Category: Dallas
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Still Not the Person You Always Wanted to Be? Three Steps to Get You There in 2019.
Improving your life starts with changing your focus, priorities and execution. We all aspire to be better people, yet too many of us hesitate to roll up our sleeves and tackle the roadblocks that prevent us from achieving that goal. We stay in our comfort zones, fall back on old habits and question why our life isn’t improving.…
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Meet the Marvelous Misty Lister: ETC South Experience Director
Due to the fantastic growth of DIG SOUTH Tech Conference last April, the October 25 launch of our new fall confab – DIG on the 1/2 Shell – and the addition of ETC South, we decided it was high time to up the ante on your complete DIG SOUTH experience. Enter: the marvelous Misty Lister. As our newest DIG Team member, Misty will…
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Charleston’s Galloping Gazelles
The Economist recently reported that while overall business formation is down nationwide, fast-growing startups are in high gear. These fast-growth new businesses or “gazelles” have disproportionately positive impact on employment & economic growth, and are no longer limited to Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. In fact, the Charleston metro scores as one of the highest-growth entrepreneurial…
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Call for Startups Announced by DIG SOUTH Tech Conference
Early- to Growth-Stage Companies Invited to Present to the South’s Top Investors April 27 at Charleston Gaillard Center DIG SOUTH Tech Conference has announced its call for startups to join DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch 2018, sponsored by SCRA, on Friday, April 27 at the Charleston Gaillard Center. Held on the third day of the DIG…
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From Gaming to Saving Lives: ZIAN CEO Mark Semler on Moving Medical Products to Market
A creator at heart, Mark Semler, CEO of ZIAN at Medical University of South Carolina, thrives on creating what’s missing. His team moves ideas “out of surgeons’ heads into product creation,” including an “uncheatable” concussion diagnostic device that’s already saved many lives and helped others recover from strokes. In this episode of South Pod, Mark…
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Hey, Alexa: Will Amazon’s New HQ2 Roost in the South?
Nine southern metros sailed through the first round of Amazon’s selection process in a highly public and fiercely competitive bid for their second headquarters. Dubbed “HQ2”, the move by Amazon will bring enormous changes to the winning metro, with an estimated 50,000 highly paid technology and executive jobs, $5 billion in local investment and momentous…
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10 Southern Companies Growing the Sharing Economy in 2017
The sharing economy has exploded over the past few years, providing consumers with convenient access to goods and services and opening new income opportunities for anyone with a car, home, or household toolbox. Most anyone with a smart phone has used Airbnb or Uber; in September, the ride-sharing service reported 8 million users, 160,000…
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Six Southern startups bringing you gratitude and positivity this Thanksgiving
The “thanks – giving” part of Thanksgiving often gets overshadowed by stress. Do you really have to make Paleo-approved sides for your cousin? How do you make sure no one brings up the election? Will Waze actually save you from getting a speeding ticket? Exactly how early can you duck out of the office on…
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These Southern companies are making Election Day an unofficial holiday
Hundreds of tech companies are turning Election Day into an unofficial holiday so employees have time to get to the polls. And while a big number of the organizations that we’ve seen are New York or California-based (including major brands like Spotify, Thrillist, and Evernote), many Southern CEOs are actively encouraging their workforce to…
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12 venture capital firms investing in the South
According to the National Venture Capital Association, 2016 has seen $32.4 billion raised so far, putting this year on pace to be a record-breaking year for investment. And yes, when you think of venture capital, major markets like San Francisco, Boston, and New York dominate the game. But research firm PitchBook points out that DC,…
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Cast your vote for these 10 political startups in the South
With the first presidential debate behind us and less than six weeks to go until we cast our ballots in the election, it’s hard not to have politics on the brain. Even for the most politically active citizens, government affairs can feel especially confusing and overwhelming around election time (how exactly does the Electoral College…
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9 Southern companies getting in the eSports game
If you spent much of Labor Day Weekend watching college football and dusting off your favorite NFL jersey, you may not know that there’s another sports season in full swing right now, too. It’s called eSports and the global playoffs take place from now till late October. eSports, or competitive video gameplay, isn’t what you…
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11 Southern Beverage Startups to Quench Your Thirst
School calendars might dictate that summer is coming to an end, but the weather has us thinking it’s still in full-force here in the South. With heat and humidity that lingers six months out of the year, it’s no wonder Southern cities have birthed refreshing favorites like sweet tea, Coca-Cola, and Cheerwine*. But as soda…
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12 must-see makerspaces for Southern creators
If you’re not familiar with the maker movement, we think AdWeek sums it up well: “The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers. Makers tap into an American admiration for self-reliance and combine that with open-source learning, contemporary design and powerful personal technology like 3-D printers.” The…
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11 Southern Startups That Will Save Your Summer Travel
When you think of the travel industry, words like “convenience,” “speed,” and “transparency” probably aren’t the first that come to mind. Perhaps your memory wanders to a TSA agent testing your emotional stability, a thrilling day spent in a rental car lobby, or forking out extra dough for service fees and taxes you didn’t even…
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Get March Madness Ready with these 10 Sports Startups
NCAA March Madness kicks off this week, which means millions of Americans are feverishly filling out their brackets, searching for this year’s best “Boss Button,” and deciding whether to love or loathe Kansas and Duke. And since the college basketball hype has us Springing Forward with sports top of mind, we found 10 Southern startups…
