this year.⟫ Dallas-based TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation has donated $1.1 million to 10 research hospitals nationwide. Hospitals receiving the grants include Dallas' UT Southwestern Medical Center, Fort Worth's Cook Children’s Hospital, and Houston's Texas Children's Hospital. The grants were given to support pediatric research in 2021 and is the largest research grant amount TeamConnor has awarded to date. |
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There are plenty of things to do with your socially distanced time next week. Here are a few from our curated selection for innovators:
- 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week (Jan. 15-23)
- #ForwardTogether: A Mass Organizing Virtual Meeting (Jan. 16)
- The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium (Jan. 18)
- The Innovation Awards 2021 (Jan. 21)
- 2021 Economic Outlook (Jan. 21)
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Need to Know
Your catch-up of what's new + next in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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THREE THINGS
⓵ BIOTECH HUB: UT Southwestern is expanding to the 23-acre Pegasus Park campus near the Dallas Medical District. The 180,000-square-foot lease—one of the largest signed in the region in the last year—is a big win for the redevelopment that was announced last summer. UT Southwestern‘s Office for Technology Development, which commercializes the medical center's academic research and discoveries, will take six floors in the campus' 18-story tower, per the Dallas Morning News.
⓶ PARK PLACE: A private donation of land to the Trinity Park Conservancy has completed the boundaries of the Harold Simmons Park. The land will be used for the East Overlook, which is expected to break ground as early as mid-2022. The urban park has now acquired more than 4 acres for the project that could cover more than 200 acres of land when completed, according to Art & Seek. The conservancy plans to use the open space for performances and festivals.
⓷ HEALTH PASSPORT: American says it's the first U.S. airline to introduce a health passport for international travel to the United States from all destinations. Passengers can use the VeriFLY app, a mobile health passport, to confirm testing and other travel requirements starting on Jan. 23.
PLUS
Meet the Finalists: Real Estate Execs From Dottid, HomematchX, RefineRE, and Roomored
These honorees in the Innovation in Real Estate category share their thoughts on DFW's startup community, humanizing commercial real estate, and turning failures into wins. Leading up to the second annual Innovation Awards event next week, we’re sharing excerpts from Q&As with the 51 finalists—one category at a time. Winners of The Innovation Awards 2021, presented by D CEO and Dallas Innovates, will be revealed at an exclusive virtual event on Jan. 21. Tickets are $20. To register, click here.
To read more, head here.
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Browse our curated selection of contests, nominations, pitches, and grants. From entrepreneurs to corporates, creatives to inventors, educators to social innovators, here's a roundup of goodies. Deadlines coming up include:
- Building Solutions for Brighter Futures (Today!)
- Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (Extended to Jan. 21)
- EarthX's Eco-Art Competition, pictured above (Jan. 25)
- CPRIT grants (Jan. 27)
- Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge (Jan. 29)
- Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest (Jan. 31)
- The DEC@Redbird's Second Start program (Feb. 2)
- Congress for the New Urbanism’s 2021 Charter Awards (Feb. 9)
- Fast Company's 2021 Best Workplaces for Innovators (Feb. 26)
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Resources for North Texans, Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Entrepreneurs
⟫ PPP PORTAL: The federal Paycheck Protection Program program opened to some community-based lenders on Monday, with a second round of eligible lenders ($1B or less in assets) that begin accepting applications today, the SBA says. On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the PPP will open to eligible lenders regardless of size.
⟫ BUSINESS RESILIENCE: The COVID-19 Business Resiliency Program is designed to help businesses recover from the pandemic. Thanks to funding from the CARES act, the DFW WBC LiftFund can offer the program free of charge to a limited number of people. The program runs Jan. 25 to Feb. 15 and is limited to 20 people. Apply by Jan. 19.
PLUS
POWER PARTNER: Per the nonprofit Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), a Japanese company working alongside Toyota on their Fuel Cell Vehicle project is seeking a U.S. partner to manufacture and/or design Power Conditioning Systems. The aim is to jointly develop a system in the U.S. for this project. The deadline to inquire is Jan. 22. Learn more here.
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"By working together, we as a business community have the opportunity to serve as a catalyst for change."
Sanjiv Yajnik
President, Financial Services
Capital One
...on Capital One's community programs.
As a champion of innovation, social justice, and socioeconomic mobility, Yajnik is a standout in the region for his work to create a more vibrant and equitable Dallas.
Capital One announced a $200M Impact Initiative last year to support growth in underserved communities and close gaps in equity and opportunity. Locally, it came to life through a series of grants and partnerships.
Recently, Yajnik was named to Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson's Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The group is expected to work to attract, retain, and support startups in the area.
Yajnik is one of our Future 50 Dallas-Fort Worth innovators and disruptors you need to know in 2021. You can find the full list of standouts here.
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Find more of "who said what" in our compilation of quotes from North Texas innovators that inspire, inform, motivate, or simply make us laugh.
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