Occupation Co-founder, 1776 Name Evan Burfield | Role Entrepreneur Organizations founded 1776 | |
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Nationality United States of America | ||
Ask the entrepreneur evan burfield
Evan Burfield is an American entrepreneur and business executive. He is the co-founder of Washington, D.C. startup incubator 1776, which he started in 2013 with fellow entrepreneur Donna Harris.
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- Ask the entrepreneur evan burfield
- Evan burfield how to raise capital
- Education
- Early career
- 1776
- Hallway
- References
In 2013, Burfield was named an "Emerging Tech Leader" by Politico as well as a "newsmaker to watch" by Washington Business Journal in 2014. He has appeared as a guest contributor in media outlets including The Washington Post and GE's Ideas Lab. He has appeared as a business and entrepreneur expert for the Consumer Electronics Association and Digital Capital Week.
Evan burfield how to raise capital
Education
Burfield holds bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from St. Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford (2002-2005). While at Oxford, he won the Webb Medley prize for most outstanding thesis for his work on the effects of organizational incentives on knowledge sharing.
Early career
Evan started his entrepreneurial career in 1996 by founding netDecide, a provider of enterprise wealth management solutions to top tier financial service firms such as Bank of America and Ernst & Young. Burfield left the company simultaneous to a $9.2M investment round and layoffs.
Evan co-founded consulting firm Synteractive in 2003. Synteractive was listed as #64 on the 2010 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in America and was named the 2010 Microsoft Federal Partner of the Year for their innovative work in building Recovery.gov. Smartronix made a strategic investment in Synteractive in October 2011.
In 2012 he joined the Startup America Initiative to lead Startup DC. He worked with serial entrepreneurs, angel investors, and community leaders on initiatives to increase the startup activity DC region.
1776
Burfield co-founded startup platform 1776 in January, 2013 with Donna Harris. 1776 is an incubation platform for connecting the most promising startups in the world with the resources of Washington, D.C.. 1776 includes a Campus, School, Events, News, and an Accelerator program.
Hallway
Burfield was an advisor and actively raised money for startup Hallway. Hallway received seed funding in September 2012. Hallway went out of business in January 2014.