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Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.
Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world.
Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties.
ArtificialIntelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected.
In the U.S., young lawyers already can't get jobs. Because of IBM Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans.
So, if you study law, stop immediately. There will be 90% less lawyers in the future, only specialists will remain.
Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, 4 times more accurate than human nurses. Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans.
Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self-driving cars will appear for the public. Around 2020, the complete industry will start to be disrupted. You don't want to own a car anymore. You will call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will not need to park it, you only pay for the driven distance and you can be productive while driving. Our kids will never get a driver's license and will never own a car.
It will change the cities, because we will need 90-95% less cars for that. We can transform former parking spaces into parks.
1.2 million people die each year in car accidents worldwide. We now have one accident every 60,000 miles (100,000 km), with autonomous driving that will drop to one accident in 6 million miles (10 million km). That will save a million lives each year.
Most car companies will probably go bankrupt. Traditional car companies will try the traditional approach and try to build a better car, while tech companies (Tesla, Apple, Google) will take the revolutionary approach and build a computer on wheels.
Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi are completely terrified of Tesla.
Auto Insurance companies will have massive trouble because without accidents, car insurance will become much cheaper. Their car insurance business model will slowly disappear.
Real estate will change. Because if you can work while you commute, people will move further away to live in a more beautiful neighborhood.
Electric cars will become mainstream about 2020. Cities will be less noisy because all new cars will run on electricity. Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean: Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, and now you can now see the burgeoning impact.
Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide than fossil. Energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that can't last.. Technology will take care of that strategy.
With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water. Desalination of salt water now only needs 2kwh per cubic meter (@ 0.25 cents). We don't have scarce water in most places, we only have scarce drinking water. Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as much clean water as he wants, for nearly no cost.
Health innovations: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There are companies who will build a medical device (called the "Tricorder" from Star Trek) that works with your phone, which takes your retina scan, your blood sample, and you can breath into it.
It then analyses 54 biomarkers that will identify nearly any disease. It will be cheap, so in a few years everyone on this planet will have access to world class medical analysis, nearly for free. Goodbye, medical establishment.
3D printing: The price of the cheapest 3D printer came down from $18,000 to $400 within 10 years. In the same time, it became 100 times faster. All major shoe companies have already started 3D printing shoes.
Some common spare airplane parts are already 3D printed in remote airports. The space station now has a printer that eliminates the need for the large amount of spare parts they used to keep in the past.
At the end of this year, new smart phones will have 3D scanning possibilities. You can then 3D scan your feet and print your perfect shoes at home.
In China, they already 3D printed and built a complete 6-storey office building. By 2027, 10% of everything that's being produced will be 3D printed.
Business opportunities: If you think of a niche you want to go in, ask yourself: "In the future, do you think we will have that?", and if the answer is yes, how can you make that happen sooner?
If it doesn't work with your phone, forget the idea. And any idea designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st century.
Work: 70-80% of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years. There will be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear if there will be enough new jobs in such a small time.
Agriculture: There will be a $100 agricultural robot in the future. Farmers in 3rd world countries can then become managers of their field instead of working all day on their fields.
Aeroponics will need much less water. The first Petri dish that produced veal is now available and will be cheaper than cow produced veal in 2018. Right now, 30% of all agricultural surfaces is used for cows. Imagine if we don't need that space anymore.
There are several startups who will bring insect protein to the market shortly. It contains more protein than meat. It will be labeled as "alternative protein source" (because most people still reject the idea of eating insects).
There is an app called "moodies" which can already tell in which mood you're in. By 2020 there will be apps that can tell by your facial expressions, if you are lying. Imagine a political debate where it's being displayed when they're telling the truth and when they're not.
Bitcoin may even become the default reserve currency ... Of the world!
Longevity: Right now, the average life span increases by 3 months per year. Four years ago, the life span used to be 79 years, now it's 80 years. The increase itself is increasing and by 2036, there will be more than one year increase per year. So, we all might live for a long time, probably way more than 100.
Education: The cheapest smart phones are already at $10 in Africa and Asia. By 2020, 70% of all humans will own a smart phone. That means, everyone has the same access to world class education.
Every child can use Khan academy for everything a child needs to learn at school in First World countries. There have already been releases of software in Indonesia and soon there will be releases in Arabic, Swahili, and Chinese this summer. I can see enormous potential if we give the English app for free, so that children in Africa and everywhere else can become fluent in English. And that could happen within half a year.
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What is blockchain technology?
A blockchain is a digital, decentralized, and distributed ledger, having the ability to be easily accessed by many different parties. This ledger can be used to record virtually any type of transaction involving different asset classes. After a transaction is finalized, it is documented on a block. When a block's memory is full, it is added to the end of the chain in sequential order. The blockchain becomes a permanent database of recorded transactions that can never be altered.
A node is a computer connected to the network for the purpose of verifying transactions. As used for bitcoins, each node automatically gets a downloaded copy of the blockchain upon joining the network. Again, just for bitcoins, the blockchain records information such as the time and amount of each transaction, but it does not store any personal information concerning the parties involved. Of course, when used for applications other than bitcoins, the blockchain can be used to record all sorts of information.
Blockchain's benefits
Proponents claim the benefits to blockchain technology are transactions that are more transparent, secure, streamlined, and cheaper than other methods. Blockchain technology also allows for far fewer middlemen to be involved in each transaction, including payment processors, brokerages, payment networks, and even banks. Without these parties each taking their own small cut, transactions are naturally more efficient in time and cost.
Some people know blockchain as the underlying technology behind the controversial digital currency Bitcoin. However, blockchain is so much more; it's incredibly innovative and its promise is far-reaching. This technology is a secure and transparent way to digitally track the ownership of assets before, during, and after transactions, and it has the potential to ultimately transform everything from how stock exchanges operate to how proxies are voted
First, as noted, information on a blockchain is decentralized. Rather than being stored in a data center, which could be at risk of being attacked by a cybercriminal who could then cripple a virtual currency, information is sort of piecemealed on servers and hard drives all over the world. This virtually eliminates the opportunity for cybercriminals to bring a cryptocurrency to its knees. Long story short, it may be more secure than existing networks.
Second, it could also be a whole lot cheaper. Remember, blockchain cuts out the middleman, which is usually a financial institution. If that middleman doesn't have to be paid, there's a good chance that transaction fees could actually go down over time as this technology is improved. It's unclear if this means lower fees for consumers, but it appears to suggest a modest boost in the bottom lines for enterprises that adopt blockchain technology for their money-transmittance needs.
Finally, but possibly most important of all, blockchain technology offers the ability to significantly speed up transaction settlement times. With the proofing of transactions occurring 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and blockchain technology not having to adhere to the "normal work week" as defined by today's financial institutions, the days of multi-day holds on cross-border transactions may be coming to an end.
The FUTURE is approaching faster than anyone can handle....!
1. In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide.
Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt.
What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of industries in the next 5-10 years and, most people won't see it coming.
Did you think in 1998 that 3 years later you would never take pictures on film again?
Yet digital cameras were invented in 1975. The first ones only had 10,000 pixels, but followed Moore 's law. So as with all exponential technologies, it was a disappointment for a time, before it became way superior and became mainstream in only a few short years. It will now happen again (but much faster) with Artificial Intelligence, health, autonomous and electric cars, education, 3D printing, agriculture and jobs.
Welcome to the 4th Industrial Revolution. Welcome to the Exponential Age.
2. Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years.
3. Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world.
4. Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties.
5. Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world This year, a computer beat the best Go-player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected.
6. In the US , young lawyers already don't get jobs. Because of IBM's Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds, with 90% accuracy compared with 70% accuracy when done by humans.
So if you study law, stop immediately. There will be 90% less lawyers in the future, only omniscient specialists will remain.
6A. Watson already helps nurses diagnosing cancer, its 4 times more accurate than human nurses.
7. Facebook now has a pattern recognition software that can recognize faces better than humans. In 2030, computers will become more intelligent than humans.
8. Autonomous cars: In 2018 the first self driving cars will appear for the public. Around 2020, the complete industry will start to be disrupted. You don't want to own a car anymore. You will call a car with your phone, it will show up at your location and drive you to your destination. You will not need to park it, you only pay for the driven distance and can be productive while driving.
The very young children of today will never get a driver's licence and will never own a car.
8A. It will change the cities, because we will need 90-95% less cars for that. We can transform former parking spaces into parks.
1.2 million people die each year in car accidents worldwide. We now have one accident every 60,000 mi (100,000 km), with autonomous driving that will drop to 1 accident in 6 million mi (10 million km). That will save a million lives world wide each year.
8B. Most car companies will doubtless become bankrupt. Traditional car companies try the evolutionary approach and just build a better car, while tech companies (Tesla, Apple, Google) will do the revolutionary approach and build a computer on wheels.
8C. Many engineers from Volkswagen and Audi; are completely terrified of Tesla.
9. Insurance companies will have massive trouble because, without accidents, the insurance will become 100x cheaper. Their car insurance business model will disappear.
10. Real estate will change. Because if you can work while you commute, people will move further away to live in a more beautiful neighborhood.
11. Electric cars will become mainstream about 2020. Cities will be less noisy because all new cars will run on electricity.
12. Electricity will become incredibly cheap and clean: Solar production has been on an exponential curve for 30 years, but you can now see the burgeoning impact.
13. Last year, more solar energy was installed worldwide than fossil.
Energy companies are desperately trying to limit access to the grid to prevent competition from home solar installations, but that simply cannot continue - technology will take care of that strategy.
14. With cheap electricity comes cheap and abundant water.
Desalination of salt water now only needs 2kWh per cubic meter (@ 0.25 cents). We don't have scarce water in most places, we only have scarce drinking water. Imagine what will be possible if anyone can have as much clean water as he wants, for nearly no cost.
15. Health: The Tricorder X price will be announced this year. There are companies who will build a medical device (called the "Tricorder" from Star Trek) that works with your phone, which takes your retina scan, your blood sample and you breath into it.
16. It then analyses 54 bio-markers that will identify nearly any disease. It will be cheap, so in a few years everyone on this planet will have access to world class medical analysis, nearly for free.
Goodbye, self-serving medical practitioners and establishments.
17. 3D printing: The price of the cheapest 3D printer came down from $18,000 to $400 within 10 years. In the same time, it became 100 times faster. All major shoe companies have already started 3D printing shoes.
18. Some spare airplane parts are already 3D printed in remote airports. The space station now has a printer that eliminates the need for the large amount of spare parts they used to have in the past.
19. At the end of this year, new smart phones will have 3D scanning possibilities. You can then 3D scan your feet and print your perfect shoe at home.
19A. In China, they already 3D printed and built a complete 6-storey office building. By 2027, 10% of everything that's being produced will be 3D printed.
20.Business opportunities: If you think of a niche you want to go in, first ask yourself: "In the future, do I think we will have that?" and if the answer is yes, how can you make that happen sooner?
20A. If it doesn't work with your phone, forget the idea. Any idea designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st century.
20B. Work : 70-80% of jobs will disappear in the next 20 years. There will be a lot of new jobs, but it is not clear if there will be enough new jobs in such a short time. This will require a rethink on wealth distribution.
21. Agriculture : There will be a $100 agricultural robot in the future. Farmers in 3rd world countries can then become managers of their field instead of working all day on their fields.
22. Aeroponics will need much less water. The first Petri dish produced veal, is now available and will be cheaper than cow produced veal in 2018. Right now, 30% of all agricultural surfaces is used for cows. Imagine if we don't need that space anymore.
23. There are several startups who will bring insect protein to the market shortly. It contains more protein than meat. It will be labeled as "alternative protein source" (because most people still reject the idea of eating insects).
24. There is an app called "moodies" which can already tell in which mood you're in. By 2020 there will be apps that can tell by your facial expressions, if you are lying. Imagine a political debate where it's being displayed when they're telling the truth and when they're not - it will ultimately compel all politicians to be truthful (a truly unique & novel occurrence).
25. BY 2020 (or sooner - some might suggest this is happening now) WHAT A UNIVERSITY STUDENT LEARNS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A THREE YEAR DEGREE - WILL BE IRRELEVANT AND REDUNDANT BY THE TIME THE THIRD YEAR IS COMPLETED!
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Bitcoin is the 'mother of all scams' and blockchain is most hyped tech ever, Roubini tells Congress
One of the few economists who predicted the 2008 financial crisis warns U.S. senators of the pernicious side of cryptocurrencies.
He also criticized bitcoin's underlying technology, blockchain, calling it the most "over-hyped - and least useful - technology in human history."
"Crypto is the mother or father of all scams and bubbles," Roubini told the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Community Affairs at a hearing Thursday.
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IS THIS A BEAR MARKET RAID ON GM
Or a very clever Toyota Ad?
10 years ago the taxpayers bailed General Motors out of a bad situation. Lets send them a message regarding their lack of empathy towards their employees and their short term memory.
Dont buy any GM products for the next 12 months and pass this on to everyone in your address book!
Hitting these types of greedy corporations by boycotting their products is the only thing they hear.
Lets take a stand and send them a message!
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Harness tightened, helmet on, ready for your ascent into thin air….or so you think.
These are just the initial thoughts that go through your mind as you begin your slow walk up the bridge that morning, your cool, calm and collective demeanor slowly transforming into one of worry and fear. Not a fear of heights or even of the free fall, but a fear of that first step. Would you or wouldn't you have the courage for one little step?
As STA Travel Expert, Kelly LaSlavic, was to learn during her recent trip through New Zealand, you do have the courage to take that step. Considering the bungy in New Zealand for yourself? Here are five thoughts that went through Kelly's mind during her first bungy, and some tips to help you take the leap for yourself!
Thought #1: Why am I doing this if it scares me so much?
I have always been an adventurous gal and pride myself on the fact that I will always attempt any challenge place in front of me. I snowboard, hike, abseil and surf to name a few. I didn't think this bungy would be any different from previous adventures. This jump was just the first of many thrills I had planned for myself on my journey through the South Pacific. But would this be the challenge that defeated me?
Thought #2: Man, I can't wait to rub this in my friend's faces, lol!
I couldn't even fathom that I was doing this, it started out as a dare from a coworker and turned into this exhilarating thrill. Also it made me feel a little cool that I was going to jump off a bridge and potentially be a little braver then my friends who would never dare of doing this. That little bit of motivation made the step a bit easier.
The moment was now upon me: the jump; or in my case, an ungraceful fall off the edge. My knees were knocking as my whole body rattled with fear and doubt. My will to jump was there, but I couldn't convince my legs to follow my brain's command. My instructor had to provide a small pep talk and three attempts later, my legs followed through. I had gotten out of my head and I had conquered the bungy.
There were no thoughts as I initially jumped off the edge. The panic had subsided, and I was almost unaware of what was happening. My brain couldn't process what I was doing. Then as I bounced back into the air after the first drop, it had hit me, uncontrollable laughter. Pure happiness had spread across my face and I couldn't not contain my smile.
Thought #5: Relieved and accomplished!
I may have encountered some nerves and a few hiccups leading up to my jump, but it was well worth it. That ounce of panic for a joyous memory and experience made it all worthwhile because this just opened the door for my next challenge or should I say jump….a 14,000 foot skydive over Australia. Another jump, another memory…will your story begin with a jump?
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To participate in Choreography for Audience - Take One, you do not need any experience in dance or other particular skills. All of the instructions involve simple maneuvers and movements such as walking, standing still, or arm gestures. You will be assigned to a team and will receive an email with all of your team's specific instructions.
The instructions are simple so that when followed by the various teams simultaneously they create intersting choreographic formations. The goal of the game is to use group efforts, collaborating and competing with other teams to achieve aesthetic value of a variety of complexity levels.
For example as a participant you could be instructed to walk a certain number of squares on a grid and then make a left turn. Repeat this action until you encounter another player in which case IF that player is on your team you would turn right or IF that player is on the opposite team you would turn left.
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The second meeting of the ISF Workshop will be held August 2 - 3, 2014 at the Pleasanton Hilton in Pleasanton, California.
Delegates are invited to the second meeting of the International Sooting Flame Workshop, which will promote an ongoing, international collaboration between experimentalists and modelers.
It will address the research priorities identified at ISF-1, identify targets for ISF-3 and coordinate research activities to address them. The forum is building a data-base of selected flames with soot that are suitable for model development and validation, while also being relevant to practical application.
The workshop addresses the formation, oxidation and emission of soot and its role in radiation and pollutant emissions from simplified flames of key classes of technology.


Well what can you say. A perfect match of flavours, quality beef marinated in Guinness.
A new addition to our range. Juicy beef with the lovely smooth flavour of sundried tomatoes make this a new favourite.


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Kadirenigudem or Kadireni Gudem is a village in Nalgonda district, Telangana, India.

Notable people
Laxman Aelay (born 1965), artist

References

Villages in Nalgonda district

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One wise man once said that heights reached and kept by great men did not come so easily, but while their mates were sleeping, they were up in the night burning the midnight oil. In the case of Spanish bodybuilder, fitness model and entrepreneur, Sergi Constance, he was up treading the mill in gyms. After years of discipline, dedicated training and dieting, he now not only sports the physique he has always wanted but is also leading thousands of others on how to achieve the same.
Constance belongs to an entirely new breed of fitness models. He could be described as a bodybuilding philosopher who has employed a mind and body connection to achieve laudable success and greatness in the industry and beyond. Sergi has had a prolific career where he has won numerous accolades and fame. Also known for his eponymous personal brand of fitness, he has become one of the world's most celebrated fitness icons and has garnered a huge fan base on social media.
The fitness model was born in Valencia, Spain on the 25th of October, 1988; his birth sign is Scorpio. There are no available details about his family background.
His love for fitness could be traced to his elementary school days where his best subject was Physical Education. He also desired to be bigger and stronger, thus, he signed up at a local gym where he fell in love with bodybuilding after a few weeks of intense training. Following high school, Sergei Constance took his passion to the next level by enrolling in one of the Spanish national Universities located in Valencia, Spain which is renowned for its Sports Science and Physical Education courses. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Sports Science and Physical Activity after five years of intensive study.
While studying, Sergi Constance worked as a fashion model thanks to his impressive aesthetic and physique. However, following his education, he eventually decided to focus his attention on building a ripped and shredded body. He had a successful career as a WBFF PRO Muscle Model and then entered for various Bodybuilding Shows and competition.
In 2011, Constance finished in the first place in the Spanish Wabba Cup and appeared on a number of magazine covers including 'Muscle & Fitness' and 'Body Fitness Muscle Show' the next year. With his Superhero build, he also appeared on the covers of Iron Man magazine, Solid Homme magazine, and Wire magazine in 2013, which was an amazing year in his career.
The same year, he also had five 1st place finishes; four different Mens Physique I.F.B.B. championships and one Mens Physique NPC Tampa Wings of Strength Championship. Fl., E.E.U.U. and Overall Champion Mens Physique title. In addition, he was on the cover of Fitness For Him magazine in 2014.
He had a guest appearance in the superhero blockbuster, Justice League as Zeus in a flashback sequence. This also helped to boost his following on social media even more. His Instagram account has over 3.9 million followers with whom he shares his training and diet regimen as well as useful tips and sports tutorials necessary to achieve his kind of body. He also has his own website, where he creates blogs on various fitness tips and workout & diet plans.
The Spanish national now lives in Miami, Florida, in the United States where he continues to work as a fitness model, trainer, and entrepreneur. For Sergi Constance, health and fitness remain his topmost priority and there's no sign of him slowing down.
Constance's athletic body build and Superhero figure stand tall at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 meters). He weighs between 215 – 225lbs (93.0 – 102.1kg), and his other body measurements include biceps of 19.5 inches, a broad chest that measures 49.5 inches and his perfectly thin and curvature waist that comes in at 34.3 inches.
Through the years of dedication, discipline, training, and diet, Sergi Constance has been able to build an enviable and incredibly shredded physique with massive muscles and classy proportions. He understands that just having goals is not enough and does not confer a reward but it is the action that deserves a reward. Consequently, he has put in a lot of action over the years which has, in turn, yielded tremendous rewards.
He trains five times a week and follows a diet regimen that is consistent with his athletic nature. To maintain his perfectly rounded and tapered physique, he splits his weekly training schedule into different muscle groups while ensuring that he hits all of his body parts for maximum growth. His diet primarily consists of lean meats, healthy fats, and clean carbohydrates.
Incline Chest Press for a great upper body pump and to build the upper chest muscles.
Squats and all kinds of leg exercises which aims towards a great set of legs needed for an aesthetic body.
Deadlifts which focuses on many important muscle groups such as the hamstrings, glutes, back and traps.
Sergi Constance, coupled with his social media fame, works as a Global Ambassador for several sporting brands. He is also a successful entrepreneur and has a fitness lifestyle and clothing company called BeLegend Collection. Moreover, he is the owner and CEO of Aesthetix Era clothing and training apparel. He also has his own brand of supplements known as NEED supplements.


I was practically vomiting knowledge rainbows.
So wouldn't it be nice if there were Facebook tools you could use to drive massive traffic back to your website from the most popular social media network on the planet?
In this guide I'll be going over the tools you can use to completely dominate Facebook in order of how you should be using them.
In the Facebook guide, I told you that it's important to make it dead simple to share your content. After all, nobody is going to hunt for the option to share your content.
When you make your content easy to share on Facebook, more people will have the opportunity to discover it, like it, and engage with it.
So the first tool you must download is Sumo's share buttons. Head over to your Sumo Store and install Share if you haven't already.
Remember how I've told you before that too much choice is a bad thing?
Well, that's why if you want to focus on Facebook, you should remove most other Selected Services in your share bar.
When given too much choice, people tend to choose nothing. That means that if you activate every service under the sun, nothing will get shared.
Remove all of your options in your Share buttons except for your top four options, and press save.
If you're focusing on Facebook, that should be the top network on your Share bar.
Then, head to the Layout tab, and choose one of the placements that will float alongside the content as your visitor consumes it.
That way they won't have to scroll up or down to share your content (which they won't, of course).
This will make your content far more shareable so you can start drawing in traffic.
As Noah says, you must have a singular focus.
If you're reading this, it's probably because your singular focus is tackling Facebook as your social platform of choice to drive traffic back to your website, you should drive all your calls to action toward that one thing.
That means setting up your Scroll Box to drive Likes to your Facebook page or members to your Facebook group.
Scroll Box makes it super simple for people to follow through with your call to action by placing the like button right in the pop up.
Once you have your website set up to maximize the potential of Facebook, you can head out into the wild to make sure your time is well spent.
If you want to give your Facebook content the best chance of succeeding, past performance is the best indicator of future success - at least in this case.
Every social media platform has certain types of content that outperform for the general population, but every audience is different. Luckily there is already data for that.
To find it, look up keywords for your industry in BuzzSumo to see which headlines and types of content does best on Facebook.
This tells us that in Sumo's industry, SEO for website traffic, immediately improving your website traffic and (oddly) buying website traffic are all popular topics.
As I scrolled down, I noticed the usage of power words in the headlines ("Top", "Basic" "Immediately") and also the usage of numbers ("How 6 Pro Marketers", "17 Ways to Immediately, "Top 4 Basic").
This proves that our target audience shares content with these elements more often, which gives me a good benchmark for posts we are focusing on driving Facebook traffic to.
After you've done this and noted the trends, take this newfound knowledge with you to the next tool.
You've probably seen Buffer around. It's a tool you can use to schedule social media posts to go out automatically.
That functionality is great, but one of the best (but underused) ways to use Buffer is to test what your audience responds to on Facebook using the analytics.
The most popular type of media on Facebook has been shown to be video, but every audience is different. So, if you don't already have a Buffer account, sign up (it's free).
Then, within Buffer, and armed with knowledge from BuzzSumo of the most popular types of content and headline structures on Facebook in your industry, you can schedule a series of posts to go out that test different elements.
The headlines assume a similar formula, and there is text on both of them - so evidently my audience interacts with posts that have images more.
Headlines: We told you how important headlines are and gave you a plethora of places to use headline formulas. We even gave you a kickass headline generator because #yolo. Split test what headlines work the best with your audience on Buffer. Does your audience respond to headlines with numbers? Power words? Shorter headlines? Test it.
Calls to action: Do you want your fans to "like" the post so it gets in front of more people in the newsfeeds? Or do you want them to click on a link to consume some content? Test different types of calls to action to see what your audience responds to.
The type of media: Test the different types of media on Buffer. Keep an eye on engagement with your posts as you test videos, images, and text posts.
Type of post:Try out different types of posts, such as questions, motivational quotes and plain links.
Content length: Studies show that longform content performs, on average, better than short content on many platforms, but that short content takes the cake for Facebook. As with the rest of these, you won't know what works with your audience until you try.
Schedule a series of posts in Buffer based on these tests. To get the best and most accurate data, try to schedule them around the same time each day - otherwise you may be pulling data from different audiences.
Compare comments, likes, shares, and clicks (keeping in mind that your reach won't be the same on all of your posts).
After a series of these tests, you should have a good idea of exactly what your audience responds the best to.
With this knowledge, you can then spend some time creating shareable images for your Facebook posts.
Have you ever gone to share a piece of content on Facebook or another visual platform, only to have no image show up with the content - or worse, an ugly image?
Does that make you proud to share the content?
It also doesn't make your friends want to click on it, and enjoy it.
That's why you have to create eye-catching images for your content. When it's shared on Facebook, the image should compel people to actually engage with your content.
So that's where Canva comes in.
Canva is a tool you can use to easily make images to go with your content - yes, even if you're not a designer.
Because the human eye tends to scan over text and land on images, this ensures that the headline you worked so hard on does it's job of hooking people in.
This will automatically assign the appropriate size to your image.
When you have your Canva template open, you can head to a no-attribution stock photo website like Pixabay.com for the background photo.
Choose an image that isn't too "busy", so your text overlay will stand out and be legible. I chose the one I did because it has a dark background.
For ease, choose a pre-set format.
For branding and aesthetic, use your own.
I chose to create my own text so that it would be in line with Sumo's branding.
Once you have your basic design, try to make sure that the text makes up no more than 20% of your image.
If you ever want to boost or advertise your content on Facebook, these are the image sizing guidelines. Don't worry - we'll go over how to make sure this is the case with the next tool.
You can download the image now, but do NOT close your Canva window. You'll need to be able to pull up your design in the next step to make changes.
After you've created an image within Canva, the next step is to make sure your image is Facebook ad friendly.
I'm not suggesting that you'll boost your Facebook post right away, but to save yourself time and hassle in the future, I'd recommend just complying with Facebook's ad standards right away.
Click the squares that have text in them and the tool will calculate what percentage of your image the text takes up.
Facebook only allows 20% in ads, so if you're over that (as I was), you can go back to Canva and tighten up the text in the design.
An SEO tool which is also a Facebook tool?
But I mentioned in the Facebook guide that you should set your images as the meta image on your content so that when people share on social media (including Facebook), the image you actually want to show up is displayed.
That's where the Yoast SEO plugin comes in (assuming you're on WordPress, if not, you'll have to set the open graph meta data manually).
Head to your WordPress dashboard if you haven't already installed Yoast, and search for it in the Plugins section.
This will take you to the social media meta information tab.
Upload the image you just created into "Facebook Image" in the Facebook tab.
Pro tip: Use the information you dug up on BuzzSumo and through using Buffer to split test different headlines and types of content to create a title you know will be popular on Facebook.
After you've created a beautiful image for your content with Canva, you have to make it super simple for your audience to share the images on Facebook.
That means making sure that you have Image Sharer on your site.
Once you've activated Image Sharer, under Settings, drag Facebook from Available Services to Selected Services.
When the image is in your content, your audience will be able to share it with the click of a button, making it far more likely that they'll actually do it.
If you don't make it easy for people to take action, they won't take action.
Just like constantly creating new content for your blog, podcast or YouTube channel can be counterproductive, creating new content for Facebook constantly can be draining and turn you off using the social network for good.
That's where Edgar comes in.
Edgar is a tool that schedules social media updates as a library, reusing the content you've already created.
According to Edgar, "most social updates are only seen by a teensy fraction of your audience" - so why keep creating new content when you've stumbled across what works?
This will let you create a library, putting your updates on autopilot and taking more work off of your plate.
After you've built a library of Facebook posts in Edgar to automate part of the process, you just need to focus on driving Facebook traffic to your new content. You can do that by using Buffer to schedule posts after you've scheduled your content.
We've already given you every single method of driving free traffic from Facebook to your website.
Now I've equipped you with the tools and resources you need to create a system so Facebook marketing doesn't take over your life, time, and business.
And start driving massive traffic like you deserve.
Let me know in the comments below - have you used any of these tools? Which is your favorite?


THE PLACE: Located within walking distance of the Mink Mile and Ramsden Park, this glitzy Victorian's crystal chandeliers, coffered ceilings and decorative wrought iron details on nearly every window give it a glamorous, old Hollywood feel.
BRAGGING RIGHTS: The home is tricked out with a sophisticated Control 4 home automation system, which operates the temperature, fireplaces, security system, lighting, sound and media through a handy wall-mounted keypad.
BIG SELLING POINT: The long galley kitchen provides an added layer of distinction and opulence with huge detailed windows, stainless steel appliances, integrated seating and crystal chandeliers. It's the kind of room everybody wants to be in, all the time. Kitchen Living magazine even featured it in its annual entertainment issue.
POSSIBLE DEAL BREAKER: With five wall-mounted TVs already installed, you'll never miss a moment of the big game, or a Seinfeld rerun. That's not always a good thing.
Could that table double as a harp during impromptu music sessions?
Who gets the good chair?
Lovely. I'd have to start watching television there!
Wonderful location, I can walk to Bloor and my office. Wow!! Parking for 4 cars and close to the park? My dog and I would love it.
LOVE it! Anyone know what type of hardwood floor that is? Its a great colour!
Beautiful reno, unfortunate that the exterior brick had to be painted.. makes me wonder about future maintenance. I really love the blonde coloured floor (natural maple or birch for those interested)against the dark railing, staircase, and countertops. Works well in my books! Otherwise I think the negative comment on the flat screen TV's was a bit petty and I find all the chandeliers a bit fussy for my taste. Nothing that isn't easily changed tho.
Patrick… If you can afford that house, I don't think 'future maintenance' should be a concern.
This house is underpriced to start a bidding war, my guess is it will be sold >$3.5m.
Great home, unfortunately it is on a street that is a key short-cut for anyone going to or coming off the Don Valley Parkway, from Rosedale Valley Rd. Go see for yourself at 8:30am or 4:30pm… it's a zoo. The residents campaigned to have the left turn off Davenport removed – and they did for a while. But it was recently reinstated and the traffic is as crazy as ever. Small caveat, but for 2.75 million… I might choose a quieter road.
Is it just me or has this house been poorly staged?
Love the home, the details, contrast in interior materials ….furniture doesn't work with this place. We can use our imaginations.
Wow, great house. If it was 600k. Who on earth would buy a renovated rat maze that is conveniently located close to……..nothing. You know what we call yorkville in Chicago , New York, San Diego, ( etc etc)? We call it a neighborhood . I love real estate agents that talk about location in Toronto. Really? Location to what? PizzaPizza, the most useless subway on earth, your "parkettes" lol – Views ? Views of what? The ugliest big city in western world……rise up Toronto , you are all getting so screwed over. What a huge pyramid scam run by about 30 of the richest families in the city…….Don't worry I'll let myself out.
In June 2008 this house was for sale at $1.399 – (this was before the crash that changed the world) – and now they are asking $2.7….madness.
Way OVERPRICED! Although, very nicely reno'd, the location is not Yorkville. Very busy street and nothing around. Too bad.
Calirocks — if you hate Toronto so much, why are you reading Toronto life?
Yes. New York, Chicago etc. are wonderful cities. I'm sure you would pay a lot more for this kind of house in those locations to compensate for that.
Wow this house looks gorgeous, I love the old world charm they have maintained. I love this street it is full of charming old heritage houses dating back to the Victorian era. It's like a little slice of old Britain that's why this street has historically gone up so well over time. The location is great you can walk to everything subways all of the cute Yorkville shops and restaurants, pharmacies, dry cleaners etc. everything. By the way Yorkville ends at either MacPherson or marlbough so it's definitely Yorkville. The only thing I don't like about this house is the painted brick. It kind of takes a little away from the outside charm. But I would grab it in a moment if I had 2.7 mill. One can dream!
Canadians must be insane. I'd be getting a country estate for that price anywhere else around the world.
A big hurt is coming to your country.
There is a lot of traffic to Rosedale Valley Rd and the DVP on Belmont.
Everyone writing that this is a great location has ZERO knowledge of this area. Too much traffic on Belmont – and NOT YORKVILLE – yes it's close to the Rosedale subway, that's it. It should be priced for under $2mill.
The Canadian housing market is in so much trouble.. Don't say I didn't warn you.
2.7 million for that piece of crap? Look at it! It's on a DVP offramp and backs on to a city maintenance garage. They're even building a condo skyscraper kitty-corner to it on Pears.
For that much money you could live in a real city!
Wow, I guess Calirocks still owes on parking tickets in the T-Dot. Thanks for coming out and holding back. Enjoy those pesky Republicans and don't let the door slam you in the whatsit on your way out.
More importantly, this property is stunning.
This place is really nice. I love the vintage decor inside and out. Too bad its way beyond my price range. these days its hard to tell whats overpriced or not, but the location is fantastic. Im looking forward to the market slowing down.


The province is set to unveil a new, multi-million dollar program on Monday aimed at teaching kids how to manage money.
Aimed at students in grades 4 through 12, the Ministry of Education's financial literacy initiative will be integrated into the curriculum this coming September.
The Ontario Securities Commission is providing almost $2 million in funding for new resources, including training for teachers and video and electronic activities for classrooms. The ministry will also be working with the Investor Education Fund, a non-profit educational arm of the OSC, to develop the program.
While the investor part of the program is worthwhile, the fact that the province, supported with cash from the Securities Commission, is getting into the money-management curriculum for students from grades 4 through 12 is a good thing.
Unfortunately, it comes when the whole world is fixated on the issues of money, to the exclusion of most other matters, and that means that impressionable students will grow up with a sense that money is even more important than it deserves to be.
I recall the scientist/activist David Suzuki once making the statement on national television that the economy must serve the people and not the other way round, as it is currently.
Similarly, if this curriculum puts the student in charge of his/her financial options and obligations, including how to negotiate with his employer, his parents, and eventually his partners (both domestic and professional) then it will have accomplished much.
As one U.S. trained psychiatrist commented recently privately, the fact that there is no teaching of financial management shows up in our practices, often and far too late.
And now, if the province would also consider the equally radical move of entering the curriculum business with respect to teaching all students the skills of relationship-building, two glaring and gaping wholes in our education system would have been filled...long overdue, but better late than never.
Perhaps it is also an indication that political leaders who have refused to provide adequate regulation for the financial services sector and by their hands-off approach contributed to the recent financial meltdown, and the serious global implications, have found their legs in opening the gates to the kind of information that will, in future, make it impossible for a financially literate public to tolerate such complicity with the greed that drives the market.
In addition to making household budgets more easily and competently regulated, by those whose responsbility it is to pay the bills and balance the accounts, perhaps the economies of companies and states/provinces will also benefit from having this kind of literacy and skill spread across the social demographics.
Politically, the McGuinty government needed a useful, credible and far-sighted cornerstone for their upcoming attempt to gain another majority in October. With both the full-day kindergarten and the financial literacy curriculum, it has two pieces of the puzzle of a platform to which Ontario voters can re-think their offer of confidence to their current government. These two planks certainly do not assure McGuinty of re-election; however, they will not impede his path to another majority.
Now, if he can get the health care system's long-term funding renegotiated with Ottawa, with some assurances that it is sustainable for at least the next decade, he might have brought himself and his government knocking on the door of electoral success...but there is so little time.


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Information Technology Companies Bring New Jobs to Herndon
In the third quarter of this year, more than a dozen companies in the county brought more than 450 jobs to the county.
Two Information Technology companies based in Herndon added roughly 35 jobs. Learning Tree International, which provides IT training, certification and management courses, is adding 25 jobs. BITS, an IT company that is classified as an Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business, brought 10 jobs to the area.
Ranstand Technologies, which is based in Tysons, topped this list by adding 300 IT jobs in fiscal year 2020.
Victor Hoskins, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, said most of the companies were highly focused on technology.
"Technology is the backbone of the Fairfax County economy, and we are proud to have companies growing in a wide variety of tech sectors – and throughout many areas of the county too," Hoskins wrote in a statement. "The diversity of these companies also is keeping Northern Virginia globally competitive."
Tysons-based companies dominated the list of 14 companies.
Photo via Unsplash
Report: The Largest Cybersecurity Companies in the Region are in Herndon, Reston
Fatimah Waseem October 18, 2019 at 1:15pm
Some of the area's largest cybersecurity companies are located in Herndon and Reston, according to a ranking by the Washington Business Journal.
Three companies in Reston and Herndon topped WBJ's list, which ranks the largest cybersecurity companies in the Greater DC area by the number of employees, total revenue last year, and total Metro-area revenue.
More information on the local companies is below:
Carahsoft Technology Corp. (Ranked #1): The company, which helps the public sector manage and reduce cybersecurity risks, has 1,282 employees, including 948 in the Metro-area. Last year, the company brought in $5.4 million in total revenue.
Iron Bow Technologies LLC (Ranked #2): Located at 2302 Dulles Station Boulevard, the company boasted $1 billion in revenue last year. It has 680 total employees, 510 of which are based in the Metro-area.
ThunderCat Technology LLC (Ranked #3): The company, which is located at 1925 Isaac Newton Square, brought in $503 million last year, roughly $289 million of which was in the Metro-area. The company has 84 employees.
Overall, 18 of the region's 25 largest cybersecurity companies are located in Fairfax County.
Nominees for Hunter Mill and Lee District Supervisor Pitch Plan to Promote Emerging Technology
Fatimah Waseem October 2, 2019 at 10:45am
Two incoming county board members who won the Democratic nomination launched a policy platform on Tuesday (Oct. 1) to attract and increase technology development in the county.
Walter Alcorn, the Democratic nominee for Hunter Mill District Supervisor, and Rodney Lusk, the Democratic nominee for Lee District Supervisor, pitched the plan at a public event in Tysons.
In their first year of office, both Democrats say they want to establish a technology accelerator on the historic Richmond Highway Corridor that focuses on creating technology for governments and commercial markets.
They also want to forge partnerships with colleges, universities and governmental research firms to identify emerging technology markets.
By doing so, they hope Fairfax County will become a "test bed" for demonstrating new technologies like last mile delivery systems and self-driving cars.
"Over the years we have done a terrific job of diversifying our economy and ensuring that we remain on the cutting edge of innovation. However, as new technologies continue to emerge at an ever-increasing rate, it's critical that as a county we not only work to keep pace, but also leverage the economic opportunities created by these developments to address the many needs and challenges that still exist in our region," Alcorn said.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) lauded the incoming supervisors for their work.
"This is an area that's new, it's exciting, and my hope is that through partnering with Walter and Rodney my office can help move this forward," Warner said.
Both Alcorn and Lusk are running unopposed in the Nov. 5 general election. They expect to release more details on their plans early next year.
Photo via Walter Alcorn
New Event Center Opens on Dulles Technology Drive
Fatimah Waseem August 23, 2019 at 10:45am
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Companies and organizations looking to host events in Northern Virginia have another option for a venue following the opening of a new event center in Herndon.
Trajectory Event Center, which is located at 13665 Dulles Technology Drive, Suite 150, includes meeting spaces for up to 300 people.
The center is designed to host corporate events, training sessions, sales meetings, product launches, receptions, and other events, especially for companies within the Dulles Technology Corridor.
Different packages are available to reserve rooms. Room features include live streaming, duplex video conferencing and polycom phone access.
An open house is set for Wednesday, September 25 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Photos via Kristen Quin Cody
Light Shines on 'Humble Reston Artist' — "John Charles Koebert of Reston said that when he came home from college in the 1970s, and announced to his parents that he had decided to change his life direction and become an art major, he recalled that they said, "You are making a hard 90 degree turn to nowhere. …You'll be living with us for the next fifty years." After college, Koebert embraced his new career teaching art during the day and honing his artistic skills at night." [The Connection]
ThreatQuotient Banks Millions in Funding — "Reston threat intelligence and security software company ThreatQuotient Inc. has raised $7.86 million in fresh funding — and it aims to double in size in the next year, according to CEO John Czupak." [Washington Business Journal]
County Companies Top Fastest-Growing Businesses List — "Fairfax County is home to 116 companies on this year's Inc. 5000 list, which is 37 percent of the 315 companies on the list from the Washington region and more than double the number from any other Washington-area county or city. Fairfax County's businesses also account for 40 percent of Virginia's 288 businesses appearing on this year's list." [Fairfax County Economic Development Authority]
Report: Microsoft Scouting for Office Space in Reston Area
Microsoft Corp. is on the hunt for up to 300,000 square feet of office space in Northern Virginia, which could require the company to consolidate offices from two other locations.
The Washington Business Journal reports that the company is working with commercial real estate services firm JLL to find prospects across Northern Virginia. Properties in Reston — including Comstock's Loudoun and Reston Station projects, Brookfield's Halley Rise, and Boston Properties' Reston Gateway.
Currently, Microsoft leases 275,000 square feet at Reston Town Center.
Here's more from the report:
The search appears to separate from the 332-acre site Microsoft acquired last year in Leesburg for $73 million. The company hasn't filed development plans for that site yet, but as the WBJ reported in May, the company may have acquired the land at least in part to advance its effort to secure a pair of multi-billion-dollar government contracts. That makes the Leesburg land a more likely play for data center development to service the government cloud computing contracts than for office space of the sort it has at Reston Town Center.
Moving to one of those other development sites might better position Microsoft to bring all of its local employees under one roof.
WBJ also reports that Facebook is also scouting for space in Reston after the social media giant scratched Tysons off its list.
Meanwhile, Google is expected to begin moving its current employee based into Reston Station's signature office building this summer.
Reston Companies Receive Federal Grant to Lead Northern Virginia Smart City Initiative
Two Reston-based companies have secured a $750,000 federal grant to lead the Northern Virginia Smart City Initiative, which aims to bring government, private and nonprofit partners to advance the area's smart city technology innovation cluster.
Smart City Works, a Reston-based nonprofit business accelerator, and Refraction, a co-working innovation hub that supports startups and high-growth companies, will advance the initiative in order to improve the livability and resilience of cities.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded grants to 26 application from a pool of 183 submission. The Reston companies received the maximum amount of available funding.
Here's more from the EDA on the initiative:
With the i6 Challenge grant, the Initiative will: 1) accelerate the development and lower the risk profile of companies seeking to provide innovative solutions to infrastructure challenges; 2) grow the number of startups and highly skilled tech talent in the region; (3) accelerate the commercialization of innovative products and 4) strengthen the regional smart city cluster supporting innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization.
Over the three-year grant period, the Northern Virginia Smart Region Initiative will create a stronger innovation cluster that will attract talent and capital to the region, stimulate economic development that benefits the entire community, and help to solve the region's infrastructure challenges.
More than 45 companies are expected to graduate from the accelerator program, which could launch more than 30 new smart city products. The initiative is expected to generate 90 new jobs.
Photo via U.S. Department of Commerce
Fatimah Waseem June 19, 2019 at 8:45am
Author Tracey Graves Visits Scrawl Books — Graves, who is a New York Times bestselling author, visits the bookstore at 7 p.m. today. She has a new book out called "The Girl He Used to Know." [Scrawl Books]
Reston-based SyncDog Announces Partnership — The independent software vendor for mobile security and data loss prevention is partnering with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to expand mobile security solutions in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Colombia. [Technical.ly]
Herndon-based Peraton Acquires Solers — The provider of software and technology services will acquire the Arlington-based solutions firm Solers. The purchase is intended to expand the company's space portfolio for national security and civilian space agency programs. [GovCon Wire]
FireEye Acquires McLean-Based Security Company
Fatimah Waseem June 5, 2019 at 2:30pm
FireEye, a publicly-traded cybersecurity company based in Silicon Valley, has acquired a local security company.
The company announced that it has required McLean-based security company Verodin.
A spokesperson for the company wrote the following about the acquisition:
In April, the company announced it was expanding its Reston footprint. Their offices are located at 11955 Freedom Drive… FireEye announced their continued expansion in the Reston area in April and has now taken another step towards establishing its dominance in the growing cyber security industry with the purchase of McLean, VA-based Verodin. This acquisition will grow FireEye's footprint in the tech corridor as the region continues to draw top-tier companies.
Equipped with FireEye's frontline intelligence, the Verodin platform will measure and test security environments against both known and newly discovered threats, empowering organizations to rapidly adapt their defense.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
FireEye offers a single platform for organizations struggling to prevent and respond to cyber attacks. Since it was founded in 2004 by Ashar Aziz, the company has filed more than 150 patents for technology related to cyber threat protections.
The company also has offices in Alexandria, where FireEye's cybersecurity consultants are located. Overall, the company has more than 7,700 clients in 103 countries.
Photo via FireEye
Fatimah Waseem April 17, 2019 at 8:45am
Cars from Train Near Wiehle-Reston East Detach While Moving — Commuters were appalled Monday night when cars from a train approaching Wiehle-Reston East separated on the track. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission is now investigating the incident. In a statement, the commission said the first of two cars of a six-car train uncoupled while the train was moving. An investigation is underway. [Washington Metrorail Safety Commission]
How Reston Became the Place for Tech Expansion — "Sandwiched between major roadways within its close proximity to the nation's capital, Reston has grown to become a noteworthy technology town in Northern Virginia. Located in an area often dubbed the "Silicon Valley of the East," Reston continues to see significant growth in the technology sector." [ICS Blog]
County Responds to Public Record Requests — The volume and complexity of Freedom of Information Act requests continues to increase. Last year, the county received 8,459 FOIA requests, an average of 34 requests per working day. [Fairfax County Government]
Flickr pool photo by vantagehill
California-based Cybersecurity Firm Expands Footprint in Reston
Fatimah Waseem April 15, 2019 at 1:15pm
FireEye, a publicly-traded cybersecurity company based in Silicon Valley, has moved into an expanded office in Reston.
The new location at 11955 Freedom Drive in Reston will house the company's biggest security operations center. More than 300 employees are expected to work at the new site.
Charles Carmakal, the company's vice president, told Reston Now that FireEye's new location offers "room for future expansion needs."
"In line with this, FireEye plans to continue to hire top security professionals for all roles out of Reston, including technology, engineering and consulting," he said.
Carmakal also said the company chose Reston to leverage technology security talent present in the Dulles Technology Corridor. The company has had offices in Reston since 2011.
Photos via FireEye
Blackboard Plans to Move Its Headquarters to Reston This Year
Catherine Douglas Moran January 2, 2019 at 4:15pm
(Updated at 9:15 a.m.) The education technology company Blackboard Inc. announced today (Jan. 2) plans to move its global headquarters from D.C. to Reston this year.
"The new location will combine the company's existing D.C. and Reston offices into a new modern office in the heart of Northern Virginia's tech corridor," according to a press release.
Blackboard, currently headquartered at 1111 19th Street NW, will relocate to the Plaza America complex (11720 Plaza America Drive), where its Reston office is already located, Washington Business Journal reported.
The company's D.C.-area workforce is currently divided between its D.C. and Reston offices.
"We are excited to bring our Metro D.C. area workforce together into a new global headquarters in the vibrant Northern Virginia tech corridor," Blackboard Chairman, CEO and President Bill Ballhaus said in the press release.
Ballhaus said that the new office space will offer "convenient access" to dining, shopping and transportation.
"We are delighted that Blackboard chose Fairfax County for its global headquarters and will expand its footprint here," Catherine Riley, the interim president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, said in a press release.
Riley added that Blackboard's decision to be based in Northern Virginia's "technology corridor" is "an additional confirmation of the value of Fairfax County for innovative companies from across the technology spectrum."
Blackboard joins several other tech companies that have recently decided to move their headquarters to or expand in Reston, including IDEMIA, Refraction and 1901 Group.
I look forward to welcoming Blackboard's global headquarters to Reston this year! https://t.co/z9QevkLt4f @RestonNow @FairfaxEDA
— Sharon Bulova (@SharonBulova) January 3, 2019
Image via Google Maps
Amazon, Other Big Business Announcements in Reston and Herndon
Dave Emke June 9, 2017 at 11:30am
Amazon Web Services will use the One Dulles Tower (13200 Woodland Park Road, Herndon) as a new East Coast corporate campus, bringing up to 1,500 new jobs to the area.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority announced the news Thursday. According to the FCEDA:
"The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with the General Assembly's Major Employment and Investment (MEI) Commission to secure this project for Virginia. Upon the hiring of 600 new employees, AWS will be eligible to receive $7,000 per net new job created, up to 1,500 total jobs, through a custom performance state grant approved by the governor and the MEI Commission."
"Any community would be thrilled to have this employer and this kind of corporate presence," said Gerald L. Gordon, president and CEO of the FCEDA. "I am delighted the county's IT base, workforce and quality of life offer the right mix for the company."
Also Thursday, Ellucian — a global provider of higher education software and services — announced its new corporate headquarters at 2003 Edmund Halley Drive.
"The growth of the greater Reston area is due in no small part to the innovative technology companies that make up our community," said Del. Ken Plum (D-Fairfax) during the grand-opening ceremony. "The addition of Ellucian's headquarters to the Dulles Technology Corridor continues this growth and brings a great value to Reston and the broader economy in Virginia. We welcome Ellucian's expansion and thank them for their valued partnership."
In addition, government defense contractor SAIC has announced that it will be moving its headquarters to the building it leases at 12010 Sunset Hills Road. The transition of its home base from McLean to Reston will be effective July 1.
Image at top via OneDullesTower.com; image at bottom courtesy Ellucian

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