Fast Company
"What creates a successful company culture? Encouraging your employees to treat each other as family."
McKinsey&Company
NRV believes taking a hands-on approach to mentoring is essential to positioning early stage companies for success - our Portfolio Adviser program was created to offer start-ups real world industry expertise to help take them to the next level. In this article, longtime private equity CEO Don Gogel discusses how operating partners give firms a competitive advantage "because they love getting their hands around a business and coaching senior people," creating operational improvements in portfolio companies.
ChamberRVA
Nutritional science company Nutriati won this year's Chamber RVA Innovation Award, recognizing emerging companies between 2 and 5 years old that are demonstrating amazing growth, innovation and potential. Other finalists for this award include NRV's Maxx Potential, as well as local companies Iggbo and Tenant Turner.
DC Inno
The growing gig economy is making freelancers and small businesses more flexible and prevalent than ever. Taking those connections to the next step is why Jeff Tennery co-founded Moonlighting - a gig economy-based marketplace app - and explains in this podcast why demand is only getting bigger.
Baking Business
The bar segment has become a crowded category, but data suggests competition for the consumer dollar is good. Health Warrior, an early mover in the chia seed craze, is set to unveil another superfood ingredient-based bar. Health Warrior's new chia bar flavors - vanilla almond and mint chocolate - will hit shelves in January.
Green Car Reports
"Evatran has previously said its Plugless wireless charging system will soon be compatible with 80 percent of the electric cars on North American roads by the end of 2017," suggesting that wireless charging is the perfect complement to automated parking. Evatran's system, as part of an agreement with 500 Walnut's luxury Philadelphia apartments, will complete the first residence where drivers can park and charge electric cars without any human intervention.