The traditional evaluation is giving way to more frequent check-ins with employees throughout the year
Read More Lack of fliers tied to higher Metro Airport airfares
Experts say Detroit’s ‘shrinking market’ and fliers’ few alternatives keep costs higher than other airports
Read More Note to readers about Sunday delivery of The Pilot
Delivery of your Sunday Virginian-Pilot might be delayed so that we can provide the results of tonight’s ODU-NSU football game.
On TV: Norfolk State at Old Dominion, 7 p.m., WTVZ
Radio: 94.1 FM, 1310 AM
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Radio: 94.1 FM, 1310 AM
Lemongrass Grille coming to Norfolk’s Ghent next year
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Lemongrass Grille, which has developed a following in Chesapeake for its healthy, vegan-friendly and moderately priced Asian menu, will branch out to Norfolk next year.
“You either grow, or you diminish,” Rob Brennan, the owner of Lemongrass, said last week. “The whole idea when I started doing this was that this concept is scalable.”
Read More Lemongrass Grille, which has developed a following in Chesapeake for its healthy, vegan-friendly and moderately priced Asian menu, will branch out to Norfolk next year.
“You either grow, or you diminish,” Rob Brennan, the owner of Lemongrass, said last week. “The whole idea when I started doing this was that this concept is scalable.”
Google Wallet Pivots–And Turns Into Venmo
The tech giant has introduced a new Google Wallet, minus all the NFC functionality.
Google Wallet, the company’s NFC payment option that competes with Apple Pay and more conventional rivals like Paypal, is getting a facelift. As reported back in March, the tech giant is splitting its NFC payment capability into a new app called Android Pay—which means Google Wallet now looks a lot like Venmo.
Ellen Pao “Moving On” From Gender Discrimination Suit
In Re/code, the ex-Reddit CEO explains why she is dropping the case she brought against her former employer, Kleiner Perkins.
Since 2012, Ellen Pao, the embattled former CEO of Reddit, has pursued a high-profile gender discrimination suit against her one-time employer, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. When the case went to trial earlier this year, the court ruled in favor of Kleiner Perkins, yet Pao pressed on in hopes of appealing the decision. But no longer: In a Re/code column published Thursday, Pao announced that she was “moving on” and would be dropping the case.
Meet Two Sisters Taking On The Ebola Aftermath In West Africa
How two entrepreneurs from Guinea are working with tech companies and the UN to fight the spread of disease.
In early 2014, every major network across the globe was discussing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. At one point, there were more experts on CNN discussing Ebola in the U.S. than there were people with Ebola in the U.S. Then, suddenly, everyone stopped talking about the disease and the aftermath, until a new Ebola case emerged recently in Sierra Leone, where the country’s last patient was discharged a week prior. As of August 23, 2015, 28,041 Ebola cases and 11,302 deaths had been reported worldwide.
Lessons From The Early Pitch Decks Of Airbnb, BuzzFeed, And YouTube
We got a VC’s take on the pitch decks of five now-billion-dollar tech companies. Here’s what they got right (and wrong) from the start.
Is it impossible now to imagine life without an Airbnb, LinkedIn, or YouTube?
The DJ Behind Dash Radio Believes Apple Swiped His Idea For Beats 1–And That’s A Good Thing
Apple’s radio play may get all the attention, but DJ Skee’s baby is growing fast.
When Apple introduced its revamped Apple Music ecosystem in June, one of the most intriguing features was Beats 1, a live, 24-hour, human-curated Internet radio station featuring top talent. Beats 1 eschews firm playlists and computer algorithms in favor of an old-school, expert-led, handcrafted listening experience, using lean, internet-only technology. Observers have hailed it as a “serious threat” to both traditional and satellite radio as well as other streaming services, and analyzed its content for secrets to Apple’s grander musical agenda.
