CEO Updates Exciting news as we work to attract and grow technology in the region: 5 Reno startups recognized for bringing 125 tech jobs, RGJ - June 5. Five Reno startups, including a company that caters to endurance athletes and one that specializes in connected products, were recognized by officials for creating high-paying jobs in the Biggest Little City. Breadware, The [...]
Investor Updates EDAWN is a non-profit organization that depends on Investor support to accomplish our mission. Thank you to all our Investors for your continued support. Our continuing ability to attract, retain and grow quality companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area would not be possible without you and our community partners! Thank you [...]
Entrepreneurial Update EDAWN would like to congratulate, Elise Leben, on her new job opportunity. We are sure she will be an asset to their staff, with her marketing and organizational skills, not to mention her easy going personality. From the whole team at EDAWN, we wish her all the best in her new endeavor! PitchFest [...]
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 [...]
Business Retention | Expansion | Workforce Development The team visited 13 companies in the month of February, provided assistance to 9 of them, and also facilitated 14 business to business connections. Facilitating connections is a key part of the retention and expansion program. By visiting companies and learning what they do at an in-depth [...]
CEO Happy Holidays! Another year has come and gone, and it is exciting to see the progress we've made as a team! As you know, we can't do this alone. Our success would not happen without the continued support of our investors and community partners. On behalf of the EDAWN Board of Trustees and [...]
Entrepreneurial Update Happy Thanksgiving from the EDAWN Team! Innovation ecosystem at work: NevadaNano announced $18 million in new investor funding - one of the largest venture financing rounds in our region's history. This successful, advanced manufacturing company is bringing Digital Scent to the Internet, leveraging discoveries licensed through the University of Nevada, Reno and creating [...]
Note - The EPIC Jobs Chart from last month has been adjusted. "We changed some of the multipliers so that they are based on more recent data and updated job growth vs population growth in Storey County." Now over two years into the five year EPIC report projections of over 52,400 new jobs, we are [...]
Reno, Nev., (February 27, 2014) - The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) Board has voted to take an active role in the opposition of the Margins Tax / The Education Initiative. The Board takes this position after receiving testimony from both sides of Margins Tax / The Education Initiative and conducting a thorough [...]