001 Moon Shot: Helping Cities Solve Problems

Go Public is a new podcast from Governing and Government Technology. Every episode, we'll be exploring successful public-sector innovations and stories of government getting the job done. In this debut episode of Go Public, we look at two initiatives in New York City with similar-sounding names and goals but very different approaches. One is an innovation challenge run by the mayor's office called NYCx; the other, called Urban-X, is a program for private-sector company founders run by a venture capital firm that specializes in startups that solve city problems. Both programs share the view that there are no small problems in government, leading each to embrace a little hyperbole in describing the nature and scope of their work -- they refer to their projects as moon shots. On this episode: NYCx Challenges Urban-X Demo Day on Reimagining Urban Life Miguel Gamiño , New York City Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Goldberg, Deputy New York City Chief Technology Officer Shaun Abrahamson, Managing Partner, Urban.Us Benjamin Schmitz, CTO, Roadbotics Eric Ho, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Good Goods Ezra Goldman, Founder and CEO, Upshift Follow the show on Twitter @gopublicpod Please subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.