Business and Technology Trends

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Does Your Internship Program Help You Grow (Or Are You Training Talent for Someone Else)?

Will an internship program benefit your company? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is, yes, AND you should craft your internship program with the future in mind. When […]

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Rapidly Grow Your Professional Skills with Digital Credentialing

If you spend any time on LinkedIn, you may have noticed a trend developing within your network: digital credentials. More than ever before, professionals across industries are reaching for online […]

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What is a Wet Lab?

With new lab space for biotech coming to the Roanoke and New River Valleys, you may be hearing more about wet and dry lab space. But what’s the difference between […]

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What is a Dry Lab?

There are exciting developments happening within the technology community. New lab space coming to the region to foster more research and innovation in biotech. With the proposed uptick in jobs […]

A word from Reed Kennedy

How do you get people to buy what you have to sell, and not buy your competitors’??? Our minds typically go to marketing, but before marketing happens, company strategies need […]

A word from Karen Jackson

It’s September, Typically the time kids head back to school and “pumpkin spice” makes its annual resurgence. But September 2020 is anything but typical, and despite best attempts to define a “new” […]

VIC, RBTC, & RAMP Form Strategic Alliance

Valleys Innovation Council (VIC), Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC), and the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP) today announced they are joining forces in a strategic alliance. The new alliance will […]

A word from Randy Lowman, President, The Lattitude Group

Conquering the Curve “Anyone can go fast in a straight line, but it takes skill to go fast through corners.” -Michael Schumacher I own a “vintage” 1990 Mazda Miata and […]

A word from Sarah Phillips, RBTC Membership Coordinator, RAMP Project Manager

These last few months have certainly presented challenges; many I would never have considered in my lifetime. The amount of uncertainty can make one wonder what the new “normal” will […]

A word from John S. Phillips, President, RBTC

ENGAGEMENT Crazy times necessitate some crazy solutions! We now find that our homes are our offices, remote working is considered the new normal and isolation is an appreciated norm – […]