Business Spotlight: Toucan-Signs & Graphics
Toucan-Signs & Graphics has been the sign vendor for the K-12 STEM Symposium for the past three years. Additionally, said owner and CEO Dennis McIlhenny, the 4-year-old company does work for a variety of organizations, including IT firms, nonprofits, public schools, commercial real estate firms, financial establishments, and a number of other companies in wide-ranging
Drive Society Members Get Vehicle Fun Sans Headaches
Husband-and-wife team Alex and Danielle Schefer had worked in federal contracting and professional IT services for years when they realized they were ready for something new. So, they founded Drive Society, a car club in which members get access to some of the hottest sports cars on the market. “We both love cars and thought
Triblio Raised $3.4M to Develop Data-Powered Content
Earlier this summer, Reston-based Triblio announced that it had raised $3.4 million in seed financing led by Longworth Venture Partners and Kepha Partners. The seed round is fueling Triblio’s content marketing software that enables companies to produce content that increases awareness, leads and social selling. The Triblio team strives to help marketers produce content that
Portal Solutions Featured on Inc. Magazine’s 500|5000 List
Maryland SharePoint solutions firm, Portal Solutions, which offers services that span the project life cycle, has been included on Inc. magazine’s annual 500|5000 list of the country’s fastest growing private businesses. It will be featured in next month’s issue with the other recognized companies. “We are thrilled to have our hard work and growth recognized
Small Business CEO Davon Kelly: FedBizOpps, SBA, Contract Officers
WashingtonExec recently conducted a survey with Small Business CEOs asking what they thought needed reform in regards to federal acquisition and procurement. Today, WashingtonExec presents the suggestions of NOVAD, a small management consulting business founded by native Washingtonian Davon Kelly. Kelly provided WashingtonExec with independent small business statistics as well as his personal opinion regarding
Digital Sandbox And VidSys Team Up For Superior Risk Management
Digital Sandbox provides risk management software products and services for the public safety community; VidSys, Inc. is the leading provider of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software. PSIM allows organizations to resolve business and security situations in real time. The partnership hopes to create a powerful solution for addressing customers’ critical asset protection and risk management needs.
WBJ Names NetApp Fifth “Best Place To Work” In The Metro Area
NetApp, an innovative storage and data management solutions company, ranked fifth in the Washington Business Journal’s “2011 Best Places to Work” in the greater D.C. area for the large company category. This is the third consecutive year in a row that NetApp has placed in the top five. NetApp has also ranked fifth for the
Small Internet Publishers Arrive In Washington
56 small business internet ad-publishers from around the country, represented by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) met with members of Congress for the Third Annual Long Tail Alliance Washington, D.C. “Fly-In.” Participants wanted to stress to their representatives the importance of online interactive advertising for not only large corporations, but also for start-up advertising publisher
Sage Communications Promotes Duyen “Jen” Truong To VP of Public Relations
Duyen “Jen” Truong is the new vice president of public relations at Sage Communications, a fast, D.C.-based global marketing firm. “With the administration’s push toward citizen engagement, collaboration and transparency under these tough budget times, federal agencies are pressed to communicate as effectively as possible to wide and targeted audiences to advance their missions. Having worked
Interview with Digital Nomads Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo
Dubbed “Digital Nomads” by the Washington Post and the LA Times, Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo are the definition of new economy executives. Throwing off the shackles of typical corporate culture, they opt to work anywhere with a wifi signal, be it an Adam’s Morgan coffee shop, a hotel lobby, the Bolt Bus to New
Meet Jack Bienko of SBA
Jack Bienko is simply a businessman who builds and connects. As a current Presidential Management Fellow at U.S. Small Business Association (SBA), Bienko and his team work with organizations of national brands to provide tools to help entrepreneurs start, grow and succeed. Throughout his career Bienko has been shown the public and private sector innovation by
New Entrepreneur Mentor Organization In Town: FounderCorps
FounderCorps strives to do what other small business advisory organizations have not, bridge the gap between Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. FounderCorps believes it can and will make a large impact because its members will work with students as individual technology entrepreneurs, with no affiliation to a specific organization, government branch, or geographic region. Explained
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