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West Virginia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Update December 2021

Program Spotlight for December Downtown Appalachia: Revitalizing Recreational Economies (DARRE) Stephanie Tyree, Executive Director, WV Community Development Hub [email protected] Ray Moeller, Economic Redevelopment Specialist, WVU Northern Brownfields Assistance Center [email protected] DARRE is a three-year program partnership between the WV Community Development Hub, WV Northern Brownfields Assistance Center, Woodlands Development & Lending, and Partner...

December 14, 2021By Bill WoodrumAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, Business Planning, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurs in Action, Microenterprises, StartupBridging Innovation, business, Community Development Hub, Downtown Revitalization, ecosystem, ecosystem builder, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship ecosystem, Jumpstart, Small Business, Tara St. Clair, The Hub, WV Treasurer's Office, WVURead more...

Small Businesses’ Gift to You This Holiday Season . . . Come In, We’re Open!

While we’re not completely out of the woods yet from the COVID-19 health crisis, we’ve come far enough that seeing our loved ones in person this holiday season and joining in some actual (versus virtual) merriment is looking like a real possibility. However, both shoppers and businesses have new challenges...

November 18, 2021By Advancing Entrepreneurship, MicroenterprisesBlack Friday, business, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Holiday Shopping, marketing, SBA, SBDC, Small BusinessRead more...

West Virginia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Update November 2021

Program Spotlight for November Tamarack Foundation for the Arts Spotlight Program: Domenica Queen Programming & Operations Director, [email protected] Tamarack Foundation for the Arts helps to grow West Virginia’s creative economy by providing essential programs that equip Mountain State artists and creative entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to succeed and thrive in the place they...

November 10, 2021By Bill WoodrumAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, Business Planning, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurs in Action, Microenterprises, StartupBridging Innovation, business, creative economy, ecosystem, ecosystem builder, EdVenture, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship ecosystem, High Rocks, Launch Lab, SBDC, Small Business, Tamarack Foundation For the Arts, Tara St. Clair, WVU, WVU Launch LabRead more...

Four Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Business

A couple of months ago, I was telling someone that my job is to help people start businesses and she responded, “So basically you make dreams come true!” For some people, that is the case! Either the business itself is the dream or the business provides the means to help them...

October 27, 2021By Tricia BallAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Startupbusiness, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship ecosystem, iCenter, innovation, Marshall University, Small Business, starting a businessRead more...

Prioritizing the Entrepreneurial Pipeline: 4 Ecosystem Actions to Foster Youth Entrepreneurial Interest and Intention

For decades, West Virginia has faced significant population decline. Over the past 10 years, we’ve lost 59,000 residents – 3.3% of our total population. Citing a lack of economic and recreational opportunity as key barriers to staying and working in West Virginia, young adults (ages 18-30) account for most of...

October 22, 2021By Amber RavenscroftAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Ecosystemecosystem, entrepreneur education, entrepreneur pipeline, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship ecosystem, students, The EdVenture Group, WV Department of EducationRead more...

West Virginia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Update October 2021

Program Spotlight for October Small Communities Big Solutions Sara Payne Scarbro, Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern WV [email protected] This annual event showcases all the successes and highlights what is working across the southern part of the state. Each year a mix of community leaders, educators, businesses, and public officials come together...

October 15, 2021By Bill WoodrumAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, Business Planning, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurs in Action, Microenterprises, StartupBridging Innovation, business, ecosystem, ecosystem builder, EdVenture, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship ecosystem, Launch Lab, SBDC, Small Business, Tara St. Clair, WV Women's Business Center, WVU, WVU Launch LabRead more...

The Importance of Starting…and Actually Doing Something

What’s stopping you? I mean, really, what’s stopping you? You’ve done the research, you’ve done the preliminary plans, listened to all the right podcasts, sat in all of the webinars, did all the right things...except you have nothing to show for it. In every single aspect of life- education, careers, relationships,...

October 1, 2021By Tyler BrandstetterAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Innovation-Led, Microenterprises, Startup, Uncategorizedmarketing, microenterprise, product development, Small Business, starting a business, startup, tools, tools for entrepreneursRead more...

West Virginia Entrepreneurship Update September 2021

Program Spotlight for September 2021-2022 WV Statewide Business Plan Tara St. Clair, Director of Operations, Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship [email protected] Tara provided updates regarding the 2021-2022 WV Statewide Business Plan Competitions. The competitions provide high school and college students across the state of West Virginia with the unique opportunity to make...

September 17, 2021By Bill WoodrumAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Business Growth, Business Planning, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurs in Action, Microenterprises, Startupbusiness, ecosystem, ecosystem builder, EdVenture, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship ecosystem, Rural Rise, SBDC, Small Business, Tamarack, Tara St. Clair, WV Secretary of State, WVURead more...

Small Business Administration: A constant source of support for small business

Small businesses across the country have shown resilience and renewal the past 18 months during the pandemic. The word “pivot” has become a normal operating procedure for entrepreneurs as they continue working diligently to find their way through these trying times. One constant is the U.S. Small Business Administration’s dedication to...

September 10, 2021By Karen FrielAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial EcosystemEntrepreneur, SBA, Small Business, West VirginiaRead more...

Bringing back WV’s pioneering spirit!

George Washington was one of the early pioneers in West Virginia Watch out, America! The mountaineer state has a long history of entrepreneurship. After all, with such mountainous terrain, it took great perseverance and gumption to live, explore and develop the area. In the past several years, the state has looked at...

September 3, 2021By Joe KappAdvancing Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Ecosystemecosystem, ecosystem builder, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship ecosystem, Small Business, West VirginiaRead more...