Karen Friel Announces West Virginia District Awards WASHINGTON – Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, announced today the 2023 Small Business Persons of the Year from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto...
CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice is pleased to announce that his petition for Boone, Clay, Hampshire, Monroe, and Preston Counties to be Governor-designated HUBZones has been approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program gives participating small businesses access to exclusive federal contracting...
Charleston, W. Va. – The WV Secretary of State's Office registered 1,215 new businesses statewide during the month of February according to Secretary of State Mac Warner. Wirt County led the state in the percentage of new business growth through February with a total of six new business registrations, a 3.33%...
National Entrepreneurship Week (NatlEshipWeek) is a non-partisan, congressionally chartered initiative founded in 2006 that takes place the third week of February annually. NatlEshipWeek democratizes entrepreneurship by empowering all voices of entrepreneurship across the country through education, connection, and collaboration. Ultimately, the effort envisions a national entrepreneurship ecosystem that is as...
Charleston, W. Va. – The WV Secretary of State's Office registered 1,535 new businesses statewide during the month of January according to Secretary of State Mac Warner. Wetzel County led the state in the percentage of new business growth through January with a total of 19 new business registrations, a 3.58% increase. The Secretary...
Whether you are a startup or an established business, it is important to craft your company’s story in a way that appeals to your ideal customer. This means understanding who your customer is and how to frame your story in a way that resonates with them. Telling your own company’s...
As promised, I'm pleased to share our 2022 key statistics for WV BusinessLink with the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem in West Virginia. The major milestone over the past year was getting as many resource partners engaged and to participate on the platform as possible. The good news is we still have...
Many small businesses are still facing supply chain disruptions due to the current global pandemic. This can be a major problem for a business, but there are solutions that entrepreneurs and small business owners can use to overcome these hurdles. Let’s take a look at some of the best ways...
In this episode of Innovators and Entrepreneurs, Andy Malinoski talks to Jeff Tinnell, owner of Allegheny Image Factory. Tinnell runs his media company out of Morgantown, West Virginia, where he creates award-winning content for major studios and organizations. “We’re very excited about bringing this consistent work into West Virginia by...
My response to article published at Inc.com titled: Gary Vaynerchuk: We’re Thinking About Entrepreneurship All Wrong I think what GaryVee points out is an interesting and important point regarding how everyone’s thinking about entrepreneurship is all wrong and singling out lack of self-awareness as a basis for his thought. I would revise his broad use of...
