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.

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

As we close out 2025, we’re feeling one thing more than anything: proud. Proud of the founders who kept showing up. Proud of the partners who rolled up their sleeves. Proud of a Fort Worth innovation community that feels more connected and more ambitious by the month. At TechFW, our members are the lifeblood of this organization. And this year, they proved what happens when grit meets guidance.

This cup of coffee means more. We at TechFW are in the business of improving lives through technology. Here is one of many stories where a life was changed through one of our clients, Ampcare: "This will make your day!" That's how the message from Kelli Mikkelson (SLP) to Ampcare co-founder Ronda Polansky began. Ronda was open to anything that makes for a good day. (Aren’t we all?) "I’ve been meaning to tell you I had the best patient ever!” said Kelli, who proceede