Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness
The Voinovich School plays an important role in promoting entrepreneurship and competitiveness in Appalachian Ohio. This region has traditionally been underserved by those providing sophisticated business expertise, especially in the areas of technology assistance and financing. Through a combination of unique programs and partnerships, the Voinovich School is helping to provide this assistance and increase the economic competitiveness of the region.
Professional staff from the Appalachian Regional Entrepreneurship Group and students in the Integrated MBA Program provide operational and technical assistance to both start-up and existing businesses in the region, helping to fill the expertise gap.The MBA students gain valuable work experience while solving real problems for businesses in the region.
In addition, through partnerships, including those established through the Southeast Ohio Third Frontier Entrepreneurial Signature Program (ESP), TechGROWTH Ohio, the Voinovich School is helping to expand the business assistance and early-stage investments available to help businesses. By promoting entrepreneurship and competitiveness, the Voinovich School is helping to support economic growth and prosperity for the Appalachian Ohio region.
Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Projects
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- Snowville Creamery
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began with drawings – hundreds and hundreds, most of which were crumpled into
balls.
Since then, design has become a reality for Snowville Creamery, whose dairy products are carried in 70 stores across Ohio,
Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Snowville’s mission is to create “milk the way it used to be,” with pasture-fed
cows, minimal pasteurization and sustainable farming practices. On the Pomeroy
farm, milk from Guernsey, Jersey, Holstein and Brown Swiss cows is collected
and packaged the same day – it is sent to local grocers 12-48 hours after being
cartoned. Snowville carries whole, reduced fat and fat free milk, along with
half and half and whipping cr
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- A Small Business of Big Importance – Patriot Medical Supplies
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Sharon Hopkins, Director of the Appalachian Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), is a one-woman show who can provide a small business in the region with the necessary assistance in order for it to successfully secure government contracts, even in our present economic state.
Operating out of Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Hopkins provides free assistance to businesses in 17 eastern and southeastern Ohio counties that are looking to service or sell their products to the local, state or federal government. PTAC offers its clients one-on-one help with finding bids for potential jobs, obtaining available certifications, and acting as a reference source or counselor.
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- Collaboration at the Voinovich School helps clients, students
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The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs collaborated with an Ohio University professor to investigate the technical, financial, and environmental feasibility of her ammonia powered technology, bringing together professional staff and students to complete the project.
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- Technology to Improve Road Maintenance
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Dr. Sang-soo Kim, an associate professor of civil engineering in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University (OU), has devoted much of his work to developing technologies that improves road maintenance to maximize quality and reduce repair costs.With the assistance of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at OU’s Voinovich School, Dr. Kim and his company EZ Asphalt Technologies, LLC (EZ Asphalt) have been working to make sure drivers don’t have to worry about when they will hit another pothole.
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- MBA Students Save Company $300,000
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In 2006, Mick and Harriet Amicone, the owners of The Fieldhouse, a Zanesville area sports complex, were considering what to do with an under-utilized roller hockey rink within their facility.A twenty-three year old business venture for the Amicone’s, the Fieldhouse already had tennis courts, multipurpose rooms, cardiovascular and weight rooms, and a women-only fitness center, among other amenities; they were eager to turn the rink into space that would complement the rest of the family-oriented facil
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