2013 Maier Award winners announced at Marshall University

The 2013 winners of the Maier Awards, sponsored annually by the Maier Foundation Inc., and hosted by Marshall University’s College of Liberal Arts, were announced Friday, April 19, during a ceremony in the MU Foundation Hall, Home of the Erickson Alumni Center on Marshall’s Huntington campus. Outstanding high school students and Marshall students in both […]

SBA to Co-Sponsor Workshop on 8(a) Certification Program

Are you a minority owned small business? Are you looking for a way to become competitive in the contracting marketplace? If so, join Melissa Loder, from the West Virginia District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for a free one day, hands-on workshop that will provide action steps for qualified minority small businesses […]

SBA and W20 Group Launch Social Media Webinar Series for Small Businesses

The U.S. Small Business Administration and the W20 Group, an entrepreneurial ecosystem of digital communications companies, is launching a five-topic social media webinar series to help small businesses leverage and grow their businesses using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and mobile marketing. Social media is playing a growing and vital role […]

Small Business isn’t always easy….but it is sweet!

A day in the life of Shahram and Shana Shafii, owners of the Donut Connection in Fairmont, includes being the boss, repairman, accountant, business manager, night-shift production employee, marketing representative and cheerleader. Pretty much it means working 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Although Shafii’s life now revolves around his business, you will […]