BuildWithin Launches with $2.4M in Pre-seed Funding and $8M in Government GrantsNovember 8, 2022
The company’s software brings together end-to-end workplace monitoring, learning, task management, and real-time feedback to make apprenticeships scalable. |
Software Company BuildWithin Helps to Create Upskilling ProgramsNovember 11, 2022
Ximena Hartsock, cofounder and CEO of BuildWithin, joined Cheddar News to discuss how the software company helps employers manage and expand apprenticeship and upskilling programs. “Apprenticeships give you a loyal and long-lasting pipeline of workers,” she said. |
Phone2Action’s Ximena Hartsock joins Michelle Rhee to launch BuildWithin, raising $2.4MNovember 2, 2022
The startup is helping companies build apprenticeship programs to train employees for tech roles. |
Former Fenty administration leaders Ximena Hartsock and Michelle Rhee back together to launch workforce startupNovember 4, 2022
The new company, BuildWithin, has emerged from stealth mode with pre-seed funding and a big federal grant. |
A deal that reflects the rise of digital advocacyDecember 14, 2020
Phone2Action has acquired the government directory KnowWho. |
Phone2Action Acquires Company That Provides Deep Legislative DatabaseDecember 21, 2020
Rosslyn-based Phone2Action, which helps organizations mobilize citizens via their smartphones, is on a bit of an acquisition spree. |
Phone2Action buys legislative monitoring company, projects 50% growth in 12 monthsNovember 2, 2020
Phone2Action, which claims to be responsible for 25% of all advocacy messages to Congress, is growing into legislative tracking. |
Trump's H-1B Visa Program Changes: 'It's Going to Be a Shock to Employers'October 15, 2020
The sweeping revisions to the nation's high-skilled guest worker program were fully expected, but nonetheless jarring for entrepreneurs, who face higher costs--or fewer high-skilled workers. |
Follow along as this Rosslyn tech firm resets its office spaceJune 25, 2020
The company has put up signs and set out PPE. But there's much more. |
How Trump's Ban on Work Visas Could Hurt the EconomyJune 24, 2020
American job seekers won't necessarily benefit--and tech companies could be disrupted. |
Phone Advocacy Startup Looks Towards Global Expansion After ‘Strategic Investment’June 10, 2019
Rosslyn-based tech startup Phone2Action — which aims to turn citizens into advocates — announced on May 22 that new funding will mean a global expansion. |
50 Women-Led Startups That Are Crushing TechFebruary 20, 2019
Every year we talk about how this will be the Year of the Woman because of the incredible advances women are making. |
How to talk about politics at workNovember 7, 2018
If you're still in election mode and itching to talk politics at the office today, tread carefully. |
Who needs Power 100? Meet Washington's ‘new guard’ of business leaders.October 23, 2018
For years, around this time, we've offered you our annual Power 100, the list of 100 most influential business leaders whose numbers you wish you had on speed-dial. |
WorkWise: Immigrants – uneven utilizationJuly 22, 2018
The complexity of the immigration system may obscure the promise of the immigrant talent pool for American business. |
As Trump Delays the U.S. Startup Visa, 'Another Nail in the Coffin' for Immigrant EntrepreneursApril 24, 2018
Recent data shows only 10 international founders have applied for the U.S. startup visa program, enacted by former U.S. President Barack Obama back in 2016. |
This Immigrant Entrepreneur's Startup Connects Companies And Causes With LawmakersNovember 21, 2016
In 2013 Ximena Hartsock, a former school principal and education advocate, started Phone2Action. |
A Surge of Hispanic Voters Spells Trouble For TrumpNovember 6, 2016
Hispanic voters living in key states—Arizona, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina and Nevada—surged to cast their ballots early this weekend, buoying the hopes of the Clinton campaign. |
Have a smartphone? This start-up will turn you into a lobbyist.January 30, 2015
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Start-Ups Make Political Organizing Mobile-ReadyJuly 9, 2014
With Congress nearly frozen in place and big donors taking on growing influence, start-ups are moving into the political breach. |
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