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Barbara Bonner-Stephens and the Menace of Feral Hogs: Agricultural Technology and Entrepreneurship
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker The beauty of innovation is that sometimes ideas can come when you least expect them. That was the…
Entrepreneurship and Adaptability: Bruce Jones and Forty Years of Technology
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker It was the winter of 1986 and Bruce Jones was sitting in a cold dark room, wearing a…
Esports at ECU: Not Just Fun and Games
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Cody Soden has a passion for gaming, and he isn’t alone. Soden, the Director of Alumni Relations and…
Connection, Collaboration, and the Conduit Initiative: Bringing 21st Century Tech Entrepreneurship to Rural Southern Oklahoma
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When the Ada Jobs Foundation received the Economic Development Administration’s Build to Scale Venture Challenge Grant in 2021…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Stacey Oakley: Ecosystem Builder in Action
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker If you are in the Ada area and don’t know Stacey Oakley, chances are high that you know…
Developing the Next Generation of Biomedical Innovators: Biomedical Sciences at Kiamichi Technology Center in Durant
By: Sunnie Dawn Baker One of the best ways to develop the next generation of innovators is to lay a solid groundwork…