James Barlia is Executive Director of Station DC a private members club for Frontier Tech innovators, investors, and policy makers dedicated to advancing American national interest. Its mission is to help shape a future where American technological leadership endures and where DC is at the forefront of frontier innovation. They are aiming at economic development outcomes like attracting and retaining business in DC, creating economic resilience and opportunity, diversifying the economy from the federal government, and creating jobs of the future

Barlia's prior positiion was VP of Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund led by Steve Case, Founder of AOL and this fund. He was involved in investing in startups located outside traditional tech hubs like Silicon Valley, focusing on secondary markets. Prior to that he worked as an associate at Greenspring Associates investing in a fund of funds primarily in seed and impact focused venture capital.

Barlia attended Tulane University after growing up in the Washington DC area and attending Bullis Academy.

• Introduction of James Barlia, Executive Director of Station DC, an incubator for tech talent in the DC area. He sees his role as inspiring confidence in founders solving important problems in the national interest and making their lives easier [7:00].
• Station DC is a private members club for Frontier Tech innovators, investors, and policy makers advancing American national interest [8:30].
• It offers a physical space in Union Market (13,000 sq ft) for work, meetings, and events (summits, policy dinners). They also provide education, mentorship, and policy intelligence [8:45].
• Station DC's high-level mission is to help shape a future where American technological leadership endures and where DC is at the forefront of frontier innovation [9:15].
• Success is expected to drive economic development, attracting/retaining business, creating economic resilience, opportunity, and diversification away from the federal government [9:30].
• James Barlia discusses his previous role as Vice President at Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund [10:00].
• This fund was started by Steve Case to invest in companies outside traditional tech hubs like Silicon Valley [10:30].