NSF Celebrates First Successful Year of I-Corps Program
The National Science Foundation is celebrating the first year of its entrepreneurial I-Corps program with a special event today, showcasing some of the technologies that participating teams have developed. By the end of this week, the program will have trained 100 teams of scientists to create businesses from the innovations they created in a university
Andrew J. Sherman Promotes Entrepreneurship As Instructor For The Universities At Shady Grove
Andrew J. Sherman and Universities at Shady Grove’s Committee on Collaboration, Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education Strategies (CIPES) have teamed up to offer an innovative course dedicated to helping students gain the skills necessary to launch and manage their own business. Students will be able to write a business plan, be privy to the winning strategies
Steve Thomas Of TiE DC: “People Don’t Stop Having Good Ideas Just Because The Economy Got Bad”
New TiE-DC Executive Director, Steve Thomas, interviewed with WashingtonExec earlier this month. The President of Firebird Agency, a full-length consulting and management company for non-profit organizations, touched on the growing barriers of entry for budding entrepreneurs in this tough economy. Thomas also discussed how TiE-DC can help small business owners build a solid foundation
Meet Alison Slavin Of Alarm.com: How To Turn A Domain Name Into A Million-Dollar Corporation
WashingtonExec had the opportunity to interview founder of Alarm.com, Alison Slavin. Alarm.com is a pioneer in security mobility and former R&D unit of MicroStrategy, both located in the Tysons Corner area. MicroStrategy founding executives bought the domain name “Alarm.com” in the 90s with no clear business plan…they just liked the name. Years later, Slavin and
Q&A With The Dashboard Group Founder Dave Ramos: From “Drill For Oil” To “Real Enterprise”
Dave Ramos, founder and CEO of the small to mid-size high-performance consulting firm, The Dashboard Group, told WashingtonExec why he believes Washington, D.C. is a better location than Silicon Valley for entrepreneurship and explained the importance of employee engagement, especially for mid-tier companies. WashingtonExec also asked Ramos how he thought the economic downturn will effect
Q&A With Ken Yarmosh of Savvy Apps: Navigating The Mobile World
Meet Ken Yarmosh (@kenyarmosh), founder of savvy apps and a self-made Washington, D.C. mobility entrepreneur. In his interview with WashingtonExec, Yarmosh talks about everything app; how to run a “boutique” company, the D.C. tech and entrepreneur community, as well as the “mobile revolution.” Author of the O’Reilly book, App Savvy: Turing Ideas into iPhone and
National Survey Releases Entrepreneur State Of The Economy Opinion Poll
National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), a non-profit organization and leading resource for the self-employed and small businesses conducted an online survey. Because of the federal government’s recent announcement of hitting the debt limit, NASE released the survey’s results as a response to the current economic climate. The online survey was taken between May 3rd
New Entrepreneur Mentor Organization In Town: FounderCorps
FounderCorps strives to do what other small business advisory organizations have not, bridge the gap between Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. FounderCorps believes it can and will make a large impact because its members will work with students as individual technology entrepreneurs, with no affiliation to a specific organization, government branch, or geographic region. Explained
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