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How the D.C. Housing Market Taught Us Business Lessons

Our weekly conversation began by talking about how we make decisions. This turned into a discussion of mistakes, and how to rectify them. We agreed that unpleasant situations should be […]

Full Charge Questions

American physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi credits his interest in science — and his eventual Nobel Prize — to his mother. How did she get her son to brush his teeth, […]

Fallen tree in Tim's yard
If a Tree Falls on Tim’s House… Does the OpenWater Office Make a Sound?

Yep: a tree fell, narrowly missing Tim’s house. Luckily, no one was hurt and the property damage was minimal. No elephants were involved. Do You Have an Elephant Problem? We’re […]

Introducing the OpenWater Growth Stack

  We have a new website! Our clients use our application and review software platform for “more than awards”. Our new website showcases these capabilities. OpenWater Growth Stack supports grants, […]

Zach Schwartz
Rev the Engines…the PDF Engines: New Website, New Office. (Plus: We Go Serverless)

New Website, Offices What a party! Last Friday we hosted a party to celebrate the launch of our new website and the official opening of our new office at 4401 […]

OpenWater Moves Headquarters to Ballston

Arlington Now welcomed OpenWater to Ballston on February 3: OpenWater, a company that develops a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for award ceremonies such as the TONY and James […]

Amazon Snowball
A Snowball Lands on our Island

You might not associate snowballs with islands… but starting this week, OpenWater has both. First: the snowball It arrived by UPS and weighed approximately 75 lbs. You might think the […]

Alexis Rodriguez
An Optimism High. Careful, It’s Contagious.

January 2018 was an intense month that, happily, left everyone smiling. Among January’s successes: January was the highest sales month on record. By way of comparison, sales for January exceeded […]

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OpenWater Weekly: Dogs! Dogs! Dogs!

Dogs! Dogs! Dogs! A new perk this year is #BirthdaysAndDogs Day. #BirthdaysAndDogs happens the last Friday of every month. We order in food for lunch and everyone who has a […]

Introducing OpenWater Weekly: A Business Growth Conversation

Welcome to the inaugural installation of OpenWater Weekly, a conversation about business growth and contemporary events with Tim Spell and Kunal Johar, by Katie McCaskey. Kunal’s business updates NEW DEVELOPER. […]