Tag - entrepreneurs

Vantage Ventures Demo Day

Join us in-person on Tuesday, December 5 as Vantage Ventures Founders take the stage! Demo Day showcases our passionate and talented founders, featuring demos of their innovative, world-changing companies solving the toughest problems across many industries. Each startup will have 10-minutes to deliver a demo and meet with audience members...

Startup Monroe Marketing and Money Series: Accounting Tips and Tricks

Startup Monroe is offering a series of workshops and networking opportunities for small businesses in the area. Classes are free, but registration is requested. Light refreshments will be offered. From the type of entity selection to maximizing tax credits, learn how to make sound money decisions and maximize your tax savings...

Mountain Steer Meat Company earns Federal Inspection and USDA Grading

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...

1863nft Leads the Mountain State into the Web3 Revolution!

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...

Small Business Solutions for Barbour County

As a small business owner, are your employees concerned about losing their health benefits if they work the number of hours needed to achieve business goals? Have you been doing without health insurance yourself? Small Business Solutions is here to help! By special request, West Virginia Navigator (a free, nonprofit program...

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...