About the business: NerdsToGo is a locally owned and operated franchise that provides IT support for small businesses and homes. It has a brick-and-mortar shop in Old Town Alexandria, as well as mobile vans.
How it started: Regis DeVeaux and his now-business partner Tadeal Teshager met as students at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. After they graduated, the two of them got together with DeVeaux’s father-in-law, Michael Wilson, who has decades of experience as a financial planner, to brainstorm franchise opportunities in the D.C. area.
DeVeaux, who also co-founded consulting and investment firm GroveGate Capital with Teshager, had worked for AT&T in sales and as a store manager, so venturing into another tech franchise seemed a natural fit. DeVeaux said customers sometimes came to his AT&T store asking for help with their laptops. “Just being in technology — more so, mobile tech — I just saw the need in the area,” he said.
So he signed on for NerdsToGo. That was…
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