September 2005

New River Valley job incubator

September 29, 2005

I’ve been in DC the past two days so I originally missed this article, but there was another mention of the VT KnowledgeWorks dedication ceremony this past weekend by Andrew Kantor of the Roanoke Times. There’s a little more detail in this one with regards to square footage cost, the facility’s funding, and the different [...]

Portaqua in Roanoke Times

September 26, 2005

One of the member companies in VT KnowledgeWorks, Portaqua, will soon be launching its portable system that purifies and packages drinking water. There’s some coverage at the Roanoke Times.

VT KnowledgeWorks dedication ceremony

September 26, 2005

The formal dedication of the VT KnowledgeWorks facility occurred this past Saturday. Speakers included Senator George Allen, Congressman Richard Boucher, and Virginia Tech President Charles Steger. In addition to some nice media coverage, existing VT KnowledgeWorks member companies had the opportunity to speak with both the honored guests as well as the press and discuss [...]

Google Blog Search launched

September 14, 2005

Well, I saw this one coming (and really, who didn’t?). Google launched its Google Blog Search today (via Steve Rubel, Charlene Li) and it looks impressive. Using a ping server to primarily update its results as opposed to its web crawlers, the Google Blog Search will be competing directly with Technorati, BlogDigger, Feedster, DayPop and [...]

FeedMiner updates released

September 13, 2005

FeedMiner, EvolvePoint’s RSS feed search engine, had some major upgrades released today. These are not the type of improvements you see just from looking at the web pages, but they become apparent as you begin to perform some feed searches (especially if you have used the service since we launched). While in beta, we’ve had [...]

New small business IP site

September 9, 2005

The Entrepreneurial Mind has a pointer to a new site by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) encouraging small businesses to focus on intellectual property issues and protection.

FeedCraft beta launch

September 9, 2005

EvolvePoint’s newest service, FeedCraft, has been launched as a soft beta. By that I mean that we’re having a small number of selected beta customers on the service and we’ll expand that in several rounds of testing before our production release. FeedCraft is an RSS feed creation and management service. The service allows you to [...]

New tenants moving into VT KnowledgeWorks

September 9, 2005

Things are starting to heat up here in the VT KnowlegeWorks building. We have two new tenants moving in beside my suite: Biomedical Implant Technology and Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (VTIP). A full listing of the program members can be found at the following link.

VT KnowledgeWorks featured in Virginia Business Magazine

September 8, 2005

Virginia Business Magazine has an article featuring VT KnowledgeWorks. From the article, At VT KnowledgeWorks, a year-old business incubator in Blacksburg, the goal of some companies is not just to make a profit but to change the world. NBE Technologies, for example, is working on ways to enable LEDs (light-emitting diodes) to burn brighter, a [...]

Writing again, with a new focus

September 8, 2005

With the move of EvolvePoint to Blacksburg and the Virginia Tech’s Corporate Research Center, I’ve been very slack in writing to my blog. Now that things are settling down a bit (emphasis on “a bit”) I plan on writing much more often. Come to think of it, I think I’ve said these words before, but [...]