More than 10 years ago in January of 2008, the first lines of code were written for what would eventually become ZippyMeals.
“One winter, I got really sick for a week and had to stay home from work, and I just decided to create the software pro...
Corporate Social Responsibility, commonly referred to by the acronym CSR, is a policy for corporations to enact ethical and sustainable business practices, as well as being involved in the public, specifically through interaction with causes for soci...
For years now, major clothing manufacturers and retailers have been outsourcing production to regions with cheap labor and minimal labor laws, mainly in regions located within South America, Africa, and Asia. It seems like every year a new labor expl...
Thermal imaging is in use across a myriad of professions, from the work with more direct linked uses such as firefighting and law enforcement to less obvious jobs. From contractors trying to improve heat efficiency in houses to electrical engineers p...
Tsampa is a roasted barley flour that is the nutrient-heavy staple ingredient in Tibetan cuisine. The team behind the aptly named Tsampa Tsnacks (the T in “Tsnacks” is silent, just like the T in “tsampa”) is bringing thei...
In classrooms across the United States, science experiments are often the core experience through which middle and high school students gain experience with the scientific method, experimental processes, and recording data. However, an accessible dat...
“How can we wear a ton of stuff all the time without owning it?” is the question Alissa Micciulla tells me started her business, over a holiday brunch visit with an old friend during Alissa’s first year at Darden School of Business...
The DIY projects of generations past may have skewed more towards re-painting a bathroom or sewing together a new outfit, but as Vijay George proves, the Millennial generation is creating whole new worlds on their own, powered through the internet a...
Jiang He is the type of person – shockingly numerous at a place like UVA – whose sheer list of accomplishments can make your head spin. A nano-medicine specialist, He has spent the past 17 years conducting pharmaceutical research here in...
Many folks think of startup life as all t-shirts and “take your dog to work” days, but Babylon Micro-farms founder Alexander Olesen takes a slightly different tack. “I guess I take a corporate approach to startups,” he tells ...
Recent UVA graduate Eric Tetlow (‘17) knows a thing or two about grit. “If there’s one strength I can boast about, [it’s that] I think I have grit on my shoulders,” the TETNOVA co-founder tells me. A former UVA football...
“I’ve always liked solving problems, the harder the better,” Jack Ross tells me when we sit down to talk about his venture, Beanstalk. He comes by this inclination honestly, bearing the family resemblance for problem-solving that i...
When hearing someone throw together the notion of ‘surfers,’ ‘alpacas,’ and ‘grandmothers,’ your first thought might be that you must have stumbled into a particularly esoteric game of Apples to Apples. Howe...
Jim Finnerty, recent Darden School of Business graduate and one of three founders of Myriad Data Solutions, seems to enjoy leaving his conversation partners with a new bit of trivia, an eye-opening piece of data, or an iconic quote that you’ll...
The word “thrive” is one of those expressions that instantly conjure up a host of feelings and connotations. It’s funny how one small word can immediately call to mind a fully formed idea – one of flourishing in a place, oppo...
Sometimes finding a complementary pairing can make all the difference. Nuna Med Founder and CEO Ali Barta believes that one of the most potent examples of this idea is in the combination of scientific and natural health remedies. When I sit down wit...
Alexander Stronko carries an engineering notebook with him wherever he goes, recording anything and everything he thinks might someday be useful. Luckily, that means that he happened to capture, in detailed meeting minutes, the first day he was conn...
In sailing, much like in entrepreneurship, one must have the ability to shift with the winds. As an avid sailor in his native Rosario, Argentina, Maximiliano A. Isa Pavia, a recent Darden School of Business graduate (2017) and founder of TuMejorCred...
We all have that friend who’s in the know about every cool music venue in town – the one who can recite the upcoming performance schedule of favorite local bands as if it was his/her own personal calendar. Well, your friend should meet t...
Art can be a powerful way to bridge many of the gaps that exist in our world – bringing people together across perceived divides among cultures, genders, ages, and many more categories. These days, the same could certainly be said for technolo...
June West is aware that, when you hear her speak or interact with her, there’s a lot of subtext humming just below the surface of that conversation. Not only are you evaluating her expertise – as someone who’s been in the business ...
They say that building a successful business takes plenty of “blood, sweat, and tears,” and that sentiment couldn’t be truer for StreamSense Medical CEO Cheng Yang. But, given the nature of his business, he’d probably tack o...
