Charlie Firestone will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “The New Economy: Technology for Social Impact.” He is the executive director of the Communications & Society Program at the Aspen Institute. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: What is the Aspen Institute’s Communications & Society…
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If you’re content with listening only to Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, and Taylor Swift, the following post may not apply to you. If, in the off chance you prefer music outside of what Universal Music Group, Atlantic Records, and Interscope Records wants you to listen to, the following startup will likely be of interest. Based out…
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Hundreds of DCWEEK festival participants got down to business this weekend with a two-day hackathon, hoping to turn their idea into a product in 30 hours. DCWEEK is a week-long event for entrepreneurs, designers and developers, and social innovators that kicked off on Friday in Washington. Hackathon participants worked out of the Microsoft offices in Chevy…
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Tom Davidson will be a featured speaker at DCWEEK. He is the cofounder and CEO of EverFi, which helps teach and test students in critical life skills. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: How has EverFi evolved since you began, and what is the big…
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Melinda Wittstock will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “Crowdfunding: Exciting New Hope for Entrepreneurs?” She is the founder of NewsiT, a crowdsourced approach to news that lets readers create and contribute to content. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: How does NewsiT use the…
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Tarik Kurspahic will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “HTML5 and the Future of the Web.” He is the CTO of Personal, a DC startup that helps you manage and share your data. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: How does Personal fit in with…
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Jon Gosier will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “HTML5 and the Future of the Web.” He is the founder of MetaLayer, which helps visualize and interpret data. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: Tell us in laymen’s terms what metaLayer does. Jon Gosier: MetaLayer…
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Next week, as part of Digital Capital Week Week 2012 (aka DCWEEK), Tech Cocktail will be hosting a massive Mixer event. Typically a Tech Cocktail mixer will showcase a dozen or so local startups. To match the scale of this week long festival, however, we’re shining the spotlight on 25 DC-area startups. This event is…
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Ben Miller will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “Crowdfunding: Exciting New Hope for Entrepreneurs?” He is the cofounder of Fundrise, which lets people invest in local real estate and businesses. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: Tell us about Fundrise. Will it be affected…
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Noah Karesh will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “The Share Economy.” He is the cofounder of Feastly, which lets diners have a unique meal in a cook’s home, and co-owner of the Blind Dog Cafe, a pop-up daytime cafe in Washington, DC. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get…
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Jennifer O’Daniel will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “Ask an Investor.” She is on the investment team at the Center for Innovative Technology, a Virginia State nonprofit that helps support and fund technology, and a mentor at Founder Institute. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech…
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Allie Armitage will be a moderator at DCWEEK for The Intrapreneur’s Dilemma. She is an entrepreneur (cofounder and marketing director) at weBike, a bike sharing startup, and an intrapreneur at The Entrepreneur’s Organization. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: What does an intrapreneur mean to you? Allie…
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Are you a startup with a killer plan to reinvent education, health, energy, politics, or government? Then the Reboot America Summit on November 8 and 9 in Washington, DC, will provide you with an incredible opportunity to connect with potential partners, investors, and national leaders. Reboot America is a national movement focusing America’s leading corporations…
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Editor’s Note: This past week the mid-Atlantic region united as 100 companies competed for $100,000 in two days the Distilled Intelligence 2012 produced by DC-based Fortify.VC the team behind the startup accelerator, The Fort. We had guest author Kristin Pryor, an archeologist turned budding entrepreneur, attend to cover the event with fresh eyes. Let’s join Kristin as…
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Transportation is an industry that is prime for innovation. Previously, we have talked to the founders of Uber and TaxiMagic, two front runners in the mobile black car and taxi markets. But today someone new is entering the space. Hitch, a DC based startup, launched at Distilled Intelligence to offer users the ability to flag…
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Jonathan Monaghan will be a panelist at DCWEEK for “Art in the Digital Age.” He is a 3D animator and was an artist-in-residence at MakerBot, a 3D printing startup in New York. DCWEEK is a week-long festival co-produced by Tech Cocktail and iStrategyLabs. Get your tickets here. Tech Cocktail: Tell us about your work with MakerBot….
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