Partnership
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…