On the corner of London and Washington streets in historic Olde Towne Portsmouth, stands a distinguished, Italianate-style building dating to 1891. During its first 100…
Social Media & Intellectual Property Law
So many of us promote our businesses on social media. We load a beautiful image onto Instagram and write a clever caption. Post an event…
Floating Your Boat
When J.P. Mancini II of Virginia Beach bought a $400,000 boat after leaving his corporate job, his friends thought he was crazy. Mancini, who grew…
Amazon’s Pre-Paid Tuition Program Delivers for Employees
There’s good news on the Coastal Virginia workforce development front as Tidewater Community College (TCC) joins Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University in partnering…
The Reading Habits Of Highly-Successful People
Successful leaders leverage the power of cross-pollination. Gaining insights from diverse and seemingly unrelated disciplines can generate fresh ideas, enhance critical thinking, and broaden perspectives.…
A Conversation With Behavior Analyst Kristin Frigelj
By Beth Hester Photography By David Uhrin Kristin Frigelj is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She’s founder and owner of KORA Analysis, a group…
2023 CoVa BIZ BOB Awards Winners
Every year we ask CoVa BIZ readers and the Coastal Virginia business community to nominate and vote for the businesses and individuals they believe to…
Aashish Matani on Taking the Long View
Photo Above: Left to right: Emily Kenyon, Andrew Merchant, David Burlin, Aashish Matani, Melody Litwiller, Asmeret Ghebremariam, Tanya Merchant. Photography By David Hollingsworth Photography From…
In the Mode5
At Mode5 the goal is to solve business technology problems quickly, and to prevent potentially serious issues from happening in the first place. The Norfolk-based…
Under the Hood
American Pride Automotive (APA) might just be the most appropriately named business on the west side of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. The operations of…

