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The home for drones?
On a foggy October morning, gray haze draped over Richmond’s skyline, providing an alluring landscape for aerial photographer Daryl Watkins. The rumbling of a distant train grabbed his attention as Watkins prepared to fly his drone from Great Shiplock Park in the city’s East End. Snapping a new battery into his[...]
Business imperative?
Swaziland, Lesotho, Papua New Guinea and the United States are literally and figuratively worlds apart, yet the four countries share a startling distinction. According to a Human Rights Watch report, out of all the world’s nations, they alone offer working women no legal right to paid maternity leave. Contrast that lack[...]
Are you tired of discussing millennials in the workforce?
For at least a recent handful of years, the business community has been obsessed with generational differences specifically targeting millennials as our future leaders and how we must build common ground to collaborate. Initially, I too was intrigued with all the hype — in part because I saw myself as a 20-something, fresh ou[...]
Help wanted
During the recession, many Virginians couldn’t find jobs. Now, according to chief financial officers across the state, the jobs are there, but not enough qualified applicants are showing up to claim them. That situation threatens not only a company’s growth but the overall economic prosperity of the commonwealth. Virg[...]
New technologies, new concerns
Technologies that seemed futuristic a few decades ago now are commonplace. Computers, the internet and smart devices are business necessities, and it won’t be long before drones and driverless vehicles also will play prominent roles in the economy. All of these technologies, however, have risks associated with them. Those pot[...]
TEGNA elects new director
TEGNA has elected Change.org President Jennifer Dulski to its board of directors. The term begins immediately and brings the total number of directors at TEGNA to 11. Dulski joined Change.org in 2013, which promotes social change through technology. Since Dulski joined Change.org, it was tripled to 150 million users worldwide. [...]
Fourth Circuit finds Travelers has a duty to defend cyber claim
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an unpublished opinion affirming the judgment of the District Court that The Travelers Indemnity Co. of America has a duty to defend its insured, Portal Healthcare Solutions LLC, against a class-action lawsuit pending in New York State Court. Travelers Indem. Co. of Am. v[...]
Milennials make up a majority of the workforce, and that’s not a bad thing
One of the most significant milestones of 2015 may have slipped by you: the Bureau of Labor Statistics cited that millennials (the generation born between 1981 and 1997) became the largest generation in the workforce. As many of us have heard over and over again, in just a few years millennials will move into a position of dominanc[...]
A big league move?
When Tom Frantz envisions the future, he doesn’t see Richmond and Hampton Roads as separate places. He sees a “mega-region” of 3 million people, stretching from the sands of Virginia Beach to the stately columns of Richmond’s state Capitol. The chairman emeritus of the Williams Mullen law firm and a le[...]
1986 versus 2016
Virginia’s economy has been transformed during the past 30 years and could change even more in coming years. To see where we have come from and where we are going, Virginia Business interviewed former Gov. Gerald Baliles and Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Baliles, a Democrat, served as governor from 1986 to 1990. He had been in offi[...]
New year, but back to basics? Marketing strategy in 2016
Every year around this time, it seems like we see a multitude of articles that cover marketing and branching challenges in today’s world. For example, in a recent Forbes article, Daniel Newman discusses how marketers need to appeal to the changing needs of an increasingly diverse, fragmented, and impatient population by utilizi[...]
Getting ready for primetime
University of Virginia graduate Dasha Tyshlek used the W.L. Lyons Brown III i.Lab at Darden School of Business to see whether being an entrepreneur was right for her. Her company, Sensibility Care, develops products to reduce complications and promote healing among orthopedic patients. The i.Lab provides funding, faculty and student[...]
McAuliffe takes his shot
It’s likely to be the governor’s biggest year. Because of the commonwealth’s single-term limit for governors and its biennial budget schedule, Virginia governors get one shot to put together a budget they’ll actually oversee. A recovering economy and a two-year delay from federal sequestration cuts are providi[...]
The next generation
In September the Internet quietly reached a major turning point. With billions more users and devices than it was ever built to handle, it ran out of IP addresses. Outside of the tech world, however, no one even noticed. The average Web surfer might be surprised to learn there are actually two Internets — or two Internet prot[...]
Opower software encourages energy savings
Dan Yates and Alex Laskey started Opower in 2007 after recognizing that climate change was going to be a huge issue. The two thought their company could make a big impact by providing utility companies with programs helping customers understand how to manage their energy bills. “We don’t have a lot of software providers[...]
Cracking the code?
In a world increasingly driven by technology, corporate and government leaders across America continually bemoan the lack of digitally fluent and STEM-educated workers. In Virginia, major health-care systems have 2,000 job openings statewide “and half of those openings are for [computer] coders, and they’re having a har[...]
Zoobean makes its case at White House Demo Day
Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Lloyd aren’t running for president, but they already have made it to the White House. The couple was invited to the first White House Demo Day, at which entrepreneurs from across the country had the chance to showcase their innovations. Bookey and Lloyd are the founders of Arlington-based Zoobe[...]
Opower named to Fortune’s ‘Change the World’ list
Virginia-based Opower has been named to Fortune’s first “Change the World” list, which recognizes 51 companies that have made a major impact on global social or environmental problems as part of their strategy. The Arlington-based energy management company ranked No. 45 on the list. It joins companies like Google[...]
Network speed testing tool introduced for Virginia
In partnership with the Center for Geospatial Information Technology (CGIT) at Virginia Tech, the Herndon-based Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) has announced the release of a network speed testing tool called Data Cardinal. CIT said DataCardinal will enable Virginia citizens and businesses to measure the quality and speed o[...]
Virginia Railway Express creates ticketing app
Alexandria-based Virginia Railway Express (VRE) has introduced mobile ticketing app for paying fares. The app, called VRE Mobile, lets riders buy tickets and passes on their smartphones. The app is available for free from the iTunes App Store and Google Play. The app will allow passengers to: • Purchase, store, use and val[...]
