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April 29, 2015

SBA Small Business Week Winners to be Honored at Teaming to Win Conference

Teaming to Win is excited to honor some of the top businesses in West Virginia during the 25th Anniversary Teaming to Win Celebration. On Wednesday, May 27, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office will hand out the 2015 Small Business Week Awards during the conference’s opening luncheon.  To register for the 2015 Teaming to Win Conference, […]

April 1, 2015

KISRA Offers Loans to West Virginia Businesses

The Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action, Inc. (KISRA) offers an affordable loan product that is available to businesses that are expanding and creating jobs in West Virginia. Capital is the lifeblood of any business.  This is especially true for small businesses. Without adequate financing through microloans, commercial lending, or investment capital, most entrepreneurs […]

April 1, 2015

Registration Open for 25th Annual Teaming To Win Event

Registration is now open for the 25th annual “Teaming to Win” event, which will begin at noon on Wednesday, May 27 at the Canaan Valley State Park & Conference Center in Davis, W.Va. and run through May 29 with keynote speakers, educational seminars, an exhibit showcase, and the annual SBA Awards Banquet. To register, visit […]

April 1, 2015

5th Annual WV Bioscience Summit to be Held Apr. 21-22 in Morgantown

Renowned Geneticist Dr. Dietrich Stephan to Keynote    Renowned geneticist and biotech entrepreneur Dr. Dietrich Stephan will deliver the keynote address at the Fifth Annual West Virginia Bioscience Summit.  The event, to take place April 21-22, 2015, will be held at the Waterfront Hotel in Morgantown, West Virginia. To view the full agenda, read the […]

February 23, 2015

MORGANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL—TEAM 1 AND SUNCREST MIDDLE SCHOOL—TEAM 1 CAPTURE REGIONAL SCIENCE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS

WINNERS EARN TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC TO COMPETE FOR NATIONAL TITLE Morgantown High School—Team 1and Suncrest Middle School—Team 1, Morgantown, captured the championship crowns in their respective categories in the 2015 West Virginia Science Bowl Regional for high schools and middle schools co-hosted on February 7, 2015 by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National […]

February 22, 2015

Grants Help Entrepreneurs Commercialize Their Ideas

Registration is underway for assistance to help entrepreneurs, small businesses and manufacturers take their ideas to market. Two efforts at the Robert C. Byrd Institute — StartUpWV and InnovateWV — offer technical assistance that includes design and development, rapid prototyping with 3-D printers and other technical assistance through RCBI. Both help individuals and entrepreneurs turn […]

February 22, 2015

Eastern Panhandle Technology Innovation Center (EPTIC) Now Open for Business to Current and Aspiring Entrepreneurs

The Eastern Panhandle Technology Innovation Center (EPTIC), an independent, nonprofit incubator for regional start-up businesses created in late 2014, is now open in Charles Town, West Virginia. The initial priority for EPTIC, funded by American Public University System (APUS) and housed in APUS facilities, will be veteran-based entrepreneurs, and secondly, technology-based companies. It will offer […]

February 22, 2015

StartUp WV Success Story – The Floor Cam

Father-son duo Joe and Chris Ojeda are Logan County entrepreneurs who hope to make the device they invented a household name in the construction and the DIY world. After a career in the mines as a welder and fabricator, Joe Ojeda developed a knack for coming up with solutions to building problems.  So when he […]

February 5, 2015

2015 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day Exhibitors

Appalachian Power Business Enterprise Team, LLC Capitol Electronics Sales CART, Inc. ChemCeption Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education Discover the Real West Virginia (DRWV) Foundation DSD Laboratories Electronic Specialty Company FIRST First Choice Health System Girl Scouts of Black Diamond GreenHeatedGlass Hergo Homer Laughlin China Company Marshall University Research Corporation NASA IV&V Robotics Alliance Project NASA WV […]

February 4, 2015

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day Supporting Organizations

Appalachian Power Business Enterprise Team, LLC Capitol Electronics Sales CART, Inc. ChemCeption Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education Discover the Real West Virginia (DRWV) Foundation DSD Laboratories Electronic Specialty Company FIRST First Choice Health System Girl Scouts of Black Diamond GreenHeatedGlass Hergo Homer Laughlin China Company Marshall University Research Corporation NASA IV&V Robotics Alliance Project NASA WV […]