Skip to content

Log in

Category: Small businessSyndicate content

Independent pharmacists follow a long, steady Rx to success

Posted: August 27, 2010

By Danielle Walker

danielle.walker@insidebiz.com

In an industry where many fresh-out-of-pharmacy-school job applicants are offered six-figure gigs, bonuses and benefit packages by chain stores, the world of independent pharmacy ownership seems to be a dying breed.

Chris Lawrence, co-owner of MacArthur Good Neighbor Pharmacy in Norfolk, said the perks offered by the chain stores often seem like a no-brainer option for green workers entering the industry.

Email Top Story: 
3

Fighting off the afternoon doldrums

Posted: August 27, 2010

Lakeshia artis

lakeshia.artis@insidebiz.com

After lunch, most office workers experience the afternoon slump, where productivity starts to taper off.

Accountemps, a division of Robert Half International, a specialized international staffing firm, used an independent research firm to survey more than 1,000 managers at companies with 20 or more employees to assess what times of the day employees are the least productive.

Email Top Story: 
5

Black Expo provides tips for businesses

Posted: August 27, 2010

By Bill Cresenzo

bill.cresenzo@insidebiz.com

About 2,500 people came to network with businesses - both big and small - at the sixth annual Black Business Expo.

Eunice Mitchell of Virginia Beach was at the expo, held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center last weekend, and attended a seminar, led by Alvin Payne, a banker with Wachovia, on how to start a small business.

Mitchell, who said she now works for the federal government, wants to start a concierge service for busy people who need someone to run errands, cook or provide other personalized services.

Four local firms make Inc. 500 list

Posted: August 27, 2010

By Bill Cresenzo

bill.cresenzo@insidebiz.com

Four Hampton Roads companies have made the Inc. 500 list of the county's fastest-growing, privately held companies.

Each year, Inc. Magazine compiles a list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private U.S. companies. This year the top 500 had aggregate revenues of $11.3 billion, down from $18.4 billion in 2009. However, median three-year growth stood at 1,231 percent, up from 880.5 percent last year. The four Hampton Roads companies that made the list had combined revenues of $38.9 million. They are:

Dealing with violence

Posted: August 20, 2010

lakeshia artis

lakeshia.artis@insidebiz.com

Ten years ago, in November 2000, Joseph H. Ludlam Jr., a stockbroker with First Union Securities, walked into the Norfolk brokerage firm and beat his former boss, Timothy K. O'Shaughnessy, with a golf club before fatally shooting him.

Earlier this month Omar Thornton, a driver for a beer distribution company in Manchester, Conn., fatally shot eight people and wounded two others before turning the gun on himself.

New salon raises some eyebrows

Posted: August 20, 2010

By Danielle Walker

danielle.walker@insidebiz.com

The Indian-inspired decor and homey feel of Wink immediately caught the eyes of two MacArthur Center shoppers.

"I've seen it done on Oprah," said Deedra Smallwood, 26, about the threading technique she'd suddenly come face-to-face with at Wink Threading Studio.

Smallwood and her mother spotted the shop while walking through the mall in Norfolk, and her mother decided to get her eyebrows threaded for the first time.

Virginia Black Expo set for Beach venues

Posted: August 13, 2010

By Danielle Walker

danielle.walker@insidebiz.com

This Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 19- 21, the sixth annual Virginia Black Expo will be held in venues throughout Virginia Beach.

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will kick off the event Thursday morning at the Westin at Virginia Beach Town Center, addressing around 250 attendees about "The State of Business for Virginia." Individuals from the business community will receive awards during the breakfast.

Seasoned entrepreneur tackles new territory

Posted: August 13, 2010

BY LAKESHIA ARTIS

lakeshia.artis@insidebiz.com

Mighty Wash brings its detailing and pressure-washing services to its customers, who are often people on the go.

"Customers don't have to go to the car wash and automotive detailer," said Ash Gilpin, co-owner. "They can be at work or at home and we can come over and detail their car."

Mighty Wash, co-owned by Luke Bilger, serves the Hampton Roads area and offers additional services including pressure-washing boats, planes, driveways, decks and home exteriors.

Sharing spaces

Posted: August 6, 2010

By Danielle Walker

danielle.walker@insidebiz.com

Five years ago, Galiana Lindsey subleased a work space after a fire at her Chesapeake salon. She told her former boss there that if she ever left, she'd only work for herself.

Now, the 48-year-old stylist has her own space at 774-A Hilltop North Shopping Center in Virginia Beach.

Galiana's Hair Studio is just one of 26 salons in her building.

Lindsey works inside Salon Plaza - a suite rental provider for stylists seeking their own space.

A slice of the sweet life

Posted: August 6, 2010

by lakeshia artis

lakeshia.artis@insidebiz.com

Leave your worries at the door and get pampered at La Dolce Vita Salon. Massages, hair and nail care, spray tanning and facials are on the menu at the full-service salon and spa, which carries products by Onesta, Sebastian and John Amico.

La Dolce Vita, which means "sweet life" in Italian, has three massage rooms for individuals and couples. There is a facial room and manicure/pedicure rooms with state-of-the-art pedicure chairs, along with two stations in the hair salon area.