Economic Development : Innovation & Job News

HeadsUP!, a product from NeXt, is a finalist for The Mobileys, the national award for mobile innovation from Mobile Future.

CoFoundersLab, the entrepreneurial matchmaking engine born in Rockville, MD, is making matches in Brazil and Israel and now has an iOS app.

Shop Local Week in D.C. is slated for Nov 30-Dec 8; Think Local First has partnered with local startup Causetown for a Charity Cash Mob.

Lanham, Md.-based Optoro is bringing its remarketing business to the District, along with 20 jobs.

The D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and the Latino Economic Development Center have been helping District small business owners  integrate tech into their businesses for nine months. They will celebrate tomorrow by awarding free hardware and software to 21 small business owners.

Social Tables, the D.C.-based event planning startup, has closed a funding round led by Militello Capital.

Did you know that the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development has an office devoted entirely to helping startups take advantage of government grants and contracts? Neither did we!

D.C. tech startups will soon have another source for business advice: Accelerate DC, a new mentoring program based on the successful MIT Venture Mentoring Service.

1776 announces three global initiatives today, and one is a tournament challenge that will put the District on the international stage in May 2014.

Certified B corp PhilanTech streamlines grantmaking and keeps triple-bottom-line sustainability firmly in sight.

HelloWallet helps employees analyze their spending to start saving themselves -- and their employers -- money.

SwitchPitch brought nearly a dozen media, advertising, tech and educational companies onto the stage to pitch their needs to the 250 startup-minded individuals in attendance.

The new nonprofit hopes to inspire budding entrepreneurs in Southeast D.C.

The Duke and the Duck Productions, formerly a two-person partnership, has hired a project manager to handle a huge influx of work.

After a long process, the Anacostia BID has formed, elected its board, and begun the process of getting funded. The money should roll in by June.