What prompted you to get into the wine/deli business AND the music business?

I was in the music business prior to acquiring the Little Store. I was also selling real estate at that time (nearly 25 years ago). The opportunity came up with the store under unfortunate circumstances which made the previous owner need to sell it quickly. A partner and I bought it with the intention to flip it, and here I am all these years later as the sole proprietor.

How have you been able to balance your two careers?

I’ll be honest with you, it hasn’t been easy. I will say that the music business has probably suffered the most in that it takes me longer than some to write music and make records. But looking back at my 30-year

It’s love at first sight, not at first text.

Andrew Bowman wants millennials to stop swiping on Tinder — and to start dating in real life.

Bowman, a Dayton resident and pilot in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, is working with other entrepreneurs to launch a new dating app called Venue. The app, which launches in Dayton on Aug. 24, encourages single people to stop simply talking to other people online by setting them up at local restaurants, breweries and entertainment spots.

Bowman — and entrepreneurs including Erik Lasky, Tyler Mutton, Taya Richardson — wants to help young people stop the cycle of fruitless online dating apps. Though Bowman and his friends knew a lot of people using apps like Tinder and Bumble, the matches never amounted to any serious relationships.

“I am excited as a member of the Dayton community to be bringing technology like this to life and launching it here in Dayton first,” he said.

The app works through four simple steps. An app user picks a local event they’re interested in on a night where they don’t already have plans. Other app users who are also interested in that event pop up as possible matches, and then users can decide who they’re attracted to based on other users’ photos.

The last step? “Meet the old-fashioned way, in person,” Bowman said.

Online dating is an increasingly hot market, especially for millennials.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS Andrew Bowman is creating Venue, a new kind of online dating app that helps millennials get out and meet romantic partners in person. The app helps you find fun venues to go on dates with millennials you’ve met online.