dc tech beat

Over the past few months, the tech scene in the DC area has really been changing. For many years, I’ve been attending “Web 2.0″ events in DC, Maryland and Virginia, and until recently, they’ve been slow.  Lately, things have been changing.  The community has been growing and coalescing; while a year ago, a “Web 2.0″ event was lucky to get ten people, there are events almost every week with forty or fifty attendees, and the occasional event with over 100 attendees.  And each time I attend an event, I meet someone who has their own web startup.

As an technology entreprenuer in the DC area, one of the greatest challenges for me over the past few years has been connecting with others in the area; whether it be for networking, partnerships, investment or development resources, getting in touch and getting the word out has been difficult.  One of the benefits of all the events and activity is that it makes all this a lot easier; I had the idea to start a blog that would cover and report on the happenings of the burgeoning local tech/startup scene, in the hopes that the exposure would help everyone involved (entrepreneurs, investors, developers) learn about what’s going on and what opportunities are available, and let everyone (both in and outside of the DC area) in on what’s going on in our nation’s capital.

And so I give you: DC Tech Beat. We’ll be covering startups, companies, developers, applications, events: anything to do with the web and the DC area, which includes Maryland and Virginia.  If you’re here, we want to write about you. So if you’ve got something you think we should know about, please let us know.

A little about me: my name is Greg Gershman. Amongst other things, I’m the founder of Blogdigger.com, a blog search engine.  I grew up in Gaithersburg, live in Baltimore, and trek down to DC several times a month for meetings and events.