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VIRGINIA BIOTECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH PARK
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Welcome to Your Future
As far back as 1611 with the creation of America’s first hospital, products, services, technological and scientific ingenuity have been the core of the region’s business identity. A look inside the powerhouse of product innovation at the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park.
Inside the Real CSI
You may be surprised that many of the techniques and technologies emulated on CSI originated in Richmond.
The Science of Giving
BioTech Seven houses the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), an organization that facilitates every organ transplant performed in the United States.
Nontrepreneurs Tell All
Business sense from companies that don’t earn a dime. Facing recruitment issues, an overflow of demand for services, and a critical media eye, new nonprofit CEOs have it rougher than those breaking into the for-profit world.
Scintillating Cyber Suggestions for Summer: Too Many Shows; Ready for a Music Break?; Get the Red Out!; Tune in Next Week…; Need Some Stress Relief?;Top Secret Yum-Yum
Legal Brief
Beware of Overusing Your Software
Marketing Mavens
Why social networking sites are becoming so important to businesses.
Trade Secrets: Text & Tech
Career Quizzes: 12 Tests to Help You Discover & Develop Your Dream Career by John J. Liptak ALSO ‘Yipes! Where’s my Wi-Fi hotspot?’
The Business of Building Biz Smarts
How schools create courses for the ever-evolving demands of the business community.
Innovators
Bright Minds Doing Wonderful Work:
  • Rick Whittington Consulting
  • GotYarn.com
  • E&M Engineering, Inc
  • Subudhi Consulting Group
  • Premiere Colors LLC
  • Ewing Bemiss & Co.
  • BrandSync
  • Schrader & Smith
Three Ways to Keep ’Em Clocking In
Finders aren’t always keepers when it comes to maintaining a happy staff.
The ROI of Silver Linings
Spinning obstacles into gold.
Mom & Pop Inc.
The ups and downs of multigenerational family ventures.
It’s Time to Play Twitter Talk
Online networks connecting like-minded folks have evolved exponentially over the last year—some good, some odd—and some with biz savvy.
Creative Work Space
published by Venture Richmond
Downtown's 34 Acres of Innovation
The Ugly Truth About Trust Falls
Tips to avoid the pitfalls of well-intended— but mistimed—trust falls and other interpersonal, team building atrocities.
WORKMAGAZINE PROFILE: An Openness to Change
As CEO of Owens & Minor, a Richmond-based Fortune 500 Company that is the nation’s leading distributor of brand-name medical and surgical supplies, Craig Smith oversees an intricate supply-chain operation whose profits exceeded $72 million in 2007.
A gallery of covers.
Plus a portfolio of profiled business, civic and education leaders.
WORKMAGAZINE enters its fifth year of celebrating business innovation in Greater Richmond.
For Your Desk
A product trend that is both so tantalizing and absurd that I’m compelled to try it.
MEDIAWORKS
Buzzwords like “change” and “communication” abound in the workplace today, but making the buzz a reality can be far more challenging. Enter The Frontier Project, a Richmond-based team of consultants quietly transforming companies from behind the scenes. Located in a light and airy open space in the Superior Production Exchange building in Shockoe Bottom, the project was designed with a low-key and collaborative energy in mind.