Innovation Works creatively and collaboratively connects neighborhoods, entrepreneurs, social innovation assets, and investors to build sustainable neighborhood economies in Baltimore City. The mission of Innovation Works Baltimore is to reduce Baltimore’s neighborhood and racial wealth divide by supporting and accompanying leaders of social enterprises working to create sustainable neighborhood economies.   IW’s Key Focus Areas: […]

In the mid 2000s, three young journalists noticed a sweeping shift in the Mid-Atlantic’s local economies. Tech work was the fastest growing segment of emerging creative economies, but reliable coverage of that change was yet another story lost to newsroom disruption. Together they founded Technically Media in 2009 — an independent digital media company that […]

Founded in Boston in 2006, the Startup Leadership Program is an international nonprofit organization that runs training programs for startup founders around the world. The D.C.-based chapter of SLP launched in October 2015.

Philly TechHire creates a vibrant marketplace of information and resources for the technology community in Philadelphia to build accelerated talent pipelines that provide access and inclusion of nontraditional workers.  

Citi Bike, operated by Motivate, is New York City’s bike share system that features thousands of bikes at hundreds of stations across New York and Jersey City. Citi Bikes are available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Marcus Louie is a web developer at Socrata and leads the subsidized housing project at Code for DC.

Peter is a businessperson who specializes in sales. He is formerly Technical.ly’s Business Manager. He’s an artist and curator, who regularly participates in art events around Philadelphia. He previously was a member of Little Berlin, a Kensington artist-run gallery and collective. At Little Berlin, Peter curated exhibitions that included art display on iPhone screens, virtual […]

Citi Bike, operated by Motivate, is New York City’s bike share system that features thousands of bikes at hundreds of stations across New York and Jersey City. Citi Bikes are available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Deborah A. Tillett, a video game veteran, was named the executive director of the Emerging Technology Centers in April 2012.  Tillett replaced Ann Lansinger, who retired after heading the ETC for the previous 13 years.