A watch that monitors your workout. That idea was chosen as the best pitch at a business plan competition for VCU students earlier this week.
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Local pitch not enough to lure Google
VCU may have toppled the Kansas Jayhawks, but Kansas City, Kan. vanquished Richmond and 1,100 other localities in the battle over Google Fiber. According to several news reports this week, Kansas City has been chosen as the test spot for Google’s Fiber for Communities, an experimental broadband network that would deliver data at speeds of… Read more »
Five Israeli companies pitch clean tech
Five Israeli startups pitched their business plans to investors and local officials in Richmond.
Student entrepreneur has perfect pitch
A Kindle-style tablet that its inventor hopes will display sheet music and also transcribe songs into musical notation is music to the judges’ ears at UR’s annual business pitch contest, plus four other promising startups.
City posts pitch to Google
Richmond’s pitch to Google — urging the company to pick the city for its high-speed broadband experiment — is now online. It features some familiar faces and places and is worth a look. Richmond faces competition from pretty much every locality in the country. The only good point I think they forgot to make is… Read more »
Highwoods pitches plan to Shockoe Bottom
Planners of a proposed downtown ballpark development made a pitch to and fielded questions from residents and business owners Monday night at the Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association’s monthly meeting. “The area you are looking at for redevelopment is mostly parking lots. There really hasn’t been any significant development here since [tropical storm] Gaston,” said Highwoods… Read more »
The Spin Zone: PR firms pitch websites but still rely on the printed word
Public relations and media relations professionals are finding that like the mainstream media, they too must adapt and move resources to better tap into online outlets. But they say print has maintained its value and cachet. It used to be that if you wanted to promote your company or were in the business of public… Read more »
Ad Rewind: Richmond’s memorable advertising and marketing for 2020
Here are our picks for this year’s standout locally produced ads and marketing moments, pulled from The Pitch and other BizSense coverage.
Pop-up market operator opening year-round, daily location at Chesterfield mall
“We’re taking on the bulk of that cost, pretty much 100 percent of the risk, and creating an opportunity for these folks to take their business to the next level,” said founder Brian Sullivan.
Announcing changes to BizSense Pro subscription service
Two years ago, we put the extensive BizSense news archive behind our BizSense Pro paywall. Now, we’re announcing further changes to how our news and archives are viewed.