4 Essential Business Truths: What Every Entrepreneur Must Know Before Starting Their Business
Starting a business is a thrilling experience, but it can also be daunting. To be successful, it's important to understand the fundamental truths of business. Last Thursday, RIoT Virginia kicked off their first Bagels & Business event at the Virginia Smart Community Testbed. This new monthly series takes place on the second Thursday of each [...]
Startup Spotlight – The Sure Co.
Interview with April Kelly, CEO & Founder, The Sure Company Q: What does your company do? What problem are you solving? How did you “discover” this problem? Why are you passionate about it? April: We specialize in plant based nutrition for infants and toddlers. As a mom of four, this topic has been the center [...]
Startup Spotlight – Modal
Interview with Haden Calegan, Co-Founder, Modal Q: What does your company do? What problem are you solving? How did you "discover" this problem? Why are you passionate about it? Haden: Modal is a company that specializes in optimizing the home coffee brewing experience by providing tailored insights into coffee grinder performance. Our main goal is [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – Global Validity Corporation
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Name: Kat Venardi Title: Director of Operations What does your company do? Global Validity specializes in obtaining mandatory country certifications for device manufacturers. We prioritize project control and security to get your products to market faster and with less risk What are some neat [...]
Startup Spotlight – The Moye Group LLC, E-Sports Trainer
Interview with Shawn Moye, Founder, The Moye Group LLC, E-Sports Trainer Q: What does your company do? What problem are you solving? How did you "discover" this problem? Why are you passionate about it? Sean: The Moye Group, LLC, empowers inventors and entrepreneurs through counseling while providing high-quality products and services to consumers. The patented [...]
Startup Spotlight – Wyndscreen
Interview with Ben Vester, Founder, Wyndscreen Q: What does your company do? What problem are you solving? How did you "discover" this problem? Why are you passionate about it? Ben: Wyndscreen is a peer to peer marketplace for buying and selling used vehicles. We are solving the problem of scams, spam, confusion, and frustration when [...]
Celebrating Women in Tech for Women’s History Month – Meet Jen McFarland, Chief Boss Lady at Marit Digital
Interview with Jen McFarland, Chief Boss Lady at Marit Digital Today we are excited to sit down with Jen McFarland, founder and CEO of Marit Digital. Jen is an experienced technology partner for small businesses and teams, providing support and consulting for a variety of IT needs including web, analytics, email and communication tools, and [...]
Celebrating Women in Tech for Women’s History Month – Meet Sarah Glova from Reify Media
Interview with Sarah Glova, Tech Reporter & CEO, Reify Media In honor of Women's History Month, we had the pleasure of speaking with Sarah Glova, a woman who is making a significant impact in the tech industry. As the CEO of Reify Media, a keynote speaker, and a writer for WRAL TechWire, Sarah has established [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – JFrog
What is your name, title, and role at your company? Amit Ezer, JFrog Connect Group Lead What does your company do? JFrog provides an end-to-end DevOps platform that helps organizations automate software delivery with increased safety, speed and reliability that spans from the developer to the device. What are some neat projects that your [...]
Q&A with Jonathan Levitt Vice President of Growth at Cocoflo
Our Executive Director, Tom Snyder and the Vice President of Growth at Cocoflo, Jonathan Levitt sat down for a Q&A to talk about Government Tech, IoT and customer discovery. Cocoflo is a software company offering a single solution digital platform designed to revolutionize the way government services are available, both internally for administrative management and [...]
Developer Day Virginia 2023 Recap
Well, that’s a wrap! Thanks to everyone who was able to participate and make our first RIoT Virginia Developer Day 2023 a smashing success. We were thrilled to see the community join us in person at Germanna Community College in Fredericksburg for a day of inspiration, networking, and hands-on learning. Why Developer Day? We hold [...]
The Tech Behind Femtech—Speaker Announcement
We are excited to announce our speakers for our Tech Behind Femtech event coming up on April 4th at Blush CoWork from 5-7 PM. To learn more about what each speaker will be talking about continue reading below. Event Details: Women comprise half of the world’s population and control most of the healthcare spending in [...]
Sponsor Spotlight – KNX
What is your name, title, and role at your company? My name is Jesús Arias, Membership & Business Development at KNX. I take care of KNX Members, globally, as well as I design and implement strategies to make KNX the most deployed technology among manufacturers and developers in the smart home and building industry. [...]
RIoT Sponsor, Supply Chain Partner Expands to the United States
The South African tech-driven supply chain management company is expanding to the United States. February 28, 2023 – Raleigh, NC — Supply Chain Partner, a niche business spend management consulting company, announced that it will be expanding to the US. Chimae Goncalves, Co-Founder and CEO at Supply Chain Partner will be relocating from South Africa [...]