NewsFrom the editor: A 'Hot Ticket' for young companies2010/07/05 - Washington Post.com "I get lots of invites to award events -- so many that it can be hard to tell how much credence to give any of them. We live in an age when everyone is a winner, right? "Still, businesspeople tend to be a competitive lot. No matter what the stakes, people like to be recognized. "I was reminded of that essential truth last week when I stopped by the Northern Virginia Technology Council's 'Hot Ticket' awards event, a kind of un-awards ceremony held around the swimming pool at president and chief executive Bobbie G. Kilberg's house in McLean. The dress code for such an august event: Hawaiian casual" |