The founder of one of the coolest startups in the country, Tim Westergren, spoke in Richmond on Monday night. There is a great video up at ReadWriteWeb. Westergren gave some classic startup-esque answers about how the business model had to be flexible. The company almost went belly-up in 2007. Staff had to wait months to… Read more »
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Northside business rocks the world
To thousands of guitar aficionados, Richmond is known as the return address for one of the finest craftsmen in the world. That’s because Lindy Fralin has built a rabid following for his Richmond-made guitar pickups, magnetic and copper wire apparatuses that translates the vibration of metal (the strings) into sound and send it to the amplifier. Fralin’s story is a refreshing lesson for budding entrepreneurs — if you can be the best at whatever it is you enjoy, you can build a thriving business.
The music stops for Plan 9 in Harrisonburg
Rock and roll will never die, but music stores do. Plan 9 is closing their Harrisonburg store at the end of the month, according to the Daily News Record. Compact discs were still king, and you could even still buy cassette tapes when the Richmond-based music store opened the Harrisonburg location in the mid-1990s. Now… Read more »
Phish rocks legal case against bootleggers
The jam band Phish is not only kicking off their reunion tour in Virginia this weekend, but the band is also launching a legal battle with bootleg merchandise sellers. On Thursday, A U.S. District Judge in the federal court in Richmond will consider a request from the band to block the sale of unauthorized… Read more »