Last night in Morgantown, Martinsburg, Charleston and Fayetteville, dozens of young entrepreneurs gathered to launch the YES Network (Young Entrepreneurs Support). It was an energizing and inspirational milestone for the Vision Shared Entrepreneurship team – congratulations!
It is YES Network’s goal to:
provide active, consistent programming that spurs the development of peer to peer and mentor networks and facilitates access to tools we need as entrepreneurs. With research of other entrepreneurial organizations, and through a survey tool, we have identified three key programs – Peer to Peer Forum, Mentor Network, and Business Opportunities – that will best serve the needs of young entrepreneurs.
At the Fayetteville event at the White Horse Inn (a really spectacular hospitality business in its own right), over 40 local entreprenuers gathered as Brandon Holmes, New River Gorge Region YES Network leader and partner in the innovative Internet/video marketing firm Weld, outlined the benefits of joining the peer support network.
Initiatives such as the YES Network will go a long in adressing some of the cultural barriers we face in West Virginia when it comes to adopting an entrepreneurial, risk-tolerant approach to creating new opportunities.
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