CREATE VIRGINIA

This episode has been a long time coming. I've wanted Kay Landry on the show for a long time, plus, I haven't been publishing shows recently.

Kay is in charge of booking and production at Ashland Coffee and Tea. She is also the former owner, so she gives a great lesson on the history of music at Ashland Coffee and Tea. She talks about how she learned the process of booking acts and later how to even run the sound for the shows.

I had a great time getting to know Kay, and I'm happy that her love of what she's done and her warm personality shines through here. I hope you enjoy!

For Episode 10, we visit with Mike Ogilvie and Matt Slatner of Data Field Technologies. We talk about the founding of their company, and the creation of their primary product, Peacock. We also cover how Richmond is a great place to live and start a business. Then we wrap up talking about where they see Data Field Technologies in the short and long term future.

EDITING NOTE: with their focus on data transfer, in particular in the healthcare field, we may have recorded this episode too early. At the time of recording, we had not seen the debacle of healthcare.gov. Trust us, we would have talked about it if we had recorded a few weeks later.

Remo Kommnick of TechHatch and INM United is our guest for Episode 8. Remo has great stories to tell. TechHatch is a program which offers high school students the mentorship and direction needed to launch a technology startup. He talks at length about why he and Joel Erb started TechHatch, along with the ups and ...read more

For Episode 5, we visit with Larkin Garbee of 804RVA. We talk about co-working in general and what makes 804RVA unique. She has great stories on the origins of 804RVA, her time running a tile company, and her entrepreneurial adventures earlier in life. We also cover how 804RVA is a hub for community building in ...read more

Episode 13 has us visiting John and Sherry Petersik of the Young House Love blog. John and Sherry have a great story to tell. They started the blog as a way to show family and friends progress on a home project. From there, it has grown way beyond their expectations. They have been able to quit their jobs and run the blog as their primary business. It also led them to write a New York Times best selling book. They have received a lot of press and exposure, including being featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network's Super Soul Sunday.

In this conversation, we talk a lot about their story. We also talk about where they draw the line for privacy, what it is like to work with your spouse, what the neighbors (and previous homeowners) think of their projects. We also go into how they prioritize their projects, how they decide when they should hire a contractor, and what they look for in a home before they buy it.

This felt like the perfect episode to end 2013 going into the holidays. This was a lot of fun to visit with them where they are just beginning to renovate their third home. Hope you enjoy!