Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Dallas.
Investor in over 20 tech companies. Founder of @dealtaker-com (sold to Media General 2008, bought back 2012), Dude.
http://www.bikeneal.com
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.
CEO: @ithinklocal, Founder/Ex-Pres: @allcom-solutions, Investor: @j-hilburn, Boston Heart Lab. Strong Tech/Operations/Sales background w/ a splash of Finance.
Investor in healthcare and technology.
Invests in startups to disrupt the obscenely costly healthcare market.
Worked at @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc • Investor @getable, @joyride-2. I'll do 1-2 deals a year at $25k-$50k.
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.
Strategic and financial adviser to start-up firms and investors.
Founder @reachlocal-nasdaq-rloc, @music-audience-exchange @pinyada Investor @smartthings Studied at @university-of-louisiana-lafayette, @centenary-college
http://www.nathanhanks.net
CIO @Prigel Capital, Founder @StreetAdvisor (sold to IDEAglobal), private investments from start ups to 9 figure LBOs, multiple exits,public inv cross industry
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
Founder Social Knowledge • Studied at @ University of Denver
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
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.
Mr. Smith is the Syndicate Lead for Media Li²ght Entertainment , BitCoin India, Nonlinear Film Technology and The Exchange Visionary Laboratories,
Midas List Feeder Angel/VC Scout/Thunder Lizard Hunter. Former tech i-banker, corp dev, CFO, Perot Systems. @university-of-southern-california
Chief Strategy Officer
Angel Investor. Hardware engineer. Ex-VC fund manager. Ex-Classic Cocktail Bartender. Worked at Ericsson, HP, Accenture, Capgemini. Cornell ECE, MENG, MBA.
VP @match-com. Ex-CEO Singlesnet. Investor @circa, @breather, @bemyguest-com-sg + real estate + more. Australian + US citizen.
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
Founder & CEO @hello, @evostor, @Radiant, @Micom • Product, Strategy, Culture, Design • 5x Founding CEO.
Founder of @cherrypick | CEO @buzzshift // a Digital Strategy Agency
Chaiman and CEO @jcpenney, former Chairman and CEO @macys-com
Multiple failures. One great exit. Tech Advisor & Opportunist
Founder/CEO IR top 300 ecommerce network LivingDirect.com, CompactAppliance.com, Kegerator.com, WineCoolerDirect.com, EdgeStar.com... @livingdirect
Founder @traffikoo, @engim • Worked at @texas-instruments • Investor @traffikoo • Studied at @harvard-university, @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign
http://alexbugeja.com
President, The Container Store.
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer for @gruupmeet, @smu alumni, Latino, Fluent in Spanish, #gruuppie #eventprofs #eventtech #TW2014 & practice hot yoga too!
Export Now’s COO. Strong mix of general management, operations, technology and ecommerce experience (including McKinsey, Accenture). Chicago MBA
General Manager & Senior Director of Research and Development
Advisor to Stage One Capital
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/
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/
Director of GomezTech LLC. Former investor of TweetedTimes by @semantic-dimension (purchased by Yandex). Current investor of @yodil Inc, @robin-labs, & @socialyzer
Co-founder & executive director of Health Wildcatters, a DFW healthcare seed accelerator #mhealth #digitalhealth
Dallas, Texas · http://ow.ly/mlXlW
Partner at Tech Wildcatters / HealthWildcatters in Dallas. GP of Azalea Fund. Managing Director of Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, LLC.
CFO @fleetpride, largest independent distributor of aftermarket parts to the heavy duty trucking industry.
Founder @tsu • Studied at @columbia-university, @university-of-chicago-booth-school-of-business
Founder of @quova, @kefta. Investor in @quova, @interliant, @kefta, @stillsecure. Team member of @quova, @interliant, @all-information-systems.
http://1nvestor.wordpress.com
Fund Manager, Pioneer Capital Fund, lc
Dallas-based stock trader/entrepreneur. Founder of ParanoidFan.com. BS in Management Science, MBA from SMU in Dallas, Texas.
Chairman of @one-technologies. Boot strapped company with $1800, revenue over $100M in 2011.
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
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.
Biz Dev, Technologist, Speaker & Coach who thrives on selling complicated products that solve important problems.
http://bootstrapdallas.com
Managing Partner of Collide Village, Investor, Entrepreneur, Technologist. Found Fusion Solutions in 2002. Worked in Telecom for 19 years.
co-founder and co-ceo at Dialexa
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.
Founder of @splustech. Investor in @jackalope-jobs. Team member of @compaq, @compucom, @stream-international.
C. H. Kiser & Company, LLC provides business and technology strategy consulting for health care, financial, high tech, and transportation industries.
Co-Founder and President at @ithinklocal. Entrepreneur. Investor. Dreamer. A sucker for passion.
Global leader for several Silicon valley based, venture funded startups. 4 exits and a highly successful Bay Area IPO. Next up.....
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.
Founded & Sold @icall - Founded @click-feel-media @idownload @departing • Worked @dell • Investor @wirewize & more • Studied @university-of-texas-at-austin
http://www.arlogilbert.com
Founder and CEO | @firehost
Investor @display-points-technologies • Studied at @emory-university, @southern-methodist-university • Attorney to startups, angels and vc-funds
Founder @blue-track-media, @plugged-inc • Managing Partner at @karlani-capital
http://shahzil.com
Worked at AT&T Foundry, ORIX Ventures, @j-p-morgan-1 • Investor @angieslist, @rhythm-newmedia • Studied at @wharton-school, @TAMU
Motivational Speaker/Para-athlete/Social Entrepreneur. Studied @BYU, living in Dallas, TX.
Founder & CEO of pepper square. Investor @JadeMagnet, @mubhi, @muhive
Principal at Tice Capital, LLC
Founder/CTO @zoomrank - @sprinkl-io - Founding member @hrlogix (acq by @first-advantage) - Software Developer - Hardware Hacker - Extraordinaire
Ex Cap Gemini, Ex Oracle, Ex Computer Ass, benefactor and incubator.
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"!
Tech supporter and advocate. Looking to help by providing companies with necessary capital to achieve their dreams.
http://landonj.com
Oil and Gas Producer. Co-founder of Neofirma
Co-Founder Wattadu, @bearpaw-tutors • Worked at @google, @deutsche-bank • Studied at @university-of-cambridge, @brown-university
Founded @handbid.com, Innpulse.net, Mobilepeople USA. Extensive background in sales, marketing, strategy, business development and deal structure
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/
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.
Extensive experience in consumer media, Internet, Video, Mobile, Big Data, Cloud, and PaaS.
Angel investor in Tech/Media/Telecom, Retail and CleanTech with previous investment banking experience has 11 current investments in USA, Europe.
Husband, Father, Entrepreneur. Started my first company in High School....on #8 now.
http://www.entrelicious.com
Founder Time2cu • Worked at @ibm, @hp • Studied at @university-of-texas-at-austin-1, @university-of-nebraska-medical-center
Part of several startups - the latest being SoftLayer - an IaaS/Cloud computing company (acquired by IBM)
Corporate development executive in healthcare.
Kishore Pondugula has more than 5 years experience in development of real estate.
http://kishorepondugula.tumblr.com/
CEO of market research company Aperio Insights. Background as VC and active angle investor.
Founder Chowventure
Senior Level Business Executive with extensive experience creating and executing highly profitable business strategies for UnitedHealth Group, IBM, and other Blue Chip companies.
Mr Sullivan is a high technology industry entrepreneur with extensive experience in startups as well as operational experience in a diverse range of businesses.
Partner at TexCellerator
Looking to invest in and/or work with great people and great companies.
Private investor
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!
Founded First Choice ER. Led to 7 straight years as 1 of the fastest growing private companies in N. TX.
NYC real estate advisor looking to make interesting and mutually beneficial investments.
Southwest Airlines Revenue/Pricing Analyst-looking to begin investing in startups.
Sales Executive at Hewitt & Associates
Extensive experience involving the design, implementation, and operational management of Professional Services and Sales Engineering teams
CEO at National Health Care Provider Solutions; HCIT Angel; Actively Involved w/ Disque Foundation & Ronald McDonald House of Chicago
Advisor to stealth-mode consumer internet start-up, Previously done Product Management at BlackBerry. Also, S.M Engineering and Management at MIT
Founded Elvebak Orthodontics in Dallas Tx in 2003. Orthodontist. BA in Zoology. MS in Oral Biology. DDS. Specialist in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
Successful serial entrepreneur. Most recently founder/CEO of eCarList (sold to Dealertrak, Inc NASDAQ: TRAK).
Executive consultant and manager, up to multi-million dollar operations.
I've created some commercial software products: VideoFusion, C2CRM, and currently working on Dealertracks commercial software. I have also written open source.
Angel Investor, Corporate restructuring, member Indian Angel network...
Invested in over 20 start via a personal investement/seed fund arm www.splicecapital.com
Sole owner of a consulting company in Hong Kong and China, Community Roots China, specializing in CSR initiatives.
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.
B-School entrepreneurship prof; venture advisor; investor; all-around know-it-all. Oh, and relationships and beer expert!
Education Management Professional. Small business investor. BA UCLA.
Management Consultant and Emerging Technology Enthusiast
Built and sold a b-2-b services company and an enterprise software firm. Active Angel investor, board member, doctor of management, Webster University.
Seven years experience as a research analysts for both traditional and alternative assets. Currently an investment properties broker with CBRE.