A go-to guide on everything you will need to know in the Norfolk/ Virginia Beach startup community.

1. GoTo Guide to the Norfolk/
Virginia Beach Startup Community
presented by Silicon Anchor News
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2. Overview
• 1.7 Million Residents
• Located in Southeastern Virginia(From Williamsburg to Virginia Beach)
• Virginia Beach Oceanfront, longest pleasure beach in the world (Guinness)
• Virginia Beach named 6th happiest place to live (Forbes)
• Naval Station Norfolk, US largest naval base
• Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown
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3. Startups
• Podium Pro • Concursive • Morphix
• RoboCent • Planscope • Hook Hunt
• Reality Bridges • LimeLight • Winsitter
• GMES • Our Care Direct • TunedN
• ROJO Word
• Vinylmint • Go Wedding Pro • D8Night
• Rocketgenius
• Snap n Say • uVest • True-Indie
• TutoriALL • Campus Wise • Threat Sim
• Carlotz • YILB • Precision Ads
• Visual Zen • ArcDNA • xTuple
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4. Mentors/Advisors
• Marty Kaszubowski • Michael Bor • Gary Warren
• Ned Lilly • Harry Ward • Kevin Curry
• Bart Hennan • Mike Provance • Joel Nied
• Lisa Fournier • Paul DiNardo • Kevin Murphy
• Kristin Fitch • Keith Privette • Ash Gilpin
• Nancy Grden • Zack Miller • Tom Osha
• Tim Ryan • Mike Fleck • Chandler Turner
• Rob Hegedus • Sean Mallon • Bill Boyer
• Drew Ungvarsky • Sonya Schweitzer • Dave Richards
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5. Accelerators
• Hatch
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6. Co-Working and
Incubators
• 757 Creative Space
• Innovation Research Park @ODU
• Peninsula Technology Incubator
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7. Events
• Start Norfolk
• Drop Anchor
• Ignite
• Maker Faire
• Granby Street Experience
• Start Peninsula
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8. Meetups
• Startup Nights- New Tech Norfolk/VB
• Williamsburg meetup
• Start Coffee
• AIGA
• Tech-N-Eggs
• Drinks Downtown
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9. Developer Meetups
• Ruby Group
• HRNUG
• Drupal
• Python
• Brigade: Code for America
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10. Service Providers
Legal Accounting
LeClair Ryan
Kaufman and Canoles xTuple
Wilcox and Savage Goodman, Hughes and Dixon
Williams Mullen Wall, Einhorn and Chernitzer
Banking Other Services
TowneBank Startup America Partnership
Monarch Bank Rewardli
Old Pointe National Bank
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11. Big Business
based in Norfolk/VB
• Dominion Enterprises
• Liberty Tax
• Huntington Ingalls Industries
• Norfolk Southern
• Smithfield Foods
• Amerigroup
• ValueOptions
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12. Universities
• Old Dominion University
• William and Mary
• Norfolk State University
• Hampton University
• Christopher Newport University
• Tidewater Community College
• Regent University
• ECPI
• Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Thomas Nelson Community College
• Virginia Wesleyan
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13. Investors Groups (Angels,
Super Angels and VC)
• Pixides
• Greater Norfolk Angels
• First Landing Innovation Partners
• EnVest
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14. Agencies
• Grow Interactive
• Sway Media • Visual Harbor
• EyePinch • Marathon
• Artsmith Media • Arcphor Strategy
• Artizmo • WebTeks
• Eternal Works • Ideation
• We Are Titans • The Meridian Group
• Ciniva • CRT Tanaka
• Bossa Nova
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15. Press
Hatch Managing Director and Mentor win CIT Gap 50 Award Mid-Way Demo Day
Forbes Best of List: iPad Apps for public speakers Hatch 5 get a High 5
Zack Miller, Managing Director talks with Norfolk Perspectives Cox Small Business previews the Hatch 5
Aneesh Chopra, former CTO, talks about Hatch Inside Business
VentureBeat Vinylmint WAVY-TV introduces Hatch
TechCrunch Podium Pro Norfolk Commissioner of Revenue with Beau Turner and Sean Evangelista
TechCrunch Vinylmint Hampton Roads Innovations
NY Times TugCam Silicon Anchor News: Aneesh Chopra
Nibletz talks Hatch Silicon Anchor News: VinylMint
Virginian Pilot at Mid-Way Demo Day Alt Daily
Virginian Pilot previews Hatch
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16. Blogs and Newsletters
• Silicon Anchor News
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17. Things to do in
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Shady Grove 3-Way Cafe
Oceanfront,VB
Flatiron Park Wells Theatre
Busch Gardens
Pagoda A Latte Cafe
Granby Street
Attucks Theatre Empire
The Norva
Chrysler Museum Bite
Ghent
McArthur Memorial Town Point Park
Colonial Williamsburg
Granby Theater Harrison Opera House
First State Landing Park
d'ART Ctr
Historic Triangle
NorVa
VB Contemporary Arts Center
Bean There Cafe
Cure
The Plot
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