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GoTo Guide to the Norfolk/ Virginia Beach Startup Community

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Overview

• 1.7 Million Residents

• Located in Southeastern Virginia(From Williamsburg to Virginia Beach)

• Virginia Beach Oceanfront, longest pleasure beach in the world (Guinness)

• Virginia Beach named 6th happiest place to live (Forbes)

• Naval Station Norfolk, US largest naval base

• Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown

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Startups

• Podium Pro

• RoboCent

• Reality Bridges

• GMES

• Vinylmint

• Snap n Say

• TutoriALL

• Carlotz

• Visual Zen

• Concursive

• Planscope

• LimeLight

• Our Care Direct

• Go Wedding Pro

• uVest

• Campus Wise

• YILB

• ArcDNA

• Morphix

• Hook Hunt

• Winsitter

• TunedN

• D8Night

• True-Indie

• Threat Sim

• Precision Ads

• xTuple

• ROJO Word

• Rocketgenius

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Mentors/Advisors

• Marty Kaszubowski

• Ned Lilly

• Bart Hennan

• Lisa Fournier

• Kristin Fitch

• Nancy Grden

• Tim Ryan

• Rob Hegedus

• Drew Ungvarsky

• Michael Bor

• Harry Ward

• Mike Provance

• Paul DiNardo

• Keith Privette

• Zack Miller

• Mike Fleck

• Sean Mallon

• Sonya Schweitzer

• Gary Warren

• Kevin Curry

• Joel Nied

• Kevin Murphy

• Ash Gilpin

• Tom Osha

• Chandler Turner

• Bill Boyer

• Dave Richards

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Accelerators

• Hatch

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Co-Working and Incubators

• 757 Creative Space

• Innovation Research Park @ODU

• Peninsula Technology Incubator

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Events

• Start Norfolk

• Drop Anchor

• Ignite

• Maker Faire

• Granby Street Experience

• Start Peninsula

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Meetups• Startup Nights- New Tech Norfolk/VB

• Williamsburg meetup

• Start Coffee

• AIGA

• Tech-N-Eggs

• Drinks Downtown

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Developer Meetups

• Ruby Group

• HRNUG

• Drupal

• Python

• Brigade: Code for America

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Service ProvidersLegal Accounting

Banking Other Services

LeClair RyanKaufman and Canoles

Wilcox and SavageWilliams Mullen

xTupleGoodman, Hughes and DixonWall, Einhorn and Chernitzer

TowneBankMonarch Bank

Old Pointe National Bank

Startup America PartnershipRewardli

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Big Business based in Norfolk/VB

• Dominion Enterprises

• Liberty Tax

• Huntington Ingalls Industries

• Norfolk Southern

• Smithfield Foods

• Amerigroup

• ValueOptions

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Universities• Old Dominion University

• William and Mary

• Norfolk State University

• Hampton University

• Christopher Newport University

• Tidewater Community College

• Regent University

• ECPI

• Eastern Virginia Medical School

• Thomas Nelson Community College

• Virginia Wesleyan

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Investors Groups (Angels, Super Angels and VC)

• Pixides

• Greater Norfolk Angels

• First Landing Innovation Partners

• EnVest

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Agencies

• Grow Interactive

• Sway Media

• EyePinch

• Artsmith Media

• Artizmo

• Eternal Works

• We Are Titans

• Ciniva

• Bossa Nova

• Visual Harbor

• Marathon

• Arcphor Strategy

• WebTeks

• Ideation

• The Meridian Group

• CRT Tanaka

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PressHatch Managing Director and Mentor win CIT Gap 50 Award

Forbes Best of List: iPad Apps for public speakers

Zack Miller, Managing Director talks with Norfolk Perspectives

Aneesh Chopra, former CTO, talks about Hatch

VentureBeat Vinylmint

TechCrunch Podium Pro

TechCrunch Vinylmint

NY Times TugCam

Nibletz talks Hatch

Virginian Pilot at Mid-Way Demo Day

Virginian Pilot previews Hatch

Mid-Way Demo Day

Hatch 5 get a High 5

Cox Small Business previews the Hatch 5

Inside Business

WAVY-TV introduces Hatch

Norfolk Commissioner of Revenue with Beau Turner and Sean Evangelista

Hampton Roads Innovations

Silicon Anchor News: Aneesh Chopra

Silicon Anchor News: VinylMint

Alt Daily

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Blogs and Newsletters

• Silicon Anchor News

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Things to do in Norfolk/Virginia Beach

Shady Grove

Flatiron Park

Pagoda

Attucks Theatre

Chrysler Museum

McArthur Memorial

Granby Theater

d'ART Ctr

NorVa

Bean There Cafe

Cure

The Plot

3-Way Cafe

Wells Theatre

A Latte Cafe

Empire

Bite

Town Point Park

Harrison Opera House

Oceanfront, VB

Busch Gardens

Granby Street

The Norva

Ghent

Colonial Williamsburg

First State Landing Park

Historic Triangle

VB Contemporary Arts Center

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