Spotsy next for Walton Group? (Free-Lance Star)
A Canadian land investment company that recently purchased about 1,190 acres in Stafford County has also been looking at land in Spotsylvania County.
How Patricia Kluge’s vineyard reached beyond its means (C-Ville)
Patricia Kluge achieved Great Ladyhood via a well-worn path: Take your clothes off and then divorce well. But, if she wanted to fulfill her destiny and become a Great Lady, she needed to be someone else, someone not defined by her ex-husband’s wealth. She needed an occupation, something that would rid her of her reputation as nothing but a strumpet-turned-gold digger extraordinaire.
She decided she was going to make a world-class wine right here in Virginia.
Americans say ‘no’ to electrics despite high gas prices (USA Today)
Nearly six of 10 Americans — 57% — say they won’t buy an all-electric car no matter the price of gas, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.
Red Bull’s Adrenaline Marketing Mastermind Pushes into Media (Bloomberg)
An incredible profile. Little known outside of his native Austria, Dietrich Mateschitz is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our age, a man who single-handedly changed the landscape of the beverage industry by creating not just a new brand but a whole new category: the energy drink. As the visionary who brought the world Red Bull, affectionately known as “speed in a can” or even “liquid cocaine,”
10 Steps From Idea to Business (Inc.)
Like many things in life, start-ups don’t come with instruction manuals. So columnist David Ronick created a cheat sheet for turning a vision into a successful new business.
8 companies with the best vacation perks (Fortune)
Employees at Google get 15 vacation days during their first year at the company, 20 days off after four years, and 25 days after six years. Googlers also get all of the sick days they need and 12 paid holidays.
