Women-Owned Businesses March Forward

During the 2015 fiscal year, the federal government achieved a historical milestone by awarding the highest percentage of contracting dollars to small businesses – supporting more than half a million jobs in neighborhoods like yours. Small business contracts injected $90.7 billion into the economy, and 17.8 billion of those dollars were awarded to women-owned small firms. Just…

Marshall to host first Appalachian Conference on Social Enterprise

The Marshall University Entrepreneurship program and the Lewis College of Business are hosting the first Appalachian Conference on Social Enterprise (ACOSE) Thursday, March 17, and Friday, March 18. Community leaders will come together at Marshall to explore the power of social enterprise, according to Dr. Jonathan Butler, assistant professor of entrepreneurship for the college. “Marshall’s new entrepreneurship…