Investor Updates EDAWN would like to thank all of our investors for their continued support! We would not be able to attract, retain and grow companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area without you and our community partners! Thank you to the following new EDAWN investors: Brycon Corporation has joined as a new Gold Investor! Berkshire [...]
Entrepreneurial Update EDAWN congratulates all award recipients from the NCET/EDAWN Tech & Entrepreneurial Awards. On Thursday, April 5th, NCET and the Entrepreneurial Development team at EDAWN awarded community members who have contributed to the region's technology and entrepreneurial success over the last year. Special shout out to our VP of Entrepreneurial Development, Bryan McArdle, for winning NCET's "Special [...]
Business Retention | Expansion The BRE&W team made 15 company visits in March and helped provide them with workforce insights, Foreign Trade Zone information, and connections in the community. Companies reported an addition of 70 jobs in the last month, with 39 planned for the future. We also took part in the TMCC Employer Appreciation [...]
CEO Updates Congratulations to the Wolf Pack Basketball Teams as they celebrate a great year. The men's team had an amazing NCAA Tournament run. The Wolf Pack, who beat Texas in the first round and Cincinnati in the second round, fell short to Loyola Chicago in the Sweet 16. While the women's team played in the Women's [...]
Investor Updates EDAWN would like to thank all of our investors for their continued support! We would not be able to attract, retain and grow companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area without you and our community partners! Thank you to the following new EDAWN investors: RHP Mechanical Systems has joined as a new Presidential Gold [...]
Entrepreneurial Update BLUEPRINT 2018 was a huge success! Thank you to VentureBeat for choosing Reno as the location for this inaugural tech conference. Held at the Nevada Museum of Art, it brought together more than 400 technology innovators to discuss how to build entrepreneurial ecosystems outside of major tech hubs. Check out some local and national recaps. Our Startup Angel Workshop [...]
Time, Training and Investment People often ask me why women aren’t founding companies. The easy answer is that startups are really hard for everyone. It’s a complex topic with many facets to it. Fundamentally, if we want to become competitive and drive economic growth and value in business, we must invest in all our [...]
Business Retention | Expansion | Workforce Development The team visited 13 companies in the month of February, provided assistance to 9 of them, and also facilitated 14 business to business connections. Facilitating connections is a key part of the retention and expansion program. By visiting companies and learning what they do at an in-depth [...]
CEO Updates Congratulations to the Wolf Pack Men's Basketball Team as they celebrate their second straight Mountain West Conference Title Win!Watch as they celebrate a championship and net-cutting ceremony. Go here to view the celebration! Congratulations to David Wise and Moment Skis! Their locally manufactured skis were prominently photographed being worn by David Wise, Gold medalist, in [...]
Investor Updates EDAWN would like to thank all of our investors for their continued support! We would not be able to attract, retain and grow companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area without you and our community partners! Thank you to the following new EDAWN investors: CCMedia has joined as a Gold Investor! Barracuda Championship has joined as a Silver Investor! [...]