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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…
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Gubernatorial Event to Live-Stream from University of Charleston’s Geary Auditorium
Interactive April 5 roundtable to give public chance to question candidates CHARLESTON, WV — Booth Goodwin and Sen. Jeff Kessler will each be featured separately at the Create West Virginia Gubernatorial Roundtable, to take place from 7 p.m. through 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in the University of Charleston’s Geary Theater. Live-streaming makes the event…
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Molly’s Video Recap of the 2016 Create WV Conference in the ‘Ville
University of Charleston student Molly Ballard is an Integrated Communications major. In her video recap of her first Create WV conference, she captures what inspired her and so many diverse people who know that together, we can Create communities, companies, and centers of learning that thrive in the global innovation economy. Thanks, Molly, for sharing…
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Create West Virginia Announces 2015 Creative Economy Construction Awards
Charleston, W.Va. September 28, 2015 – Create West Virginia named five 2015 champions of Innovation Economy pillars at the Create West Virginia Conference, held September 24-26 in Fayetteville. Sarah Halstead, president of the Create West Virginia board of directors, conferred the “creative cone” awards-orange road construction cones-at various times throughout the event. The cones symbolize…
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Sippin’ cider- Lewisburg cidery wins $5,000 at Create WV conference
West Virginia has paved the way for its craft beer industry, but two local entrepreneurs are ready to tap into uncharted territory — hard cider and mead. Josh Bennett and Will Lewis with Hawk Knob Cidery and Meadery in Lewisburg were awarded Friday night at the CreateWV Conference with $5,000 to test their business strategy…