What's Working in Washington

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What's Working in Washington - Ep 249 - Can the DC region still attract the best workers? - Terry Clower Jul 08, 2018

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Terry Clower, director for the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, discusses how immigrants, especially long-term immigrants, make up a huge portion of the D.C. region's workforce, and how pushing immigrants out of the country could be a large economic injury for the area. Clower also explains how attracting business to Washington can work by making a place where employees will want to live.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 248 - Fixing advanced technology's advanced vulnerabilities - Glen Gulyas Jul 05, 2018

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Glen Gulyas, founder and CEO of Onclave Networks, discusses how the internet of things can be a great boon for society, if it can only move past its huge security hurdles.. Gulyas's company, Onclave Networks, seeks to provide security for companies worried about attacks on their IoT-based devices.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 247 - The World Bank's plan to cut out the global middleman - Fannie Delavelle Jul 03, 2018

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Fannie Delavelle, managing director of the World Bank Youth Summit, discusses how the World Bank is using blockchain to assist small and women-led businesses in developing nations in collecting revenue. With the distributed ledger of blockchain, businesses can eschew the middleman when making international transactions, saving profit.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 246 - How blockchain helps donors track their charity dollars - Clay Buckley Jul 01, 2018

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Clay Buckley, president of Cause Network, discusses how his company uses technology and innovation to help charities gain funds and help people in need. Blockchain, among other technologies, are allowing donors to see exactly where their money is going in the charity of their choice.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 245 - Concierge medicine is a shot in the arm for the DC economy - Diva Nagula Jun 28, 2018

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Diva Nagula, founder and CEO of the Washington, D.C. franchise for IV Doc, discusses how his company is part of a new wave of on-demand medical services. Nagula explains how this new trend is helping usher in the future of personalized medicine.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 244 - How the Maryland Tech Council is making innovation happen - Tami Howie Jun 26, 2018

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Tami Howie, chief executive officer of the Maryland Tech Council, discusses how Maryland is shaping up to be a great opportunity for tech and biotech entrepreneurs, and how the Maryland Tech Council is paving the way forward for innovation.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 243 - A startup's playbook for regulatory hacking - Evan Burfield Jun 24, 2018

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Evan Burfield, co-founder of accelerator 1776 and current CEO of Union, discusses his latest book, "Regulatory Hacking." The book explains how entrepreneurs can take a close look at the regulation-heavy areas of the market that are the most in need of innovation, and how to work their way into the fold.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 242 - Unpacking the journey behind mergers and acquisitions - EXTRA Jun 17, 2018

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To talk about how mergers and acquisitions are a much longer process than they may seem in the news, and to learn how to attract potential buyers, we're joined by Dan Ilisevich, CFO at Compusearch Software; Kevin DeSanto, managing director at KippsDeSanto; and Andy Jones, managing director at the Maryland Venture Fund.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 241 - Teaching business students how to fail - Jim Liew Jun 14, 2018

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Jim Liew, co-founder of tech firm SoKat and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Business School, discusses how the D.C. region's universities are teaching entrepreneurs to take advantage of new technologies, like blockchain, AI, and machine learning. Perhaps more important, however, is how universities are teaching entrepreneurial students to get up after they fail, and learn from their mistakes.

What's Working in Washington - Ep 240 - Government agencies are embracing cloud technology - John Wood Jun 12, 2018

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John Wood, chairman and CEO of IT firm Telos, talks about how cloud technology is helping to improve the security and efficiency of all of America's government agencies, and how D.C. is uniquely poised to take advantage of the new adoption.

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