{"id":78171,"date":"2025-05-06T04:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78171\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T04:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:05:07","slug":"get-to-know-your-2025-reallist-connectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78171\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know your 2025 RealLIST Connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re trying to make your way in the DMV\u2019s entrepreneurial and tech worlds, you\u2019re in luck.<\/p>\n

DC and its surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia overflow with movers and shakers eager to make introductions or connect people with resources. Each year, Technical.ly spotlights at least 20 of these leaders making a difference in the region, whether by hosting a meetup, running an accelerator or creating opportunities for others to thrive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is our sixth RealLIST Connectors feature in the DMV. This latest cohort joins more than 100 individuals collectively recognized in 2024<\/a>, 2023<\/a>, 2022<\/a>, 2021<\/a> and 2020<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a region full of networkers and passionate professionals, whittling the roster down to 20 proved difficult. To compile this list, we solicited nominations from readers, combed through our archives and, of course, stalked prospects on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

Scroll to see who made the list this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Know someone who\u2019d be great for this list? You can submit nominations<\/a> for our various RealLIST<\/a> features all year round<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t see the info above? View it in a new tab<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Methodology: To build RealLIST Connectors, Technical.ly\u2019s editorial team assesses factors including current role, volunteer experience, participation in community programming, lasting impact on the region and more. We ask each connector candidate to complete a survey to help us understand and verify these factors, and we only include people that have responded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re trying to make your way in the DMV\u2019s entrepreneurial and tech worlds, you\u2019re in luck. DC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3094],"tags":[51,38276,7499,3134,38277,3181,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-78171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ecosystem-development","10":"tag-editors-picks","11":"tag-entrepreneurship","12":"tag-featured-reallist","13":"tag-leadership","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114458914001234005","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}