Blog post by Michelle Jones, Program Director, Loudoun Youth, Inc., thank you Michelle!To learn more about the Chamber’s Nonprofit Initiative, click here. Engaging today’s Loudoun County teens is no easy task. They exist in an environment of constant competition for their time, enjoy endless entertainment opportunities, and hold an exhausting course schedule that would make […]
Thank you to Dean Daisy, of Daisy & Collins LLP for this articleFor more information about the GovCon Initiative, click here. Around this time last year, the SBA announced sweeping changes including the SBA Mentor-Protégé Program and new HUBZone Joint Venture opportunities. Is your HUBZone business taking advantage of these changes? Are you ready to […]
Written by Vanessa Wagner, Loudoun County Economic DevelopmentTo see other articles by Vanessa, click here The Loudoun Technology Coalition received a great response from the community regarding last month’s event, “How Smart Cities Will Make Your Business Smarter”. Over 60 attendees met for a discussion featuring speakers from Amazon Web Services and 22 Capital Partners. The topic focused on […]
Matt Stavish, Vice President, Republic Capital Access For more information on the GovCon Initiative, click here. Government Contractors looking to gain a competitive advantage are utilizing Mentor / Protégé relationships and subsequently forming unpopulated joint ventures to go after opportunities. The joint venture or shell company can create a cash flow crunch to one or more […]
The Loudoun Chamber GovCon Initiative is proud to partner with govmates, a local teaming partner platform for government contractors. The govmates matchmakers have built a robust database of small and emerging government contractors from which to identify teaming partners. Each small business in the govmates database has provided granular data about their company – past performance, contract vehicles, capabilities, set-aside […]
Carlo Espiritu, Principal, Triple Point Security Regardless of which circles you run in, cybersecurity and cloud security events permeate our lives. In May, the WannaCry ransomware infected over 200,000 computers across the globe, disrupting healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, among other industries. There are ongoing investigations for alleged state-sponsored cyber attacks designed to meddle with last year’s […]
By: Vanessa Wagner, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Manager, Loudoun County Department of Economic DevelopmentTo see other articles by Vanessa, click here The gender gap is closing in entrepreneurship. According to the 2016 State of Women-Owned Business report, between 2007 and 2016, the number of women-owned firms increased by 45 percent, a rate that is 5 times the […]
Op-ed written by Tony Howard, President & CEO of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce It was a lively scene at the first two Envision Loudoun community workshops that Loudoun County held in Leesburg and Sterling last week. First in a middle school cafeteria, then a senior center, hundreds of Loudoun residents came together to […]
Written by Jennifer Montgomery, Executive Director, Loudoun Hunger Relief Why did the tomato blush? I’ll tell you at the end…. We all know that healthy eating is better for us. Most of us have the means to eat more fruits, vegetables, lean proteins along with heart healthy, whole foods. We just need to think about […]
Post by Government Relations Manager, Eric C. JohnsonView more posts by Eric, here I touched on the importance of housing as an economic factor in my last blog post. In addition to more housing, Loudoun County needs better roads. The County must provide adequate investment in vital assets to help the business community continue to grow and […]