News & Stories for Entrepreneurs
RISE Collaborative Announces Sponsors and Prize Categories for March 28 Business Pitch Competition
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brandon HennesseyLongwood Small Business Development Center (SBDC)434-395-2752hello@sovarise.com Lauren Mathena SOVA Innovation Hub434-570-1305hello@sovarise.comRISE Collaborative Announces Sponsors and Prize Categories for March 28 Business...
Meet the RISE Winter 2023 Business Bootcamp Cohort
These entrepreneurs are digging in, learning, and hustling to start or grow their businesses in Southern Virginia! We're excited to introduce you to them!Introducing the RISE Collaborative Winter 2023 CO.STARTERS Business Bootcamp cohort! We are SO proud of these...
Eric Weissmann on The Value of Variety in Ecosystem Building
Eric Weissmann on the Value of Variety in Ecosystem BuildingWhen you look at ecosystems in nature, like the rainforest, for example, it’s not all tall trees but a variety of different species that come together to create a bigger landscape. The same goes for our...
Learn Canva design to grow your business
RISE Collaborative is offering two Canva workshops on Saturday, March 11, 2023 with award-winning YouTuber and tech educator LaShonda Brown. This Canva training is FREE for entrepreneurs in Southern and Southern Central Virginia.Canva for Business Workshops on...
Trinity Thorpe-Lubneuski on The Impact of Internet Access in Rural America
Trinity Thorpe-Lubneuski on the Impact of Internet Access in Rural AmericaThose of us who have easy access to the internet often take for granted the benefits we reap from it. By providing equitable access to the internet across our rural communities, we are opening...
Tara St. Clair on Fostering Collaboration and Connection while Ecosystem Building
Tara St. Clair on Fostering Collaboration and Connection while Ecosystem BuildingFor anything to come together in a short amount of time AND without funding, it takes a community of people believing in the same mission and working together to create a network of...
Celebrate Black History Month: Support Black Businesses
February is Black History Month In honor of Black History Month, RISE Collaborative presents, "The Vibrary," a virtual library of business resources, Black Business facts, and a treasure hunt celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit of Southern Virginia (GO Virginia...
Farmville SEED hub seeks to grow innovation
This article was originally posted by Virginia Business. To view the article on the Virginia Business website, click here. PUBLISHED JANUARY 30, 2023 BY SARAH KING Sheri McGuire, executive director of Longwood University’s Small Business Development Center Photo...
Brian Deurloo // FrogCreek Partners
Entrepreneur Interview with Brian Deurloo, President & Founder of FrogCreek PartnersWhen it comes to your startup, if you don’t have the passion behind what you’re selling, you’re not going to make it as far as you think. This week, season 2 episode 2 of...
RISE Collaborative Opens Registration for March 2023 Business Pitch Competition
$15,000 in prizes available for competition winners FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTH BOSTON, Va. (January 23, 2022) – Cash prizes, feedback from business consultants and networking opportunities with fellow entrepreneurs await participants in the RISE Collaborative 2023...
Anika Horn on Putting People First in Ecosystem Building
Anika Horn on Putting People First in Ecosystem BuildingWe often fall into this trap of only looking at the professional facet of a person rather than the people themselves. When you take the time to understand the person, what it is they want, and how you can support...
Entrepreneurial Energy: Revisiting the Inaugural CO.STARTERS Cohort in Blackstone, Virginia
Entrepreneurial Energy: Revisiting the Inaugural CO.STARTERS Cohort in Blackstone, Virginia Historic Southern Virginia Town Reaping Benefits of Entrepreneurship Training Program In April 2021, an entrepreneurial movement started in Blackstone, Virginia. That spring,...
RISE Collaborative serves entrepreneurs in the following 15 localities in Virginia:
Patrick, Henry, Martinsville, Danville, Pittsylvania, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Charlotte, Lunenburg, Prince Edward, Buckingham, Amelia, Nottoway, and Cumberland. Questions? Contact our team at hello@sovarise.com.
