Subject: 6 of This Week's Top Innovation Insights
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Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 19:56:22 +0000
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** Welcome to 1776 Insights.
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May 8, 2015

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Happy Friday and welcome back to your weekly 1776 insights. Keep on reading for the latest in trends and startups innovating in industries that matter. You'll also find some events and classes, where we hope to see you!
For those of you joining us for the Challenge Festival (http://www.1776.vc/events/challenge-festival-2015/) , I hope you're as excited as the 1776 team is to kick things off tonight at our Opening Party. Free tickets to tonight's event are SOLD OUT, but you can still RSVP (http://www.1776.vc/events/challenge-festival-2015/)  for a Festival badge to join us for the whole week!

One key read this week is 1776 Cofounder Donna Harris' article on regulatory hacking strategies for startups (http://www.1776.vc/insights/hacking-regulated-markets-to-drive-scale/) . From grassroots to public affairs, startups working in regulated industries need to use any number of these starutps. Also make sure to checkout this our monthly health columnist Arnab Sarker's article on the recently passed "Doc Fix" and how it relates to health startups (http://www.1776.vc/insights/as-tide-shifts-toward-value-based-care-digital-health-ahead-of-the-curve/) .

Keep reading and be sure to follow @1776 (https://twitter.com/1776) on Twitter & #1776Challenge online throughout the next week for all of the great Challenge Festival stories!

Morgan Gress
Editor, 1776
http://www.1776.vc/insights/hacking-regulated-markets-to-drive-scale/

** Hacking Regulated Markets to Drive Scale (http://www.1776.vc/insights/hacking-regulated-markets-to-drive-scale/)
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by Donna Harris, 1776 Cofounder & Co-CEO

It’s time for entrepreneurs to understand the world of regulatory hacking, and employ the strategies that can most help them influence (or force) change and successfully scale their businesses.

** Insights
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* Education

** Q&A: How to Grow a Tech Ecosystem in Two Years Or Less (http://www.1776.vc/insights/qa-how-to-grow-a-tech-ecosystem-in-two-years-or-less/)
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by Melissa Steffan, Assistant Editor, 1776
1776 catches up with General Assembly D.C. Regional Director Paul Gleger, a recently named Washingtonian "Tech Titan," to learn more about GA's efforts to revolutionize access to skills-based education.
Best Reads This Week: Education (http://www.1776.vc/insights/best-reads-this-week-week-of-may-4-to-may-8/#education)
* Energy

** Good News for Energy Industry: Drones Get the Green Light (http://www.1776.vc/insights/good-news-for-energy-industry-drones-get-the-green-light/)
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by Peter Lougee
As the FAA lifts its restrictions on commercial drone use, that opens the floodgates for drone ideas that could benefit energy-minded startups.
Best Reads This Week: Energy (http://www.1776.vc/insights/best-reads-this-week-week-of-may-4-to-may-8/#energy)
* Health

** As Tide Shifts Toward 'Value,' Digital Health Ahead of the Cuve (http://www.1776.vc/insights/as-tide-shifts-toward-value-based-care-digital-health-ahead-of-the-curve/)
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by Arnab Sarker
The newly passed “Doc Fix” will spur a national exploration of “value"—and the acceleration of digital-health funding over the past year suggests that startups might already be a few steps ahead.
Best Reads This Week: Health (http://www.1776.vc/insights/best-reads-this-week-week-of-may-4-to-may-8/#health)
* Cities & Transportation

** How to Turn Coins into Treasure for One Billion Travelers (http://www.1776.vc/insights/coin-treasures-in-worldwide-airports/)
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by Lukas Decker, Coindrum
In the U.S. alone, passengers abandon almost $700,000 worth of coins in airport security bins every year. This Challenge Festival startup wants to change that.
Best Reads This Week: Cities (http://www.1776.vc/insights/best-reads-this-week-week-of-may-4-to-may-8/#cities)
* Challenge Cup

** 7 Factors That Make Or Break a Six-Figure Pitch (http://www.1776.vc/insights/7-factors-that-make-or-break-a-six-figure-pitch/)
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by Evan Burfield & Donna Harris, 1776 Co-CEOs
These 7 factors can be the difference between a six-figure check and going home empty handed at next week's Challenge Festival.

Read more insights (http://www.1776.vc/insights/)

** Events
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** Challenge Festival 2015 (http://www.1776.vc/events/challenge-festival-2015/)
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Join us for a full week of ideas and insights from entrepreneurs, industry experts, thought leaders & more!

More events at 1776 (http://www.1776.vc/events/)
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** General Assembly
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** Beginning Design Thinking
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Get introduced to the design thinking process and then participate in an exercise that puts your new knowledge to work!
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** Break Into Product Management (https://generalassemb.ly/education/break-into-product-management/washington-dc/11613?utm_source=1776&utm_campaign=Ongoing+Partnership+[washington-dc]+1776)
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In this free class, GA will discuss the product management landscape, what the PM role entails, who makes a good PM, and how to transition into the field.

More events at General Assembly (http://www.1776.vc/events/?event=13)

** 1776 Membership
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