Startup Bludot Tackles Economic Development Amid COVID-19
The company got its start just as small businesses were struggling to stay afloat during shutdowns. Here’s how it has worked with governments on economic development in an unprecedented moment in history.
May 26, 2021 •
Bludot With a staff of two, Kwame Reed, the economic development director for Antioch, Calif., had his hands full in the best of times. But right as the pandemic hit last year a period that would also bring significant civil and racial unrest Reed made a bet on new software from Bludot Technologies, a Silicon Valley gov tech startup.
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