It takes money to make money. When it comes to business start-ups, that means venture capital. We told you Sunday how Virginia is only attracting 1 percent of the nation’s venture capital, according to a recent report by the accounting firm Price Waterhouse. If the whole state is only getting 1 percent – and you’ve got to figure a big chunk of that is going to high-tech Northern Virginia – what hope is there for the rest of us? How can we ever hope to grow a technology sector in the Roanoke and New River Valleys – or any kind of new business sector – if there’s so little capital available?
