Tag: Entrepreneurship
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Statewide Innovators’ Contest offers $5,000 Award
Create West Virginia and New River Gorge Regional Development Authority collaborate on contest that will culminate at Fayetteville Conference September 25 FAYETTEVILLE, WV – Create West Virginia and Valley Ventures Cafe, an initiative that fosters business innovation, will award one $5000 prize for the best new business idea at the 2015 Create West Virginia Conference,…
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Spend an AMAZING Saturday with Create WV!
Hey, we know Fall is a busy season, especially October. But what if you could invest a few hours to really spark your own creativity or change the course of your community, non-profit or business? For the first time, the Create WV Conference offers a special Saturday lineup of amazing speakers, resources, mentoring and entertainment!…
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Got an Idea? Pitch it at Create WV 2012!
Do you have an idea that deserves attention? Enter the Create WV Pitch Your Idea Contest and you could win up to $2,500 to launch your business, community or school idea! NOTE: It has been requested that we extend the deadline one final time to Friday October 12. We will accept your submissions until 5pm…
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Start Something Story: Jaboy Photography
Our next “Start Something” story comes from a well-known photographer around the Charleston area, Aaron Fryson of Jaboy Photography. He became a lover of photography simply because he saw a need that needed to be filled within the community! He took the time to share his story with the Create WV team: What cool idea…
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DigiSo is Near! New Digital Co-Working Space to Launch April 10
WVSU’s Economic Development Center Includes Region’s First Digital Arts Production Studio CHARLESTON, WV — Media freelancers, filmmakers, webcasters, web designers and photographers, digital entrepreneurs—mobile creatives of all description—now have a home in Charleston. At 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, they’ll converge at the West Virginia State University Economic Development Center (EDC) at 1506 Kanawha Blvd…
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Building Biz in WV: Magnets, Money and More Entrepreneurs
According to the Kauffman Foundation and other leading experts, a healthy job market is highly correlated with a high level of entrepreneurship in a region. In fact, most net new jobs are created by start-up companies, not larger employers. A special keynote session at the 2010 Create WV Conference will focus on how to build an…
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WV-OH-PA Regional Sustainable Innovation Summit Coming Up @ Create WV Conference
Got a business idea you think is sustainable? Kicking around an idea for a new product? Then make plans to join fellow innovators and entrepreneurs at the region’s first Sustainable Innovation Summit, Sunday, October 17, at Wilson Lodge, Oglebay Park in Wheeling, WV. Inventors, investors, researchers, academics, and fans of sustainability will convene for the…
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Turn Your Ideas Into Action with StartUP52 @ Create WV Conference
Do you have an idea for a business or new project on which you would like feedback or help? As part of the Create WV Conference in Wheeling, WV, a “business activation” team will be available during the conference to provide feedback to you and/or your team – facilitating and enabling you, the founder or…
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Are You West Virginia Made? Trade Group Forming Now
There will be an organizational meeting for the West Virginia Made Association on Friday evening, Sept 10, 2010 at Lakeview Resort, Morgantown from 6:30-7:30 following the first day of the WV Made Trade Show. All interested persons are invited to attend. (Lakeview Resort is located a few miles east of Morgantown off Exit 10, I-79) The WV Made Association…
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Technology Track Sessions Announced for Create WV 2010 Conference
Access to and adoption of technology has fueled amazing growth around the world. A fast pipe to the global marketplace is akin to a major superhighway in the Industrial Age. But it’s not just whether we have access; it’s what we do with it to transform our healthcare and educational systems, drive research and development…