Archive: November 2014

Maryland health exchange sees 25,000 signups in first week (that’s good)

Nov. 26, 2014 12:51 pm

Maryland health exchange sees 25,000 signups in first week (that’s good)

This year, first-week enrollment signups are in the thousands, rather than the hundreds, as they were last year.
Iron Yard brings coding classes to Crystal City

Nov. 26, 2014 12:18 pm

Iron Yard brings coding classes to Crystal City

The code school's D.C. outpost will be located at Disruption Corporation.
‘Introverts are sometimes your ideal community managers’: Kate Kendall

Nov. 26, 2014 11:15 am

‘Introverts are sometimes your ideal community managers’: Kate Kendall

She's down on Facebook Pages, but hype on Facebook Groups. Read a few social media insights, and get a look at CloudPeeps, an engagement network from this new resident of Park Slope, by way of Melbourne.
EduPal makes a task management tool out of your college syllabus

Nov. 26, 2014 10:45 am

EduPal makes a task management tool out of your college syllabus

In a recent move designed to “pivot to procrastinators,” founder and UMBC student Markus Proctor and his team added features that allow students to prioritize.
Listen to the first track of J.Viewz’s new mixing-in-public musical project

Nov. 26, 2014 10:15 am

Listen to the first track of J.Viewz’s new mixing-in-public musical project

Give a listen to the first track in an open album-making process from the local musician and digital experimenter.
How Fran Pierce built govtech firm DSA into a $90M business

Nov. 26, 2014 10:00 am

How Fran Pierce built govtech firm DSA into a $90M business

Gender gap in technology? No, the CEO and 40-year veteran of govtech firm DSA came up in a time when there was a gender gap in the workforce. Here's how she grew a $9 million company 10x in 20 years.
All 3 Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs Fellows are DreamIt founders

Nov. 26, 2014 9:00 am

All 3 Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs Fellows are DreamIt founders

"I believe this fellowship will be a significant part of making Philadelphia my new home," said one AWE fellow who moved from Austin for DreamIt Health and is now sticking around.