Shannon Turner discusses Hear Me Code, a group she founded that offers free coding lessons to over 3,000 women in the D.C. area. Turner also explains the upcoming DCFemTech INSPIRE, an event centered around elevating…
March 22, 2018
Daniel Parra, director of small and minority business at the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation, discusses the main barriers that immigrant and minority business owners face in the D.C. area, and how many of them…
March 20, 2018
Lisa Friedlander, co-founder of Activity Rocket, explains the trials and tribulations of starting a business with no prior entrepreneurial experience. Friedlander discusses how hard work and a little help from family helped the company rise…
March 18, 2018
Dr. Pat Harned, head of DC’s Ethics and Compliance Initiative, spoke to What’s Working in Washington about how ethics is a proactive process, not just a reactive one. As it turns out, businesses that foster…
March 15, 2018
What’s Working in Washington spoke with RunSafe Security CEO Joe Saunders to learn about the dangers, as well as the benefits, of the internet of things. When almost every electronic device can connect to the…
March 13, 2018
What’s Working in Washington talks to Kim Hart, managing editor at news outlet Axios. While trust in media is at an all-time low in America, Hart explains how Axios is working to make objective truth…
March 11, 2018
The upcoming STEM Symposium helps young students get interested in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. JD Kathuria explains how fostering young interest in STEM can ultimately help fill the region’s unfilled tech…
March 9, 2018
Clare Flannery of MDB Communications explains how businesses in the DC region have banded together to improve metro. She says the Metro Now Coalition is a sign of how DC, Maryland and Virginia can work…
March 7, 2018
Jim Dinegar at the Kogod School of Business, explains why low unemployment rates might be an opportunity for growth in the D.C. region. With a wide margin of unfilled tech jobs in the area, Dinegar…
March 5, 2018
A full-length discussion on company boards, why women are still under-represented, and specific tips on how to boost the female presence to better reflect the customers companies serve. Denise Keane, Andi Cullins, Andrew Sherman
February 26, 2018
An international expert in Middle Eastern politics and economics in Washington, DC has found an interesting creative outlet in a podcast called Sunday Blues — which isn’t even really about music.
February 23, 2018
A report last year estimated upwards of 800 million jobs worldwide will be lost to robotics and automation. “And while that’s true, I think the real story is how many jobs will be created by…
February 21, 2018
Do entrepreneurs deal with crises and changes in their lives differently from non-entrepreneurs?
February 19, 2018
Mergers and acquisitions, the process of businesses being sold and bought is basically the life blood of any entrepreneurial region, and our region is a hotbed for emerging acquisitions activity in the United States.
February 16, 2018
