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Tell me more about your vacation

On the heels of Memorial Day, business folks are probably still talking about the gnarly waves at the Outer Banks or the perfectly grilled T-bone. Apparently, telling a good vacation yarn can be good for business.MainStreet.com, a spin-off from financial news site TheStreet.com, has a neat read about how to tell a good tale.

All Access Pass

At this time last year, when BizSense was just a bunch of ideas scrawled on yellow legal pads, we were unsure if local businesses would let us interview their CEOs, presidents or owners. It was a big worry. Without access to business professionals we wouldn’t be able to produce much content. Obviously no content means… Read more »

WWUD: What Would Umesh Do?

Umesh Dalal has a penchant for finding ways to save money – big money –that would make major corporations green with envy. Since moving to Richmond more than two years ago to take over the City Auditor’s chair, Dalal has released dozens of reports. An audit of the school system found ways to save upwards… Read more »

How do you say Shalom with a Richmond accent

Eight Israeli life science startups will establish their worldwide headquarters in Richmond. “This is clinical and scientific economic development,” said Donna Edmonds, the head of the nascent Virginia Biosciences Commercialization Center (VBCC), an off-shoot of the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park that helped lure the companies to town.

HR troubles

Have you heard the one about the startup that was so pathetic it couldn’t even hire an intern? Yeah, well, back off. Hiring an intern is harder than it sounds. We tried everything we could think of — spent approximately 30 hours of time – and struck out miserably. I emailed all the college newspapers… Read more »

T-D needs to update ads

An ad for the Chamber’s event last week is still up on the T-D website. Are they trying to build brand awareness for next year?

Blog Focus Group

In the news business, there’s no time to stop and catch your breath. Yet, slowly but surely we’re expanding coverage. Two weeks ago we added a weekly commercial real estate roundup feature, where we list the businesses that are moving or taking new space. We’re still perfecting the format, and still waiting for some commercial… Read more »

Eat your own cooking says local hedge fund

Sometimes there’s a nugget of wisdom in even the corniest business cliché. Take “Eat your own cooking.” If a chef won’t touch the clam chowder, most likely the patron should lay off, too. (Insert gross restaurant tale here). But the idea behind the saying applies to most any small business. Using your service or product… Read more »

Snag an award

Ohh the irony: Snagajob and its posse of hip .coms have slaughtered the cash cow formerly known as newspaper help wanted ads. Yet, the company has relied on the mainstream media to promote the brand. The company needs jobs seekers to use the site, after all.

Gulp: More competition

Apparently BizSense isn’t alone in thinking that Richmond needs more business news. This morning Richmond.com launched a business blog by James Bacon, of the Bacon’s Rebellion blog. Today is the first day of operation, and so far the blog seems to be examining the big companies around Richmond with a more opinionated take on press… Read more »