Category: Articles
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Can You Please Tell Me Where to Start?
So you think you’ve got a good idea. Maybe you have a few. Maybe you have a notebook of them, because while you’re awake (and when you’re sleeping) you’re constantly thinking of awesome business ideas. You’re not alone. But if you’ve never run your own business, or even started a business, it may seem overwhelming–where…
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Help is Here for People with Big Ideas
Do you think about ways to solve everyday problems? Is your head crowded with ideas for gadgets, apps, and new inventions? Do you have an idea for a tech business, but lack technical expertise or access to it? Are you wondering how to quickly test your ideas, or decide which one you should focus on…
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NEWS: Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute to Test Area for Interest in Cultivating Entrepreneursh
Idea-stage accelerator to launch if entrepreneurs show sufficient demand Charleston, WV — The Founder Institute (http://fi.co), the world’s premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program, announced today that it is exploring a new chapter launch in West Virginia’s Greater Kanawha Valley region, in conjunction with Create West Virginia, and the Appalachian Alliance. Beginning with the…
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Here come the robots…
We borrowed a chapter title from Charleston, WV, native Alec Ross’s bestselling book, Industries of the Future, for this blog entry. While we’re talking about bringing back jobs–or attracting job makers, we need a comprehensive understanding of THE ROBOT REVOLUTION and what it means to our state. This subject is just one aspect of forecasting…
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Be With Us Live, Online, and on Social Media
On April 5, at around 6:45 pm, you’ll likely be able to see what’s happening live, before the big event. At 7:00 pm, we’ll start. There will be around 400 people at the live event. We have no idea how many more will join online, we’ll see. We are using our YouTube Channel as our…
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The What Ifs of Success
We can ask all day long what a candidate plans to do about jobs, but we really should be focusing on his knowledge of attracting and supporting the kinds of jobs that pay well and solve real-world problems without creating a heap more. What do productive, well-paid workers want and need, and can we build…
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“…If You Think Differently You’re Crazy.” #WVGOVTALK
“In the primary, there’s only one person that can win, that can win the general election, and if you think differently you’re crazy.” -Jim Justice (Charleston Gazette-Mail, 3.26.16.) To Jim Justice, from CreateWV’s “little guys”, the ones you say you’re suited to take up for: Hold on just a doggone minute, Jim. We’re not so…
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NEWS: ROUNDTABLE HOSTS SIGN ON TO QUESTION NEXT GOVERNOR
Create WV’s April 5 event designed to curb political rhetoric, gut business-as-usual-power plays. Focus is on candidates’ understanding and expansion of new, 21st Century jobs and policies to encourage innovation and investment. CHARLESTON, WV — Create WV, a volunteer-led organization known for designing lively, highly engaging public events focused on forward-thinking business development strategies, entrepreneurship…
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Gearing Up to Attract the New Job Makers
(FROM ITIF) Behind every technological innovation is an individual or a team of individuals responsible for the hard scientific or engineering work. And behind each of them is an education and a set of experiences that impart the requisite knowledge, expertise, and opportunity. These scientists and engineers drive technological progress by creating innovative new products…
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Download Create WV’s Quick Start Guide to the New Economy
There’s never been a better time to figure out what all the fuss is over “innovation.” It’s also important to know who the innovators are, what they need, what they like, and start making a plan to attract and retain them. Yes, we said retain innovators. Every year we lose members of the creative class—for…