What dreams are made of: 5 stories of locals turning their passion into their business
If thinking about your passion keeps you up at night, while your job leaves you snoring, it may be time to see if you can make a living doing what […]
Recipe for success: Vu Noodles’ survival story
Those who work in business can tell you that success requires hard work, adaptation, and some smiles from fate. Julie Vu Whitaker, founder and driving force behind Vu Noodles, can […]
Inside job: Charlottesville’s rosy employment outlook
2020 will be a prosperous time for area job-seekers, says Juandiego Wade, coordinator of Albemarle County’s Career Center, thanks to a low 2.5 percent unemployment rate propelled by strong local […]
Rock the house: Albemarle Countertop owner stays grounded
An entrepreneur with deep roots in the local community, Albemarle Countertop Company’s founder and owner Wes Carter has set his business apart by forging connections and honing his craft. After […]
Ramp up your productivity
Have you ever been presented with new technology that professes to make your work-life easier to manage and more productive, and then thought to yourself, “Nah, I’m good?” You may […]
Tried and true: CIC volunteers translate programs for Eastern Europe
Since they moved to Bulgaria nearly four years ago, 5,000 miles have separated Nancy and Victor Schiller from their former home in Charlottesville. But some of their work in their […]
Found niche: A family-run market carves a place for itself in the local food scene
Found Market is in its slow season. The bakery, eatery, and marketplace started as a basement-based shortbread outlet, and its giftable goods and sundry stock make it a natural stop […]
Secret sauce: Take It Away sticks with its bread and butter—and the house dressing
Take It Away will open a new location in the Dairy Market food hall this summer, but the beloved sandwich shop won’t break with tradition, according to founder and owner […]
47 Years of Spudnuts
THEN: Spudnut Coffee Shop, opened 1969; closed December 2016. NOW: Quality Pie, opened July 2018. It’s fair to say Spudnut Coffee Shop, formerly located at 309 Avon St. in Belmont, […]
Leaving the ladder down: New nonprofit reaches youth through social entrepreneurship
Many organizations—for-profit and not-for-profit—get their start out of a desire to seize a market opportunity or fulfill an unmet need. Similarly, the Charlottesville-based Conscious Capitalist Group Foundation launched because no […]
Let’s get together: Tom Tom connects entrepreneurs to, well, everybody
Spring is coming, and so is the Tom Tom Summit & Festival. [UPDATE: Originally slated for April, Tom Tom has been rescheduled for September 21-27, 2020.] Every year, the event […]