From a firm’s first ad for a local startup to campaigns for national clients from Richmond heavy-hitters, 2015 brought plenty of diverse, funny and many-sided ads to print, the Web and our TVs. Check out a few of our favorites.
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West End mitt maker a step away from the World Series
A strained calf muscle is all that stands between a local baseball glove company and a chance to see its product on the sport’s biggest stage.
Hopewell hands out $70k to startups
Betting on some promising startups to revive downtown, the city of Hopewell awarded funding to four new businesses that will move into vacant storefronts along a main retail stretch.
Minty startup tackles pest problem
When mice started taking over his home, a local real estate appraiser teamed up with a VCU professor and created a new way to deal with the problem.
Winning student startup taps into beer culture
The winner of last week’s pitch competition at University of Richmond created a mobile app to make craft beer jargon more colloquial.
Two more housing developments slated for Goochland
Developers are planning more than 200 houses in a pair of new Goochland subdivisions – and each project is targeting the 55-and-up crowd.
The R&D Dept.: Local patents for 5.22.13
Another busy week of patents for Capital One, Phillip Morris, Dupont and more.
Monday Q&A: Open season for shucking
Ryan and Travis Croxton, owners of Rappahannock River Oysters, are opening Rappahannock at Third and Grace streets.
The 10-year-old oyster business has opened two other operations this year: An oyster bar in Washington’s Union Market and a tasting room at one of their three oyster farms in Topping, Va.
Zero to startup in 54 hours
An event that gives budding entrepreneurs one weekend to develop a business plan is making its way to Richmond.
NewsFeeds 3.16.11
Covenant Woods plans major expansion (Times-Dispatch) A retirement community in Mechanicsville that started in 1883 as the Richmond Home for Ladies is planning a multimillion-dollar expansion that will increase its size by nearly a third. Budget delay sinks 4 Hampton Roads shipyard projects (Virginian-Pilot) The Navy has canceled four ship-repair jobs at Hampton Roads shipyards… Read more »