Mason Enterprise Center Opens Startup Incubator in Leesburg

The Mason Enterprise Center incubator is an entrepreneurship program of George Mason University designed to foster innovative startups and the growth of emerging, scalable companies. The MEC-Leesburg provides office and meeting space, business services and training, in a shared-cost, peer-to-peer…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019

Dulles Opens AeroTrain Travel Between Concourses and Terminal

AeroTrain at Dulles International Airportoffers automated trains to move passengers between the Terminal and the midfield gates for domestic and international departing flights and domestic arriving flights. Train rides are less than two minutes between stations, reach speeds of 42…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019

PhishMe (Now Cofense) Opens in Leesburg

Aaron Higbee and Rhoyt Belani used to teach Ultimate Hacking courses. In 2007 they started a company called PhishMe in Higbee’s house. In 2018, they were acquired by a private equity consortium for $400 million, moved into a larger Loudoun…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019

One Loudoun Development Approved for Ashburn

Envisioned as "Loudoun's new downtown," the mixed-use development at the intersection of Rt. 7 and Loudoun County Parkway has grown into a hotbed for retail, culture, entertainment, restaurants, housing, and Class-A office space. The development has become a model for…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019

HHMI Janelia Research Campus Opens in Ashburn

What was then known as the Janelia Farm Research Campus, a scientific research campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, opened in Ashburn in October 2006. The campus is known for cutting-edge scientific research and modern architecture, and attracts research…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019

K2M Inc. (Now Stryker Corp.) Opens in Leesburg

Eric Major launched K2M Inc. out of his garage in Loudoun in 2004, using his years of selling medical equipment to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams. Major launched K2M knowing that he would have to compete with the likes of Johnson…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019

Dupont Fabros Opens ACC 2 in Ashburn (2002)

In 2000, Dupont Fabros purchased a 138-acre tract of land in Ashburn that would become Ashburn Corporate Center (ACC), its flagship data center campus. The company opened its first facility, designated as ACC2, on the campus in 2001, with completed…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019

Mergers and Acquisitions: UUNET, MFS, WorldCom, MCI

In 1996, rapid-growth Internet infrastructure company UUNET was acquired by telecom service provider MFS Communications Company, Inc., which was bought by WorldCom, Inc. later in the year. In 1998, WorldCom acquired MCI for $37 billion, creating one of biggest telecom giants…
Amy Mugford
October 6, 2019