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About Tim Ryan

Tim currently serves as the Executive Director of StartWheel, an organization focused on consolidating and coordinating the entrepreneurial efforts across Hampton Roads, Virginia. Tim has worked with thousands of startups over the past ten years from validation to investing in startups as an angel investor.

Dominion Energy Innovation Center lifts curtain on new accelerator cohort

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-19T10:04:23-04:00May 19, 2022|Accelerator Programs, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Local Ecosystem News, Universities & Labs|

From Richmond Inno By Dina Weinstein There’s a heavy [...]

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20 New Founders Join 757 Startup Studio’s Founder Community

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-16T15:01:04-04:00May 16, 2022|757 Collab, 757 Startup Studios, Get Free Publicity, Local Ecosystem News, Local Startup Stories, NIC|

NORFOLK, VA -- 757 Startup Studios' impact in Hampton Roads [...]

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RISE Announces Winners of $3M Rural and Urban Coastal Community Resilience Challenges

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-12T17:10:53-04:00May 12, 2022|Accelerator Programs, Competitions, Competitions & Challenges, Funding & Capital, Local Ecosystem News, Local Startup Stories, NIC|

Eight businesses will each receive up to $300,000 in funding [...]

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Activation Capital Awarded State Grant to Develop Regional Entrepreneurship Strategy for Central Virginia

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-12T09:33:45-04:00May 11, 2022|Funding & Capital, Press Releases|

-$450,000 Committed to Using Entrepreneurship as a Means of Economic [...]

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In ‘Shark Tank’ style, Kempsville students to pitch business plans to all-star judges including Youngkin and a music producer

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-09T10:56:47-04:00May 9, 2022|757 Angels, Competitions, Competitions & Challenges, From Inside Business, Local Ecosystem News|

From Inside Business By Sandra J. Pennecke Students on [...]

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The DroneUp Drone Delivery Model: Why Second Mover Advantage Has Put Them Out in Front

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-04T13:59:24-04:00May 4, 2022|757 Angels, Distribution & Logistics, Guest Columns, Local Ecosystem News, Local Startup Stories, Success Stories|

From: dronelife By: Miriam McNabb The DroneUp drone delivery model [...]

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This Week in History: The Weather Channel launches in 1982

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-03T14:09:07-04:00May 3, 2022|From Inside Business, Local Ecosystem News, Success Stories|

From The Virginian-Pilot By Sean Kennedy In this July 30, [...]

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‘Cash Is King’ As VC Spigot Slows

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-02T15:28:43-04:00May 2, 2022|Angel Investing, Bootstrapping, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Guest Columns, Venture Capital (VC)|

From Crunchbase By Chris MetinkoSophia KuntharaMarlize van Romburgh A year ago, [...]

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The Virginia Unmanned Systems Center at VIPC sponsors the Nations First UAS Integrated FLY-In During Winchester’s 95th Apple Blossom Festival Virginia

By Tim Ryan|2022-05-02T10:44:12-04:00May 2, 2022|Local Ecosystem News, Success Stories, Universities & Labs, Venture Capital (VC)|

Virginia Festival features UAS Technology Demonstration featuring DroneUp, ATA, Ecodyne, [...]

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Jim Spore to Retire After Six Years as First and Only President & CEO of Reinvent Hampton Roads

By Tim Ryan|2022-04-27T14:34:51-04:00April 28, 2022|757 Angels, Local Ecosystem News, NIC, Universities & Labs|

Business and Education Leader Nancy L. Grden Appointed as New [...]

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