What's Working in Washington

Raising money is extremely tough and sometimes ends in failure, but it's also one of the most important parts of starting certain businesses. To learn more about what experts have done to raise their money, we spoke with serial entrepreneur and investor Jamey Harvey, DataTribe investor and entrepreneur John Funge, and Modscore founder Mike Modica.

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While just starting a business can seem like an exhausting task, the real hard part comes with building and growing it. On this EXTRA episode, we speak with Pat Sheridan, co-founder of Modus Create; Bobby Christian, COO of deepwatch; and Glen Pendley, CTO of SecurityScorecard about how to ensure your business can actually scale.

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Daron Coates, entrepreneur and co-founder of renewable energy development company ThinkBox Group, discusses the hurdles that come with convincing people and businesses that renewable energy sources can be more efficient and more economically viable than traditional fossil-fuel methods.

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Seth Spergel, vice president of emerging technology at Merlin International and team leader at Merlin Ventures, discusses the process and thinking behind investing in various cybersecurity companies in the area to make them ready to work in the federal space.

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Steve Baldwin, majority owner of the Washington Spirit women's soccer team, discusses the positive impacts on both the community and marginalized peoples that result from the support of professional women's sport teams.

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Donna Harris, venture expert and founder of the Builders and Backers initiative, explains how an expanded understanding of how to tackle large community problems can lead to more inventive solutions.

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Richard Levick, founder and CEO of LEVICK; Steven Nardizzi, partner at Paragon Strategic Insights; and Simon Newman, CEO at CMG Innovation, discuss the ways that so-called "cancel culture" and the openness of internet technology can have outsize effects on those targeted by negative attention.

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On this episode, we spoke with Ian Altman, strategic adviser and co-author of Same Side Selling, discusses how honesty and integrity are incredibly important traits to support and cultivate in the world of entrepreneurship, and how it can make or break your relationships with clients and customers.

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On this EXTRA episode, we speak with Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator and communications consultant; Michael Zeldin, TV legal analyst with experience stretching back to the Clinton impeachment proceedings; and Richard Levick, founder and CEO of LEVICK. On today's docket: what's changed since the good old days? Has much at all changed, culturally, in the past few decades? Is there a culture of civility that has significantly shifted?

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On this EXTRA episode, we spoke with Gavin Hughes Daniels, Principal and Co-founder of Wingate Hughes; Deane Madsen, freelance writer and founder of BrutalistDC; and Ken Biberaj, managing director at Savills North America. On the docket today we talk about some of the most important basics when it comes to architecture, how common architectural stylings influence D.C., and some of the most important ways architecture affects the world.

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