Resources for West Virginia Businesses

West Virginia may be the country's best kept secret when it comes to launching and maintaining a successful business. There are many organizations and networks in place to assist companies and entrepreneurs through each stage of the process. We have developed these pages to put you in touch with the assets that you and your company need. Here you will find information on business plans, regional networks, financing, workforce training, and life-long learning.

What is the "New Economy"?

It's a term batted around often to describe a situation where local economies can compete and thrive in the global marketplace. Success depends heavily upon investment in human capital through education and access to technology.  With traditional industrial sectors facing increased competition, the future of our communities and main streets rely upon the ingenuity of our citizenry. In the coming years, the majority share of new job and wealth creation will come from medium and small-sized businesses. Investment in the adaptability of West Virginia's greatest resource, its workforce, has the state poised to see the New Economy flourishing in small towns across the region.

Create West Virginia is a network of individuals, communities and businesses across the state committed to growing a state that thrives on innovation, connectivity, diversity and growth.

A Vision Shared is a comprehensive economic development strategy conceived in the spring of 2000. It is a long range process encompassing all elements of the economy including health care, education, tax reform and infrastructure. Something good is happening here in West Virginia and you have a stake in it.

A Culture of Entrepreneurship

Increased global integration and rapid technological change have created a climate with more opportunities than ever for new businesses and entrepreneurs. This rapid process of change will continue. It is our charge to nurture a culture of entrepreneurship that accepts change as normal and healthy. With proper access to training and support, entrepreneurs emerge searching for change, responding to it, and exploiting it as an opportunity.

The Entrepreneurs Alliance is a jumping off point for the new or potential entrepreneur to find mentoring, direction and step by step guides, and access to peers.

The Small Business Development Center puts you in immediate contact with a representative equipped to help you navigate the West Virginia business world.