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We Did It! Awesome Washington, DC No.1 on Forbes List Of America’s New Tech Hotspots

January 17, 2013 by Tatiana Sorabi 1 Comment

Back in December of 2009, Elias Shams launched AwesomeDC blog with mainly One MISSION to accomplish: To wipe out all those Politics, corruption, and scandals crap from the face of Washington, DC. Then to position the Nation’s capital as a city of technology, partying, clubbing and fun! Mainly as a Tech hub. Read the 2^nd paragraph right below the video of his interview with CNN where he says “My intention with this blog is to show the world Washington, DC is much more than just Politics, corruption, and scandals. Frankly, I am not sure of that myself either, but I will try I will be covering everything happening in awesome DC, with the focus on the technology, parties, clubs, events, and of course the awesome Washingtonians” Read more of this post

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Incentives for Your High Tech Business in Awesome Washington, DC

February 7, 2012 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

How the DC High Tech Incentive Program Can Help You Grow Your Business

Washington, DC has emerged as a hotbed of entrepreneurship and technology in the Mid-Atlantic region and nationally. High technology startups located in DC are eligible for incentives to help them reduce costs and grow. If you are the owner of a high technology startup with at least two employees, or you may soon find yourself growing to this level, then you may be eligible for DC’s High Tech Incentive program. If you’ve ever wanted to know more about this program, then look no further than a panel discussion with representatives from the DC government, area financial professionals, and startups taking advantage of the high tech incentive program. Read more of this post

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DC Technology Business Innovation recommendations – Presentation Transcript

December 9, 2011 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

The pretty one is me, Jamey is the other one

A few month after Vincent Gray, our new mayor was elected last year, one of the most awesome Washingtonian entrepreneurs, Jamey Harvey, founder of the DC based startup, Sponto and Marullus Williams, President and CEO of Limbic Systems, the DC based IT solution provider led a group of civic minded, entrepreneurial technologists and investors in a conversation about what we could do to make DC more awesome for Startups. The group included Peter Corbett, Jonathan Aberman, Doug Humphrey, Susan Banta, Julie Silard Kantor, Adam Rubinson, Wolf Ruzicka, Dutch Dunham and me, the awesomizer.

The mayor has declared this to be the technology startup month and he’s hosting a group of tech CEO’s soon to continue this conversation face-to-face.

Thanks to Jamey who put this slide together, here is the summary of what we did. Feel free to share it with those in your network. Read more of this post

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Meet Awesome DC’s soulmate: Proudly Made In DC

December 21, 2010 by Elias Shams 3 Comments

Proudly Made in DC is a new website recently brought to my attention by my CTO. If you are an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and particularly if you are a Washingtonian, you got to check them out as well as provide them with whatever support you can. Proudly Made in DC has a similar mission as my Awesome DC minus coverage of clubbing and partying around DC area. The site focuses on technology and startups in the Washington, D.C. metro. Their homepage lists all the great local startups including our own new venture, awesomize.me Read more of this post

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The Massive Infrastructure Behind Surfing The Net From Your Cozy Homes in Awesome Washington, DC

November 18, 2010 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

Next time you are sitting at one of those cute café in Georgetown or your cozy apartments in Dupont Circle surfing the Net or making a VoIP call to your family back home or getting the News about other countries, here are some photos to remind you of the hell the technologists and engineers like myself had to go through to make that happen. Read more of this post

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AT&T is OK with the Forbidden Apple Swinging Behavior

August 10, 2010 by Elias Shams 4 Comments

As Apple getting reading to become a swinger and ends her three years exclusive relationship with her man, At&t, AT&T is gearing up to assure their suger daddies, the investors that the Apple’s threesome or possibly foursome with other carriers will not have a “material negative impact” on their earnings.

Although, most media and bloggers are not buying At&t’s arguments listed below, but I think the company has a case here. Here is why and how: Read more of this post

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Berkeley Research Group Moves to Washington, D.C.

July 14, 2010 by Elias Shams Leave a comment

Berkeley Research Group, a preeminent expert services and data analytics firm, opening new office in Awesome Washington, D.C., bringing the firm’s total headcount to more than 85 professionals, working in six offices across the United States.

BRG’s Washington, D.C. office will be led by Tri MacDonald who is also joined in the Health Analytics practice by Dr. Henry Miller and Jerry Lewandowski. They will be working closely with Mark Abernathy and Julie Nielsen in BRG’s Tampa, Florida office, as well as Kevin O’Brien and Cher Fieri in the Chicago office. Also joining the Washington, D.C. office are Doug Reichert, a financial services expert, and Dr. Keith Reutter, a Ph.D. economist. Read more of this post

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Blackboard to Pay $116 Million for Elluminate and Wimba

July 9, 2010 by Kamran Abdi 1 Comment

Blackboard, the DC-based provider of software and services to educational institutions will pay $116 million cash to acquire Calgary-based Elluminate and New York-based Wimba, both developers of virtual classroom technology.

The acquired companies will form the backbone of Blackboard Collaborate, a new, standalone platform that will allow educational institutions to hold synchronous live courses over the web, including audio, video, white board and social learning capabilities. Read more of this post

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The Best Entrepreneurs of Awesome Washington, D.C.

June 25, 2010 by Elias Shams 1 Comment

Ernst & Young on Thursday night named the winners of its Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for Greater Washington to a sold-out crowd of 650 during a gala in McLean. Winners included:

. Sheila Johnson of Salamander Hospitality, Master Entrepreneur

. Luke Hillier of ADS, Government Contracting Read more of this post

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Upcoming Social Media and Technology Events for the Summer

June 23, 2010 by Kamran Abdi 5 Comments

Those of you in Social Media or Technology space, here is the list of related global events for the summer you might be interested in attending including a few of them in Washington, D.C.:

June 21-23, 2010, Denver, CO: Hosted by WebmasterRadio.FM, AffCon 2010 is a conference series designed specifically to meet the needs of affiliate marketers. As such, admission is FREE for all working affiliates to attend! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to meet and share ideas with the brightest business people in the affiliate marketing industry. Pulling together an amazing lineup of session panelists and speakers (including super affiliates), AffCon 2010 – Denver also features an exhibit hall, general and targeted skills sessions, networking and WebmasterRadio.FM’s epic AffiliateBash. Get registered today! Read more of this post

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Incentives for Your High Tech Business in Awesome Washington, DC

DC Technology Business Innovation recommendations – Presentation Transcript

Meet Awesome DC’s soulmate: Proudly Made In DC

The Massive Infrastructure Behind Surfing The Net From Your Cozy Homes in Awesome Washington, DC

AT&T is OK with the Forbidden Apple Swinging Behavior

Berkeley Research Group Moves to Washington, D.C.

The Best Entrepreneurs of Awesome Washington, D.C.

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