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Sep 14, 2016

Tomtoberfest Features New Structure

Published on Cavalier Daily This year’s Tom Tom Fall Block Party, the Tomtoberfest, will take place Sept. 23 and 24 at Lee Park by the...

Aug 25, 2016

Founding Cville Award Recipients Announced (Video)

Published on Newsplex The Tom Tom Founders Festival has selected this year’s recipients of the Founding Cville Award, an annual project...

Aug 8, 2016

Virginia Velocity Tour And Pitch Night Heads To Charlottesville

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow An effort by Governor Terry McAuliffe to award five $25,000 grants to small Virginia startups will...

Jun 23, 2016

Deadline for Founding Cville Award Approaching (Video)

Published on NBC 29 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (WVIR) – Friday is the last day for members of the Charlottesville community to nominate...

Jun 13, 2016

Nominations sought for Founding Cville Award

Published on The Daily Progress Nominations are now open for the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s third annual Founding Cville Award. The...

May 6, 2016

Founding Charlottesville: 2016 Tom Tom Festival a Huge Success (Video)

Published on Newsplex The fifth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival concluded in April, and after tallying the numbers, 38,000 people went...

Apr 15, 2016

Jason Flom on Rock ‘N’ Roll And Getting The Innocent Out Of Prison

Published on C-VILLE Weekly Lava Records founder Jason Flom could be the most successful recording executive of this era. But it was his...

Apr 15, 2016

Entrepreneurs Preach Passion, Flexibility at Founders Summit

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow A skateboarder, a fashion designer, two CEOs and a record executive brought a common denominator...

Apr 14, 2016

Fifth Tom Tom pitch night sees youngest-ever winners

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow The youngest-ever entrants to the Tom Tom Founders Festival’s Crowd-funded Pitch Night took home...

Apr 14, 2016

At Tom Tom festival, McAuliffe signs law protecting youth entrepreneurs

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow Gov. Terry McAuliffe used the Paramount Theater stage Thursday to sign into a law a bill designed...

Apr 14, 2016

At Tom Tom Festival, McAuliffe Signs Law Protecting youth Entrepreneurs

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow Gov. Terry McAuliffe used the Paramount Theater stage Thursday to sign into a law a bill designed...

Apr 11, 2016

Tech, Creativity Keys to Area’s Future

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow A brewer, an educator, a computer programmer, a film festival director and a lawyer and politician...

Apr 11, 2016

Tom Tom Festival Honors Jefferson’s Legacy

Published on Cavalier Daily Charlottesville will host its fifth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival starting April 11. The weeklong festival...

Apr 6, 2016

A Festival of Innovation

Published on UVAToday Nearly two centuries years ago, Thomas Jefferson began building a new enclave of knowledge in Charlottesville. As...

Apr 2, 2016

Rough Rise to National Recognition

Published on The Daily Progress If the upcoming Tom Tom Founders Festival had a theme song, it might well be, “Don’t Let Me Be...

Apr 2, 2016

Tom Tom Founders Festival to Highlight Businesswomen

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow When Dahlia Lithwick graduated from Stanford Law School in a class that was half women, she looked...

Apr 2, 2016

Rough Rise To National Recognition

Published on The Daily Progress If the upcoming Tom Tom Founders Festival had a theme song, it might well be, “Don’t Let Me Be...

Mar 31, 2016

City as a Canvas Theme Returns to Charlottesville Area Transit

Published on Charlottesville Tomorrow Following the success of last year’s painted Trolley, Charlottesville Area Transit has once again...

Mar 31, 2016

Charlottesville to host 5th annual Tom Tom fesitival

Published on Cavalier Daily Charlottesville will host the fifth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival April 11-17. The festival showcases...

Mar 24, 2016

Female entrepreneurs can get a free ticket to Founders Summit

Published on Newsplex In an effort to increase female entrepreneurship in Charlottesville, the Tom Tom Founders Festival is letting...