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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 […]
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 […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office offers a variety of trainings to help small businesses obtain work with the Federal government. The month of February is jam-packed with trainings – from Federal Contracting Basics and Understanding RFPs to Developing & Managing Contractor Teams to Managing & Administrating Government Contracts. See below for […]
Forty-eight exhibitors lined the hallways and rotunda of the State Capitol during “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Day” on January 28, 2015. Co-sponsored by TechConnect West Virginia and TransTech/Industries of the Future-WV, the event drew more than 125 people to Charleston to show support for West Virginia’s innovation economy. Displays included a 3-D printing demonstration, innovative startup […]
Column in the Charleston Daily Mail, December 23, 2014 Anne Barth, TechConnect West Virginia, and Jen Giovannitti, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Successfully matching small business innovation with capital is at the heart of community and economic development. According to the Small Business Association, small businesses currently make up 99.7 percent of U.S. employer firms […]
Charleston, WV – If you are a small business, researcher, or entrepreneur in West Virginia or Pennsylvania focused on developing a new product or service for the shale energy space, you should be gearing up to submit your application soon to the Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center’s 4th Annual Shale Gas Innovation […]
2015 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day at the State Capitol Are you an innovator or entrepreneur in West Virginia? Join us on January 28 at the State Capitol as we showcase the state’s Innovation Economy at the West Virginia Legislature. With many new members of the House of Delegates and State Senate, the time is right […]
For the second year, a national education foundation has rewarded the 3D Printing efforts of the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing. A grant will enable RCBI to offer camps for youngsters across West Virginia. RCBI’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centers in Huntington and Bridgeport will host the camps, open to students in 6th […]
Marshall University’s College of Science is helping bring a new opportunity to science students in grades 6 through 12 this academic year. The Science Olympiad, which organizers say is the “nation’s most exciting K-12 science competition,” will take place in West Virginia for the first time Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, on Marshall University’s Huntington campus. […]
The West Virginia District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is soliciting nominations for the 2015 Small Business Week Awards. Every year since 1963, the President has called for the nationwide celebration of Small Business Week to acknowledge the significant contributions of small businesses to the nation’s economy. All nominations are due by Monday, […]