entrepreneurship

The Importance of Customer Discovery: Know Your Audience and Know Your Market
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Entrepreneurs and small business owners must consider many factors to achieve success, with their target market being one…

What Does Economic Development Do for You? The Significance of the Economic Multiplier
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker People often find the term “economic development” vague and confusing. Understanding how economic development works and benefits the…

Hunter Cook: Technology, Entrepreneurship, and the Written Word
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Hunter Cook started writing when he was seven years old. At first, he wanted to write comic books,…

Ada Jobs Foundation Looks Ahead: A Vision for Growth and Collaboration in 2025
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker As we begin 2025, the team at the Ada Jobs Foundation (AJF) eagerly awaits the developments in the…

Conduit Startup Showcase: Celebrating Entrepreneurship and Community Innovation
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Anticipation filled the air as fifteen entrepreneurs, representing nine different projects, prepared to present and compete for cash…

Building Tomorrow’s Leaders: Oklahoma Business Week
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker In early June, 35 high school students converged onto the East Central University campus to learn about business…

Bridging the Digital Divide: How Ada’s Community Can Access Free Cybersecurity and Networking Courses
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Digital jobs are not just the careers of the future—they are the careers of the present. However, people…

Coding with Creativity: A Coaches Perspective
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker A year ago, I had never heard of the Youth Coding League, and I certainly knew very little…

Business Improvement Grant: BIG Ideas to Help Small Communities
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker There are many tools that work together to help make Ada a place where people want to live,…

From STEM Student to Tech Entrepreneur: The Journey of Andon Russell
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When Andon Russell joined the Chickasaw Nation STEM Academy at age eight, he had no way of knowing…