News & Insights from TechFW

On the first morning of the inaugural TechFW Youth Entrepreneur Summer Camp, more than 30 students arrived from across Fort Worth, sat down beside people they did not know, and learned that the strangers at their table were now their startup team.

On Jan. 2, 2015, a FedEx envelope arrived with termination papers ending my career as an executive at Alcon. For me, the choice was simple: take another corporate job or bet on myself. I bet on myself. And the bet was on ear wax.

TechFW and TMAC launch MADE program to strengthen manufacturing growth across North Texas

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and at TechFW, we believe in a holistic founder approach. Building a company is one of the most psychologically demanding things a human being can do. Antonia Rosinia, an executive coach and organizational development professional based in Fort Worth, works directly with TechFW founders and emerging leaders. TechFW is proud to be the only incubator program in DFW actively prioritizing mental health for our founders.

This month, we sat down with the team behind NSpire Medical Technologies, where a lifetime of engineering expertise meets a career path that includes everything from BBQ pit master to debate judge. Entrepreneurs Richard (Rick) and Ricky Gillespie are working to bring NSpire products to market. The first two are a dual-cartridge syringe for compounded drugs and an in-home autoinjector in which the needle is never seen.

The Real Time App, a platform that simultaneously offers agents and buyers/sellers shared, up-to-the-minute information, has partnered with Utility Connect for white-glove, concierge utility setup at no cost.

TechFW, a leading technology incubator and innovation hub in North Texas, announced the launch of ThinkLab OnDemand, an online platform to help entrepreneurs that was developed with support from Texas Woman’s University - Center of Women Entrepreneurs (TWU-CWE). The online platform expands access to TechFW’s proven startup framework, allowing aspiring entrepreneurs across the U.S. to validate their ideas and begin building the foundation for their business.

Meet Brooke Hipps, founder of Weekend Will, an estate planning platform designed to make it easy for people to create, manage and continuously update their wills. Brooke Hipps joined TechFW as a SmartStart incubator client as she was building the foundation for her company. It felt fresh. Necessary. Untouched. Like standing on the edge of something no one else had quite seen yet. But luckily, she joined a community to help her navigate the unknowns ahead in her journey as a f

Tech Fort Worth, the region's leading technology and innovation hub, today announced a strategic partnership with BioNTX, North Texas's premier life sciences and biotech industry association. The collaboration addresses a critical gap in foundational startup education for biotech entrepreneurs and marks the inaugural launch of ThinkLab On Demand, Tech Fort Worth's new fully online entrepreneurship program. The announcement is part of a unique collaboration with Texas.