Adams Hub For Innovation
WNC Marketing Students to Pitch Business Plans at Adams Hub
Submitted by editor on Fri, 10/23/2015 - 10:36amA Western Nevada College marketing class is taking steps outside the classroom to learn from professionals in the Carson City business community.
Next week, students from Dr. Robert Whitcomb’s Marketing Principles class will pitch their business marketing ideas at the Adams Hub for Innovation, the capital city’s’s small business incubator.
Carson City Manager Joins the Nevada State EB-5 Regional Center’s Board of Directors
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 10/21/2015 - 12:50pmThe Nevada State EB-5 (NVEB-5) Regional Center in Carson City has named Carson City Manager Nick Marano as a member to its Board of Directors. Marano was elected to the position.
Additionally, Marano mentors at the Adams Hub for Innovation and is a member of the Western Nevada College Institutional Advisory Council. Further, he has been an active member of International City Managers’ Association.
Aware Systems pushing for the win in Biggest Little Startup Competition
Submitted by admin on Wed, 10/21/2015 - 9:48amAware Systems, LLC, a local tech startup company working out of the Adams Hub for Innovation in Carson City, has thrown their hat into the ring in the hopes of winning the $25,000 prize package offered by Biggest Little Startup Competition in Reno.
Start-Up: 5 Key Ways to Succeed as a Young Entrepreneur
Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 12:11pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Every year it seems more and more people are looking into starting their own ventures, escaping from the corporate mindset and driving themselves to do more, be more—and let's not forget—earn more. These pioneers come from all walks of life, but the category that seems to be on the rise, and the one that I fall under, is that of the millennial entrepreneur.
Start Up: Innovation Is Everywhere
Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/21/2015 - 12:03pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Hello Carson City! It’s great to be back!
Following WNC’s graduation in May, I returned to my hometown of Haines, Alaska. Haines is a small town in southeast Alaska, 90 miles north of Juneau. It is home to 1,713 people year round (1,714 when I’m in town) and swells to 5,000 plus in the summer.
Start-Up: How to hire the right superstar to grow your start-up
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 12:00amStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Perhaps the single most important and consequential decision you will make as an entrepreneur is who you hire to help you build your business. Studies have found that the first three people a start-up hires set the tone, culture, precedent and path to success more than the next ten hires.
Start-Up: Pitch To Win
Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/07/2015 - 2:31pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
As with excellent business plan writing, excellent investor pitching requires some fundamental aspects but it also requires a bit of flare and compelling allure.
Networking: The Misleading Journey to a High Net Worth
Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/20/2015 - 8:45amStart-Up! is a weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Start-Up: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 1:45pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Start-Up: Gangsters, Royalty and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 8:23amStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
So are you asking what these folks have in common? If you are an entrepreneur (and a serial one at that) are you considering that you could be ruthless, feared yet beloved by those close to you?
Start-Up: The importance of putting yourself out there
Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/18/2015 - 3:19pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
From the time I was very young, it was quite apparent that I would start my own business one day. Nobody knew what it would be or how things would turn out, but my family could recognize a certain drive in me that would one day lead me down an entrepreneurial path.
Start Up: Catch the Automation Wave, or risk drowning
Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/11/2015 - 9:21am“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
—Wayne Gretzky
I was talking with my 12-year-old daughter the other day about what she wants to do when she grows up. It’s the kind of conversation parents have been having with their children for many generations.
But in today’s world, this question has far deeper ramifications. That’s because a new technological wave is building on the horizon that will change the way we look at jobs, employment and the economy in general.
Startup: The Power of Strategic Alliances
Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/01/2015 - 9:01amThere is an effective, yet under-utilized strategy by startups that is employed by companies every single day. It is the art of developing strategic alliances with associations, non-competing organizations and affinity groups within your industry. I hesitate to call them “strategic” partnerships as many do, because they are most often not partnerships.
Startup: Innovation and the Opportunity of Change
Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/19/2015 - 2:22pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
StartUp: Who Is Your Competition?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/13/2015 - 5:14pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
IdeaSpark! — The Craft of Great Business Ideas
Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/06/2015 - 10:53amStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Start Up: Succeed by Failing
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/28/2015 - 9:23amStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Failure gets a bad rap.
The fear of failing stops many people from pursuing what could be amazingly successful opportunities. After all, who likes to fail? When you are talking about a business, failure can be a humiliating experience, as well as costly.
But if you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.
Start Up: Faster, Better, Cheaper…
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 12:27pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
In business, we often hear about companies that seem to come out of nowhere to become a big success. We see it locally in companies like Bentley Systems or Click Bond. We also see the Facebook’s and Alibaba’s of the world that seem to defy the laws of traditional business growth to become the mega-companies that rival 100 year old economic stalwarts like AT&T and GM.
Start Up: What is an Entrepreneur?
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 10:20amStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Entrepreneur is a word that gets used a lot, but what does it really mean? Most people would say an entrepreneur is someone that starts a business. But, just starting a business does not make someone an entrepreneur.
Start Up: What’s the real difference between Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs?
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 2:50pmStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
In my Introduction to Business class at Western Nevada College, we’ve recently completed our module on Entrepreneurship. Every time I cover this topic, the same question arises: Aren’t entrepreneurs and small business owners the same? The truth is, though most entrepreneurial ventures begin as small businesses, not all small business owners are entrepreneurs.
Start-Up: Avoid common legal pitfalls for start-up companies
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/31/2015 - 9:46amStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
No one wants to think about the “worst case scenario” in the heady days of a new business venture. But, before your start-up company does its first day of business, there are basic legal issues you should address to avoid complications down the road.
Start-Up! — 10 Reasons to Start a Business Now
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 8:56amStart-Up! is weekly column on entrepreneurship, start-ups, technology and innovation, powered by the Adams Hub for Innovation.
Symposium to highlight social media uses
Submitted by editor on Sat, 11/29/2014 - 6:26amThe Carson City Visitors Bureau is hosting a Social Media Symposium for rural marketing and tourism organizations in the state.
“It’s an opportunity for the marketing community to come together,” said Kyle Horvath, social media director for the visitors bureau. “It’s a place people can feel comfortable to bounce ideas off each other and learn from others’ mistakes.”
The symposium will begin at 9 a.m. Dec. 5 and 6 at the Adams Hub for Innovation, 111 W. Proctor St.
Have an idea that would make a good business? Free workshop Wednesday at Adams Hub
Submitted by editor on Mon, 11/17/2014 - 3:13pmIdeaSpark! helps potential entrepreneurs develop their big idea, opportunity, invention or start-up vision and then teaches how to take that idea to the next level of turning it into a successful business.
The workshop is interactive and fast-paced. Attendees will learn how to be scrappy and utilize lean business model principles.
WNC students can participate in Carson City business Startup Initiative
Submitted by editor on Wed, 11/12/2014 - 4:27pmWestern Nevada College students are participating in a fall workshop series to foster their interest in launching a business.
Adams Hub for innovation of Carson City and Entrepreneurs Assembly, a Nevada nonprofit corporation, launched IdeaSpark! in October in a collaborative effort to bolster the entrepreneurial sector of the economy for Carson City and the surrounding area.
Adams Hub for Innovation, Entrepreneurs Assembly launch Entrepreneurial Educational Alliance
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 09/25/2014 - 6:58pmEntrepreneurs Assembly and Adams Hub for Innovation are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership to create, educate and encourage entrepreneurs via a comprehensive business start-up training program and mentoring initiative to launch this October in Carson City.
Both organizations are united in their missions to help develop, nurture and strengthen the entrepreneurial community in the greater Carson City area.