Take the Hal Rogers Parkway east out of London, Kentucky and between there and Hazard—an hour and twenty minute drive away—there’s only one hotel, ... Read This Post
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Appalachia’s New Day: Playing & Producing Music in Eastern Kentucky
Fat Baby Studios - a funny name behind the production of some seriously awesome music. Located in the basement of a house in Whitesburg, ... Read This Post
Financial Services Advocate of the Year
Every year, the Kentucky Small Business Development Center administers the state's small business awards, awarding the small business of the year, ... Read This Post
First Worker Coop Training Held in Eastern KY
More than 26,000 Kentucky businesses, employing more than 300,000 people, are owned by baby boomers. Many have not identified the next generation of ... Read This Post
Revamping Small Business’ Websites
From derby hats to duck calls, over the past few months, several small businesses have worked through our technical assistance program to make ... Read This Post
ARC Releases Toolkit for Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently released three reports covering the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in the 420 US counties federally ... Read This Post
Mountain Women Mean Business
On November 8, more than 100 women from across eastern Kentucky gathered at the first Mountain Women Mean Business conference held at the Harlan ... Read This Post
Social Enterprises 101
Examples of social enterprises in Kentucky (interactive!): What do you call a business that uses its products or services to do good? At MACED, we ... Read This Post
Basic Business Financing
Most people hate thinking about money. They dread it, fear it, and will do almost anything to avoid it. Entrepreneurs are no different. But looking at ... Read This Post
Local podcast host turns hobby into business with FastTrac
Troy Price, co-host of The Berea Podcast, recently completed the MACED-facilitated Kauffman FastTrac course to help launch his podcasting hobby into a ... Read This Post
Local Baker Connects with Peers and Mentors at Asheville Bread Festival
Katie Startzman is the founder of Native Bagel Company in Berea, Kentucky. The small bagel and coffee shop was made a reality in 2017 with the help of ... Read This Post
Frank Morris Becomes First New Energy Intern Graduate
Frank Morris of Perry County, Kentucky, recently became the first graduate of the New Energy Intern Program; an ARC grant funded program at the ... Read This Post
