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757 TechNite is tomorrow!!!
Thursday, Oct 29, 5–8 PM at The Dome by Rutter Mills, Virginia Beach. Presented by JPMorganChase. Networking, the awards program, and a live performance by Williamsburg native Canaan Smith.
Tickets and info: innovate757.org/757technite/
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One slogan, 200 different answers. Every employee had to define their own 'one goal', and it stuck for 15 years.
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Buffet on the plane, at the hotel, before the game… the real way to judge NHL food? Watch the PR and media guys over a season.
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He said a championship ring wouldn't mean much. A month after winning the Cup, he changed his tune. Al MacIsaac on what a ring really represents.
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All the talent and low character is a trap. Al MacIsaac, who spent 21 years in pro hockey front offices, uses the nine-box matrix to judge players and people.
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Rear-wheel drive. Chicago winter. You can guess how this ends. 🏒❄️ Al MacIsaac on why young pros need a plan for their money.
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🚨 Fervent Four E333 with Al MacIsaac 🚨
Al MacIsaac spent 21 years in professional hockey front offices, from running the Norfolk Admirals to the Chicago Blackhawks, where the team won three Stanley Cups in six years, and he saw what separates winning teams from the rest. In this conversation, he also explains why the most talented player on a roster can be the biggest trap.
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Since 2023, the Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable has helped secure more than $93M in investments across the region.
New leadership: Bill Van Buren (Kaufman & Canoles) is Chair, and Shannon Pierce (Virginia Natural Gas) is Vice Chair.
The Roundtable's roots trace to Dubby Wynne, whose legacy will be honored at 757 TechNite on Oct 29.
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Relationships are the heart of it all 🎯
The BIGGEST night of the year is just a couple of days away! 757 TechNITE!!!!
Relationships are what make the business world go around. There is no better place to start new relationships, rekindle existing relationships, or celebrate with your best relationships.
Additional scholarship tickets just became available. Students and startup founders, let us know if you'd like to attend, and we'll take care of you!
Info and details: innovate757.org/757technite/
757 TechNite is 6 days out.
Thursday, Oct 29, at The Dome by Rutter Mills, Virginia Beach. Presented by JPMorganChase. 4–5 PM: VIP reception 6:15–8 PM: awards Plus a live performance by Williamsburg native @canaansmith.
Tickets: innovate757.org/757technite
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Interest-only loans. Balloon payments. $600K houses for people who couldn't afford them.
Stephanie McLane lived the 2008 crash as a builder. "It was like Oprah. You get a loan, and you get a loan."
A Boeing 777 that once carried airline passengers is becoming NASA's largest flying laboratory at NASA Langley in Hampton. It can fly up to 18 hours with 50–100 people working onboard.
The supercritical wing design behind the 777 was pioneered at Langley.
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They cashed in everything they had to start a business. No investors. No borrowed money. Then one of the world's largest investment banks came calling.
Justin Askew and Stephanie McLane gambled on themselves and built AREMCO, a Virginia Beach-based company that now manages real estate assets nationwide and ranks No. 313 on the Inc. 5000.
Today, they're chasing an even bigger goal: a $250 million company valuation.
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Ships can wait months on a single hard-to-source metal part. Portsmouth's Radian Forge prints them layer by layer with robotic welding, and Veteran Ventures Capital just led its $2.5M seed round to build more capacity. Why investors are betting on it: innovate757.org/2026/10/09/t…
The Navy's new Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center, RASWDC, stood up Sept 24 at JEB Little Creek–Fort Story.
Its job is to test autonomous systems across air, surface, and undersea, write the tactics, and train sailors to use them, right here in Hampton Roads.
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Two weeks from today!
757 TechNite, presented by JPMorganChase, is Thursday, Oct 29, 5–8 PM at The Dome by Rutter Mills in Virginia Beach.
Join the people building Hampton Roads' tech future for networking, the awards program, and a live set from Canaan Smith.
Info and tickets: innovate757.org/757technite
Virginia opened a $9.9M Rural Health Tech Innovation Fund — grants $250K–$999,999 for technologies that help rural communities prevent and manage chronic disease.
Applications close 5 PM on October 29.
Hampton Roads innovators: this one's timed for you.
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Portsmouth's Radian Forge just closed a $2.5M seed round led by Veteran Ventures Capital — robotic metal printing aimed at Navy and maritime parts that used to take months.
Hampton Roads builds ships. Companies like this help keep them moving.
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At 60, Marsha Hudgins thought she was headed toward retirement. Instead, she was about to take over a construction company in an industry where few people expected her to lead.
Here's the rest of the story on E331 of the Fervent Four Show.
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