New startup commuting option launches in D.C. this week

Enthusiasm for your new startup is great – unless you’re trying to keep it quiet.

That’s the case for Bridj, a new transportation data-driven bus service that’s expanding into D.C. starting Monday.

The Boston-based startup had announced in February it would be expanding to D.C. and bringing its cross between Uber and public transportation shuttle bus service here. But D.C. Inno reports that when it sent out a note to people who were interested in trying it out, an eager fan spread the word a…

Power 100: John Sherman

Having built up Inergy LP through numerous mergers and guiding its merger with Crestwood Holdings, John Sherman is a master entrepreneur. He is a catch for investments of money or expertise.

Sherman is a director of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a longtime advocate of Teach for America and is chairman of the Truman Library Institute. He also is among a group of local business titans on the board of Tech Acceleration Partners, which was formed to help animal health and agribusiness companies…

Power 100: Terry Bassham

Just as he rose through the ranks at Great Plains Energy Inc., Terry Bassham has risen to the top tier of civic leadership in Kansas City. Later this year, he’ll take on another highly visible community role when he becomes chairman of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.

Great Plains and operating company Kansas City Power & Light Co. are longtime forces in the community, aiding in the recruitment and retention of large business operations and providing money and manpower for organizations…

This D.C. bitcoin company raised $2.3 million to… mine more bitcoins

Bitcoin Shop, one of only a handful of D.C. companies that operate in the virtual currency industry, raised $2.3 million in venture capital last week, according to an SEC filing.

The investors were not disclosed by CEO Charles Allen, but include a mix of hedge funds and individual investors. The funds will be used to expand the company’s “mining” operations.

What Bitcoin Shop does is in one sense very simple: The company verifies transactions made over the bitcoin network in exchange for, well,…

Doug Boggs leaving Squire Patton Boggs for new firm

A big name is leaving a big-name law firm.

The Washington Post reports that Doug Boggs, son of the late Tommy Boggs Jr., is leaving the law and lobbying firm his father founded, Squire Patton Boggs.

His departure comes less than a year after Patton Boggs was acquired by Squire Sanders after some stops and starts.

Boggs will join two other Patton partners, Joseph Passaic and Alan Noskow, starting Monday at Manatt Phelps & Phillips. Manatt’s Palo Alto office was founded in 1998 by Boggs’ brother,…