By Michael Schwartz | Inside Business

James Ramsey's first business venture paid off, to say the least.

After selling his former company, Instant Technologies, for $43 million in 2007, Ramsey is knee-deep in another endeavor.

By Michael Schwartz | Inside Business

It's been about 15 years since a networking group tried to forge a cohesive community among local biotechnology industry participants.

By Michael Schwartz | Inside Business

By Michael Schwartz

Tidewater Community College's new Portsmouth campus has an interesting relationship with workforce development in the region.

By Michael Schwartz 

President Obama's proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2011 delivered both good and bad news for space- and NASA-related organizations in Hampton Roads such as NASA Langley, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.

By Michael Schwartz | Inside Business The dream held by many to establish a viable locally based wind energy-generation industry utilizing massive windmill farms off the coast of Hampton Roads could be realized in six to 11 years.

That's an achievable time line if all the pieces come together, according a Dominion Resources executive.

By Michael Schwartz | Inside Business

The organization formerly known as the Virginia Electronic Commerce Technology Center, created and heavily supported for years by Christopher Newport University, now is an independent entity free of state support after its ties with the school were severed because of budget constraints.

By Philip Newswanger | Inside Business

Just over a year ago, Norfolk Tug Co. launched what was billed as the green alternative to trucks ferrying containers between Hampton Roads marine facilities and the Port of Richmond.

By Lakeshia Artis | Inside Business 

It started as the simple dream of seven young black professionals who wanted to develop an organization that would help individuals excel in their careers.

The Coalition of Young Black Professionals Foundation was founded in Hampton Roads in 2001 to provide the "opportunity to network in a professional, civic and social atmosphere."

By Philip Newswanger | Inside Business

Maybe the tide has turned for leasing industrial space.

An Atlanta-based company that recycles and reconditions containers for manufacturers has signed a lease for 150,500 square feet of space at 500 West Park Lane in Hampton.

The building is still owned by Gateway Inc., which is subleasing the space to Crate Services Inc.