Washington Area Startup Founders Panel and Schmoozing
If you missed last night’s founder’s panel, you really missed out. The event turned out to be some of the most intimate CEO and founder networking in the Washington area since the first bar camp held in Washington, DC back in 2007. We have held and attended a lot of events, but never has the [...]
Social Matchbox Roundup
Editor’s Notes: Over the last few weeks I have run into several people have asked me if there is a blog that covers the Washington area startup community. I was a bit surprised that they did not think of *this* blog as covering it. I guess they are expecting daily coverage or interviews or someone with [...]
Washington Area Faces The Tragedy of The Commons: How You Can Help Avert A Crisis
“The tragedy of the commons is a dilemma arising from the situation in which multiple individuals, acting independently, and solely and rationally consulting their own self-interest, will ultimately deplete a shared limited resource even when it is clear that it is not in anyone’s long-term interest for this to happen.” -Wikipedia As members of the [...]
Fast Company Says You Should Start Up In DC, Sort-of…
Fast Company’s Laura Rich authored a short post on why you should start up in Washington, DC, sort-of. I say sort-of because if you click her name in the story’s by-line you see that she also did this for all the other tech hot spots. I hate to be critical, but there were more mentions [...]
…and what’s the deal with San Francisco? (along with my travels)
By Ryan McGrath Since leaving Webs.com (see my previous post for more information on that), I’ve been pretty much all over the United States. About a week after leaving Webs, I embarked on an epic road trip with a friend that went from North Carolina all the way to California. Driving across the USA is [...]
More Than Meets The Eye: DC Startup Founders
When people compare startups in the DC area to startups in the bay area I think it is a common thing for people to skip right over the question of scale. A little under two months ago one of our favorite poster boys for get rich startup founder success stories sold yet another startup company [...]
Article Review: “Can DC’s Tech Scene Finally Create Its Own Identity? Yes, It Can!”
We’re calling this article an Ultralight Journalistic effort. It was posted to Tech Crunch by Sarah Lacy and Paul Carr a couple of weeks ago, appartently after a conversation with some social media personality who hails from DC. The post and podcast, titled ‘Can DC’s Tech Scene Finally Create Its Own Identity? Yes, It CAn! [TCTV]‘, really skims [...]
