Making It Easy to Give Back
It’s no secret that RVA has experienced a boomlet of new innovative companies, many with a philanthropic twist. Bonfire Funds is one of a growing number of Richmond-based, small businesses that are all about giving back. But, why is it important to give back to the community? The answer to this is simple, giving back […]
Uvest Solar: Clean Energy and Socially Responsible Investing
As the solar energy movement grows and is cultivated, particularly in the private sector, there has been a continuous theme of missed opportunities for businesses, schools and other nonprofits. Contrastingly, the industrial sector has already been extremely quick in adopting solar monitoring systems. With this being said, it isn’t just schools and nonprofits that can […]
Plugless Power: A Bright Future
To plug or to park? Rebecca Hough, a recent inductee of magazine’s “30 under 30” class of 2013 and co-founder and CEO of Richmond-based Evatran, thinks the choice is clear.That is because when it comes to charging, Hough is betting that convenience and simplicity are going to light the way. And it looks like she […]
Coffitivity: Richmond’s Answer to Low Productivity
What do you do when the vibe in your office is stifling? What do you do when you’re writing that grant proposal, term paper or business plan and can’t focus for the life of you? Most of us will go for a walk, scroll Instagram, or pour a new cup of coffee from our office […]
Social Media Risk Management in Three Words
If your organization doesn’t have a written social media policy, or if it’s more than a year old, it is time to give it some attention. Courts around the country continue to deal with the workplace and marketplace responsibilities, liabilities, and fallout from social media use. Why is this? Because the use of social media […]
Reclaiming Workmanship
Ask Sam Sikes about the front door to the showroom at Wellborn + Wright, and he will tell you exactly where each board came from – centuries-old barns. His general manager, Hunter Webb, can remember milling the rough boards out of the original reclaimed timbers, white oak inflected with nail holes and small networks of […]
Carving Out a Place for Lasers
On the corner of North Adams Street and Brook Road, Jason Lefton is making a living on having fun. At his company Big Secret – a laser engraving, cutting and marking shop – Lefton uses fun as a way to create quality products and build connections with the Greater Richmond community. Big Secret, now in […]
Makerset Design Keeps it Local
In the corner of a wood working shop on the North Side, three guys are cutting shapes out of metal, polishing them, and shipping their shiny product around the country. Humming with machinery and echoing with clanging tools, this small shop is where 21st century manufacturing is alive and well. This is Makerset Design Co., […]
Big Thinking
There is a small carriage house tucked just off Monument Avenue, a long block away from Robert E. Lee on horseback, that feels as if it sprung from the pages of an Architectural Digest feature on the nation’s greatest man caves. The flat-screen TV that one can assume has all the channels goes virtually unnoticed […]
SEElogix Launches Environmentally Conscious Service in RVA
When most homeowners hear the phrase “home security” they think of alarm systems and keypads. SEElogix, based out of Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom, is redefining home security by providing a logical solution for managing all the important information about your home—from maintenance records to closing documents. A cloud-based service, SEElogix manages everything about a user’s home […]