by Jessika Leatherbury | Aug 11, 2023 | Digital Economy
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When the Ada Jobs Foundation received the Economic Development Administration’s Build to Scale Venture Challenge Grant in 2021 (Award number ED21HDQ0240067), new possibilities were created in Southern Oklahoma, specifically Ada, but these...
by Jessika Leatherbury | Jun 23, 2023 | Digital Economy
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...
by Jessika Leatherbury | Jun 9, 2023 | Digital Economy
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...
by Jessika Leatherbury | Jun 2, 2023 | Digital Economy
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...
by Jessika Leatherbury | Apr 15, 2023 | Digital Economy
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The Oklahoma Venture Resource Council, or OVRC, is an organization that works to increase the number of funded ventures in Oklahoma, while also providing the support they need in order to stay in Oklahoma. While they have regular meetings, in...
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