November 15, 2020 Austin, Texas. I love California, but I had to leave. I grew up in Fremont, attended Stanford, and have spent most of my adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area, founding technology companies like Palantir and Addepar and investing in many others. In 2011 I founded 8VC, a venture capital firm […]
November 16, 2020 Toyota USA is continuously preparing for the future of mobility-and the Plano-based automotive manufacturer believes that future could lie with our children. Designed to inspire creativity, the Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest invites kids to imagine their ideal vehicle and put pen (or crayon or paint) to paper. The intent is […]
November 17, 2020 AT&T Inc. Chief Financial Officer John Stephens will retire in March after nearly a decade as the company’s top accountant, with WarnerMedia finance chief Pascal Desroches stepping in as his replacement. Desroches will serve as senior executive vice president of finance until he assumes the CFO role on April 1, AT&T said […]
Dallas County is adding another 808 COVID-19 cases Thursday along with another two deaths as the daily average of new cases continues to once again climb and as county officials warn against traditional holiday celebrations and enjoying nights out in bars and restaurants. During a news conference Thursday afternoon, Jenkins said compliance in the county […]
November 14, 2020 The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued its economic forecast for Texas, and it’s looking bleak. This comes as state and federal officials handle two dueling crises – COVID-19 and a tepid economy. “It’s a very delicate balancing game, in terms of preserving economic growth. At the same time working to ensure […]
November 16, 2020 Edith Jones O’Donnell, who played a pivotal role in advancing educational and arts endeavors in her adopted city — so much so that one executive describes her as belonging on “a Mount Rushmore” of Dallas philanthropists — died at her home Saturday night. She was 94. “Edith lived a purpose-driven life,” said […]
November 17, 2020 By some estimates, about 9% of jobs in 2030 either don’t exist or barely exist today, and the upheaval suggested by the fact that nearly 1 in 10 jobs will be created in the next 10 years has enormous implications for Dallas. Dallas and surrounding cities remain job magnets for companies and […]
November 16, 2020 The Dallas-area data center market saw stronger growth in the third quarter – and the business shift from California didn’t hurt. During the third quarter, CBRE said North Texas saw net absorption, which measures changes around user power capacity for computing gear at the facilities, of 11 megawatts, according to a new […]
November 16, 2020 Airports and airlines are expecting their biggest crowds since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis next week for Thanksgiving, even as a surge in coronavirus cases hits the country and government warnings square off against the usually busy travel holiday. During the peak Thanksgiving week, American Airlines is adding about 500 flights […]
November 16, 2020 Three years ago, Josh Baer, founder of Austin-based Capital Factory, said, “The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again.” And since then, things have been rocking on for Capital Factory and its mighty Texas Startup Manifesto, along with the Austin-headquartered accelerator’s expansion […]