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this week in 757: a coffee chat, one blind spot, & a business built to outlast its founder

Three local stories, one lesson: the details you pay attention to are what determine the outcomes.

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IHR757 Events
September 11, 2026

this week in 757

business - innovation - growth in hampton roads

THE BIG STORY
FRIDAY EDITION

ivWatch Is Tackling a Blind Spot Hospitals Asked It to Solve

Hospitals kept telling ivWatch that some of the most dangerous IV complications involved therapies its technology couldn't yet monitor, so the company's newest FDA filing is built specifically to close that gap.

The Best Businesses Are Built to Evolve

A health scare accelerated Joe Benedetto's decision to sell RDS, proof that the biggest test of a business isn't how well it grows, it's whether it can succeed without the person who built it.

One Conversation in Paris Led to a New Virginia Beach Office

A coffee table conversation at a Paris defense expo just gave Virginia Beach its newest maritime AI defense office, and it started because two strangers happened to sit down at the same table.

THE SHORTLIST

  • Virginia Cup returns Sept. 17 to the Sandler Center: Tickets Now Open.

  • Defense Maritime Solutions is investing $30M+ in Chesapeake to expand U.S. shipboard engine manufacturing and add 32 jobs. READ MORE.

  • Phillips is opening a $2M Portsmouth center this fall to train industrial maintenance and mechatronics techs for Hampton Roads employers. READ MORE.