What's Working in Washington
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The key is to have a plan in place, and ask ourselves some simple but important questions. “What is my day going to look like? What sorts of charitable organizations am I going to get involved in? Do I want to, perhaps, contract and work a little bit?,” said McCabe Triana. Those who have specific plans tend to manage their money better through retirement. “The people who don’t have that clear, very specific plan are the ones that I find have the most issues,” she said. “Their problem is not not making enough money, their problem is not knowing how to manage large sums of money.”
November 10, 2017 -
The Greater Washington region, said Warren Getler, is more focused on efficient innovation and smaller, more realistic improvements, rather than pie-in-the-sky idealism.
November 08, 2017 -
While telecom as an industry peaked in the late 90s, new software is ensuring that voice communication is still necessary, according to an industry expert. “There’s a new look to voice. Voice will be big, and it’ll be bigger,” said Jim Kenefick, CEO of Better World Telecom. “Applications, and all these software programs have voice embedded in them,” said Kenefick. Apps such as FaceTime, Facebook Messenger, Skype and Discord have effectively replaced traditional phone conversation.
November 06, 2017 -
Finding qualified employees is still a challenge for employers in the region. “The critical issue right now is the big gap we have between a high school diploma and a university diploma,” said Oliver Schlake, clinical professor at the Smith School of Business in Maryland.
October 25, 2017 -
Trust is a key point for Axios, DC's newest media entity. Building that trust over a digital medium is tricky. "I think the advantage of this day and age is that you get an opportunity to. It's easier than ever to launch a media company, because technology has enabled it," said co-founder Roy Schwartz. "They'll give you a chance. And then you have to prove that you're truly worthy of their time and attention."
October 23, 2017 -
For this week’s What’s Working in Washington EXTRA episode, Ray Locker, enterprise editor for USA Today; Richard Latendresse, member of the White House Foreign Press Group; and Richard Levick, founder of Levick and business expert discuss “fake news” and the work being done to keep the truth at the top of the communication cycle.
October 16, 2017 -
New startup Phone2Action focuses on advocacy and the importance of amplifying individual voices. The technology matches people with their elected officials at every level, said co-founder Ximena Hartsock.
October 13, 2017 -
After growing and selling a successful tech company, Chris Parker founded New Horizon Wines by turning his passion into an international business. “I’ve always had a keen interest in wine. Not just drinking it, but the whole art and science of it. In my twenties, I set up a company in the U.K. to introduce wines from lesser-known regions,” said Parker. His love of wine opened up a world of flavors from different regions.
October 11, 2017 -
One area company is working hard to bring more jobs back into the greater Washington region. There are ample jobs in Virginia, but access to them is low since they’re centralized in specific areas, so they’re not being filled, says Wize Solutions founder Dario Marquez.
October 09, 2017 -
Despite the vastly changing times in business and technology, Junior Achievement continues to train young people to work in the real world and expose them to an array of opportunities. “We were founded almost a hundred years ago, teaching kids how to start businesses, how to run businesses,” said Ed Grenier, President of Junior Achievement, a not-for-profit organization introducing young people to opportunities and helping them forward towards a successful adulthood.
October 06, 2017 -
One of the biggest challenges for leaders is accomplishing change, particularly at moments of crisis and risk. Chris Fussell, managing officer of the McChrystal Group and the author of One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams says his biggest military lesson is that team decisionmaking must be decentralized “down to those frontline elements, that are closest to these fast-changing problems.”
October 04, 2017 -
This week marks D.C. Techweek, an opportunity for entrepreneurs and companies in the greater Washington region to better raise capital, recruite talent, select advisors, and network. Techweek's mission is to spread the creation of innovation hubs to diverse places. “We think technology is one of the biggest drivers of our economy. It’s one of the only industries that’s experienced positive job growth over the last twelve months,” Matt Coursen, managing director at Jones Lang Lasalle told What's Working in Washington.
October 02, 2017 -
Three of the area’s experts on communication and speech talk about what the First Amendment means, its limits and its controversies.
September 25, 2017 -
Immigrants are one of the biggest factors that help the D.C. region grow and that fact is being celebrated this month. “My mission in the office is to improve the quality [of life] for D.C.’s latino residents,” says Jackie Reyes, director of the Mayor’s office on Latino Affairs, to learn more about how immigration benefits the greater Washington area.
September 22, 2017 -
What makes a great entrepreneur? It’s not always clear. To find out what exactly fits the bill of entrepreneur in today’s economy, What’s Working in Washington spoke to Gene Riechers, a D.C. tech executive, founder, investor and expert.
September 20, 2017