Partnership

March 12, 2024

Snapshot of the Conduit Initiative: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Entrepreneurship

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker There is no single way to build a tech entrepreneurship ecosystem. There is not a simple set of…

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March 5, 2024

From Policy to Innovation: The Role of Water Clusters in Economic Growth

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Water is not only essential for sustaining current needs but also crucial for driving economic growth. In towns…

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February 5, 2024

Empowering Ada’s Workforce: A Digital Skilling Initiative for Economic Growth

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker Workforce Development is crucial to economic development in a community. Businesses cannot function properly, and the possibility for…

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January 22, 2024

From Coding to Core Values: The Comprehensive World of Lego Robotics

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker When Emily Denney first started teaching at Homer Elementary, she never would have dreamed that her world would…

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December 15, 2023

Ecosystem Building Revisited: Learning, Sharing, Connecting

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker “Entrepreneurship drives economies, but the success of entrepreneurs depends on those around them. That’s why we build ecosystems—or…

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August 18, 2023

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…

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June 9, 2023

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…

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June 2, 2023

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…

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May 21, 2023

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…

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April 15, 2023

Investing in Innovation: Oklahoma Venture Resource Council Meets in Ada, Oklahoma

By: Sunnie Dawn Baker  The Oklahoma Venture Resource Council, or OVRC, is an organization that works to increase the number of funded…

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