Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Dallas.
Chief Strategy Officer
Investor in healthcare and technology.
Invests in startups to disrupt the obscenely costly healthcare market.
Strategic and financial adviser to start-up firms and investors.
CTO of Woot, an Amazon company. Founder/CTO/GM roles @innovacion, @newbrandanalytics, @servicelive, @selectica. Strong tech & biz background. Wharton MBA, IIT M
http://blog.sagi.co
Worked at @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc • Investor @getable, @joyride-2. I'll do 1-2 deals a year at $25k-$50k.
CEO: @ithinklocal, Founder/Ex-Pres: @allcom-solutions, Investor: @j-hilburn, Boston Heart Lab. Strong Tech/Operations/Sales background w/ a splash of Finance.
Founded @r7-solutions, @venturespur, @mann-diversified-services, @hyperalert, @manornet, @questia-media. Managing Partner @black-mesa-consulting-advisors
http://www.VentureSpur.com/blog
Co-founded $250MM company. World traveler, marathoner, and cyclist. Angel investor.
Angel Investor. Hardware engineer. Ex-VC fund manager. Ex-Classic Cocktail Bartender. Worked at Ericsson, HP, Accenture, Capgemini. Cornell ECE, MENG, MBA.
Investor in over 20 tech companies. Founder of @dealtaker-com (sold to Media General 2008, bought back 2012), Dude.
http://www.bikeneal.com
Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theaters, Magnolia Pictures, and the chairman of AXS TV. He is also a "shark" investor on Shark Tank.
http://blogmaverick.com
Midas List Feeder Angel/VC Scout/Thunder Lizard Hunter. Former tech i-banker, corp dev, CFO, Perot Systems. @university-of-southern-california
CIO @Prigel Capital, Founder @StreetAdvisor (sold to IDEAglobal), private investments from start ups to 9 figure LBOs, multiple exits,public inv cross industry
Founded 3 companies; sold one; sell-side M&A advisor & global consultant; linked via private jet industry to ultra high net-worth clientele globally; MBA degree.
Founder @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc, @music-audience-exchange @pinyada Investor @smartthings Studied at @university-of-louisiana-lafayette, @centenary-college
http://www.nathanhanks.net
Founder Social Knowledge • Studied at @ University of Denver
Mr. Smith is the Syndicate Lead for Media Li²ght Entertainment , BitCoin India, Nonlinear Film Technology and The Exchange Visionary Laboratories,
CEO, @green-tree-equity & CEO, @boost-daily-diabetes, Inc.
VP Strategy: @heritage-auctions. Strategist; Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young. @duke-university, Goizueta MBA.
Principal at Green Park & Golf Ventures (GPG). undergrad at Notre Dame, MBA at SMU. Time at FedEX, Bold Ventures, Lone Star.
VP @match-com. Ex-CEO Singlesnet. Investor @circa, @breather, @bemyguest-com-sg + real estate + more. Australian + US citizen.
A practicing entrepreneur, knee deep in his fifth start-up. Successfully built, funded and exited multiple companies ranging from $10K to over $10M in sales.
http://cinegif.wordpress.com/
Export Now’s COO. Strong mix of general management, operations, technology and ecommerce experience (including McKinsey, Accenture). Chicago MBA
Founder & CEO @hello, @evostor, @Radiant, @Micom • Product, Strategy, Culture, Design • 5x Founding CEO.
Founder of @quova, @kefta. Investor in @quova, @interliant, @kefta, @stillsecure. Team member of @quova, @interliant, @all-information-systems.
http://1nvestor.wordpress.com
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer for @gruupmeet, @smu alumni, Latino, Fluent in Spanish, #gruuppie #eventprofs #eventtech #TW2014 & practice hot yoga too!
Full stack marketer. Lover of B2B SaaS. Intimately involved in hyper growth companies for 10+ years. Grew GetResponse, @bigcommerce , @firehost , @call-em-all.
http://marketingmuze.com/about/
President, The Container Store.
Founder/CEO IR top 300 ecommerce network LivingDirect.com, CompactAppliance.com, Kegerator.com, WineCoolerDirect.com, EdgeStar.com... @livingdirect
Co-founder & executive director of Health Wildcatters, a DFW healthcare seed accelerator #mhealth #digitalhealth
Dallas, Texas · http://ow.ly/mlXlW
CFO @fleetpride, largest independent distributor of aftermarket parts to the heavy duty trucking industry.
General Manager & Senior Director of Research and Development
Founder @traffikoo, @engim • Worked at @texas-instruments • Investor @traffikoo • Studied at @harvard-university, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
http://alexbugeja.com
Director of GomezTech LLC. Former investor of TweetedTimes by @semantic-dimension (purchased by Yandex). Current investor of @yodil Inc, @robin-labs, & @socialyzer
Founder of @cherrypick | CEO @buzzshift // a Digital Strategy Agency
Partner at Tech Wildcatters / HealthWildcatters in Dallas. GP of Azalea Fund. Managing Director of Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, LLC.
Multiple failures. One great exit. Tech Advisor & Opportunist
Cofounder of @traxo.com. VP Business Development & formerly VP Social Products at @match-com. Previously at @travelocity.com and @true-com.
http://www.thedarkoside.com
Chaiman and CEO @jcpenney, former Chairman and CEO @macys-com
Advisor to Stage One Capital
Founder @tsu • Studied at @columbia-university, @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Founded & Sold @icall - Founded @click-feel-media @idownload @departing • Worked @dell • Investor @wirewize & more • Studied @university-of-texas-at-austin
http://www.arlogilbert.com
co-founder and co-ceo at Dialexa
Co-Founder and President at @ithinklocal. Entrepreneur. Investor. Dreamer. A sucker for passion.
Investor @display-points-technologies • Studied at @emory-university, @southern-methodist-university • Attorney to startups, angels and vc-funds
Fund Manager, Pioneer Capital Fund, lc
Angle Investor. Past CEO of Monterey Networks. Past CEO of Covaro Networks. Past VP & GM at Cisco Systems. Past VP & GM of Optical Networking at Alcatel.
Managing Partner of Collide Village, Investor, Entrepreneur, Technologist. Found Fusion Solutions in 2002. Worked in Telecom for 19 years.
C. H. Kiser & Company, LLC provides business and technology strategy consulting for health care, financial, high tech, and transportation industries.
Founder of @splustech. Investor in @jackalope-jobs. Team member of @compaq, @compucom, @stream-international.
Biz Dev, Technologist, Speaker & Coach who thrives on selling complicated products that solve important problems.
http://bootstrapdallas.com
Founder and CEO | @firehost
Chairman of @one-technologies. Boot strapped company with $1800, revenue over $100M in 2011.
CEO of Rent Rebate. Currently on the board of directors National Association of Apartment Locators. Worked at Mohr Partners. Sold my first company at 21.
AT&T Big Data, ex-Learner Mobile, ex-CSO TangoTab, Rockfish, Nielsen, TI @omap, Cirrus Logic, COMPAQ. Father, husband, far-too-occasional runner, foodie.
http://theyonks.com
Global leader for several Silicon valley based, venture funded startups. 4 exits and a highly successful Bay Area IPO. Next up.....
Founder @blue-track-media, @plugged-inc • Managing Partner at @karlani-capital
http://shahzil.com
Dallas-based stock trader/entrepreneur. Founder of ParanoidFan.com. BS in Management Science, MBA from SMU in Dallas, Texas.
Entrepreneur, Product & UX Design—Currently VP of Strategy & Experience at Brainspace
Founder @nectar-online-media. Co-Founder of @denuosource a global retail analytics consultancy. @mckinsey-company Consultant. Kellogg School of Management MBA.
Principal at Tice Capital, LLC
Motivational Speaker/Para-athlete/Social Entrepreneur. Studied @BYU, living in Dallas, TX.
Founded @handbid.com, Innpulse.net, Mobilepeople USA. Extensive background in sales, marketing, strategy, business development and deal structure
Marketing & Advertising, Global Marketing and Market Development, Integrated Marketing and Solutions, Multicultural and Global Audiences Engagement
http://transculturalmarketing.blogspot.com/
Investor/advisor, focus on strategy & revenue model. 20 years as business-school professor in IT strategy & entrepreneurship. PhD Business Economics, Harvard.
Tech supporter and advocate. Looking to help by providing companies with necessary capital to achieve their dreams.
http://landonj.com
Founder & CEO of pepper square. Investor @JadeMagnet, @mubhi, @muhive
Oil and Gas Producer. Co-founder of Neofirma
Ex Cap Gemini, Ex Oracle, Ex Computer Ass, benefactor and incubator.
Worked at AT&T Foundry, ORIX Ventures, @j-p-morgan-1 • Investor @angieslist, @rhythm-newmedia • Studied at @wharton-school, @TAMU
Founder/CTO @zoomrank - @sprinkl-io - Founding member @hrlogix (acq by @first-advantage) - Software Developer - Hardware Hacker - Extraordinaire
1st startup in college & 4 more since in tech, marketing, real estate & health care. I'm a Lean Startup Driver & Social Entrepreneur. "Do well by doing good"!
Co-Founder Wattadu, @bearpaw-tutors • Worked at @google, @deutsche-bank • Studied at @university-of-cambridge, @brown-university
Founded Planet Tan (sold to Palm Beach Tan), aurthored book Selling Sunshine, invested in various businesses, currently creating an iconic wine from Mendoza
http://www.sellingsunshinebook.com/
Extensive experience in consumer media, Internet, Video, Mobile, Big Data, Cloud, and PaaS.
Founded First Choice ER. Led to 7 straight years as 1 of the fastest growing private companies in N. TX.
Husband, Father, Entrepreneur. Started my first company in High School....on #8 now.
http://www.entrelicious.com
Private investor
Angel investor in Tech/Media/Telecom, Retail and CleanTech with previous investment banking experience has 11 current investments in USA, Europe.
Mr Sullivan is a high technology industry entrepreneur with extensive experience in startups as well as operational experience in a diverse range of businesses.
Senior Level Business Executive with extensive experience creating and executing highly profitable business strategies for UnitedHealth Group, IBM, and other Blue Chip companies.
Looking to invest in and/or work with great people and great companies.
Kishore Pondugula has more than 5 years experience in development of real estate.
http://kishorepondugula.tumblr.com/
Founder Chowventure
Corporate development executive in healthcare.
Part of several startups - the latest being SoftLayer - an IaaS/Cloud computing company (acquired by IBM)
Founder Time2cu • Worked at @ibm, @hp • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @university-of-nebraska-medical-center
Big 5 Consultant background, currently Sr. Project Manager responsible for delivering ERP solutions in Brazil, Investor, Published Author e eu falo um pouco de Português!
CEO of market research company Aperio Insights. Background as VC and active angle investor.
Partner at TexCellerator
I've created some commercial software products: VideoFusion, C2CRM, and currently working on Dealertracks commercial software. I have also written open source.
Executive consultant and manager, up to multi-million dollar operations.
Southwest Airlines Revenue/Pricing Analyst-looking to begin investing in startups.
Sales Executive at Hewitt & Associates
Management Consultant and Emerging Technology Enthusiast
Founded Elvebak Orthodontics in Dallas Tx in 2003. Orthodontist. BA in Zoology. MS in Oral Biology. DDS. Specialist in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
CEO at National Health Care Provider Solutions; HCIT Angel; Actively Involved w/ Disque Foundation & Ronald McDonald House of Chicago
Sole owner of a consulting company in Hong Kong and China, Community Roots China, specializing in CSR initiatives.
B-School entrepreneurship prof; venture advisor; investor; all-around know-it-all. Oh, and relationships and beer expert!
NYC real estate advisor looking to make interesting and mutually beneficial investments.
Angel Investor, Corporate restructuring, member Indian Angel network...
Invested in over 20 start via a personal investement/seed fund arm www.splicecapital.com
Successful serial entrepreneur. Most recently founder/CEO of eCarList (sold to Dealertrak, Inc NASDAQ: TRAK).
Seven years experience as a research analysts for both traditional and alternative assets. Currently an investment properties broker with CBRE.
Extensive experience involving the design, implementation, and operational management of Professional Services and Sales Engineering teams
Advisor to stealth-mode consumer internet start-up, Previously done Product Management at BlackBerry. Also, S.M Engineering and Management at MIT
Had Masters in Computer Science from Cal State Univ. Working in SAP for last 4 years. Investing successfully in public companies for last 3 years.
Education Management Professional. Small business investor. BA UCLA.
Built and sold a b-2-b services company and an enterprise software firm. Active Angel investor, board member, doctor of management, Webster University.