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STLTechTalk Podcast - Episode 54 - Dougan Sherwood from CIC St. Louis


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In this episode of the STLTechTalk Podcast, we have the pleasure of speaking with Dougan Sherwood from CIC St Louis.

We will be talking with Dougan about how CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center) chose St. Louis as a location for expansion, along with more details of what CIC St Louis is and why you, as a startup, should consider them for your next office space.

In the meantime, head over to the CIC St. Louis website to get connected, and schedule a tour!

We are also pleased to have Brian Feldt from the St. Louis Business Journal join us in this episode to talk more St. Louis tech news.

 
About our guest

Dougan Sherwood is Co-Founder and Managing Director of CIC St. Louis, the first expansion site of Cambridge Innovation Center, the world's largest single facility for housing startup companies. Before coming to St. Louis, Dougan spent five years leading CIC's Sales and Relationship Management team in Cambridge, MA. Prior to his work at CIC, Dougan spent several years working in experiential education throughout the United States with a particular focus on leadership development for high achieving students. This work led him to found his own youth program in the American West that aimed to serve rising college freshmen.

Dougan has also interned for the late Senator Edward Kennedy, served on the board of a non-profit helping children with HIV/AIDS and established an annual bicycle fundraiser for injured service men and women. Currently he sits on the Board of Directors for Youth CITIES, a program that introduces students to social entrepreneurship.

He is a graduate of the University of Utah. After months of commuting from Boston, Dougan and his family are finally Missouri residents, living in Webster Groves.

 

News stories discussed
  • EndoStim files for $35 million IPO
  • Boeing and their new $4.2 billion SpaceX contract
  • Mastercard demos new payment tech for investors at their O'Fallon MO location
  • Venture Cafe St. Louis inaugural evening recap from Oct. 2
  • Dan Lohman was recently at the 1 Million Cups to demo and present on the Pushup Social app
  • CellARide.com, a service which has received some funding from Capital Innovators aims to change how you sell and buy new cars.
  • Uber Black coming to St. Louis in the near future
  • 6 new startups join Capital Innovators Porfolio
  • 10 startups are making their pitch to AOL co-founder Steve Case for $100,000in the Rise of the Rest Road Tour Friday, October 10.
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    Tech Meetups
    • Monday October 6th at Integrity Corp off Delmar Blvd. starts 6:30 pm click this link: http://www.meetup.com/stlwordpress/  @STLWordPressrs they will be talking about the Wordpress theme customizer.
    • Monday Oct. 6th STL Ember.js meet up group click here: http://www.meetup.com/STLember/ @STLEmber
    • Tuesday Oct. 7th @7:pm @T-Rex downtown click here: http://www.meetup.com/STL-python @STLPython
    • Tuesday Oct 14th Jason Deen from Nebula and Susan Sauer are speaking at the event. click here: http://www.meetup.com/StartLouis/events/181174452/  @LauraMWiley @StartLouis
    • We will be at CIC on Friday Oct. 24th for their open house! It is going to be rocking!
    • Saturday Oct 25th at Nebula STL 11:00 am This is a live stream of the San Fransisco WordCamp Conference. click here to join: http://www.meetup.com/stlwordpress/ @STLWordPressrs
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