Category Archives: Economic Development
Pro-innovation, capital formation bills head to President Obama’s desk
By Sarah Carabias-Rush The JOBS Act bill was voted on today in the U.S. House of Representatives and passed 380-41. The bill has now passed through both houses and will go to the president’s office for signature. President Obama is expected … Continue reading
Pro-innovation, capital formation bills advance out of U.S. Senate, Head back to the House
By Sarah Carabias-Rush Yesterday, March 22nd, the U.S. Senate voted 73-26 to advance the JOBS Act bills. The Senate added one amendment to the bill, thus sending it back to the House for reconsideration next week before heading to the … Continue reading
Pro-innovation, capital formation bills advance out of U.S. House, awaiting Senate consideration
By Sarah Carabias-Rush In a rare bipartisan move, U.S. House members voted 390-23 on Thursday, March 8th to pass the JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups). While these six bills combined into one package, H.R.3606, will not move mountains, though … Continue reading
Guest Blog: A New Source of Jobs for North Texas
Written By: Lane Sorgen, General Manager, South Central District, Microsoft Corp. One of the biggest job generators for North Texas is a resource that we can’t really touch or even see—but when we reach for it, dollars start pouring into … Continue reading
Ideas are a Dime a Dozen: Moving Forward With Your Idea Part 2
By Jeremy Vickers, Director, Innovation This week we will take a deeper look at how to take the idea you’ve been dreaming about and move it forward in the process of becoming a business. It’s important throughout this process to … Continue reading
Treasury Secretary Geithner to visit Dallas this Thursday
By John McCarley, The Social Media Guy It all started 2 years ago with a letter to then newly appointed Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, asking him to keep the Dallas Regional Chamber in mind if his travels ever brought them … Continue reading
DRC Launches the Health Innovation Council, bringing together c-level leaders in healthcare
By Anakarina Pina, Manager for Healthcare and Innovation “U.S. healthcare will change more in the next decade than it has in the last half century. By the end of this decade, 20 cents of every dollar will be spent on … Continue reading
Ideas are a Dime a Dozen: Evaluating an Idea for Business Potential – continued
By Jeremy Vickers, Director, Innovation I hope you enjoyed reading the first four steps of my ‘Ideas are a Dime a Dozen’ series as we took an initial look into how to evaluate an idea for business potential. Let’s continue … Continue reading
Economic Development Update
Posted by: Erica Flores, Economic Development The Dallas Regional Chamber’s Strategic Plan, launched in 2010, identifies the DRC’s primary role: economic development. Every DRC initiative will support the Dallas region’s economic growth, thus fulfilling our mission: Together, we will lead the … Continue reading
Startups: Register for StartupDFW and Receive Thousands in Discounted Benefits
By Jeremy Vickers, Director, Innovation We announced a few weeks ago that Startup America Partnership is launching StartupDFW through the support of two local entrepreneurs and a dozen or so supporting organization. If you are a startup or growing small … Continue reading
