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West Virginia’s life science industries create value for West Virginia and the world. Bio West Virginia’s members are innovators – making discoveries, improving science, and growing our economy. The Sixth Annual West Virginia Bioscience Summit, which will take place April 26-27 in Huntington, West Virginia – will bring together biotech companies, academic researchers, service providers, […]
West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics is proud to announce their newest graduate education offering; an MS in Business Data Analytics (MS BUDA). This 12-month online hybrid program offers students the flexibility of online education while encouraging them to simultaneously learn valuable business analysis skills, apply concepts in a real-world setting, and experience […]
Mompreneur start-up MightyTykes™ is starting 2016 off strong having landed its first international reseller as well as leading online retailer Wal-mart.com in December. Going live on wal-mart.com is the result of several months of a complex vetting process MightyTykes™ has undergone with the mega-retailer. At this point, sales will be exclusively through Wal-mart.com’s online presence and not yet in their […]
The Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) will host a free Lunch and Learn Feb. 16 from noon to 1 p.m. that focuses on “Growing Opportunity in Local Agriculture.” Representatives of RCBI, Coalfield Development Corporation, The Wild Ramp and Refresh Appalachia will highlight the latest techniques in agricultural production, aggregation and distribution […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office welcomes George Murray as its new Deputy District Director. Murray, a native of Abington, Pennsylvania, has worked for the agency for the past eight years. Most recently, Murray held the position of Lead Economic Development Specialist at SBA’s Eastern Pennsylvania District Office. Murray brings a wealth […]
Shady Ridge Enterprises took home $1730 to perfect the prototype for Evan Dodrill’s animal tracking system, called the Herdsman on January 19 at the Valley Ventures Café. This was the Asbury resident’s second and final time to enter the competition and the audience selected his project in a close contest. His product has been refined […]
Small businesses in West Virginia have a chance to tell the state what they need to succeed. The West Virginia Small Business Development Center invites owners to share feedback regarding their business challenges and priorities in a confidential online survey on wvsbdc.org/westvirginia. The survey can be completed in about10 minutes. The window of opportunity to […]
The 2016 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day at the Capitol, hosted by TechConnect West Virginia and TransTech Business Development, was a huge success! West Virginia’s innovation economy was on full display at the Capitol on January 27. We were able to showcase our industries to legislators and administrative branch officials through exhibiting in the Capitol Rotunda, […]
TechConnectWV will begin to regularly feature stories of innovation and innovators from across our region. This article is the first in the series. A Putnam County entrepreneur is the winner of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) local InnovateHER competition hosted by the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI). Mandy Curry of Hurricane […]
The Valley Ventures Entrepreneur Café competition will be an evening highlighting the resources and innovations advancing entrepreneurism in the southern West Virginia. Vision Shared, the original launcher of this competition four years ago is joining BB&T, a faithful supporter of these competitions to provide $1,000 in seed funding for the winner of the January 19th […]