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Written by Alec Delcrynski
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Monday, 25 August 2008 11:23 |
 Richmond residents have seen the huge banner for Movieland, a new movie theater on North Boulevard from Bow-Tie Partners. Now, they can get their first look at the interior of the 17-screen theater, set to open in early 2009.
Several renderings have been posted on the Bow-Tie Cinemas website, showing the main lobby of the massive multiplex.
NY-based Bow-Tie Partners is calling the development "Movieland at Boulevard Square." The 52,000 square-foot theater will feature 2,850 seats, with 12,000 sf set aside for specialty retail and an additional 6,000 sf available for a detached restaurant.
BizSense first announced the story when the banner went up last month. The theater will also do away with on-screen advertising.
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 11:58 |
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 Despite a local dip in advertising spending, a Richmond model agency says business is steady.
Modelogic Inc., a Church Hill model and talent agency that provides faces, bodies and voices for advertisements, represents about 450 models and actors from around the region and works with clients ranging from the Virginia Lottery to VCU to the US Army.
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Written by Aaron Kremer
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 10:13 |
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 At least two new restaurants have closed. Infuzion, a dance club/lounge in Scott's Addition and Cirrus, an upscale restaurant/bar in the Fan have both closed. |
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Written by Aaron Kremer
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Monday, 11 August 2008 11:39 |
 Gangadhar Bathula, an inventor/entrepreneur profiled in the Times-Dispatch, is looking for $1 million to $2 million to market his SteriPure water filter.
The pitcher costs around $70 and acts like a Brita with an additional UV light that zaps any microbes.
Bathula said he also needs more funds for working capital.
The product is currently manufactured in India, where it’s also for sale. Bathula said he’s having trouble getting the pitcher into stores stateside. One previous relationship with a North Carolina distributor ended badly, with Bathula losing thousand of dollars in merchandise.
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Written by Aaron Kremer
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 11:45 |
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 George Scott III, with Closed-End Fund Advisors, writes that the investing guru John Marks Templeton was a wonderful mentor who both inspired and illuminated his career.
Templeton was a billionaire investor who died in July at age 95. He was perhaps best known as a mutual fund pioneer who dedicated much of his fortune to religion and science.
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Written by Alec Depcrynski
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 11:21 |
 Richmond-based startup Internships.com is a collection of resources, contacts and ideas for students, employers and educators. |
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Written by Aaron Kremer
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 10:47 |
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 Michael and Sharon Walsh started making soap 18 years ago after receiving a how-to book as a gag gift. Five weeks ago they opened a soap shop across from the Richmond Public Library downtown. The soap sells for $4.50 a bar and is made in the back of the shop. Flavors include Hemp, Mint, and one called Sore Muscles.
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Written by Alec Depcrynski
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:48 |
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Rim stores around Richmond say there has been a proliferation of the accessory stores in the last five years, and that’s made business even harder. To stay alive, many perform more routine repairs or other modifications. |
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Written by Alec Depcrynski
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 11:56 |
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 As owner of Game On Recruiting Systems, Julie Lewis helps college coaches at smaller schools stay organized.
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Written by Alec Depcrynski
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Monday, 30 June 2008 10:45 |
 Do a Google search for Tabitha Geary and 37,900 hits come back. After clicking through eight pages worth of links and being confronted time and time again by the same face, it seems that there is no other Tabitha Geary than the Richmonder who owns a scrap-booking company that bears her name.
And now Geary's face will be staring back from the pages of Martha Stewart Living.
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Written by Alec Depcrynski
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:41 |
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 Crime against businesses is rising in Richmond.
“In the past six months, we’ve noticed about a 25 percent increase in the number of burglary calls from businesses,” says one employee of a local security company who asked that his name not be used because his company does not allow employees to talk to the press. Cash-strapped thieves take whatever goods they can in order to pawn them elsewhere for money, he said. “It boggles my mind the kind of things people will steal.”
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Written by Aaron Kremer
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 12:26 |
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Local startup Boxwood Partners is about to acquire an internet wholesaler/distributor. In order to turn a profit, Boxwood will have to improve businesses after acquiring them. That means there’s opportunity for local businesses to pitch their services. |
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Written by Aaron Kremer
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 12:06 |
 In Monday’s Times-Dispatch, Joan Tupponce wrote about a local stationery company called By Invitation Only. There’s another Richmond entrepreneur trying to make a go of the greeting card business. Brian Loos is trying to get CardGivingMade Easy.com off and running. Loos, who self-funded the venture, started at the end of 2007. |
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Written by Aaron Kremer
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 11:35 |
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 A Richmond startup thinks there’s a market for treating health care more like car repairs – encouraging employees to pay out-of-pocket for routine tune-ups and letting insurance cover the accidents and emergencies.
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