Dc Entrepreneur

What makes for a good startup community? Local support of course. We find out how Arlington businesses are thriving in this interview with Darren Stauffer of Arlington Economic Development. Darren manages startup and tech related initiatives for AED, including recruiting startup companies, connecting companies to capital, and The StartUp Arlington initiative, which aims to provide resources for technology startup companies in the community. Previously, Darren spent several years at multiple DC based startups including LivingSocial where he helped build out and launch "Escapes"; the company's travel platform which spawned a new sector in travel space now known as the flash-sale model. He later spent time at new BrandAnalytics (acquired by Sprinklr), a leading customer experience management SaaS based software, aimed at helping brands listen, engage, and drive customer loyalty.Support the show

This episode features the co-founders of NotionTheory, Kristian Bouw, CEO and Mike Keung, Technical Lead, in a conversation about their experiences as a D.C.-based start-up.Support the show

This episode features Willie Blount, founder of Blue Infusion Technologies and the creator of BearTek Gloves. He appears on Shark Tank pitching the company with CEO Tarik Rodgers, scheduled to air February 5, 2016 at 9 EST / 8 CT on the ABC network.Support the show

D.C. Entrepreneur interviewed early-stage (Alpha) start-ups at Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland on November 2-3. Start-ups include Brock Stechman, Co-founder of Divvy HQ (US); Kathryn Knight, CEO of Tido (UK), Christian Chalifour, CEO of Prehos (CND); Soraya Syed, Founder of Nuqta (UK); Tolsa Harrison, Founder of PopUpGigs (AUS).Support the show

D.C. Entrepreneur sits down for an in-depth interview with Sean T. McBeth about his work talking about the and future potential of Virtual Reality, including the history of VR, the new Oculus Rift, Gear VR and programming in Web VR through Primose.Sean is Chief Technology Officer at Highland Fundraising Solutions. He's also a freelance software consultant, who has successfully bootstrapped and deployed multiple analytics-heavy OLTP applications for desktop, Web, and mobile Web from concept to first-version in 1-to-2-month timeframes. He works comfortably in C#, Java, VB.NET, C, Racket, VBA, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Node.js, XML, JSON. He's also the creator of the free "Just Write Dammit" writing program, which helps writers eliminate excuses and focus on the task at hand.Support the show

D.C. Entrepreneur speaks with the start-ups and app developers at D.C. Tech Day. Tech Day is a little bit like a science fair for business innovators and disruptors taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. In this episode, we speak with Eric Smeby of TuitionCoin; Mark London of FrontDesk Connect; Cherian Thomas of SpotLuck; Stephan Walters of Grease Monkey, and Max Friedman of Happening; Andy Fine of Valor; and, Vlad Enache of Ignite.Support the show