Tenderfoot PBC

08/10/2026

FREE Study Space. Fall 2026.

Join the Tenderfoot Pilot for fully online adult students and working professionals near Town Center in Virginia Beach!

Join List: www.tenderfootva.com

🎁 The First 10 signups will be entered to win a Tenderfoot Pilot mug.

Limited spaces.

Join the list: www.tenderfootva.com

MAY the FOCUS be with YOU.

A Scholars' Studio for the modern learner. Private, semi-private, and collab study areas with child watch study, and resources to move forward. Free coffee & Tea. Study. Take an online class. Complete. Tenderfoot Co. Brick & Mortar for the modern learner. Tenderfoot Co.

06/08/2026

Tenderfoot Co. Signature Series III

Featured Figure: Jenny June 🌈

One of the earliest published autobiographical voices of a self-described “androgyne,” Jennie June documented the experiences of gender-nonconforming people in early twentieth-century America. Students of LGBTQ+ history, gender studies, sociology, American history, q***r studies, religious studies, and anthropology will encounter her writings as important firsthand accounts of identity, faith, social exclusion, and justice.

Anyone studying these fields may be familiar with Jennie June and her contributions to our understanding of gender, identity, and society.

Read more of Jenny June's work here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70019/pg70019-images.html

interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth

06/01/2026

Our daughters strengthen our resolve as business owners building something new. Stay steady and you will learn, grow and be beautiful. 😍💕

05/15/2026

Tenderfoot Signature Series II

Featured Figure: Adam Smith
Featured Reading: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
Featured Passage: “The Poor Man’s Son”

Often remembered as the father of economics, Adam Smith also explored human behavior, social status, ambition, and moral judgment. In this passage, Smith examines the pursuit of wealth and recognition, offering observations that remain strikingly relevant today.

Students of economics, sociology, psychology, philosophy, political science, business, and history may encounter Adam Smith and his writings as part of their study of human behavior, social class, morality, and markets.



Read more of Adam Smith for free:

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05/04/2026

Tenderfoot Signature Series I

Featured Figure: Florence Nightingale
Featured Reading: To Her Nurses
Featured Passage: 1872, London

Florence Nightingale remains one of the most influential figures in the history of nursing. While often remembered for her work during the Crimean War and her role in professionalizing nursing, her writings also reveal her views on nursing practice, discipline, education, and patient care.

Students of nursing, healthcare administration, public health, healthcare quality, medical history, and women’s history may encounter Florence Nightingale and her writings as part of their study of the development of modern healthcare.

Read More of Florence Nightingale:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49732

03/08/2026

Virginia is for Scholars.

People across Virginia are studying for nursing exams, construction licenses, IT certifications, graduate degrees, and entirely new careers. They are balancing work, family, and responsibilities while quietly putting in the hours to move their lives forward.

But many of these learners do not have a dedicated place to study. No campus library. No quiet environment designed for focus.

That is the problem Tenderfoot Co. is working to solve.

We are building Scholars Studios, focused study environments designed for modern learners pursuing academic and professional goals.

Right now we are working toward launching our pilot space, it's tiny but mighty and a start to place where students can walk in, sit down, and study in a space built specifically for them.

Because Virginia really is for scholars.

And we cannot wait to welcome YOU.

03/02/2026

Warrior-Scholar Project is the type of organization our Co -Founder, Darren Brown, wished he had known about while on active duty.

They are a national nonprofit organization that helps enlisted veterans and active duty service members transition from the military into higher education and beyond.

They do this through boot camps that focus on three disciplines: college readiness, STEM, and business. Participants spend a week on campus as part of a small cohort of 15 other veterans, where they stay in the dorms, eat in the dining halls, and experience firsthand the daily rigors of an undergraduate college degree program free of charge. They attend lectures by esteemed professors at each host institution and engage in an intense week of study and learning under the guidance and mentorship of WSP Fellows, veterans who have completed a WSP boot camp and successfully transitioned into higher education.

Warrior Scholar Project is currently accepting interest forms and applications for its 2026 summer academic boot camp programming.

Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gQAWEXxM

Tenderfoot Co. is a proud supporter of Warrior Scholar Project and encourages you to share this opportunity with any active duty enlisted service member or veteran interested in exploring higher education.

12/02/2025

Join the Tenderfoot Co. Scholar Interest List Today!
https://mailchi.mp/70c508f3aaf5/tenderfoot-co-interest-cohort-list

A Scholars' Studio for the modern learner. Private, semi-private, and collab study areas with child watch study, educational resources and free coffee & tea. Study. Take an online class. Complete. COMING SOON TO HAMPTON ROADS!

Designed for adult, online, working, active-duty, and veteran scholars who require a dedicated academic environment in Hampton Roads.

🎧📚🎓 May the Focus be with YOU!

Virginia Small Business Development Center Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce The HIVE - VB Business Resource Center Norfolk Technical Center Virginia Career Works Virginia Workforce Development Hampton Roads Workforce Council Fast Forward VA 757 Accelerate TCC Workforce Development Center Sentara Health Black Brand Virginia Chamber

10/07/2025

Sharing the vision of Tenderfoot Co. with caring, capable and experienced people with resources to bring our Scholars' Studios to life is a true gift.

Special thanks Jolie Spears, Paula Short and Todd Durose of Virginia Small Business Development Center and Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce for organizing this Miliatry Business Network event and The HIVE - VB Business Resource Center for hosting it.

Keynote speaker, Hillary Boyce of BAFO Services did not disappoint and shared vital information about Veteran/Military Owned Businesses.

Building Tenderfoot Brick by Brick.🧱