Tag: Entrepreneurship
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The Power of Ph.D.’s
After a string of good news, South Charleston faced some bad news this week: More layoffs from Dow Chemical within their long-suffering research center in the Kanawha Valley. Up to 150 scientists – highly paid Ph.D.’s with salaries north of $100K – will be either relocated or let go in the coming year. Once a…
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Scenes from Create WV Kick-Off
Over 200 people have descended on the Stonewall Resort to jump feet-first into planning for New Economy growth in West Virginia. Frankly, we’re pretty surprised at the turnout…running out of attendee kits is a good problem to have compared to the opposite. createwv.typepad.com After an opening reception that featured the No Pants Players, the African…
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Update: Conference Attendees and Speakers
It has been an exciting few months launching the Create WV initiative. People from all over the state are coming on board with ideas, insights, participation and support to help us create an innovative, open culture that thrives in the new global economy. We are encouraged by the response so far to the Create WV…
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Attracting With Jobs…Or Opportunities?
Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Officer at Microsoft Corporation, recently said during a speech to 20,000 employees: “Great people are attracted by great challenges.” I thought about this in terms of our “chicken or egg” challenge here in West Virginia. Typically, the conventional thinking is that until we have companies offering jobs here in the state,…
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Can West Virginia Compete in a Creative World?
The success of academic Richard Florida’s effort to broaden awareness and action around the growth of the Creative Class has sparked numerous efforts around the world similar to Create West Virginia. Here is an initiative from Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. If everyone is making a mad dash to attract these New Economy creatives, it begs…
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A New Vision Beside the New River
On Tuesday July 24, the second Creative Communities Assessment Workshop was held in Hinton, Summers County. We learn more each time to we do these workshops, and we appreciate Mayor Cleo Matthews and the team of local folks in Hinton willing to be our second guinea pig. Hinton is a town like many in West…