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From YouTube: Beyond Smart Growth: Arlington VA
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Arlington Virginia's Beyond Smart Growth panel looked at the importance of innovation. The seminar was sponsored by Arlington Economic Development and George Mason University on and held on the campus of the George Mason Law School on Feb. 29 2012.
A
A
So,
while
we're
future
for
focused,
we
also
have
to
understand
the
path
and
and
know
where
we
are
right
now
now,
as
as
Eric
said,
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
be
in
leadership
in
this
community
for
a
long
time,
16
of
them
as
an
elected
official
one
way
or
the
other.
So
you
won't
be
surprised
that
I
have
some
opinions
about
the
root
of
our
communities,
strength
and
resiliency
and
I
boil
it
down.
A
A
Sometimes
it's
about
things
that
are
way
down
in
the
weeds,
but
it
has
been
critically
important
and
this
year
under
the
umbrella
of
place,
which
stands
for
participation,
leadership
and
civic
engagement,
oui
oui,
the
county
government
and
our
citizens
and
the
people
who
are
involved
are
looking
more
intensely
at
how
we
sustain
that
conversation
in
a
more
complex
technology.
Oriented
future
were
many
new
people.
Businesses,
residents
and
county
staff
are
joining
us
and
want
to
be
part
of
the
journey.
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So
I'm
really
glad
that
you're
all
here
today,
I'm
and
I
am
definitely
looking
forward
to
what
I'm
going
to
learn
and
to
the
many
conversations
that
I
hope
this
will
spur
as
we
go
about
our
work
in
this
community
over
the
next
number
of
months,
because
in
the
end
I
think
our
goal
is
to
continue
to
build
a
resilient
to
creative
community
for
our
children
and
our
grandchildren.
So
thanks
very
much
for
coming
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
this
joining.
B
Us
on
the
first
panel
with
Doreen
are
going
to
be
Donald
J
Leo
vice
president
and
executive
director
of
the
National
Capital
Region
operations
for
Virginia,
Tech,
Jonathan
Pirelli,
the
founder
of
425
VC
and
eric
schaeffer,
co,
founder
and
artistic
director
of
signature
theatre
and,
most
importantly,
for
eric
for
remember
the
EDC.
Although
he's
coming
ok,
you
know
your
theatre
director,
you
want
to
have
a
good
entrance.
C
C
Like
phrase
was
basically
saying
you
know
DARPA,
you
know
we
are
don't
be
a
favor
fraid
of
failure
really
go
for
it
and
it
comes
back
to
the
slide
and
the
grand
thoughts
about
you
know,
taking
the
impossible
and
in
the
improbable
and
trying
to
make
it
inevitable,
and
so
one
of
the
things
when
we
think
about
innovation
is
you
know,
what's
the
driving
application,
and
so
today,
I
think
that
what's
crucial
is
for
us
to
think
about.
Is
that
the
idea
itself
or
the
invention
is
really
not
innovation?
B
C
If
you
will
a
little
bit,
maybe
more
out-of-the-box
than
an
academic
would,
but
in
general,
I
think
that
innovation
is
going
to
be
dependent
on
a
local
environment
and
a
culture
that
embraces
and
creates.
Talents
welcomes
risk-taking
businesses
and
entrepreneurs
and
nurtures
this
innovation,
lifecycle,
that's
important
to
communities
and
the
people
who
live
there
and
the
businesses
that
want
to
grow
and
develop
their.
D
C
D
Got
one
word:
I
would
say
disruption
so
for
us
in
start-up
land,
that's
where
I
exist,
tech
companies
that
succeed
are
typically
the
woes
that
disrupt
the
most
and
disruption
comes
from
sort
of
you
know.
If
we
take
innovation
backwards,
I
think
we
look
at
invention
creation.
We
go
forward
a
little
bit
part
through
partnership,
which
everyone
has
spoken
about
this
morning.
I
mean
it's
critical,
GPU
is
great,
I
mean
you've,
got
government,
public
officials
and,
and
then
university
environments
that
is
arlington
county.
That
is
this
region.
D
D
So
if
we
see
folks
that
want
to
make
a
buck
we're
typically
not
interested
as
investors,
if
we
see
folks
that
want
to
change
the
world,
we're
all
over
it,
don
rainy
who's,
a
friend
of
mentors
when
I
look
up
to
a
lot
in
the
investment
community
says
that
all
the
time
you
know
we
like
to
invest
in
people
that
believe
they
can
change
the
world.
So
I
would
say
disruption.
That's
my
word.
That's.
E
An
interesting
counterpoint,
I
think
to
how
I
I
would
view
it
we're
an
academic
institution
with
Virginia
Tech,
and
you
know
we
have
three
missions
and
research,
education
and
outreach
and
I
think
innovation
really
goes
through
all
those
different
different
missions,
maybe
in
a
little
way.
Sometimes
we
like
disruption.
Sometimes
we
don't.
You
know
in
our
research
mission.
B
E
There's
a
lot
of
innovation
that
goes
on
the
educational
aspects
of
an
academic
institution,
I've
seen
in
my
15
years
of
tech,
a
lot
of
changes
in
how
we
teach
people
how
we
interact
with
the
communities,
how
we
develop
our
programs.
So
I
think
you
know
innovation
of
the
three
peat
three
legs
of
our
you
know
of
our
of
our
platform
and
I.
Think
the
educational
innovation
is
one
of
the
ones
we're
going
to
some
of
the
most
exciting
advances
in
the
coming
years
and.
F
I'm,
probably
the
odd
man
out
here
because
I
work
in
the
nonprofit
world
and
you
know
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
at
signature
theaters
all.
We
actually
embraced
two
words
and
that's
invention
and
reinvention,
and
that's
inventing
new
work
for
the
stage
so
that
audiences
can
enjoy
and
then
also
taking.
Maybe
an
older
show
that
everyone
knows
and
reinventing
it
and
let
people
rediscover
in
a
new
way
and.
F
That
we
do
is
really
build
bridges.
You
know
we're
building
bridges
between
audiences,
and
you
know
the
artists,
we're
also
building
the
bridges
between
the
artists
themselves
and
actually
giving
them
a
playground
and
saying
hey.
If
you
have
idea,
go
out
there
and
try
it,
let's
try
this:
let's
try
that
there's
no
rules
to
what
we
do,
and
so
that's
the
actually
great
thing
about
it,
and
it's
also
the
worst
thing
about
it,
because
if
you
throw
artists
in
room,
you
know
the
imagination
just
goes
wild
and
they
say
what.
If
what?
If
what?
B
D
F
C
We
think
about
if
we
could
translate
our
no
rules
and
our
ideas
of
disruption
and
our
educational
invention
and
outreach
and
those
types
of
things,
and
we
could
translate
that
into
what
would
the
community
benefit
be,
or
how
could
we
energize
a
community
and
think
about
pushing
innovation
into
the
community
from
our
back
grounds,
because
we
definitely
have
different
visualizations
of
what?
What
did
what
it
means
to
be
innovative?
What
would
that
be?
How
would
that
work
I
brought.
D
A
prop
for
that
I
have
this
sticker.
That
says,
keep
Arlington
weird
and
it's
my
weird.
Looking
back
iron
act,
I
think
you
have
hipsters
in
Arlington
anyone
a
hipster
I
know:
Carl
is
so
it's
cool
to
be
a
hipster
and
hipsters.
Don't
wear
ties,
we
don't
worry,
I'm,
not
a
hipster
I'm,
a
dad
and
I'm
old,
but
we
don't
wear
ties
will
wear
suits.
We
are
you
like
to
innovate
like
to
do
things
differently,
played
video
games
all
through
college
and
still
do
with
our
kids
and
I?
D
Think
rules
don't
apply
and
when
sometimes
they
have
to
at
some
point,
cost-conscious
responsible
adults
make
sure
that
rules
do
apply.
But
when
you
put
when
you
set
too
many
parameters,
around
creative
thinkers,
fail
happens
too
often,
I
think
so.
I'm
a
hokey
and
a
very
proud
one
at
that
and
I
had
a
lot
of
fun
at
Virginia
Tech
and
we
broke
a
lot
of
rules
and
we
learned
in
a
creative
environment.
D
I
think
universities
and
government
agencies
are
here
to
help
those
of
us
that
don't
like
rules
at
least
be
saying
in
society
like
like,
follow
certain
aspects
of
being
just
conscious,
but
when
it
comes
to
coding
and
it
comes
to
creating
at
a
white
board,
having
rules
is
a
bad
thing.
In
my
opinion,
we
need
to
create
things,
break
things
like
deconstruct
and
and
and
and
to
innovate.
I
think
too
many
rules
create
a
lot
of
problems.
So,
yes,.
F
No
I
I
think
I
mean
it's
the
same
things
like
you
know.
If
I
was
going
to
do
you
know
two
musicals
at
signature,
theatre
and
I
was
going
to
do
dream.
Girls
and
my
fair
lady
I
would
never
approach
them
the
same
way.
I
mean
there's
not
a
formula
to
it
and
I
think.
As
soon
as
you
try
to
apply
a
formula
to
a
problem,
it's
never
going
to
work.
You
know
you
have
to
approach
each
one,
that's
a
different
way
and
how
it's
actually
going
to
you
know
bring
that
work
to
life.
F
That's
the
idea,
but
I
I
mean
I.
Think
for
us,
like
you
know,
you
mentioned
partnerships,
I
mean
we
just
look
at
our
window
in
our
lobby
and
we
go
like
who's
out
there.
And
what
can
we
do?
Something
with
you
know
or
look
below
us
where
the
Arlington
County
Library
is
what
you
know.
There
was
a
there's,
an
educational
room
down
there.
So
we
said
hey.
We
want
to
do
monday
night
talks
about
the
theater,
you
know
so,
every
monday
we
do
a
free
talk
down
there
and
it's
just
it's
that
building
bridges.
F
Building
partnerships
and
in
that
kind
of
way
to
actually
you
know,
you're,
actually
helping
people
understand
the
experience
of
what
it
is
and
then
you're
also
getting
them
interested
and
hopefully
they'll
buy
a
ticket.
You
know
as
well,
so
it's
working
on
different,
you
know
prongs,
but
I
think
that's
really
really
important
to
just
like
know
that,
where
you
maybe
are
located,
that's
just
the
beginning
of
your
sandbox
and
it
has
to
you
know
the
sandbox
is
how
big
you
ever
want
to
make
it
I.
E
E
Partnership
aspect
that
our
place
talking
about
ski,
because
that's
one
reason
why
Virginia
Tech,
even
though
we're
nestled
in
Southwest
Virginia,
that's
probably
where
you
spent
most
of
your
time.
You
know
that's
why
we're
in
Arlington,
because
you
know
we
see
the
the
type
of
progressive
community
that
this
is,
and
you
know
we
want
to
tap
into
that,
and
we
want
to
really.
You
know,
be
part
of
that
and
grow
our
enterprise
here.
And
it's
that
partnership
aspect
and
getting
back
to
the
discussion
of
creativity
and
we
I'm
an
engineer's.
F
E
Try
to
get
around
it,
no
and
I.
Think
that's
that's
one
element
that
I'm.
You
know
it's
vexed
to
me
in
terms
of
our
you
know
what
we
do
in
the
Academy
is,
you
know,
I
think
we're
in
many
times,
sometimes
very
good
at
being
creative,
but
I
think
you
pointed
out
the
beginning
during
innovation.
Is
then
taking
that
to
the
next
step
in
making
it
a
useful
solution
for
something
whatever.
F
E
Is,
and
sometimes
we
that's
where
the
partnership
aspect
comes
very
critical
for
us
at
university,
because
we
may
be
very
good
at
being
creative,
but
then
that
innovation
piece
of
bringing
a
solution
to
somebody
that
needs
it.
Sometimes
we're
not
that
good
and
that's
where
the
partnerships
really
critical
for
us
and.
F
F
Maybe
that's
even
a
bad
thing,
because
we
fail
too
many
times,
not
in
our
eyes,
but
maybe
the
eyes
of
the
critics,
but
but
it's
that
thing
of
that
you
know
without
taking
those
chances
and
without
saying
well
what,
if
what
it,
what
it
you
know,
and
we
constantly
do
that
which
is
exciting.
We
have
a
play
on
that.
F
Having
the
experience
of
that
play,
but
it's
making
them
come
out
and
talk,
and-
and
you
know
when
I
first
picked,
the
clay
people
on
our
staff
were
like.
Oh
my
god,
Eric,
that's
that
maybe
a
little
too
much
I
was
like
no
that's
what
we're
about.
We
have
to
do
that
because
actually
there
was
five
of
other
feeders
in
the
country
that
we're
looking
at
it
like
the
public,
theater
and
hatton
theater
club
and
I
like
we
can't
do
it
for
our
audience.
It's
too
much,
but
I
was
like
yeah
we'll
do
it.
F
D
Just
a
quick
thought
on
theatre
and
columbia,
pike
and
just
Arlington
County.
If
for
Arlington
teach,
stay
cool
and
have
more
like
artist,
feels
great
earn
your
sticker
yeah
yeah,
I
love,
I,
love
being
there
and
it's
open
and
they're
co-working
spaces
that
happened
there,
but
Columbia
Pike's.
This
unique,
like
Soho
in
New
York,
like
it's
really
cool
and
it
needs
to
stay
that
way.
So
developers
want
to
make
it
a
lot
of
money
and
make
all
the
buildings
look
like
reston
town
center.
C
D
Be
working
on
the
railroad
or
in
tobacco
in
Richmond
we
I
mean
who
doesn't
work
on
the
net
every
day
like
we
all
do,
and
it
was
and
the
whole
world
benefits
from
that,
and
it
happened
here.
So
congratulations.
You
already
have
innovated
like
the
greatest
thing
we've
ever
had
in
this
century.
So
let's
just
do
another
one.
E
C
E
F
E
F
F
D
F
D
The
notion
of
students
I've
been
very
fortunate
to
go
to
a
place
every
week
that
I
couldn't
have
gone
to
in
high
school,
which
is
thomas
jefferson,
high
school
science
technology,
and
I'm
one
of
a
few
mentors
that
that
go
and
hang
out
with
these
kids
and
we
they
have
this
TJ
invent
team
and
there
they
want
to
have
a
pitch
competition.
That's
one
way
to
get
innovation
and
just
forget
about
fear
and
failure
and
have
pitch
contest,
and
we
hang
out
with
these
kids.
D
It's
like
being
at
NASA
I've,
been
at
NASA
hanging
out
with
folks,
like
you
and
it's
crazy,
they're,
so
smart,
but
they
don't
know
how
to
start
a
lemonade
stand
like
because
they've
been
studying
like
constantly,
since
they
were
too
and
so
really
really
smart,
kids
and
it's
really
fun
because
they
now
are
like
we
can
start
a
company
and
they
go
to
corporate
comic
I
just
started
a
company
and
its
really
cool.
So
it
early.
D
The
earlier
we
go
with
with
with
children
and
like
nifty,
Julie
Kanter
locally
runs
nifty
for
the
region
and
DC.
It's
amazing
how
many
children
want
to
be
entrepreneurs
and
if
we
don't
innovate
like
we
lose
like
Act
one
internet
act
too.
What's
it
going
to
be
we've
lost,
manufacturing,
gone
we've
given
away
a
lot
of
software
development
jobs
literally
to
other
countries
like
we
had
everything
gone.
F
F
That's
true:
we
just
actually
finished.
We
we
do
a
program
with
three
arlington
high
school
kids
at
the
schools
and
it's
called
signature
in
the
schools
where
you
re
actually
write
a
world
premiere
play
for
them
to
perform,
and
we
audition
the
kids
and
it's
on
the
SI
l.
So
you
know
standards
of
learning
for
virginia
and
then
we
bust
seven
of
the
schools
all
in
from
arlington
to
see
their
peers.
F
Do
the
show-
and
it's
amazing
like
how
these
kids
bike
bug
and
they
get
so
infectious
and
what
they're
doing
and
then
you
know
they're
going
to
go
on
and
a
lot
of
them
go
on
into
the
feeder,
which
is
something
that
we've
never
had
before
here
in
Arlington,
and
it's
so
great
because
it
is
that
thing
you
catch
them
that
young
and
it
just
becomes
infectious.
You
know
that.
D
D
C
So
if
you're
thinking
about
you
mentioned
jonathan,
that
you
know,
we've
lost
manufacturing,
we've
lost
software,
and
so
things
like
that,
if
we're
thinking
about
local
economies
and
the
region
to
write,
if
we're
thinking
about
this,
what
what
worries
you,
the
most
about
kind
of
thinking,
about
developing
the
innovative
capacity,
not
just
the
things
that
we're
losing,
but
things
that
we
might
lose
the
important
factors
that
important
determinants?
If
you
will
that
could
Harbor
our
ability
to
have
that
innovative
capacity
in
the
future
I've.
D
Been
a
defense
contractor
before
wearing
jeans
every
day,
I
was
in
a
suit
and
I
did
cyber
security
stuff
and
went
to
the
Pentagon
and
like
did
that
kind
of
stuff,
and
it
was
cool
and
it
got
really
old
because
the
way
we
spend
money
and
it's
just
a
mess
right,
everyone
knows
it's
a
mess.
It's
the
best
country
on
the
planet.
D
It's
the
greatest
government
ever
and
it's
a
total
mess,
so
I
couldn't
do
it
anymore,
but
I
think
I
think
that
if
excuse
me,
if
we
actually
continue
to
stop
spit
like
we
slow
down
the
spend,
all
these
brilliant
people
that
are
well-dressed
will
look
like
hipsters,
because
they're
not
going
to
have
jobs
in
all
these
beautiful
buildings.
Here,
as
defense
contractors
they're
going
to
have
to
innovate.
So
hopefully
what
will
happen
is
they'll.
D
You
know
hilton
and
marriott,
and
these
other
organizations
that
are
here
I
mean
some
in
arlington
county
meeting
with
entrepreneurs
and
saying
we're
too
big
and
we
don't
have
the
capacity.
But
we
have
this
problem.
Could
you
solve
it
for
us
and
don't
invent
the
next
kayak
or
orbitz
on
the
west
coast?
Let's
do
it
right
here,
because
the
problems
are
here
and
so
and
the
money
is
here
and
so
that's
another
thing.
I
think
that
needs
to
happen
to
promote
entrepreneurship
and
the
attempt
at
failure.
D
So
that
event,
those
of
us
that
are
doing
and
succeed,
which
is
have
these
large
organizations
like
just
take
a
little
bit
of
risk,
spend
a
little
time,
spend
a
little
money
because
they
have
so
much
money
like
it's
a
hundred
grand
it's
the
50k.
Actually
$50,000
is
the
new
five
million
entrepreneurs
and
the
entrepreneurs
come
on.
Raise
your
hand,
no
power.
I,
see
you
like.
D
You
can
start
a
business
for
50
grand
right,
I
mean
you,
don't
need
five
million
dollars
like
we
did
10
years
ago,
because
you
just
coat
it
you
throw
it
up
on
a
rack
space
or
Amazon
or
Microsoft
Azure.
Anyone
from
Microsoft
in
here
I
want
points
for
that.
You
put
it
the
cloud.
People
use
it
and
it
costs
not
that
much
so
I
didn't
answer
your
question.
My
ad
D
is
just
in
Fuego
right
now,.
E
Thanks
sort
of
segue,
we
die
happy,
you
know
what
challenge
that
I
have
in
the
in
the
academics.
Is
you
know?
How
do
we
teach
all
this,
but
I
think
you're
hitting
on
a
number
of
these
points?
I,
don't
think
it's
necessarily.
How
do
you
teach
it,
but
how
do
you
create
the
right
environment
that
promotes
it,
and-
and
you
know
your
idea
of
getting
the
executives
together,
students
and
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
do.
It's
it's
not
necessarily
what
we're
struggling
with
is.
How
do
you
develop
a
process?
E
How
do
you
develop
something
that
you
know
we
can
put
it
as
part
of
our?
We
have
to
worry
about.
What's
in
our
curriculum,
we
have
to
worry
about
what
we're
teaching
our
students
and
what
we're
struggling
with
is
some
of
those
issues.
I
noticed,
I
think
froze
mohammed
was
back
here
and
froze
as
our
director
of
strategic
alliances
actually
down
on
the
unclear
road
and
we're
talking
about
some
of
these
issues
with
respect.
How
do
we
develop
an
entrepreneurial
program?
E
E
Of
the
right
conditions,
we
give
them
to
be
successful,
so
they
take
away
something
measurable.
You
know
we're
academic
institution.
We
have
to
give
them
something
in
return
for
their
tuition.
How
do
we
do
that
in
a
way
that
then
helps
the
community
and
helps
them?
You
know
be
the
entrepreneurs
in
the
future,
some
of
the
things
we're
challenged
with
right
now.
What's.
F
Interesting
I
think,
is
that
you
know
they're
leaning
towards
technology
and
actually
in
the
theater,
we
lean
towards
the
human
spirit
and
the
human
emotion
and
the
thing
that
I
think
what
you
were
holding
up.
You
know
like
I,
think
this
is
a
dangerous
tool,
whereas
I
always
said
I
was
never
going
to
get
one
of
these
and
now
unfortunate.
My
whole
life
revolves
around
these
and
it's
interesting
because
there's
a
line
in
this
play
really
really
that
says
these
young
kids
are
like.
F
Oh
it's
not
it's,
not
the
iphone,
it's
the
me
phone
and
it's
so
fitting,
and
so
right,
because
these
young
people
are
all
about
me
me
me
and
they're
also
in
touch
with
technology,
but
not
in
who
they
are
and
not
in
the
actual
human
experience.
And
so
what
is
great
about
I
think
something
like
the
theater
being
in
shirlington,
which
is
this
to
block
little.
You
know
mega
village
of
restaurants
and
people
living
in
grocery
stores.
F
It's
actually
brought
a
human
condition
to
that
place
where
it's
a
destination,
where
we
worked
with
the
community,
where
you
can
actually
turn
all
that
away
for
23
hours
and
have
an
experience
that
actually
gets
to
your
own
motions
back
to
yourself
and
that's
what
doesn't
happen
and
that's
the
danger
of
what
we're
dealing
with
today
is
that
people
lose
sight.
People
don't
know
who
they
are
because
they
think
they're
their
phone,
their
think
they're,
who
they
are
on
Facebook
and
they're.
Not
they
have
the
true
with
no
true
emotion
and
I.
F
F
They're
talking
online
I
like
to
pick
up
the
phone
and
have
a
conversation
like
person
to
person
and
that's
what
we
do
in
the
theater
and
it
doesn't
happen,
and
so
people
have
this
experience
and
it's
so
different.
They
don't
understand
why?
That's
because
they
don't
do
in
real
life,
which
is
not
an
answer
to
your
question
at
all,
but
it
came
out
of
these
two
guys.
You
know
talk,
you
know
it's
like
well
I'm
kind
of
low
man
out
here.
That's
deep!
Very
deep
yeah
I
don't
mean
to
be
deep,
but
it's
you.
F
It's
the
real
deal,
you
know,
and
I
think
it's
people
like
signature
that
make
arlington
hip.
You
know
as
people
like
us
doing
these
new
works
or
taking,
shows
and
ready
and
just
getting
people
having
an
experience
that
makes
it
hip.
You
know
that
you
can
go
there
and
you're
not
stuck
in
a
room
by
yourself
on
your
computer,
watching
a
movie
there's
no
there's
no
physical,
emotional
connection
to
any
of
that.
You
can't
be
moved
by
the
music
or
you
know
the
singing.
So
I
think
it's
so
important
to
have
those
cultural
anchors.
F
B
D
B
C
I
think
this
is
an
important
part,
though,
because
one
of
the
things
I
think
that
you
know
from
Arlington's
perspective
and
what
we
heard
Mary
Hines
talk
about
and
no
I
know
in
conversations
that
I've
had
with
AED
is
that
you
know
what
can
Arlington
do
and
you've
talked
about,
like
you
know,
the
need
to
get
of
the
students
or
the
entrepreneurs
together
with
the
businesses
are
fortified.
You've
talked
about
the
need
to
think
about
innovation
as
the
human
spirit
and
think
about
new
ways
to
be
creative.
C
If
you
will,
if
we
think
about
that,
the
role
of
government
in
terms
of
being
the
facilitator
right,
the
bringing
together
of
individuals,
is
something
that
I
think
that
most
of
us
can
agree
is
what
government
should
do,
and
so
as
we're
going
forward
and
thinking
about
really
building
this
economic
sustainability
plan
and
thinking
about
innovation
in
particular.
What
are
things
that
you
think
in
your
own
vocation,
and
even
in
your
thoughts
on
you
know
how
you
live
your
life,
social
or
in
thinking
about
environmental
concerns?
C
D
B
D
Not
bad,
but
we
have
this
awesome
building
and
this
great
lobby
and
like
let's
just
let
a
hackathon
happen
there
just
say
a
month
in
advance,
go
to
meetup
com
and
say
hackathon
at
Virginia.
Tech
show
up
we'll
provide
internet
and
water.
That's
it
like.
You,
don't
even
have
to
feed
people,
they
can
walk
across
the
way
to
PF
changs
and
all
the
great
restaurants
right
there
like
that
kind
of
stuff
is
all
it
takes
in
the
valley.
There's
a
place
called
hacker:
dojo.
Has
anyone
been
there?
D
It's
unbelievably
cool,
like
you,
just
walk
in
and
there's
this
dojo
red
flag
and-
and
you
see
people
wired
in
and
it's
like
at
a
brazilian
steakhouse.
You
put
up
the
red,
stop
to
stop
them
from
bringing
food
and,
like
the
green,
is
like
feed
me.
More
people
put
on
their
headphones
and
it's
like
leave
me
alone,
you're
wired
in
like
into
the
matrix,
like
don't
talk
to
me,
but
those
that
are
available
and
open.
They
just
want
to
chill.
D
They
want
to
hang
out,
they
want
to
innovate,
they
want
to
talk
to
each
other,
and
we
have
that
at
the
fort
and
we're
doing
an
open
house
in
a
couple
of
few
weeks
and
we'd
love
for
everyone
to
come,
because
we
have
this
several
thousand
square
foot
space,
where
you
know
people
just
jam
all
day
long
and
we
have
15
portfolio
companies
in
there.
But
when
someone
has
their
headphones
on,
you
leave
them
alone.
D
Well,
if
you
opened
up
the
lobby
at
Tech,
you
open
up
this
facility
when
it's
not
in
use
and
just
make
sure
people
clean
up
like
tell
their
organizers
just
clean
up
and
we'll
convite
you
back.
That's
all
it
takes
and
from
that
companies
start
like
Startup
Weekend.
Has
anyone
been
to
a
startup
weekend?
Okay,
Startup
Weekend
creates
companies.
Zarley
Eric,
professor
george
town,
founder
of
zarley,
huge
company
like
billion-dollar
valuation
or
close
to
it,
was
started
at
a
startup
weekend
where
people
get
together.
D
They
have
an
idea
Friday
night
and
by
Sunday
they
pitch
and
when,
like
mentors
come
and
we
help
whatever
and
they
have
they
create
companies
in
a
weekend
like
having
a
startup
weekend
in
Arlington
would
be
huge
for
our
LinkedIn.
It
would
be,
you
would
see.
People
come
out
of
the
like
those
buildings.
I
was
talking
about
whether
we're
in
suits
and
they'd
be
like.
D
Aren't
I'm
taking
friday
off,
I'm
gonna
call
in
sick
and
I'm
not
going
to
wear
a
tie
and
I'm
going
to
hide
with
my
hipster
hat
my
jacket
and
they
go
there
and
they
would
code
all
weekend
long
they'd
create
a
company
and
then
they
would
quit
their
job
like
when
people
say
I
left,
Booz
Allen
we
cheer
we're,
like
that's
awesome,
that
you
work
there
and
that's
cool,
but
congratulations
for
joining
the
ranks
of
the
crazy
hipster
entrepreneurs,
because
starter
plans
not
easy.
It's
a
rollercoaster.
It's
like
totally.
D
Not
it's
not
easy,
but
it's
rewarding
and
we
change
the
world
every
day
in
start-up
land
I
mean
I.
Don't
we
do
entrepreneurs
around
the
world,
but
opening
it
up
just
open
up
open
spaces?
Like
that's
it,
that's
all
you
have
to
do
water
bathrooms,
light
power,
internet
and
just
let
people
come
in
and
then
you'll
see
things
happen
and
I
I
think
it's
that
simple,
because
I've
seen
it
happen
in
the
valley,
we're
doing
it
all
over.
E
B
F
So
people
who
are
strong
through
signature
can
just
go
up.
There
start
playing
piano
like
it's
things
like
that.
That
is
going
to
make
and
continue
to
make
Arlington
a
hipster
place,
but
it
also
gets
people
in
touch
with
the
Arts
and
it
just
gets
in
touch
with
what
a
cool
thing.
What
they've
done
they've
got.
You
know
the
red,
green,
blue,
yellow
purple,
pianos
and
signature
right.
You
know
at
shirlington,
so
it's
things
like
that.
That
I
think
are
really
really
important
that
are
going
to
make.
F
You
feel
like
it's
a
hip
place
and
that
it's
also
just
ahead
of
itself.
You
know
a
lot
of
I
mean
Arlington.
Is
great.
I've
lived
here,
23
years
of
my
life,
but
you
wish.
Sometimes
the
rules
were
easier
like
they
are
in
the
cities,
where
no
one
really
complains
as
much.
You
know
you
can
put
you
know:
there's
freedom
there,
there's
artistic
banners
hanging
on
the
building's
there's
artistic
banners
hanging
on
the
the
you
know
the
lamp
post.
F
You
feel
the
vibrancy
of
that
you
feel
there's
a
creative
energy
and
spark-
and
it's
not
you,
know,
Pleasantville.
You
know
so
I
think
that
that's
a
you
know
we
could
refer
to
shirlington
as
Pleasantville
as
well
and
I.
Think
that's
so
important.
You
know
so
that
it
just
becomes
alive
in
a
way
that
people
go.
This
is
a
vibrant
community.
This
is
really
hip
and
so
loosening
those
corporate
worlds.
You
know
the
rules
for
art
organizations
is
a
huge
deal.
F
It's
a
really
huge
deal
because
imagery
and
art
the
only
way
that
people
connect
to
artists
do
imaging.
You
know
whether
it's
a
painting,
whether
it's
a
photograph
of
a
production
or
something
like
that
they
go.
Oh,
my
god.
I
want
to
be
immersed
in
that
world
and
if
you
dont
have
space
that
you
can
put
out
a
scrim
banner
hanging
from
one
of
the
garages
it
doesn't,
it
doesn't
do
anything.
You
know
it's
never
there.
So
I
think
things
like
that
would
really
be
a
huge
help.
Really
big
arlington.
F
C
So
we've
kind
of
dished
on
you
know
the
big
corporate
groups
here
in
DC
and
we
at
the
same
time
we
are
very
thankful
that
we
had.
You
know
the
big
agencies
like
DARPA
and
they
are
strategic
assets.
You
know
the
defense
agencies
and
things
like
that
are
doing
strategic
assets
for
Arlington
and
for
the
region
in
general.
C
So
if
we
want
to
make
sure
that
those
people
in
those
boxes
are
part
of
what
we're
doing
and
that
we
are
able
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
flow
there,
how
do
we
how
it
goes
back
to
kind
of
partnerships?
Things
I,
think
Don
that
you
said
earlier?
How
do
we
build
those
partnerships?
How
do
we
make
it
more?
They
integrate
them
into
the
community,
for
example.
Well,.
E
A
E
In
any
way,
you
can
help
us
not
sure
a
banner
day
is
going
to
do
it,
but
maybe
it
would.
The
darpa
banner
would
be
quite
interesting,
but
you
know
that
just
help
us
grow
those
partnerships
and
and
integrate
into
the
community
to
you
know
to
become
part
of
it.
You
know
we're
somewhat
newcomers
here
in
a
way,
and
you
know
just
from
our
perspective
we'd
like
to
you
know,
to
be
integrated
more
fully
in
the
community.
You
know
with
those
agencies,
but
those
types
of
groups.
A
D
Have
three
things
I
think
that
would
need
to
be
done.
The
first
one
or
all
three
invest
communicate
and
an
action
like
like
a
10
like
participate
so
invest
action
on
it
on
an
uninvested
angel
investor
in
the
country
in
the
capital.
The
story
on
that
like
like
it
was
it,
was
open.
My
eyes
I
was
like
no,
it's
got
to
be
someone
else,
but
all
these
little
companies
and
all
these
organizations
are
funded
by
our
government
and
and
it's
great
and
it's
wonderful-
that
we
can
do
that.
Communicating
these
things
that
happen.
D
If
you
don't
yet
use
Twitter,
it's
not
just
about
kids
saying
I
had
a
sandwich
like
I
just
went
to
this
play
of
play
right.
We
just
know
it's
not
just
about
that.
It's
about
all
of
us
sharing
news
and
information
like
it's.
Where
I
get
my
brain
fruit,
I,
don't
even
go
to
Google
News
anymore
and
I
really
use
the
iPad
I.
Just
look
at
Twitter
articles
that
influential
people
in
my
life
are
saying
read
this
stuff.
So
if
you
don't
use
twitter,
yet
it's
ok
to
use
twitter
just
go
and
open
an
account.
D
It's
free
it's
on
the
internet,
so
so
that's
I,
think
communicating
all
these
things
that
are
happening
like
in
vast,
be
an
angel
write,
a
check,
one
of
the
most
rewarding
things.
I
think
you
can
do
is
use
Kickstarter
to
fund
someone
here
or
globally
there.
All
these
places
you
can
go
fun
to
lemonade,
stand
and
Ghana
no
kidding.
You
can
totally
do
that
so
invest.
It
feels
good
and
it's
awesome,
because
it's
promoting
jobs,
ultimately
in
an
entrepreneurship,
communicate
and
then
attend
like
you're
all
here.
D
It's
great
take
action
and
get
involved
and
tell
other
people
to
do
it.
If
each
one
of
you
said
to
someone
else,
you
need
to
go
to
this
hackathon
or
the
startup
weekend
and
just
see
what
it's
all
about,
bring
someone
who
codes
software,
but
as
an
introvert
and
plays
video
games
all
day
and
you
think
they're
weird.
It
could
be
the
next
Mark
Zuckerberg.
So
if
that
person
is
on
your
couch,
it's
to
your
advantage
to
get
that
person
to
a
startup
weekend,
so
I
would
say:
get
involved,
communicate
and
invest.
F
No
I
did
say
get
them
on
your
board
and
I
made
a
joke
about
that,
but
not
really
in
fact
of
like
someone
like
Boeing
he's
now
you
know
headquartered
here
you
know
one
of
their
vice
presidents
came
on
signature,
theaters
board
and
is
totally
invested
in
the
theater,
and
it
once
again
at
building
those
bridges
into
the
you
know.
Community
I
mean
we're
giving
them
something
they're,
giving
us
something,
and
it's
really
helpful
for
a
non-profit,
because
you
need
that
kind
of
thing.
F
You
know
roughly
fifty
percent
of
our
ticket
sales
only
cover
our
budget
and
the
rest
has
to
be
raised
from
you
know:
donations
and
in
our
world.
So
you
know
those
things
are
really
really
important
and
it's
it's
finding
those
partnerships
and
those
marriages
with
you
know,
corporations
in
the
Northern
Virginia
area
that
want
to
be
part
of
that
and
are
willing
to.
If.
C
B
D
I'll
take
a
shot,
I
guess
it's
does
everyone
know
what
all
the
companies
that
are
here
already
doing
like
I
learned
about
company?
It's
not
0
power.
It's
apt
learned
about
today
growing
to
be
a
couple
hundred
people
and
is
here
in
Arlington,
and
you
know
good.
It's
amazing,
like
all
these
companies
employ
people
that
are
your
neighbors
know
who
they
are,
and
maybe
that's
in
you
know,
Arlington
County,
Economic
Development
does
a
great
job
of
bringing
businesses
in
and
and
maybe
it's
someone
else's
job
to
promote
who
they
all
are
like.
D
Maybe
just
meet
ups
with
all
the
businesses
that
are
in
Arlington,
so
you
can
tell
each
other
what
you're
doing
I'm
defense
contractors
I
used
to
be
when
we
got
together
all
the
time
and
talked
about
and
partnered
and
did
contracts
and
you
know
still
control
the
world
because
of
it,
alt
the
technology
that
we
use
in
wars
and
whatever
it's
bad.
But
this
is
all
good.
This
is
like
power
and
redoing,
a
redistribution
of
the
grid
and
so
I
think
if
you
get
all
these
people
together,
that
are
already
here.
D
E
Know
I
I
was
in
Silicon
Valley
for
a
few
years,
a
small
engineering
company
so
I'm,
not
necessarily
a
start-up
or
certainly
not
at
the
place.
That
was
you
know
one
of
the
entrepreneurial
places
but
Nick
is
like
you
know.
There
was
a
feeling
about
Silicon
Valley,
that
you
know
when
you
ask
what
we
don't
know.
I
don't
know,
I
don't
know
if
we
know
enough
to
know
how
to
create
that.
But
I
think
some
of
these
ideas
are
getting
to
that.
E
How
do
you
create
that
community
and
really
that
feeling
that
gives
it
the
vibrance,
where
it's
okay,
to
fail?
Where
you,
the
right
partnerships,
you
know
I
think
Arlington.
Certainly
this
this
community
and
this
conversation
is
very
important
and
you
know
I
think
it's
getting
to
some
of
those
things
that
we
don't
necessarily
know
about
a
you
know,
maybe
what's
the
difference
between
this
community
in
a
community
like
Palo,
Alto
or
Menlo
Park,
where
some
of
these
ideas
have
already
taken
off.
I
think
this
is
a
good
initial
conversation
to
have.
F
For
us,
it's
probably
understanding
what
we
do
and
how
we
do
it,
but
even
more
importantly,
in
the
big
picture,
I
think
of
how
it
actually
affects
and
builds
a
life
of
Arlington
I.
Think
you
know
signatures
going
to
be
23
years
old
next
year
and
I
think
that
you
know
Arlington
could
use
signature
more
in
promoting
what
it
is
and
what
it
brings
to
the
community
and
how
it
transformed
shirlington
in
a
really
unique
way,
not
just
locally
but
nationally.
F
F
Think
part
of
that
is
from
not
maybe
understanding
what
it
is
and
how
a
business
like
that
is
run
because
it's
not
in
the
nonprofit
world,
it's
not
black
and
white
and
where
you're
taking
you
know,
creative
risks
and
you're
providing
you
know
local
playwrights,
these
opportunities
to
have
something
produce
it
could
hit
or
it
could
bomb
and
it
that
is
like
you
know,
on
the
ricocheted,
say
its
scale
who
knows,
and
it
affects
ticket
sales
which
affects
that.
You
know
it's
the
whole
slight,
so
you
never
know
like
you
know.
F
Our
job
is
a
sliding
scale,
so
I
think
understanding
that
and
the
risk
of
all
those
involved,
but
also
what
the
other
side
of
it
is,
what
it
brings
and
how
much
that
really
benefits
the
community.
And
you
know
for
me:
it's
fantastic
when
you
know
I'll
call
it
a
director
or
author
in
new
york
or
perform
and
say
hey.
Would
you
come
to
signature
where
you
know
they're
not
working
on
broadway,
making
them
salaries
they're
making
and
you
work
in
a
1500
seat,
house
and
they're
going
to
come
to
charlatan.
F
Could
ninety-nine
percent
of
the
people
that
have
come
and
worked
here
and
we're
not
just
talking
like
Joe
Schmo
we've
had
you
know:
Cameron
Mackintosh
to
canter
anab
to
Frank,
galati
and
ranking
like
huge
people
in
the
industry
that
are
introduced
to
Arlington
in
a
way
that
they
never
were
and
and
leave
with
such
a
positive
attitude,
which
is
actually
they're
going
telling
their
friends?
And
it's
just
it's.
You
know
it's
been
amazing,
so
I
think
that's
probably
the
biggest
thing
and
it's
hard,
because
we
are
this
crazy
business.
C
I
think
this
is
what
a
great
juncture
for
us
to
move
into
kind
of
thinking
about
the
competitiveness
and
resiliency
part
of
the
grand
thoughts,
because
we
are
a
you
know.
We
have
a
unique
panel
here
today
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
give
a
good
round
of
applause
into
your
contributions,
but
I
really
appreciate
kind
of
the
ways
that
we
were
able
to
integrate
the
conversation
around
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
we
struggle
with,
but
also
thinking
about
the
special
needs
that
we
need
in
different
vocations
and
different
industries
in
Arlington.
B
That
was
it.
That
was
a
really
great
panel.
I
think
you
know
if
I
was
going
to
have.
My
few
gentlemen
should
just
stay
here
for
one
second,
if
I
was
going
to
have
my
one
bumper
sticker
for
this
panel
would
be
keep
Arlington
unpleasant,
but
again
we
want
to
thank
them.
We
have
small
gifts
for
them.
This
is
from
an
innovative
entrepreneur
here
in
Arlington,
some
Arlington
made
chocolate
so.
B
A
You
had
your
own
aha
moment
so
far.
Oh
my
there
been
a
couple,
and
you
know
several
people
talked
about
about
being
kind
of
rule-bound
and
and
that
that
inhibits
new
ideas
and
I
think
that's
true
again.
We
also
have
a
big
community
to
balance.
So
it's
a.
How
do
you?
How
do
you
sort
that
to
a
new
place
where
innovation
gets
easier?
That
was
a
really
big
one.
A
It's
been
an
interesting
conversation
between
a
start-up
venture
capitalists
and
eric
schaeffer,
who
you
know
kind
of
was
a
start-up
venture
23
years
ago,
but
is
still
trying
to
make
creativity
and
then
Virginia
Tech
in
the
middle
education
of
a
great
link
that
happens
with
in
innovation.
We
heard
a
lot
about
the
GPU
concept:
government,
private
right.