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Why Tech Workers Move to Columbus, Ohio
Most people know Columbus, Ohio as the home of the world-class Ohio State University and the seat of government in the state. But as one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., many are discovering that the Arch City has much more to offer. In the 21st century,...
Best Places to Live if You Can Work Remotely
Remote work is changing where we decide to live. As more people choose to work remotely, many are acknowledging they don’t have to stay in the same expensive cities their employers tend to be based. If you can do a task anywhere and be productive, why endure an...
Changing Careers? Here’s How to Get Started in Tech.
So, you’re thinking of making a career change and veering into the technology field, but you don’t know where to start. Perhaps you’re experiencing a post-pandemic reawakening, or you’d simply like to invest your time and energy into a more lucrative profession that’s...
Nashville’s Sweet Perks for Residents
Why does Nashville consistently get recognized as one of the best places to live in the US? Why is it ideal for young professionals who value fun in their free time? Most importantly, what are the key advantages the city offers in quality of life characteristics that...
A Look at the Startup Scene in Pittsburgh
The startup scene in Pittsburgh reveals an intricate ecosystem with abundant resources available to enthusiastic entrepreneurs, small businesses, and scale-up companies. With the right mix of available talent, capital, networks, and more, the city has been able to...
Why Tech Workers Still Want an Office
Once upon a time, the office was considered a must for conducting a productive business. Actually, it was considered the default, the only possibility for much too long. As the economy has grown into the 21st century, so has the discussion for new ways of conducting...
Affordable Housing in Growing Tech Hubs
As the tech industry has expanded across the country, most of the energy that surrounds the sector is overwhelmingly positive and glamorous. However, that’s not always the case. While local officials and companies may talk of all the positive trends for job growth,...
Atlanta Tech Ecosystem Guide
Tech hubs across the US are growing and many are home to strong ecosystems that support startups and growth companies. However, not every city has a central repository of resources showing entrepreneurs and tech leaders where to build their networks, obtain...
The Cybersecurity Industry in Kansas City
Kansas City boasts a robust cybersecurity industry, employing nearly 7,000 people. This tech sub-sector continues to flourish in KC thanks to unique geographical positioning and an excellent talent pool, including the FBI regional HQ office, U.S. Army’s Combined Arms...
Indianapolis Makes its Mark in Cloud Based Marketing
Cloud-based marketing has risen in sharp popularity in recent years with more companies realizing its benefits. For those who aren’t familiar, cloud marketing is a digital marketing method used by companies to market their goods across web-based services. This can...
City Pitch Competition: Highlights from Indianapolis
Three rapidly growing tech hubs across the US competed in a one-of-a-kind event where cities pitched talent in a competition hosted by One America Works. These thriving tech economies - Pittsburgh, Columbus and Indianapolis - are all striving to appeal to an audience...
How Tech Workers Decide Where to Live
On the heels of the pandemic and as many people continue to adapt to the new world, many are facing the decision of where they’d like to advance their personal and professional goals. A place to call home. This can include young professionals, hoping to move to a...
City Pitch Competition: Highlights from Pittsburgh
Three rapidly growing tech hubs across the US competed in a one-of-a-kind event where cities pitched talent in a competition hosted by One America Works. These thriving tech economies - Pittsburgh, Columbus and Indianapolis - are all striving to appeal to an audience...
Foundations and Other Nonprofits Support Distributed, Diverse Workforces
On the heels of 2020 and mass lockdowns across the country, most employers had to overhaul their business models and restructure their workforce. As communications and the bulk of operations transitioned to online, it became clear that a distributed and diverse...
City Pitch Competition: Highlights from Columbus
Three rapidly growing tech hubs across the US competed in a one-of-a-kind event where cities pitched talent in a competition hosted by One America Works. These thriving tech economies - Pittsburgh, Columbus and Indianapolis - are all striving to appeal to an audience...
What Austin Can Learn from San Francisco’s Mistakes
If Austin can crack the code to substantial growth without compromising quality of life, it is primed to become the next big tech hub rivaling San Francisco. Quality of life is the single biggest factor in attracting and retaining tech workers, and cultivating it is...
Podcast Recap: Interview with One Columbus’ Matt McQuade
Matt McQuade, Managing Director at OneColumbus, joined One America Works’ Kit Mueller for an interview on The Bridge. Together, they discussed the ecosystem in Columbus, Ohio - highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. One Columbus was originally formed as Columbus...
Airlines, Airports in Growing Tech Hubs Boost Connectivity
It’s no secret that airports stimulate the global economy as they create pathways for tourism, goods, and services to interlink around the world. Equally important is an airport’s ability to stimulate the local economy where it is situated. This is because it creates...
Making Atlanta the FinTech Capital of the World
It may not be the first thing that comes to mind every time you use ApplePay to buy your coffee or Venmo your friend for booking that rental, but by doing so, you are participating in one of the most revolutionary innovations of our time. And, more likely than not,...
Dallas Dominates Telecom Sector
With innovative companies across the country working to supply the growing demand for expansive telecommunications infrastructure, Dallas is quickly becoming a Telecom Tech Hub. The Dallas-Fort Worth metro area houses several telecom-related companies, like MetroPCS,...
Denver Flying High with Aerospace Sector Growth
In recent years and across the country, there has been a major tech boom. This trend is especially evident in the aerospace sector, one of the largest sectors in the entire country. The aerospace sector helps supply resources for various related aviation fields,...
Dallas Tech Ecosystem Guide
Tech hubs across the US are growing and many are home to strong ecosystems that support startups and growth companies. However, not every city has a central repository of resources showing entrepreneurs and tech leaders where to build their networks, obtain...
Where Does Indy Develop Its Tech Talent
Long known as the home of the Indy 500, Indiana is building its own tech ecosystem by investing in talent development, diverse workforces and Indianapolis tech companies. Colleges Producing Tech GradsThe city known for corn and race cars has experienced a quiet, yet...
Social Impact Insights from Patrick McKenna and Jonathan Quarles
During this year’s online SXSW conference, entrepreneur, investor, and author Jonathan Quarles participated in a fireside chat with One America Works Founder Patrick McKenna. Their virtual session was titled “Making Dollars While Making Change” and the conversation...
The Talent Debate: Quality vs Cost
Talent in your company is both the most important and, yet, the most costly line item to control. How do you balance getting the best people for diverse workforces while ensuring that your talent is affordable? The general assumption is that higher cost areas - think...
What Does Diverse Hiring Look Like?
Prior to the rise of remote work, companies tended to focus their hiring on talent that was located near the office. Location bias has long been an issue for tech companies that has stunted their ability to access qualified candidates and a larger talent pool. Now at...
Helping Growth Companies Choose the Right Ecosystem
Scaling your company is almost like planting a seedling. Its surroundings play a large part in whether it grows or collapses. When your company is in a time of transition, choosing the right ecosystem can be a make-or-break decision. Choosing the right local for your...
Balancing Quality of Life and Market Opportunity in Company Expansion
If your company is looking to grow, it’s important to find a place where your team can thrive and still have access to a prosperous business market. Even today’s biggest tech firms are venturing beyond their first home in Silicon Valley and considering more than land...
Perspectives on Hiring from Distributed Companies
One America Works recently hosted a conversation about hiring with a distributed perspective for community and business leaders that are responding to the continued changes in the economy and workplace. There were a lot of insightful comments from the discussion, and...
Nashville Tech Ecosystem Guide
Tech hubs across the US are growing and many are home to strong ecosystems that support startups and growth companies. However, not every city has a central repository of resources showing entrepreneurs and tech leaders where to build their networks, obtain...
MedTech Finds a Home in Nashville
As a whole, the tech sector has attracted some of the best innovators to create solutions for some of society’s most pressing challenges – things like communication, transportation, sales and product management. At the same time, tech disrupted an often-overlooked...
What’s the Best Way to Expand Your High Growth Team?
Finding talent for your business is hard. As your business grows, it is important to find the right people to help take your company to the next level. Yet, the tech industry is a competitive market for recruiting and retaining talent for the long-term. To expand your...
Pivoting and Partnering to Succeed
The pandemic has shuttered entire industries, and put into sharp contrast companies which can pivot and grow in the face of a shutdown. As of late August, 180,000 retail businesses have closed - 60 percent of which will be closed permanently - and others friendly to a...
Tech Companies Wind Up in the Windy City
Chicago, the city with a skyline like no other, is also home to some of the most exciting innovations in the tech industry. Tech companies are surging in from the west coast and the ones already established in Chicago are booming. Chicago’s centralized location makes...
Raleigh and the Research Triangle
Most people think of the big tech powerhouses as coastal cities like San Francisco, New York, and Seattle. However, at One America Works, we know there is a lot of innovation and economic success happening in cities all over the country. The Research Triangle is a...
Making WFH Work for Growth Companies
Companies across the globe are extending work from home privileges, considering employee feedback in designing return-to-work plans, and re-imagining offices altogether. Notably, some major tech companies like Twitter recently announced permanent remote work options...
Austin’s Active Tech Incubators and Accelerators
In recent years, the landscape of Austin, Texas has changed. While it’s long been known for a vibrant live music scene, today the city boasts immense growth with creative talent, an impressive skyline, and some of the foremost tech leaders. It’s quickly becoming a...
Tech Companies Continue to Acclimate
After the pandemic shutdowns in March of 2020, companies of all sizes from across the country have faced tough decisions about how, or even if, they would survive. Thousands made cuts or closed altogether. However, so many others have responded with innovative ideas,...
From Boom Town to Zoom Town
In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution created the rise of the “boom town.” These were cities, often on the West Coast, where entire economies and urban housing complexes seemed to spring up almost overnight. Today we’re seeing the development of a new type of...
Why We’re Hosting Virtual Recruitment Events
COVID-19 has flipped the tech job market on its head, and many tech workers have found themselves suddenly out of a job. The Wall Street Journal reports that close to 70,000 tech startup employees have lost their jobs since March. Large companies weren’t immune to the...
Recruiting Talent in a Virtual Environment
Tech recruitment around the country has been transformed by the global pandemic and other trends. Hiring managers work from home, and virtual recruitment is now the norm. Many companies are shifting to new digital platforms that can accommodate an entirely remote...
Up & Coming Cities to Further your Tech Career
The COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated a trend that was already underway: the dispersal of tech workers from coastal hubs to smaller cities throughout the country. “This pandemic has stretched the fabric that was already tearing,” Aaron Bolzle told the New York...
The Pros and Cons of Operating a Fully Distributed Company
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred widespread changes in the way companies function. As large numbers of employees work from home worldwide, many businesses are managing the transition to a fully distributed workplace. While many of these adjustments are temporary for...
What You Need to Know About the Atlanta Tech Village
In 2012, entrepreneur David Cummings arrived in Atlanta with a plan: to create a business community that would foster tech startups in the city. Cummings’ idea has transformed into the Atlanta Tech Village, a tech incubator complex in the neighborhood of Buckhead....
Columbus Hosts Virtual Recruitment Event
One America Works hosted its second virtual recruiting event on July 22nd. After the success of the first event in May which focused on Pittsburgh companies, Columbus tech companies decided to use the virtual recruitment model for their own talent recruiting efforts....
New City? Take it for a Test Drive
Right now, there is a trend toward remote work due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. This newfound flexibility is having many folks think seriously about exploring new cities or even relocating completely. Moving to a new city is an exciting, life-changing decision....
Opening a Second Location? Here’s What You Should Know.
Expanding to a second location can have major advantages for your business—from untapped markets and fresh talent pools to a more vibrant company culture. If you’re thinking about opening a satellite location or even a major headquarters, doing careful research into...
Google’s Recent Investment in Columbus
We are all familiar with the world’s most visited website. Google has become an integral part of life in the last few decades. In an effort to expand, the company moved into New Albany, just outside of Columbus, Ohio with a new data center. The project is already...
Why Big Companies Turn to Pittsburgh for Talent
Pittsburgh, known locally as the “Steel City”, has undergone some significant changes in recent decades with the decline in steel-related and other manufacturing businesses. Yet, the city has redefined itself and staked impressive claims in innovation, especially in...
Innovation Centers Find Success in Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona is an oasis amidst its arid, desert climate for tech giants and new entrepreneurial businesses. Home to 130+ startups and the Phoenix Innovation District, is it a hotbed of tech-focused organizations, as well as home to a young, diverse workforce....
Future of Work Presents Opportunities for Companies, Individuals
Many businesses have taken on new challenges in the last few months, and many have found creative ways to stay innovative and inspired. Social distancing, remote work, and quarantining became the norm. Businesses pondered what the future would look like and then...
Career Searching in an Economic Decline
If the COVID-19 pandemic has you worried about your career trajectory and financial future, you are not alone. We know that among nearly 500 tech companies, there are more than 60,000 employees being laid off. Additionally, there are millions of others looking for...
Startups Can Thrive in Salt Lake City
When people think of Salt Lake City, they may picture a glowing metropolis nestled between breathtaking mountain views. It’s certainly known for its mountain getaways and ski trip destinations. However, Salt Lake City has been not-so-quietly attracting tech startups...
Nashville’s Journey from Music City to Healthcare Tech Hub
When most people think about Nashville, they envision watching country stars at the Grand Ole Opry or enjoying Tennessee barbecue. This city’s rich history and depth of music is indicative of a diverse sea of talent, and it expands beyond the folk lyrics and harmonies...
Kansas City, Missouri: Where Women are Ruling Tech
It may come as a surprise that women in technology careers in Kansas City, Missouri are likely to make more money than their male colleagues. In fact, estimations show that women with tech occupations earn 2% more than men. Because of this, Kansas City has earned a...
St. Louis’ Growing Geospatial Sector
Cities all over the Midwest and the country are going through changes, finding their unique identities amid an ever-changing, tech-focused economy. St. Louis is no exception to this trend and has created an environment ripe for innovation. The economy in this growing...
Columbus: The Future of a Smart City
Columbus, like many mid sized American cities, is concerned with mobility. Studies have deemed Columbus the fastest-growing city in the Midwest, and this is only aggravating deeply rooted problems with congestion, disconnected neighborhoods, and steep single occupant...
How did Indy score a Salesforce HQ?
For a city whose name is often associated with sports, Indianapolis has surely built a name for itself as a Midwest tech hub over the last ten years. Look beyond the motor speedway, basketball courts, and state-of-the-art football stadium, and you’ll see the blue...
Looking for More Bang For Your Buck? Consider Moving to Pittsburgh
When considering a career change, or even when starting your first job, it’s important to consider the cost of living in your new city. Salaries are typically indicative of what an area’s cost of living is, and depending on the market, that might be higher or lower...
Pittsburgh: A City of Champions (And Champion Level Talent)
The closure of the steel mills in the 1970s and 1980s in Pittsburgh was reflective of the U.S. economy moving away from localized mass industry, and towards automation and investment abroad. It left an economic hole in many cities that once had booming heavy industry...
Bay Area Investors – Meet Pittsburgh Talent
A bus filled with investors from the likes of First Round Capital, Bloomberg Beta, 1517, Lightspeed Ventures pulls into Pittsburgh. The group looks around - many have never been to the Steel City. It's a lot less steel and a whole lot more green than what they...
The 5 ways to grow a team
Work no longer has to take place in a single office. We are lucky enough to live in a time where there are enough tools to help us expand locations and still feel closely connected to our peers. But, even though company expansion is easier than ever, it's vital to...
Why World Class Companies Are Expanding Into Pittsburgh
If you are lucky enough to be born and raised in Pittsburgh, it won’t take much convincing to tell you how great our city is. Those who enter Pittsburgh through the city’s famed Fort Pitt Tunnel are treated to one of the most spectacular views of the city and it’s...
Meet the Organization Dedicated to Reintegrating the US Economy
The United States has the largest and most dynamic economy in the world, yet many cities around the country are not experiencing the growth effects of a booming economy. That’s where One America Works comes into the picture. One America Works is dedicated to reintegrating the US economy by connecting growing companies and cities to identify new growth opportunities.