Startups

Sugar Shack owner hopes to spread sweetness to Manchester

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Entrepreneur Ian Kelley’s doughnut business has big plans: He’s taking a chance on restoring a rundown Manchester diner vacant since the late 1960s and eyeing an expansion in Northern Virginia.

Downtown tech firm uploads expansion

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With its latest growth spurt, Shockoe Mobile Applications Development has doubled the size of its office and moved closer to its namesake section of town.

Playing time? There’s an app for that

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When local youth football coach and accounting firm employee Derrick Mertl looks at the playing field, he sees two shades of green.

Forging ahead with an extra $2.5M

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A local startup got a shot in the arm last week from three of the biggest names in the Richmond business scene.

Pressing on

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A local screen printing startup is in growth mode and carving out a niche in the industry from its facility at 200 Everett St. in Manchester.

Richmond’s new cash crop?

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What started as a kitchen experiment with a leafy green has blossomed into a local startup that’s in growth mode.

Custom clothier growing stitch-by-stitch

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A 4-year-old startup is tailoring some alterations to contend in Richmond’s increasingly competitive men’s high-end fashion market.