Tag: Entrepreneurship
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Fund Development Seminar For Non-Profits, Foundations & Colleges – New Approaches in a New Economy
Fund Development Seminar for Non-Profits, Foundations and Colleges: New Approaches for a New Economy Leveraging Board Relationships Think Globally. Act Locally. The Courting Game — Corporate Relationships Major Campaigns — The 80/20 Rule How Visible Are You? — Eyes Wide Shut Seminar Location: Charleston, TBA Registration fee: $45 To enroll, call Mary Jane Wright @ 304.566.7332…
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Mountain Stage @ Create WV ’09 Conference!
We’ve often held WV Public Radio’s Mountain Stage up as a tremendous example of creative economy entrepreneurship. Larry Groce, Andy Ridenour & team have built an internationally known and appreciated cultural asset that has gained the respect of the world’s greatest musicians during its 25+ years. So what better way to celebrate one of our state’s greatest…
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West Virginia Entrepreneurs Corner Salsa Market
Well, perhaps Frito Lay isn’t shaking in its boots yet, but West Virginians do seem to make some mean salsa. Two of the most award-winning salsa suppliers are Maggie’s Salsa of Charleston and Blue Smoke Salsa of Ansted. Magdalena De La Cruz Cook-Garcia, founder of Maggie’s Salsa, has been honored by the WV chapter of the U.S.…
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McDowell County Creates Opportunities with Micro-Loan Program
Few regions of the country have experienced as much economic pounding as McDowell County, WV. Once a booming coal county with close to 100,000 people in the mid-20th century, it has been pummeled by coal industry job losses and flooding through the years. The latest 2007 census estimate was 22,000. Can you imagine a 78%…
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Join the Southern WV Create WV Summit and Enjoy an Off-Broadway Play
What’s better than talking about stimulating creativity in West Virginia and then seeing it in action? On Friday, April 10, join host group “Create Mercer” and the statewide Create WV team at the RiffRaff Arts Collective in downtown Princeton, WV, for an afternoon and evening of innovative culture and economic/community growth discussion. The Southern WV Create…
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Kiva.org – A Model for West Virginia?
Let’s face it, West Virginia needs to dramatically spark our level of entrepreneurship. It’s a pretty open secret that our dependence on both government and extractive industry over the decades has not exactly trained ourselves to think in innovative ways towards wealth creation. Several organizations and volunteers have been working hard to change the awareness…
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Filling Our Tech Entrepreneur Pipeline
West Virginia has been called out in several “new economy” state rankings for its lack of vibrant high tech entrepreneurship culture. To address this issue, some key organizations in West Virginia have developed a program to jump-start the number of entrepreneurs in this area. We encourage you to consider participating or sharing with contacts inside…
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Happy 25th Anniversary Mountain Stage – And Thank You!
Last night, the West Virginia Public Radio program Mountain Stage celebrated its 25th anniversary. The history of Mountain Stage is pretty well documented. But in addition to congratulating Larry Groce, Andy Ridenour and the rest of the production team, we wanted to highlight Mountain Stage as an example for new economy growth and building creative…
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Mining Talent From Former Natives
We’ve posted several times about the need to re-stock our talent pipeline with new economy-savvy workers and entrepreneurs. It’s a very tough chicken-and-egg dilemma. How do you attract talent without the jobs, and how do you build companies without the talent? One low-hanging fruit tactic of course is to lure people who already have a…
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Eastern Panhandle Innovation Center (Epicenter) Opens in Martinsburg
An exciting grand opening of the Eastern Panhandle Innovatin Cener, known as Epicenter, is being held on December 12 in Martinsburg. It’s great to see this kind of mixed use facility being launched. Better yet, it is great to see that it is an historic, restored building. You are invited to the celebration event: CITY…