
Richmond BizSense Monday Q&A: It’s hip to add another store?
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From Carytown to Short Pump, Anne Kennon is the latest retailer to make the jump. Her store, It's Hip to be Round, opened in Carytown almost five years ago. Two weeks ago she opened her second location at West Broad Village, the newest mixed-use development in Short Pump. ...

Richmond BizSense ‘Secretariat’ film races past Virginia
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Local developer Hank Wilton is reported to have foreclosure notices on three personal properties near Steamboat Springs, Colo., according to a newspaper there.

Richmond BizSense Tech Review: It’s meeting time
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Now people who work from the road or from home don’t have to slump over in shame when they don’t have a fancy conference room. Behold, GoToMeeting.com. The cool factor alone makes up for the absence of mahogany. It’s also very easy to use.

Richmond BizSense Local developer faces foreclosure in Colorado
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Local developer Hank Wilton is reported to have lost three personal properties near Steamboat Springs, Colorado according to the newspaper there.

Richmond BizSense Hotelier finishing new Hilton, hiring 100
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While some hotel operators have lost footing in the past 12 months, Chester-based Shamin Hotels has gained ground by adding 10 hotels to its portfolio. Its brand-new crown jewel, the Hilton at Short Pump, will open early next year and is running a job fair today and tomorrow.

Richmond BizSense Baseball is back in Richmond
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Baseball is back, Mayor Dwight Jones said at the Diamond today with representatives of the new team and members of the Richmond Metropolitan Authority

Richmond BizSense If you don't tear it down, they will come
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The Richmond Metropolitan Authority, which owns the Diamond, and the Eastern League of Minor League Baseball are holding a joint press conference tomorrow at the Boulevard stadium.

Richmond BizSense Shockoe businesses sue city for $31 million
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Time has not healed all wounds. Within weeks of the five-year anniversary of a flood that ruined dozens of businesses in Shockoe Bottom, several businesses filed a lawsuit against the City of Richmond.

Richmond BizSense It’s Richmond’s very own Guggenheim.
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It’s Richmond’s very own Guggenheim. Except it looks like a spaceship and the biggest tenant is not an art museum but an insurance agency. This month BizSense Vids take a look at the Enterprise Center, which you’ve no doubt noticed while shopping at Willow Lawn. ...

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A new study shows that Facebook and other social networking sites are making students more narcissistic.

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Press in a local or national outlet can make a business and catalyze growth. Please join BizSense and a panel of local business journalists as we discuss how the business media finds sources, scoops and compelling stories. Moderated by BizSense Editor and Founder Aaron Kremer, the event is intended to help small-busine...ss owners and public relations and marketing professionals learn how the business media thinks, and how their companies can get more press.
Panelists include:
• Pamela Feibish, Former Business Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Robert Powell, Editor, Virginia Business magazine
• Sean Ryan, former business reporter at Inside Business and current PR professional at the Hodges Partnership
• Maya Smart, Richmond-based magazine journalist who writes for Black Enterprise, Black MBA and a former staff writer at Crain’s Cleveland Business
• Phaedra Hise, a Richmond-based freelance writer who regularly contributes to Inc. and Fortune.
Moderator: Aaron Kremer, founder and editor of Richmond BizSense. Aaron has also written for TheStreet.com, Slate.com, the Los Angeles Times, Virginia Business and the Times-Dispatch.
The event is Tuesday, Sept. 1 at Plant Zero. There will be a networking reception with light refreshments at 6:30 p.m. The panel discussion will begin at 7 p.m. and be followed by a relaxed question and answer session.
This event will be extremely valuable for executives and PR, marketing and advertising professionals. There is no cost to attend.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah@RichmondBizSense.com.
The event is sponsored by Plant Zero & GroundWork Design.Read More
Panelists include:
• Pamela Feibish, Former Business Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Robert Powell, Editor, Virginia Business magazine
• Sean Ryan, former business reporter at Inside Business and current PR professional at the Hodges Partnership
• Maya Smart, Richmond-based magazine journalist who writes for Black Enterprise, Black MBA and a former staff writer at Crain’s Cleveland Business
• Phaedra Hise, a Richmond-based freelance writer who regularly contributes to Inc. and Fortune.
Moderator: Aaron Kremer, founder and editor of Richmond BizSense. Aaron has also written for TheStreet.com, Slate.com, the Los Angeles Times, Virginia Business and the Times-Dispatch.
The event is Tuesday, Sept. 1 at Plant Zero. There will be a networking reception with light refreshments at 6:30 p.m. The panel discussion will begin at 7 p.m. and be followed by a relaxed question and answer session.
This event will be extremely valuable for executives and PR, marketing and advertising professionals. There is no cost to attend.
For more information or to register, please contact Sarah@RichmondBizSense.com.
The event is sponsored by Plant Zero & GroundWork Design.Read More
Press in a local or national outlet can make a business and catalyze growth.
Time:6:30AM Tuesday, September 1st
Location:Plant Zero Art Center

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Getting mentioned in a local or national news outlet can make a business and catalyze growth. Please join BizSense and a panel of local business journalists as we discuss how the business media finds sources, scoops and compelling stories. ...

Richmond BizSense BizSense makes it on the consumerist.com
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Circuit City is putting a snazzy item up on the auction block — 30 million customer contacts and its Firedog home installation/repair brand.

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From afar, it looks like gym class. Only the guy rolling the rubber ball toward home plate has a 5 o’clock shadow and a beer gut. And the girl playing first base, wearing makeup and tight tube socks, just told her friend she’s f*$#ing awesome. Blame Sean Smalls.























