News from the Ada Jobs Foundation
Newsletter 07.23.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Education and Outreach: High School Entrepreneurship Efforts with the Conduit Initiative Staff
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker One of the main goals of the Startup Conduit Initiative for Southern Oklahoma is to support entrepreneurs, specifically technology entrepreneurs. However, with the goal of inspiring future entrepreneurs, our team wanted to focus on reaching out...
Newsletter 07.09.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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The Water Science Academy: A Thirst for Hands-On Science
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Few issues are more important to the survival of the human race than water sustainability. Water is essential for life and new water technologies and research can only help us in the future. East Central University in Ada is working to address...
Press Release: Ada Jobs Foundation Welcomes Matthew Stephens to Team
ADA, OKLAHOMA – Matthew Stephens joins the Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) as the Accelerator Manager for Southwest Oklahoma’s Conduit Initiative. Through this role, Stephens is responsible for developing and implementing an entrepreneurial training program that reaches a...
Newsletter 06.25.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Globo Custom Games: Spreading Family Fun Through Innovation
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When Kevin Myers took a job at Legalshield in 2008, he never dreamed that within fifteen years he would be starting his own board game company—Globo Custom Games. Myers had been living in Shawnee, working in Occupational Therapy, when he decided...
Newsletter 06.11.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Cooperation, Collaboration, and Building a Better Tomorrow: Bringing Leaders Together at the Quarterly Roundtable
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker To help create scalable tech startups throughout rural Southern Oklahoma, it is necessary to build an ecosystem that will support them, and building this ecosystem helps the Ada Jobs Foundation promote a vibrant community and a prosperous local...
Newsletter 06.042023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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From Junior Programmer to Tech Entrepreneur: Simon Hamilton’s Perfect Partition
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker For Simon Hamilton, tech began at home. Simon, a junior at Latta High School, grew up watching his father, Jeremiah, do all sorts of programming and even fix their game consoles when they would break. His father is a software developer for the...
Newsletter 05.21.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Billy Hamilton: A Passion for Entrepreneurship
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Chahtapreneur is a combination of two words: Chahta, which is Choctaw for Choctaw, and Entrepreneur. This re-branding provides entrepreneurs with a unique identity, forged in the Choctaw culture. Culture is important to Billy Hamilton and his...
Newsletter 05.14.2023: Economic Development News for the Ada Area
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Opportunities and Possibilities: The Ada Jobs Foundation at the 2023 Rural Innovation Network Summit
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The mission of the Ada Jobs Foundation is to advocate on behalf of businesses and residents to promote a vibrant community and prosperous local economy. While there are many ways to approach these goals, it is evident that in many communities,...