Tag: entrepreneurs

Roanoke Times: Local Entrepreneurs Ready to Bet on Startup Funding

He’s part of a growing movement among the region’s business elites who are taking big bets on small companies, and in the process reigniting the region’s stagnant startup financing market.

RAMP: An Exciting Step Forward For Our Region’s Technology-focused Entrepreneurs

(The following remarks were given by Jonathan Whitt, President and CEO of the RBTC on Wednesday, June 29 at the ceremony to kick off renovations to the Gill Memorial Building where RAMP […]

RAMP Business Accelerator to Foster Growth of Region’s High-potential Startups (Press Release)

Propelling high-potential startups to expand and create jobs is the goal of RAMP, a new technology business accelerator program set to launch in early 2017 in downtown Roanoke. Entrepreneurs who […]

Tech and Toast: Member Showcase | May 19

Please join us for our upcoming RBTC Member Showcase at the next Tech Toast, Thursday, May 19 (7:15 - 9:00 am) at the Sheraton Roanoke. The Member Showcase will feature fast-paced, engaging presentations from organizations that are innovating right here in the Roanoke-Blacksburg region.

TechNite 2016 Special Guest Speaker: Jonathan Hagmaier

  The Roanoke – Blacksburg Technology Council is pleased to announce its TechNite 2016 guest speaker, entrepreneur Jonathan Hagmaier, a long-time supporter of the RBTC and champion for our region’s […]