A group of more than 60 D.C. tech company CEOs will meet throughout the year as members of the latest class of MindShare.

The group was initially founded in 1997. Before incubators and regular tech events, the initial founders saw a need to provide a place in the greater D.C. area for entrepreneurs leading emerging companies to connect and learn from each other.

“They met with founders of companies that were starting businesses but really hadn’t been business leaders before,” said Steve Balistreri of Deloitte, who joined later and serves on the executive committee. The first-time CEOs, he said, “didn’t realize that there was a community of folks out there doing exactly the same thing.”

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