If you read the popular blog, Techcrunch you know that last Thursday a group of fifteen “industry luminaries“ took part in a highly confidential meeting at Google“™s Mountain View, CA offices. According to three of those in attendance, Google plans to launch a new set of APIs in early November in an effort to give […] More

Employee-owned companies – or those majority-owned by employees through a Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Profit Sharing Trust or Stock Purchase Plan – barely register as a percentage of all U.S. companies. Many tend to be clustered in consumer-facing market segments (i.e. – supermarkets, fast food), but if you look at the 100 largest (by […] More

It is not easy for the Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of a $1.8 billion company with 10,500 employees to convey genuine humility when reflecting upon a career overflowing with personal accomplishments. But it was clear to the room full of local executives and leaders who came to hear Jack London, Chairman of […] More

Illinois Sen. and 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama joined LinkedIn, the online professional community, further positioning his campaign as the leader in utilizing social networking sites to garner online support. Already a strong presence on Facebook, MySpace, and Flickr, Obama recently joined LinkedIn, the social network site aimed professionals looking to expand their networks in […] More

Daily Dulles Toll Road commuters would likely not welcome the addition of more cars to the Dulles Corridor route, but how about more car companies? As reported in the Washington Post today, Volkswagen of America was set to announce the company was moving its corporate headquarters to Herndon in an effort to reverse weak sales […] More

Fellow ExecutiveBiz blogger Karen Mortensen did a wonderful job analyzing the August 30th Washington Post story that chronicled the wave of regional education technology companies changing the way teachers, students and parents work and interact. As I looked beyond the Blackboard“™s and Defywire“™s in perusing the full list of 20+ companies listed in the article, […] More

My husband and I often chew the fat about what a pain it is to go back and forth between classified computer systems and non-classified systems“”even rooms where the systems are housed. He works on government contracts in technology and intelligence, and he constantly accesses data throughout the day. So my ears perked up recently […] More

This past Wednesday I attended the Tech Council of Maryland’s 3rd Annual Ultimate Crab Feast and Summer Networking Event at Smokey Glen Farm Barbequers, Inc. And before you get any funny ideas, I was there purely to find out what some of the areas leading technology companies and executives were up to and network a […] More

For the third year in a row, Business 2.0 magazine has come out with their list of the 100 fastest-growing tech companies. The results for 2007 include eight firms right here in Virginia and Maryland. I’ll give you a peek into their financials and a clue as to why they’ve been so successful. Before you […] More

The development of Web 2.0 tools has allowed for anyone to walk onto the scene and join the online conversation. Social networking sites let users communicate and stay connected with friends and colleagues. Some of the most popular blogs, like Daily Kos, serve as a meeting ground for all sorts of liked-minded users. But what […] More

The Washington D.C.-based Corporate Executive Board recently acquired the online technology community, IT Toolbox, for $59 million. What could possible make a digital hangout so valuable to an organization serving the world“™s top executives? Let“™s head over to IT Toolbox to find out. While training to be an IT consultant at Ernst & Young in […] More

Do you want to carve between 10 and 30 hours out of your work week in just 2 to 4 weeks? Convince your employer to let you work from home? Begin living your retirement now instead of putting it off to the last 20 years of your life? Get specific tips you can begin applying […] More