Mountain Steer Meat Company has received its Federal Grant of Inspection and is now eligible for beef grading by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Graded local beef assists small processing plants by showcasing, on an official level, the quality of regional cattle. Through ultrasound and camera grading, Mountain Steer...
Hiraeth is a Celtic word that evades translation. It is the ache, the longing, the belonging of a place that unceasingly whispers our name, a place that claims us. Our spiritual home. West Virginia is my ancestral home. The hiraeth that beckoned my fifth great grandfather to the western frontier of...
How do you like being told, “No?” Greetings from Parkwood Studios in Almost Heaven West Virginia! Allow me a moment to introduce myself. I’m Skip Lineberg. I am an entrepreneur and a podcaster. Mostly, I am a work in progress. Ready for something authentically me? I don’t take “No” for an answer. I’ll...
Jill Scarbro, CEO of Bright Futures Learning Services in Putnam County, W.Va. and 2022 U.S. Small Businessperson of the Year joined President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to speak on behalf of small businesses across the nation, kicking off National Small Business Week at the White House in...
Thanks to the combined efforts of four '90s era West Virginia Wesleyan College classmates and five pioneering West Virginia-based artists, the great State of West Virginia has the distinction of being home to the world's very first state-themed NFT project! Titled 1863nft (for obvious reasons!), the project is comprised of 304...
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...
Growing a business is a lot like growing a garden. You start with a seed – an idea – and plant it. With proper care, effort, and time, your business, like that seed, will grow. To get the most out of your garden, you need to fertilize the soil to...
Today's blog was submitted by Edgington Studio Co-Founder, Keegan Zacharie. Edgington Studio is a cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing studio based in Wheeling, WV. For most people starting a new business, there is one key question on their minds: how am I going to afford all of this? Costs, both expected and unexpected,...
The Melting Pot Business ownership is like a melting pot. Not in the normal sense of different people coming together to form a community, but similar: it takes many different forms of personal experiences, education, actions, trials and errors, lessons learned, tears, sweat, long nights, hard work, and an unbelievable amount...
Spotlight Programs: Lauren Prinzo Community & Economic Development Specialist WVU Extension Service Equity in Entrepreneurship Findings Update and Discussion West Virginia University is conducting in-person strategic planning meetings across West Virginia as part of an Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) POWER Technical Assistance grant aimed at expanding entrepreneurship opportunities for rural and low-income youth. The next round...
