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Author Archives: Janice K. Mandel
EverFi CEO, Tom Davidson, a Quiet, Relentless Competitor
Tom Davidson, Co-founder and CEO of EverFi, grew up near Tulsa Oklahoma and graduated in 1994 from Bowdoin College in the coastal town of Brunswick, Maine. After seven years in venture capital, the three-term Maine state legislator moved to the DC … Continue reading
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Tagged CEO, DC startups, Educational Technology, EverFi, The future of education, Tom Davidson
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Mark Cuban Bets You’ll Hear About FiscalNote
FiscalNote co-founder and CEO, Tim Hwang, and his childhood friends, Jonathan Chen, CTO, and Gerald Yao, CSO, are making the U.S. legislative process transparent. Their company is entering its third year of refining next-generation legal software with programming expertise from … Continue reading
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FiscalNote Sprints with Mark Cuban and $10 Million Series B from China’s RenRen
Please enjoy the longer read just published at StartupGrind.com, the global entrepreneurship community — front page! FiscalNote Inc, formed March 2013, first appeared in this blog early in 2014, after I bumped into CTO, Jonathan Chen and his co-founders CEO … Continue reading
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Tagged FiscalNote, legal software, Mark Cuban, MTech, Ted Leonsis, University of Maryland, venture capital
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What this Entrepreneurial Governor Can Teach Us About Inventing the Future
Getting some perspective on Richard “Terry” McAuliffe, the 72nd Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is good. He can be larger than life when he winds up for a good story. It’s all in the name of public service. A … Continue reading
Esther Dyson’s Way to Wellville Model Is Paved with Support, Jobs, and Funding
It’s a major challenge for the U.S. to figure out how to set so many more citizens on the path to healthier lives. Entrepreneur, angel investor, and philanthropist, Esther Dyson, has embarked on a 5-10 year national challenge, The Way … Continue reading
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AddThis founder, Hooman Radfar, Is All About Progression
If I hadn’t met Hooman Radfar before, I’d wonder if he were for real. For such an accomplished entrepreneur, he just seems so…normal. When the Pittsburgh-raised son of two Persian doctors told the crowd at Startup Grind DC in May that … Continue reading
WeddingWire Founder, Timothy Chi, Reveals Faux Pas While Pitching Martha Stewart
The idea for Timothy Chi’s second company, WeddingWire, was borne of painful experience: Helping to plan his own wedding. There were magazines that educated and inspired, but none that made it easier to execute sales, orders, and arrangements online. Tim … Continue reading
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Tagged Acquisitions, DCTech, Entrepreneur, Martha Stewart, Timothy Chi, venture capital, WeddingWire
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The Creator’s Code Mentors the Entrepreneur in Us All
Entrepreneurship has always been a staple of the American economy, but the velocity of business development by creative enterprises has accelerated since the web and its parade of related innovation. Looking at the role of technology and beyond, Stanford Business … Continue reading
When Improvonia’s Co-Founders Realized the App Wasn’t Their Own
Last year, The Mid-Atlantic Venture Capital Association (MAVA) moved from Georgetown to a stunning shared-space near the Farragut North Metro stop in the heart of DC’s Golden Triangle (BID). Maybe it’s the new view, but it seems that TechBuzz keeps … Continue reading
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Tagged BlueCart, entrepreneurs, Hospitality Industry, Order processing app, startups, Venture investors
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