Washington’s tech industry hasn’t been immune to the pandemic. Companies such as the IT giant DXC and the event-organizing platform Cvent cut jobs amid the slowdown. But some, including the hot cloud-computing company Appian, committed to hundreds of new hires.
Indeed, plenty of other good business news came from Washingtonian’s Tech Titans during the past year. Our 2021 winners who were selected through both reporting and an informal process of nominations from their peers managed to start up new and innovative companies, close on huge funding rounds, ink massive contracts, and announce initial public offerings.
Some of this year’s Tech Titans expanded their companies not only in spite of the pandemic but because of it. Michael Chasen, founder of the “edtech” firm Blackboard, leveraged the demand for at-home education to launch Class, a company that creates virtual classrooms using Zoom. Class has already raised more than $40 million. Blake Hall, founder of ID.me, wh
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Political Climate in California
Updated: April 9, 2021 at 10:38 am
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At the start of last month, a small cadre of animal rights protestors snuck onto the Golden Gate Fields racetrack, lay down with arms interlocked in pipes, and halted live racing–as well as a vaccination drive on facility grounds–until police intervention saw their removal.
While the incident had a flash-in-the-pan quality, it had the corollary effect of reminding those within the sport here in the Golden State of the somewhat precarious position in which it still finds itself–an important part of the economic puzzle, employing tens of thousands, but one that doesn t always fit squarely with the state s broader progressive bona fides on animal welfare.
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Apr 4, 2021 9:23 AM
Dan Ross is hoping that the second time’s the charm when it comes to running for Moncton City Council.
Ross announced that he is a candidate for Moncton’s Ward 1 in the upcoming municipal election, the seat he ran for in the 2016 election.
A Moncton native, Ross grew up working at his family’s music store in the city’s downtown before making the transition to Television Broadcast.
He enjoyed roles with CBC News, Global News and Discovery Canada, covering provincial and national news.
In 1988 Ross returned to Moncton as the Executive Director of Programming for Shaw Communications.
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