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Pitch & Polish

by Chelsey Blake | Aug 13, 2018 | RAMP, RBTC Events, RBTC News

The Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council and RAMP are pleased to present Pitch & Polish sessions for area Technology Start-Ups. Pitch & Polish clinics provide a valuable opportunity to pitch your business idea to a team of regional experts who want to help...

Tech & Toast: Opportunity Zones – August 16

by Chelsey Blake | Jul 24, 2018 | RBTC Events, RBTC News

Join us on Thursday, August 16th for the upcoming Tech & Toast breakfast with our friends from Cherry Bekaert/THInc.IT as they discuss Opportunity Zones: A New Investment Opportunity for Start-Ups and Expanding Businesses. Arrive early, for coffee and networking,...

Ask the Cohort: DESA

by Jason F. | Jul 18, 2017 | RAMP, RBTC News

DESA is a health care analytics and Telehealth company led by Jonathan Briganti, Dr. Anne Brown, Brian Elliott and David Trinkle, MD. They are developing a way for assessments, that are normally done inside a doctor’s office, to be done remotely on a digital medium in...

Take Five: Adam Ernest, CEO, Follow My Vote

by Jason F. | Feb 18, 2016 | Take Five

We recently talked with Adam Ernest, co-founder and CEO of Follow My Vote. Focused on improving the integrity standards of voting systems used in elections worldwide, Follow My Vote develops end-2-end verifiable online voting software…

RBTC Supports Smaller Technology Firms by Eliminating Dues

by Jason F. | Feb 8, 2016 | RBTC News

The RBTC announced at our annual membership meeting in January that we are now offering free memberships to locally headquartered technology companies that have 1-9 employees. This is our way of giving back to the startup technology community that we aspire to...