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RAMP launches “Mentor Magic” 1024 682 RAMP - Regional Accelerator

RAMP launches “Mentor Magic”

RAMP director Mary Miller introduces our new video series “Mentor Magic” that features advice from our team of expert mentors for aspiring entrepreneurs.

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Mentor Profile: John Schott 400 400 RAMP - Regional Accelerator

Mentor Profile: John Schott

Entrepreneur John Schott is passionate about the Roanoke-Blacksburg business community.

He first fell in love with the region while attending Virginia Tech, where he earned a Master’s in Civil Engineering, but career opportunities took him to Northern Virginia. “I knew I wanted to get back to this region, but didn’t know if I could have a career here.”

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RAMP thanks Virginia Western 1024 721 RAMP - Regional Accelerator

RAMP thanks Virginia Western

As RAMP prepares to launch its 5th year of cohorts, please join us in thanking Carole Tarrant and the Virginia Western Community College Educational Foundation for their pivotal role in making our program possible.

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RAMP invites Health and Life Science Companies to Apply for Spring 2021 Cohort 1024 485 RAMP - Regional Accelerator

RAMP invites Health and Life Science Companies to Apply for Spring 2021 Cohort

Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP) will open applications on December 15 exclusively to health and life science companies for its March cohort — a 12-week curriculum that provides mentoring, free office space with high-speed internet, access to venture capital and $20,000 in equity-free funding.

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RAMP project to expand with help of federal grant 1024 604 RAMP - Regional Accelerator

RAMP project to expand with help of federal grant

From The Roanoke Times: Sept. 29, 2020

After nurturing 24 startup businesses over the past four years, an acceleration program aimed at advancing high-tech innovation in Western Virginia will soon double its annual output.

The expansion of the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program, better known as RAMP, will be funded by a nearly $1 million federal grant and matching resources from a variety of universities, localities and organizations.