What does ‘local’ mean now for Delaware startup founders?
With remote workplaces, you can build your company anywhere. Here's why half a dozen entrepreneurs are building theirs in Delaware.
Does where we work still matter? How are city centers recovering from pandemic-prompted economic setbacks — or not? How have tech meetups changed? How does hiring continue to change? How does how location factor into a company's culture? Do technologists still feel connected to their local tech communities?
In February 2022, What Local Means Now Month, Technical.ly is focusing extra reporting on office and coworking trends (including the metaverse as HQ), remote hiring best practices, analyses of reports on economic outlook, differences in corporate vs. startup perceptions of place, digital nomads and the like.
Plus, look for the return of our local coworking guides.
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Here’s what keeps these 5 companies invested in the city and region, and why they think “Baltimore-based” applies despite some of them being fully remote.
With remote workplaces, you can build your company anywhere. Here's why half a dozen entrepreneurs are building theirs in Delaware.
The 12 companies in the first cohort, including the three that have announced plans to move here, evoke the "equitech" principles that UpSurge Baltimore and Techstars sought to build into the city's tech community.
Whether you want a better office community, a stronger separation from home life, or free snacks and coffee, one of these 12+ shared workspaces might be right for you.
Our annual guide on where to cowork in Philadelphia is back, with 20+ spaces.
"One of the things we had to do was recognize we need to become a distributed company — not a Philadelphia company that hires remotely, but a distributed company who happens to have an office in Philly," Handy said amid the company's rapid growth.
Delaware is a unique place to do business. But there are a few (fixable) drawbacks. Here are six things that would improve the state's startup ecosystem, according to six founders.
For What Local Means Now Month, we asked our Technical.ly Talent companies how location factors into their culture.
Yes, coworking looks a little different than it did in 2019, but there are still a ton of spaces thriving in the DMV for all of your remote work needs.
Following a pandemic hiatus, the annual guide is back. Here's a look at more than 25 shared office spaces around the Baltimore area, and how they're evolving.
Curious how a local entrepreneur finds community in a remote-first world? These RealLIST founders have the answer.
Here's what to expect for the recruiting event's second year. Plus, why the company recently expanded to Richmond.
"Simply put: Kapowza would not exist without Baltimore," founder Dan Schepleng writes. Here's how his team keeps a local focus amid a shift to remote, and a West Coast expansion.
Enployable, founded by Laura Truncellito, uses an algorithm to match job seekers with the companies they're compatible with. It could be a boon for employers and employees alike amid the Great Resignation.
New Orleans-born Online Optimism recently expanded to DC. Now, it's expanding further — virtually. Here's a look at the early opportunities and limits in the buzzy space.
Proximity to talent matters: The Kansas-born company will take over the Craig Street offices that housed one location of InnovatePGH's Avenu coworking space.
The pandemic didn't kill shared workspaces — but the slate has changed since 2020. Here are your options for getting out of the house to get your (remote) work done in the First State.
After Miami raised $25 million through the nonprofit and open-source protocol, Philadelphia's innovation office is thinking about how crypto might play into its economic future. "This is not a done deal or imminent," CIO Mark Wheeler said. "We’ve just decided to entertain the question."
While a quarter of these Philly companies are still working fully remote, about 60% are either mandating or "encouraging" some in-office work. Here's a snapshot of the current vibe.
Fabian shares the nitty gritty on the video game coaching startup's $25 million Series A, along with his advice on growing a local startup and giving back to your user community.
CEO Marty Rosendale says local tech work won't ever shift to 100% remote because of the region's reliance on biotech manufacturing. But the business org is still adapting to pandemic changes.
This February, Technical.ly's What Local Means Now Month, we're exploring the civic impact of remote hiring trends, and how tech communities are changing to meet an increasingly web-based future.
Meaningful Gigs cofounder Steph Nachemja-Bunton says location does matter in hiring — but not in the way you might think.