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From left: Piersten Gaines, Jessica Miller Essl, Susan Gruppi Miller, and Amber Venz Box
Four North Texas Entrepreneurs Make 2024 Inc. Female Founders 250 List
by David Seeley | Apr 12, 2024
Based in Dallas and Fort Worth, the four local entrepreneurs pursue missions ranging from making healthy hair care accessible to all to turning locations into landmarks to blazing new trails in influencer marketing.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 24, 2023
Dallas-based LTK helped create the creator economy when it launched in 2011, launching a new category that monetized Instagram and allowed lifestyle creators to become entrepreneurs. It was valued at $2 billion just 10 years later. But when Venz Box first started the company, she had only $236 in her bank account, according to Fortune Magazine.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 27, 2022
Today Bloomberg reported that LTK is now allowing users to buy from influencer-curated virtual storefronts on LTK's app. Box's company has added in-app checkout to leverage the fact that influencers use the platform to make their videos and photos "shoppable."
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 22, 2021
The investment values LTK, formerly rewardStyle, at $2 billion. The fashion-forward tech innovator plans to use the capital to rapidly grow its team and accelerate its multifaceted, influencer-driven marketplace for creators, brands, and shoppers.
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[Photo: Courtesy United Way]
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas to Host Fourth Annual The Pitch Competition Virtually
by Alex Edwards | Oct 20, 2020
Five fellows from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' Social Innovation Accelerator will present their ideas in health, income, or education for the chance at $235,000 in funding. Tickets are on sale now for the all-virtual event on Oct. 28.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 16, 2020
Catherine “Kit” Ulrich, the former CPO of WeightWatchers and Shutterstock and the youngest-ever CPO of a publicly traded company, is the new general manager of rewardStyle's fast-growing influencer-driven consumer shopping app.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Sep 10, 2020
The influencer-driven LIKEtoKNOW.it app is rewardStyle's fastest-growing product. 5,000 retailers—from Chanel to Walmart and Adidas to Ulta—were integrated in the new LTK Shopping Video feature at launch.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 26, 2019
The leadership appointments follow rewardStyle's milestone last month of hitting $4 billion in lifetime retail sales. Now, the fashion-focused technology platform says it's primed for a move into scaled hypergrowth.
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Steve Case, AOL co-founder and current chairman and CEO of investment firm Revolution, addresses local leaders and investors Monday at Old Parkland during the Rise of the Rest tour stop in Dallas. [Photo: Merissa De Falcis]
Steve Case at Rise of the Rest in Dallas: Investors Should Focus on Why it Will Work
by Heather Noel | May 8, 2018
The AOL co-founder's traveling tour, designed to spur more growth in entrepreneurial ecosystems around the nation, made its first 2018 stop in Dallas Monday. Steve Case encouraged attendees to "seize the moment," and get engaged with helping local startups.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 31, 2018
They are fearless North Texas masterminds with a history of revolutionizing their industries: Joshua King, Amber Venz Box, Lance Crosby, Paul Bettner, Walter Voit, Joshua King, Will Rosellini, and Dave Copps. They share “secret weapons” and lessons learned — as well as the technology to watch.
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by Jewels Clark |
Dec 8, 2017
The Dallas entrepreneurs shared their startup story as part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Global Perspectives series.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 30, 2017
Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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The new app allows you to shop via a screenshot. [Photo via rewardStyle video]
RewardStyle App Turns Screenshot into Shopping List
by Lance Murray | Mar 9, 2017
Users of LikeToKnowIt can shop for clothing items, accessories, and home decor by simply taking a screenshot of the item.
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by Amanda Hayes |
Jun 10, 2016
Every day Dallas Innovates staffers scour websites looking for the most interesting stories about innovation and creativity.
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