Kaitlin Mayhew

A woman’s place in the start-up

Female entrepreneurs have a new networking and education option in Richmond. The Venture Forum, which promotes entrepreneurial activity, has spawned a group that will hold its first meeting today at the University of Richmond. Deborah Dowd, a lawyer at LeClair Ryan, organized the event to help women who want to start businesses learn exactly what… Read more »

Will Martin’s signal sour end for wine shops?

The Ukrop’s next to Matthew Lake’s wine store will soon become a Martin’s Grocery store and do what would have seemed inconceivable a year ago: sell beer and wine. And that presents a formerly unfathomable challenge for the wine stores that for decades operated symbiotically with Ukrop’s in the same shopping centers.

Should economists look at stats or skirts?

The shorter the skirts, the better the economy. So goes an almost 100-year-old theory on women’s fashion and the economy. The corporate owners of Stony Point Fashion Park and Regency Square Mall wanted to see whether there might be some truth to the legend.

Today’s special: A mobile app for restaurants

These days, a good website is almost as essential to a restaurant’s success as its kitchen. Local software developer Eddie Peloke is betting that iPhone applications are the next frontier for restaurant marketing. Peloke’s company Blue Shoe Mobile Solutions provides restaurant owners with tools to create and manage their own iPhone applications. They can then… Read more »

A new page in the book biz

Bookholders, at 720 W. Grace St. in the heart of VCU, buys textbooks from students at one of five locations and then uses the Web to find buyers for their customers’ books. The store might also start paying students for their notes and then selling them to other students – as long as the notes are legible.

Today’s lesson: How to heat water on the roof

A new community center in the Northside section of Richmond will feature three kinds of solar roof panels that will heat 85 percent of the building’s hot water and generate 15 percent of its electricity. It will also have heat radiant flooring.