The Dallas Entrepreneur Center, the DEC, is dedicated to creating a central location within the Dallas community for startups. Come see how this organization empowers entrepreneurs at an open house scheduled for Wed., June 26, 1333 N Stemmons Fwy, Suite 110 in Dallas. Co-founder and CEO Trey Bowles will give a brief presentation followed by a Q&A

Thank you to the MTBC members who either joined or renewed their memberships this month. Our members are the lifeline of our organization and serve to make us stronger and more successful. We hope you will join us in welcoming these new members, doing business with them and referring others members to the MTBC. New members DataBank Whitlock Hein &

MTBC member Award Solutions was recently honored with a ranking of #2 in the Best Companies to Work for in Texas 2013 list as published by Texas Monthly. The Best Companies to Work for in Texas 2013 program was designed to recognize the best employers in the state, and in particular, the ones that make it a priority to create better workplaces for their

IBM announced Tuesday it will acquire Dallas-based start-up SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., an MTBC Chairman's Circle member. SoftLayer is being sold for an undisclosed amount, although both Forbes.com and the Wall Street Journal have reported a sale price of $2 billion. "Congratulations to CEO Lance Crosby and the entire team at SoftLayer on this major

On Monday, May 27, the 83rdLegislature adjourned Sine Die, signaling the end of the regular session. Within an hour, however, Governor Perry called a Special Session to address congressional and legislative redistricting plans. The end of the regular session does not mean that all of the 1,500+ bills that passed the legislature will be put into law; the

Budget The conference committee responsible for reconciling the House and Senate versions of SB 1has come up with a budget that would allocate $3.9 billion to reverse last session's public education spending cuts. In addition, the budget conferees worked to reduce diversions from State Highway Fund 6 and remove language that would open the door for future

North Texas ISDs working with MTBC today to create a capable STEM workforce for tomorrow MTBC, the largest technology trade organization in Texas, has joined together with career and technical administrators from top school districts on its third MTBC science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Summit. The primary objective of the MTBC STEM initiative

As the legislative session comes to a close, state legislators are scrambling to finalize the state budget, fund water, education and transportation needs, and provide tax relief, all before the May 27 adjournment date. Many attempts are also being made at finding "vehicle" bills that can carry issues that were not passed before the House deadline to pass