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We have been following GovTech startups for more than three years, from their co-working spaces to their meetings with venture capitalists - and tracking their progress as they close funding rounds, pilot and win business in state and local government, and earn placement on the GovTech100, an annual listing of startups active in the government technology market.
We followed a trio of startup founders into the mayorâs lair at South By Southwest (SXSW) earlier this month. When the pitching ended, we looked at what happens when mayors ask the questions rather than investors.
On this episode of our new podcast, Go Public, Government Technologyâs Ben Miller and Governingâs J.B. Wogan join hosts Paul Taylor and Dustin Haisler for the anatomy of a GovTech pitch session.
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Biobot Analytics www.biobot.io
City Mart www.citymart.com
Elucd www.elucd.com
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With high power validation from an international colleague - London Mayor Sadiq Khan - some three-dozen American mayors immersed themselves in four days of discussion and experience at SXSW the annual technology, policy and arts festival in Austin, TX.
The mayors' wide ranging conversations about common issues - from immigration and workforce to the fight against opioid addictions and for equity - took place in a host city that has been buffeted by a fight over the future of public transportation.
Last year, Uber and Lyft were conspicuous in their absence at SXSW. The city was at odds with the transportation network or ride-hailing companies - and ultimately preempted by the state legislature. The big players are back this year with new entrants in a more expansive category of mobility service providers who are placing bets on cities themselves to connect the first and last mile of urban transportation.
Our roundtable also choose the key takeaways from the civic side of the conference with the mayors.
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Mayors Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Indiana and Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento arrived on the eve of Civic I/O, a special program organized by the US Conference of Mayors. They talked about their expectations for SXSW, what was going on back home and how that could change, and they seemed to accept the challenge to experiment from Austin keynoter whurley (entrepreneur and quantum computing enthusiast William Hurley).
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There are lots of things governments do to nudge citizens toward making certain decisions. Whether itâs getting parents to vaccinate their kids, trying to get residents to reduce their energy consumption or persuading high schoolers to enroll in college, governments try to guide citizen behavior in a certain way on a whole host of issues.
But what if the nudge doesnât work? What if itâs not enough to encourage citizens to take a certain action -- even when that action is in their own best interest?
In a small but growing number of cases, some governments have taken the controversial next step of actually paying citizens to make good decisions. These places are reimbursing residents for doing something that -- in theory -- they ought to be doing anyway. Thatâs the situation the state of Alabama found itself in during a health crisis a few years ago.
Itâs an unconventional idea, but itâs one thatâs slowly catching on in governments across the United States. Governing Health Writer Mattie Quinn and Executive Editor Zach Patton talk about it on this episode of "Go Public."
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Go Public is a new podcast from Governing and Government Technology. Every episode, we'll be exploring successful public-sector innovations and stories of government getting the job done.
In this debut episode of Go Public, we look at two initiatives in New York City with similar-sounding names and goals but very different approaches.
One is an innovation challenge run by the mayor's office called NYCx; the other, called Urban-X, is a program for private-sector company founders run by a venture capital firm that specializes in startups that solve city problems.
Both programs share the view that there are no small problems in government, leading each to embrace a little hyperbole in describing the nature and scope of their work -- they refer to their projects as moon shots.
On this episode:
NYCx Challenges Urban-X Demo Day on Reimagining Urban Life Miguel Gamiño , New York City Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Goldberg, Deputy New York City Chief Technology Officer Shaun Abrahamson, Managing Partner, Urban.Us Benjamin Schmitz, CTO, Roadbotics Eric Ho, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Good Goods Ezra Goldman, Founder and CEO, UpshiftFollow the show on Twitter @gopublicpod
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In this episode of GoldsmithonGov, Steve Goldsmith sits down with Stephanie Miner, mayor of Syracuse, to discuss how her city is using data to preemptively invest in infrastructure repairs before expensive damage can even happen. The mayor shares the cityâs strategy for saving money, using limited resources effectively, and staying a step ahead to keep critical infrastructure meeting her citizensâ needs.
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In this episode of Goldsmith On Government, San José Mayor Sam Liccardo discusses efforts to bolster digital inclusion in his city by convening the private, nonprofit, and public sectors. The California mayor is engaging partners such as Facebook that are responding to his call to bring innovative technologies to San José.
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In this episode of Goldsmith On Government, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza discusses restructuring Providence Talks, an important program he inherited that is working to close the âword gapâ between low-income children and their higher-income peers. By focusing on long-term systems building, comprehensive measurement, and specific, tangible goals, Elorza is empowering employees and holding the city accountable for producing results.
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In this episode of Goldsmith On Government, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer asserts that driving both an innovation agenda and performance improvements requires intentionality. The cityâs performance program, LouieStat, emphasizes training employees in problem-solving, not just collecting data. And, innovation must have dedicated resources or it wonât get sufficient attention or results.
