Press

2018

• 10/22/18 | Geekwire | Entrepreneurs from around the world pitch their startups in Seattle for the chance to present in D.C.

• 8/14/18 | German Marshall Fund | Meet the 2018 Mentors

• 7/17/18 | Bottom Line Blog | Startup Seattle Stories: Bellom

• 4/23/18 | Bottom Line Blog | Innovation and inclusion: Our first 100 day campaign

• 3/27/18 | City Arts Magazine | At the Intersection of Tech, Culture and Commerce

• 2/8/18 | Crosscut | How the tech industry can solve its diversity problem

2017

• 12/22/17 | @ZithriSaleem | Hacker in Your Hard Drive

• 11/17 | Seattle Magazine | Crosscut’s 2017 Courage Award Winners Aren’t Afraid to Take a Stand

• 9/24/17 | Crosscut | The leader connecting communities through tech

• 5/6/17 | South Seattle Emerald | Pop-up hoping virtual reality becomes a South Seattle Regularity

• 1/17/17 | Korean Broadcast System | 4차 산업혁명 혁신이 일자리다 Fourth Industrial Revolution - innovation as a job

2016

• 10/12/16 | Seattle 24x7 | Start Me Up! David Harris Rocks Talent, Technology and Teamwork as Startup Advocate for the City of Seattle

• 7/19/16 | The Puget Sound Business Journal | Startup advocate: Don’t take Seattle’s business community for granted

• 6/30/16 | The Seattle Medium | Hack The CD Helps Entrepreneurs Turn Ideas Into Businesses

• 6/27/16 | The Puget Sound Business Journal | Seattle Central wins $3.8M grant for computer training courses

• 5/17/16 | Mashable | Why 4 emerging tech hubs are luring startups away from Silicon Valley

• 4/5/16 | Geekwire | Sir Mix-A-Lot teams with Amazon software developers to get Alexa’s help in the music studio

• 3/9/16 | Geekwire | White House adds 15 communities for ‘TechHire’ initiative, including Seattle

2015

• 10/23/15 | The Puget Sound Business Journal | He steers startups toward top tech talent in unusual places

• 10/12/15 | Geekwire | Tech Moves: thePlatform’s Marty Roberts out as co-CEO; City of Seattle hires new startup advocate

• 8/4/15 | The Seattle Weekly | What if There Were More Black Tech Leaders?

• 7/11/15 | Microsoft | David Harris: Opening STEM career opportunities for students of color

• 7/27/15 | 425 Business | Tech’s Lack of Diversity Isn’t Just a Pipeline Problem

• 7/24/15 | The Stranger | Hack the CD’s Cultural Innovation Conference Attempts to Disrupt Gentrification in the Central District

• 4/18/15 | Geekwire | GeekWire Radio: How a new startup movement is energizing Seattle’s Central District

2014

• 11/14 | Seattle Magazine | Seattle’s Most Influential People of 2014

• 10/15/14 | Real Change | Central Tech

• 10/1/14 | Geekwire | Seattle holds first hackathon in the Central District to encourage young urban technologists

• 9/26/14 | The Stranger | Starting Today, an Attempt at Making Seattle’s Tech Boom More Equitable

• 9/22/14 | Crosscut | Can the CD become Seattle’s newest innovation district?

• 9/20/14 | Geekwire | It’s time to create a new Motown for young urban technologists

• 9/7/14 | Techstars | Could Seattle’s ‘Africatown’ be the next Motown?

• 7/3/14 | King5 | Bridging the gap between Seattle’s tech boom and affordable housing

• 6/27/14 | KUOW | Seattle’s Next Big Tech Neighborhood: The Central District?

• 6/28/14 | The Seattle Times | Not as techie as we think: Hacking growth in the Central District