CEO Updates Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights, Nevada's professional hockey team, for winning the Pacific Division this past weekend. The Western Conference play-offs begin this Saturday and then off to the Stanley Cup Finals, if they can win the conference. The Golden Knights are just the third team since 1960 to reach the semifinal round in [...]
Entrepreneurial Update EDAWN congratulates all award recipients from the NCET/EDAWN Tech & Entrepreneurial Awards. On Thursday, April 5th, NCET and the Entrepreneurial Development team at EDAWN awarded community members who have contributed to the region's technology and entrepreneurial success over the last year. Special shout out to our VP of Entrepreneurial Development, Bryan McArdle, for winning NCET's "Special [...]
Business Retention | Expansion The BRE&W team made 15 company visits in March and helped provide them with workforce insights, Foreign Trade Zone information, and connections in the community. Companies reported an addition of 70 jobs in the last month, with 39 planned for the future. We also took part in the TMCC Employer Appreciation [...]
CEO Updates Congratulations to the Wolf Pack Basketball Teams as they celebrate a great year. The men's team had an amazing NCAA Tournament run. The Wolf Pack, who beat Texas in the first round and Cincinnati in the second round, fell short to Loyola Chicago in the Sweet 16. While the women's team played in the Women's [...]
Investor Updates EDAWN would like to thank all of our investors for their continued support! We would not be able to attract, retain and grow companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area without you and our community partners! Thank you to the following new EDAWN investors: RHP Mechanical Systems has joined as a new Presidential Gold [...]
Entrepreneurial Update BLUEPRINT 2018 was a huge success! Thank you to VentureBeat for choosing Reno as the location for this inaugural tech conference. Held at the Nevada Museum of Art, it brought together more than 400 technology innovators to discuss how to build entrepreneurial ecosystems outside of major tech hubs. Check out some local and national recaps. Our Startup Angel Workshop [...]
Business Retention | Expansion | Workforce Development In January, the team visited 7 existing companies, assisted 3 of the 7, and made two business to business connections. They also assisted a local company with an expansion, adding 10 positions and investing over $2.5M in new capital. The team participated in a visit from business [...]
CEO Update Thanks to all that attended the EDAWN, The Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce and theRSCVA Alliance event: A Regional Business Expo & Economic Update on January 25th. The event focused on educating educating the community on the partnership and combined efforts of these organizations to move our economy in a positive direction. Governor Sandoval [...]
Investor Updates The Economic Development Authority of Nevada (EDAWN), the Reno+Sparks Chamber of Commerce and the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority (RSCVA) launched "ALLIANCE: A Regional Business Expo & Economic Update" on January 25th. The event focused on educating the community on the partnership and combined efforts of these organizations to move our economy in [...]
Entrepreneurial Update Entrepreneur's Organization (EO) is accepting applications for their accelerator program. Accelerator, an Entrepreneurs' Organization program, is the catalyst that enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult your business to the next level. Along with structured educational content focused on the core areas of first-stage businesses, the Accelerator program affords you the unique experience of [...]