The winner of last week’s pitch competition at University of Richmond created a mobile app to make craft beer jargon more colloquial.
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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 »
Guest Opinion: Money in a bottle
The problem with ABC privatization is not the concept, writes Mike Thompson. The challenge is coming up with the revenue to replace the current system, which places an average effective tax rate on distilled spirits of 94 percent.
BizSense Pro: Be in the know
BizSense Pro puts the information you need to stay competitive at your fingertips. In addition to our entire news archive covering the Richmond business scene, you’ll have access to a cache of exclusive data, including: Development Tracker – A neighborhood-by-neighborhood collection of interactive maps showing you all the new real estate projects that are in… Read more »
NewsFeeds 5.10.10
How a Utah cowboy made it big (Times-Dispatch) A great profile of hotelier Glade Knight: . “I started with $100,“ said Knight, chairman and CEO of the four Apple REIT companies based in Richmond. “Anything over that is a profit.“ Bank sees key capital ratio drop below threshold (Virginian-Pilot) Bank of Hampton Roads, whose financial… Read more »
A new kind of capital fund
There’s a new group of Virginia investors looking to invest as much as $250,000 at a time into growing businesses, and reasons it might succeed where others have failed include a social component and low-pressure requirements for members.