Eric Cantor has represented the 7th District for the better part of a decade. Unlike previous elections, Cantor faces challenges on both the left, from Democrat Rick Waugh, and on the right from Tea Party-backed Floyd Bayne. Cantor spoke with BizSense some of the big business issues facing the country.
Q&A
Monday Q&A: Tennis buddies serve up new dining option
Two Richmond businessmen are bringing an expanding salad franchise to the area.
Monday Q&A: Video Fan celebrates its silver
After a quarter-century of keeping cinephiles happy, the Richmond institution ponders its future.
Monday Q&A: Internet dating for the brokerage set
From a nondescript office complex in Chesterfield, two serial entrepreneurs are trying to build eHarmony for business brokers.
Monday Q&A: Life after Circuit City
While working as vice president of TV merchandising at Circuit City, Tom Crowell saw the writing on the wall. Last week he talked with BizSense about life after Circuit City and running a small business.
Monday Q&A: Small-business owner has a big-time audience
Two years ago, Kathleen Richardson left the corporate world
to launch a concept café. Now she has the White House calling her.
Monday Q&A: Local couple pour their hearts into startup
Cobblestone Cellars, a family-owned wine distributor, is bursting at the seams, riding the growing popularity of artisan wine.
Monday Q&A: Tapping into the touch-screen tasting menu
Eddie Peloke says local restaurants love his iPhone apps, which are now also available for another popular mobile phone operating system. The challenge lies in educating restaurateurs on how it works and how it can help business.
Monday Q&A: A crash course from the school of hard knocks
Three weeks ago two brothers from Chesterfield launched BioTaxi. Now they take turns driving a black Benz taxi that runs on used cooking oil. And already they are looking to hire a few more drivers. They also want to add a few more taxis to handle the call volume.
But their biggest concern these days is an obscure taxi regulation in the City of Richmond that prohibits cabs ten years and older.
Q&A: Monday No holes in former bagel maker’s résumé
Tom Rhodes had the same thought thousands of UVA kids have when they get home from Charlottesville: open a bagel shop like the famous Bodo’s in their hometown. That was in the early 1990s. This week, RBS talks to Rhodes about bagels and the fast growing, Richmond-based Direct Mail Solutions.