Innovation & Job News

TrendPo, the social media analytics firm for politicians, is closing deals in Taiwan and has a new social media advertising service.

Hugh & Crye, the Georgetown and online purveyor of better-fitting dress shirts for men, is expanding and hiring.

Anacostia's coworking space, The HIVE 2.0, welcomes new members (and a wedding--really) and gets set to open Nurish Cafe.

Ideaventions, an enrichment center for kids ages 3-13 provides classes in science, technology, engineering and math. And Minecraft. And Python. And....

Spectrum Sense, a wholesaler in Rockville for colorful, high-quality earphones, is bringing awareness to bullying and cyberbullying with a purple earphone campaign.

Herban Lifestyle, a company that makes and sells natural and organic bath and body products, has opened a retail location in Fairfax.

The Fort, the accelerator arm of Fortify Ventures, is closing. Managing Director Jonathon Perrelli will use time not spend on the accelerator to work on the documentary series Startupland.

Union Kitchen opened in December 2012 with the goal of letting culinary innovators focus on their products. One year and nearly 60 companies later, the incubator is almost full.

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.

Wearab.ly, a platform that brings news to Google Glass and smart watches, is a finalist in Mobile Future's national awards, The Mobileys.

Cove, a D.C. spot to be productive among people, is opening a second location, in Logan Circle.

Social engagment platform Zoomph has launched a mobile app and is ramping up its staff to keep up with client demand.

Waveborn, the sunglasses company with a conscience, is moving toward B2B and wants to bring 10 good companies to their online wholesale marketplace.

ChronoKair aims to reduce medical errors during staff changeovers by centralizing patient data in one screen.