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Advantage Valley
November News for Entrepreneurs

Three FASTER WV Webinars Announced


Advantage Valley announces three upcoming FASTER WV Webinars! Each webinar begins at 6 pm, is free, will last one hour, and will include panelist presentations and Q&A.  The “FASTER WV” Program is focused on supporting entrepreneurs in Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam and Wayne Counties and offers business coaching, entrepreneurship training, and access to capital.  
 


MAKER TO MANUFACTURER
November 5, 2020 at 6 pm


This free webinar is designed for people who have an idea for a product or craft to make and sell or for an existing manufacturing business owner who wants to scale-up. Partnering with RCBI Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centers and patent attorney Monika Jaensson of Dinsmore & Shohl, LLC., this webinar offers information on how to move a product from idea to production, how to protect intellectual property, and how to grow or expand your enterprise with business coaching, entrepreneurship courses and financing. Register HERE.
 


NEED HELP STARTING OR EXPANDING
YOUR BUSINESS?
November 17, 2020 at 6 pm


This free webinar will provide an overview of the FASTER WV program and about how it can support an entrepreneur along their journey. Presented by program partners including the WV Small Business Development Center, BridgeValley Community & Technical College, Unlimited Future, Inc., and The Wyoming County Economic Development Authority, this webinar will detail how individuals can access free business coaching, entrepreneurship training, and access to capital by being a part of the FASTER WV Program.  Register HERE.
 


HOW TO START A CHILDCARE BUSINESS
IN ADVANTAGE VALLEY
December 9, 2020 at 6 pm
 

This free webinar is for those interested in starting a child care facility and includes the presentation of WV Forward’s new StartUp Guide for Child Care Businesses. Learn also about free business coaching, training, and access to loan funds.  Included is a Cost Calculator being developed by students at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at WVU that can be used in developing pro forma’s based on various reimbursement rates for subsidies and feeding programs. Register HERE.

 
REGISTER NOW!
To all FASTER WV Program Participants,

Let us know if you have a great story worth sharing. A great idea, a great product, a great experience in one of our partner's entrepreneurship courses, an experience that you think other entrepreneurs might learn from. We would love to hear from you. Contact Marjorie Cooke at Marjorie@advantagevalley.com to share your story. Advantage Valley might share your story and get your product or business some attention in the press or on social media!

Good luck out there,

The Advantage Valley Team

HELPING EXISTING BUSINESSES GROW

ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENT

PROMOTING BUSINESS START UPS

Advantage Valley represents the following WV Counties: Boone, Cabell, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln, Putnam, Wayne, Jackson, Mason; the following KY Counties: Boyd, Greenup; and the following OH County: Lawrence. This combined metropolitan statistical area represents:

25% of the state’s population
25% of the state’s employed workforce
$25 billion GDP
615,570 population 
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