Yesterday, the bigBANG! event in Dallas’ Union Station convened a community of over 300 social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, investors, philanthropists, and others to spark social innovation in Texas and catalyze impact. The event included 20 microsponsors, 17 corporate sponsors, 14 socially conscious businesses, and 7 innovators. Dallas Social Venture Partners (DSVP) organized the first of its kind in Texas with the hopes of maximizing the knowledge and expertise of the participants to advance the best solutions to North Texas’ social problems. The ultimate message -- “do good better”.

The event featured a “pitch stage” from which the seven innovators selected by the Texas Social Innovation Initiative (TSI) presented their business model and vision, as well as their resource needs to a full room of “impact investors”.