The Denton Startup Community, entrepreneurial fervor, and technological ecosystem is thriving. In fact, listen to how Denton was described at the 2014 State of Entrepreneurship evening at the Dallas Entrepreneur Center on December 10, 2014...
Let's get an assessment of where we are as a startup community. Help me crowdsource a list of local startups and Denton-based innovative businesses and non-profits by adding to the table below. While the technical definition of "startup" is vague, we'd like to focus on potentially scalable or established entrepreneurial pursuits (profit or nonprofit) that are outside the service industries.
There are some distinct categories starting to emerge, let's just keep everything together for now and we are categorize at a later point...
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| NAME | TYPE | PROFIT/NONPROFIT | STAGE | COMMENTS |
| HomeExplorer | HomeExplorer | Profit | Early Stage |
3D scanning for real estate - Microsoft ImagineCup Competitor |
| eInstruction | Ed Tech | Profit | Established | early leader in Denton tech |
| All In Learning | Ed Tech | Profit | Established | from the Founders of eInstruction |
| Animal Care Technologies | Veterinary Tech | Profit | Established | |
| From the Future/ Jovian Minds | Gaming, App Development | Profit | Established | |
| iTeach Texas | Ed Tech | Profit | Established | Female Founder |
| ReadyRosie - Pascal Learning, Inc. | Ed Tech and Social Enterprise | Profit | Scaling | Female Founder |
| Bookkeeper Girl | Accounting Tech | Profit | Scaling | Female Founder |
| Brainwash Inc. | App Development | Profit | Established | Authored "iOS in Practice", 100+ apps developed including Sticks, former eInstruction employee |
| Swash Labs | Creative Ad Agency | Profit | Scaling | |
| Square 205 | Branding and Interactive Agency | Profit | Scaling | |
| Santander Creatives | Creative Arm of Global Financial Firm | Profit | Established | Headquartered in Dallas, creative team in downtown Denton |
| GSATi | IT Firm | Profit | Established | Female Founder |
| Tech Mill | Coworking Space | Non-profit | Early Stage | |
| Mentor Denton | Social Enterprise | Non-profit | Early Stage/Scaling | |
| Compost Denton | Social Enterprise | Unknown | Early Stage | |
| Forward Tutoring | Social Enterprise | Non-profit | Early Stage | Founded by TAMS students |
| Denton Music Workshop | School of Music | Profit | Early Stage | |
| Denton Community Market | Small Business Incubator | Non-profit | Scaling | Female Founder |
| Austere Magazine | Magazine | Unknown | Early Stage | Female Founder |
| 35 Denton | Music Festival | Profit | Scaling | |
| Oaktopia | Music Festival | Unknown | Early Stage | |
| Innovation Greenhouse at UNT | Coworking Space/Incubator | Non-profit | Scaling | |
| Serve Denton | Collaborative Non-profit Space and Incubator | Non-profit | Scaling | |
| Create Denton | Digital Collaborative Platform | Non-profit | Early Stage | |
| Triple Threat Press | Letterpress, Graphic and Web Design | Profit | Scaling | Female Founder |
| Dime Store | Small business incubator, collaborative space, local handcraft platform | Profit | Scaling | Female Founder |
| WeDentonDoIt.com | Website for local news and cultural happenings | Profit | Scaling | |
| Armadillo Ale Works | Craft Brewery | Profit | Scaling | Denton's original craft brewery is coming back to Denton bigger and better than ever in 2016! |
| ECAP | Ed Tech | Profit | Scaling | Texas teacher certification program |
| Only In Denton | Online Local Business Platform | Profit | Early Stage | |
| Frack Free Denton | Social Enterprise | Non-profit | Winning | |
| Hub and Spoke | Social Enterprise Collaboration and Platform | Profit | Early Stage | Female Founder |
| Redwood Studios | Music Studio | Profit | Early Stage | |
| VoteDenton | Social Enterprise | Non-profit | Complete | |
| Pan Ector Industries | Screen Printing and Design | Profit | Scaling | |
| Norman Roscoe | Print and Design | Profit | Early Stage | |
| Aquapony Innovations, LLC | Web coding + database application development | Profit | Scaling | We made the equipment checkout software for the film departments at UNT, UT Arlington and KD College. |
| Shiloh Field | Community Garden | Non-profit | Scaling | Largest Community Garden in the US |
| Cardo's Farm Project | Community Farm and Education Center | Unknown | Scaling | Female Founder |
| Serious Creatures | Illustration shop | Profit | Early Stage |
We make hand illustrated stationary and art prints. Female Founder
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| Brilliant Technologies | Technically advanced optical solutions | Profit | Established | |
| Systeem Medical Information Systems | Healthcare IT Services | Profit | Established | Providing Managed IT Services, Clinical Workflow Analysis, and Electronic Health Record Expertise. Established in 2009. |
| SCRAP Denton | Community art classes for kids and adults. Affordable materials for students, teachers, families, artists and entrepreneurs. Open workshop space for community use. | Non-Profit | Scaling | Female Founder |
| Play Without Boundaries | Educational Games integrated with a Video Chat Interface | Profit | Early Stage | We provide anyone separated by distance from a younger relative the possibility of engagement and connection like never before. Female Founder |
| Explorium Denton | Children's Science Museum | Non-profit | Early Stage | |
| Denton Spatial Consulting | GIS Services - Asset Management- Land Planning - CAD Drafting | Profit | Early Stage | Founded by 3 Denton area residents coming early 2015. |
| Clean Sweep | Mobile Mattress Cleaning | Profit | Early Stage |
Franchising globally
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| Audacity Brew House | Manufactures and Sells Craft Beer | Profit | Established |
All our beer is brewed on site in Denton, Brewery Includes a Tap room and Patio.
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| Everyday Modish | Wardrobe Consulting and Personal Shopping | Profit | Early Stage | Started by Bethany Koehn to help women discover and define their personal style, and learn how to maintain it in a way that fits their lifestyle and budget |
| Kubos Corporation | Satellite Technology | Profit | Early Stage | Hardware and Software satellite missions for clients into LEO |
| Revival Media | Web Development | Profit | Early Stage | Develop websites for churches and ministries. Will be creating digital marketing courses for churches in 2015. |
| Buoy Loans | Peer to Peer Lending | Profit | Early Stage | Only true peer to peer lending company on market; mobile focused with an emphasis on the borrower and social awareness. www.buoyloans.com |
| Sono Solutions | Healthcare Bill IT | Profit | Early Stage | Computer intelligent coding platform that automates the medical billing process. |
| Whiteboard decals for any of your digital devices | Profit | Early Stage | Founded by TechMill board member Kyle Taylor and LittleDOCC organizer / Digital Dallas board member Eric Swayne | |
| Premium Beat | PremiumBeat.com is a curated royalty free music website that provides exclusive, high-quality tracks and sound effects for use in new and traditional media projects, including videos, films, apps, games, and television programming. | Profit | Scaling |
Based in Montreal, Canada with an expanding satellite office here in downtown Denton.
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| Burro Music Mixing | Post-Production Audio Processing | Profit | Early Stage | Remote audio mixing / mastering studio |
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Land and Mineral Owner Platform
Art Gallery and Art STUDIO offering classes for both children and adults and representing 50 local artists. |
Social Enterprise
Profit |
Early Stage
Scaling |
Bringing various energy organizations and America's Land and Mineral Owners on a unified platform. Building a database with accurate public opinion on energy issues
This woman owned business which was established on a shoestring, focuses on community activities and events, features local artists and offers classes for children as well as adult classes in stained glass, painting, printmaking and more.
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