Charlottesville High School students next year will have the option to get their hands dirty in an entrepreneurship-focused urban farming elective. That elective will serve as a prerequisite course for entrepreneurship and innovation, another enterprise-oriented elective joining the school catalog next year. The two electives, presented to the Charlottesville School Board at its December meeting […]
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Entrepreneurship-focused engineering classes in full swing at MHS
None of the students in Eric Bredder’s engineering class at Monticello High School seems to care that their workspace smells like gasoline. All of the students are ensconced in an individual project that they dreamed up and pulled together with little input. That’s just how Bredder wants it. “I always have projects of my own […]
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Warner: Commonwealth must connect tech and innovation hubs
United States Senator Mark Warner Friday told a gathering of Charlottesville elected officials, city staff and business leaders that the city’s burgeoning community of startups, tech firms and entrepreneurs cannot exist in a vacuum. For that culture to thrive, Warner said, city, state and federal officials must work to create a statewide network, rather than […]
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County students get new lease on school with summer entrepreneurship program
Autum Woodson has always had trouble staying focused in the plastic seat of a one-piece classroom desk. Woodson, a rising 10th-grader at Monticello High School, said the desks are uncomfortable, and she constantly finds herself fidgeting and getting distracted. This summer, through a grant-funded entrepreneurship program at Albemarle High School, Woodson got the opportunity to […]
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AHS students first high schoolers accepted to Darden i.Lab
Rheisen Dennis has had an enterprising streak since he was little boy. As a 5-year-old, Dennis drew a picture on a paper restaurant placemat, then drew a dollar sign next to it, his father, Jameel, said. The boy told his parents he intended to sell the piece. The elder Dennis secretly gave their waiter a […]
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Entrepreneurs preach passion, flexibility at Tom Tom Founders Summit
A skateboarder, a fashion designer, two CEOs and a record executive brought a common denominator Friday to the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s Founders Summit: They all had pursued businesses based on their passions. Rodney Mullen turned his preternatural talent on a skateboard, the consequent rabid fan base and a math and engineering degree into World […]
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Tech, creativity keys to area’s future, forum participants say
A brewer, an educator, a computer programmer, a film festival director and a lawyer and politician painted a picture of an arts-infused, tech-driven city Monday when asked to envision Charlottesville in 2025. Speaking at the Future Forum, the opening event of the Tom Tom Founders Festival, local leaders spoke about the importance of attracting technology […]
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Tom Tom Founders Summit celebrates entrepreneurship
A sold-out crowd at the Paramount Theater on Friday heard people’s stories of how they turned their ideas into major businesses. “Symbolically, it speaks volumes that we are able to put on a conference like this and sell it out,” said Dan Willson, innovation coordinator for the Tom Tom Founders Festival, an annual event held […]
