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Kicking off the holiday season
Dec 03 2012
Our office is kicking off the holiday season today by displaying a gorgeous, 12-foot Fraser fir grown in Grayson County by Rodney and Cynthia Richardson. The Richardsons, who own Mt. Rogers Tree Farm, also are providing a Christmas tree to Governor Bob McDonnell and his family for the executive Mansion in Richmond.
Crowdfunding a Startup: Danville & Blacksburg
Nov 30 2012
On Thursday, Senator Warner held the fifth and sixth in his series of ‘crowdfunding’ seminars for Virginia entrepreneurs and start up businesses. Today’s events, held in Danville and Blacksburg included panel discussions with a range of business leaders, including a representative from Kiva, the revolutionary online microfinancing platform, and the CEO of Blacksburg’s own Interactive Design & Development.
"Skyping" with the Virginia Chamber
Nov 29 2012
Senator Warner “Skyped” into Williamsburg today as a keynote speaker for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Summit, and spoke about his efforts in Congress to find bipartisan consensus on a rational and responsible plan to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Rebooting America
Nov 09 2012
Senator Warner spoke today at Reboot America, a summit focused on how startups, corporations, and policymakers can collaborate on private sector solutions to public sector challenges and helping to create jobs in the fields of energy, education, health care, national security, and more.
Crowdfunding a Startup
Oct 17 2012
“Crowdfunding has the potential to not only change the way that startup businesses access capital, but to allow entrepreneurs to create and keep jobs in places like Danville or Roanoke,” Senator Warner said today in Arlington at the first of a series of events that he’s holding to help Virginia entrepreneurs better understand how crowdfunding can be a tool for business growth.
Senator Warner hosts 2nd annual Young Professionals Summit
Summit draws more than 300 young Virginians
Oct 01 2012
Moving Virginia forward to continued success in a global economy should not include losing sight of important local and statewide connections. That’s what Senator Warner, a co-founder of Nextel and former venture capital investor, told more than 300 young people attending the second annual Virginia Young Professionals Summit in Richmond on Saturday.
Day Two: Buchanan, Bluefield, Dublin, Wytheville
Aug 24 2012
We kicked off day two of a three day swing around Southwest Virginia yesterday with a visit to Buchanan Mine #1 near the town of Oakwood. Senator Warner greeted miners before suiting up and heading down into the mine.
In case you missed it, our staff put together this quick video about Senator Warner's recent trip to Danville, Martinsville, Rocky Mount and Bedford. The Senator held a series of town hall meetings, toured small businesses and threw the opening pitch at a collegiate league baseball game during a weekend of travel.
Virginia Chamber supports Startup 2.0
Jul 31 2012
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is supporting Senator’s Warner’s bipartisan Startup 2.0 legislation, which would help support and grow small businesses and innovative start-up companies.
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (Va.-D) told a crowd of about 40 Franklin County citizens Saturday morning that it's going to take a bipartisan effort to reduce the country's deficit and get the economy back up to speed.
