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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, […]
Application Period Open Through February 1, 2015 Are you a researcher, entrepreneur, or small business in Pennsylvania or West Virginia focused on developing a new product or service for the shale energy space? Applications are now being accepted for the 4th Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest, which provides up to $100,000 in cash awards toshale […]
TechConnectWV and TransTech/Industries of the Future-WV will host “Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day” on January 28, 2015 at the State Capitol. Please make plans to attend this special day designed to highlight innovation successes and entrepreneurial activities in West Virginia. “The goal is to showcase the groups and companies that are working to advance innovation and […]
More than 300 individuals attended the FIRST LEGO League Regional Qualifier Nov. 15 at Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) in downtown Huntington. Twelve teams of students aged 9 to 14 from six counties in West Virginia and Ohio competed in several challenges, including one in which they programed LEGO robots to […]
This past April, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin formed the West Virginia Council on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to address ways to enhance STEM education and experiences for West Virginia students and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow, which will increasingly require STEM skills. STEM workers are critical building a strong economic foundation […]