Category Archives: Innovation Design

Washingtonian Tech Titans 2011: The Missing Names

While, I’m honored to be included again in this year’s Washingtonian Tech Titan’s list — billed as the 100 leaders of Washington’s Tech World — there’s never enough room, or enough time, to find all those who should be included. I personally would give up my spot as the “founder of Twin Tech” — a [...]

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Applications for Good DC Hack-a-thon at Mobile Citizen Summit Results

What do social innovators do for fun on the weekends? They build Applications for Good to help under-served communities bridge the digital divide. That’s exactly what took place at Mobile Citizen Summit this past weekend where iStrategyLabs hosted the Applications for Good hack-a-thon. The prize pool included $1000 in cash and a shiny new Windows [...]

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Are you building Applications for Good?

On April 16th, at Microsoft’s swanky Chevy Chase offices, we’ll be hosting a one day hack-a-thon where $1,000 in cash will be up for grabs. This hack-a-thon is in support of One Economy’s Applications for Good contest where the overall prizes total $50,000. Here’s what you need to know: 1. The Applications for Good hack-a-thon [...]

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The 9 Incubators of Washington DC + more in the Pipeline

If you scratch the surface of DC, you’ll find an economy teeming with innovation and creativity. One current problem is that most people don’t scratch that surface – they bounce off of K Street, The Hill, or The Pentagon and think this is just a place for government. Yes…DC is a producer of governance. But [...]

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ISL 4.0: New Hires, Events, Products, and Work

I always thought iStrategyLabs moved fast. It’s faster than me now. I can’t keep up – and as the CEO all I can do is get out of the way/help create the architecture of the amazing-ness unfolding. I don’t expect you to keep up either, but if you want to try, spend some time poking [...]

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