Husband and wife Pete and Burson Snyder, who founded the nonprofit 30 Day Fund to help communities and small businesses, on Thursday pledged $1 million to The Barstool Fund if the fundraising effort reaches $14 million by midnight on New…
Gabrielle Mueller and Karen Hampton co-own the Edgewood Outfitters store at 5709 Richmond Road in the Williamsburg Premium Outlets. The two friends and business partners have been anxious about sales in the months ahead because of the coronavirus pandemic. But…
Coronavirus made 2020 the year of the pivot. But the D.C.-area ventures having real, direct impact on the Covid-19 crisis have done more than tweak their business models; they’re innovating, persevering and committing to getting us through the pandemic in…
A local entrepreneur’s grassroots effort to give $3,000 forgivable loans to Virginia small businesses — with a request that recipients “pay it forward” if they eventually can — seems to be working. Disruptor Capital CEO Pete Snyder’s Virginia 30 Day Fund has…
The Virginia 30 Day Fund has helped more than 100 businesses across Virginia, including some here in the valley. Joe’s Griddle and Grill in Harrisonburg was one of the businesses to get a grant. Owner Joe Wobbe said he found…
Two weeks ago, we — along with some of our friends from Virginia’s business and philanthropic community — announced an effort to help small businesses in the commonwealth struggling with the unprecedented challenges presented by the spread of a global…