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DC Download: Social Enterprise Startup Wins and Why DC is Great for Airbnb



Heartful.ly wins the hearts of the judges of a pitch competition
  • D.C.-based startup Heartful.ly won the Washington Post InGENuitY event pitch competition on Wednesday. Find out more about the company and its donation-based wedding registry platform in Chris Bing's story here.
Be envious of The Lookout's amazing roof deck
  • I went to Adams Morgan on Tuesday to take a tour of The Lookout, a collective of semi-affiliated video producers doing some really creative work for clients on the local, national and international level. Check out where the magic happens – and the incredible roof deck – in our latest Office Envy.
DC is great if you rent to Airbnb
  • D.C. may be smaller than New York City, but Airbnb hosts can make almost as much money a year, even if not as much as in other markets. Check out Brian Warmoth's investigation on the most lucrative spots to be an Airbnb host.
Google heads to drivers ed
  • Google keeps improving its self-driving car, but can it really teach a machine to think logically about when to turn right on red lights? Take a look at how Google is preparing the car to handle unusual events on the road.
The Zuck takes on the Donald on immigration
  • Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us political group is planning to spend big money on advertising to support immigration reform and fight back against nativist and xenophobic rhetoric it sees rising from some politicians. Chris Bing takes a look at just where all of that money is going.

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