Thursday, October 25, 2012
Office-sharing venture caters to tech startups, looks to expand by year's end.
A little after 10 a.m. Wednesday at UberOffices in Rosslyn — it's Pitch Day at the office-sharing startup, which even at less than 4 months old is already developing the reputation for being one of the coolest new spaces in the Washington metro region. Every startup hub does it a little differently. Uber co-founder Raymond Rahbar says startups traditionally get four to seven minutes to make their pitch. But at UberOffices, they get 30 minutes. Typically, two to five businesses — some are members, some aren't — get face time with a small room full of investors. They get instant feedback and, if they're lucky, they eventually get the capital they need to move their company into its next phase. Sometimes, they may get a lead on another source…
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Courthouse-based tech startup hosted governor Wednesday.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell toured the Arlington-based tech startup Opower on Wednesday and asked what he could do to help attract and retain similar businesses — and got a fairly simple answer. "Just… more." The company's brain trust talked about how they compete with giants like Google and Facebook, about battling the perception that Northern Virginia tech jobs are exclusively with government contractors, about the need to create a culture of innovation and idea sharing. Located in the Courthouse neighborhood, Opower has about 200 employees at its Arlington headquarters. It has about another 70 in San Francisco and a small office in London. The tech startup's business model is based on the idea that the cheapest energy is the energy you …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Local entrepreneurs aren't interested in hearing rhetoric, they say.
Startup and small business owners inside the Beltway have a mixed bag of expectations ahead of the first 2012 presidential debate. The debate takes place Wednesday evening at the University of Denver. The debate will focus on domestic issues, and local small business owners say they'll be paying attention to whether the candidates are specific and detailed about their plans to get the economy moving and to what the candidates say about business rules and regulations. Primary Need: Encouraging Small Business Development "As a small business-owner, I want to get it right. I don't want to run afoul of government. So I'd love to know how, from the top, we can effect better, more positive change, urging regulatory reform to say here's how a …
