WV Hive Network - Everything you need to help your business succeed.

Everything you need to help your business succeed.

Welcome to The Hive

Our mission at the WV Hive is to connect entrepreneurs with the resources and expertise they need to grow successful companies right here in the Mountain State.

A program of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority

WV Hive is a partner in the Community + Business Resilience Initiative (CBRI), a collaboration focused on creating conditions for workforce, business, and industry growth in the 21-county ACT Now region through community coaching and planning, site development, and business development services.

The WVU Tech Launch Lab is a resource center for students and the WVU Tech Community to help launch new businesses, products and prototypes. It is a collaboration with the WV Hive.

Communities of Healing is a recovery-to-work ecosystem project designed to spur small business development and employ West Virginians healing from addiction through the growth of social entrepreneurship.

WV Hive is a partner in The WV Community Development Hub’s HubCAP initiative, a community-led economic development program that supports community teams in designing and implementing community revitalization projects over a multi-year period.

Hive Accelerator Project

The Hive Accelerator Project stimulates organizational growth and advances development to attract new businesses, recruit new investment, and directly support businesses and entrepreneurs.

PATTERN represents a collaborative, regional approach to accelerating the outdoor and manufacturing industry within the New River Gorge, leveraging West Virginia’s knowledge of outdoor recreation, heritage, and craftmanship to create manufacturing opportunities. PATTERN is an NRGRDA Initiative.

Business Advising

One-on-one advising to teach clients how to take an idea to market, build a business from the ground up, or throttle an existing business to successfully capture more of your target market.

Business Advising

Co.Starters

Throughout the year, we host training opportunities that will create human connections and build trust using the CO.STARTERS philosophy.

Co.Starters

Business Resources

Find a comprehensive list of state and local resources available to assist you in answering questions related to starting a business!

Business Resources

Buzz Worthy

Hive Blog

Communities of Healing Winter Gathering is December 4, Drema Hill of West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine is Guest Speaker

The partners in the evolving recovery to work program – Communities of Healing – are holding their Winter Gathering Monday, December 4, 2023, at Fruits of Labor, 313 Neville Street, Beckley, W.Va.

November 28, 2023

Hive Blog

Regions, LLC Expanding Its Food Service, Thanks to Southern West Virginia Business Idea Pitch Competition Award

Matthew Moore, owner of Regions, LLC, earned third place in the recent Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition with his plan for a cloud-based kitchen and mobile unit to deliver fresh regional menu items to local residents. His business pitch resonated with the judges and live audience and yielded him an award valued at $1,250.

November 27, 2023

Hive Blog

WV Hive Offering Two-Day Intensive CO.STARTERS Bootcamp Business Training December 11-12 in Beckley

Those interested in starting or expanding an existing business are invited to attend a two-day intensive CO.STARTERS Bootcamp conducted by the West Virginia Hive Network from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day on December 11-12 at the Innovation Building, 282 Minnesota Avenue in Beckley.

November 27, 2023

What our clients are saying

Rat_s-Marine

Working with the Hive has been a pleasant experience. Our regional business advisor is always there to answer any questions we have and help us navigate through growing our small business.

Pinheads

The assistance from the WV Hive has been a big part of what has taken Pinheads from a ‘pipe dream’ to a sustainable business. For the past (four) years, WV Hive has been a trusted partner that I can lean on for training and mentorship to help me learn how to expand my customer base and plan future growth. Their help with marketing, business planning, and identifying sources and uses of capital breaks down the complicated world of business management into workable areas where we can measure and plan. The help of the Hive gives me confidence and the knowledge base I need to continue to move forward. I am eternally grateful.

The-Brain-Training-Center

WV Hive has been invaluable in assisting our company with identifying our client segment, diversifying our streams of revenue, and assisting us with public relations and marketing resources. Our business advisor is knowledgeable, dependable, and resourceful. Working with the Hive has been nothing short of amazing.

Brain Training Center

Black-Oak-ATV-Resort

The help I received was truly a game changer for my business. It helped me focus on my goals and figure out the steps necessary to obtain them.

Black Oak ATV Resort

Appalachian-Furnishings

The Hive was very helpful in the process of taking an idea to a new business startup. My business advisor was so much more than just an encourager, she was an excellent sounding board. She provided valuable insights and honest examinations of my ideas. Their technical assistance was priceless to my small startup. I would recommend anyone thinking about starting or growing a business within their service are to give them a call.

Appalachian Furnishings

The-Levels-Depot

Thanks to the help from the WV Hive, my bookkeeping and taxes are a breeze.

The-Local-Cafe-and-Grocer

The folks at WV Hive were so integral to the start up of The Local Café & Grocer. They linked us with important resources and helped us navigate those early bumps in the road. Having support on the front end from people who understand the challenges facing entrepreneurs has made all the difference and will, no doubt, positively impact the long-term success of many new businesses across the state.

The Local Cafe & Grocer

Greenbrier-Environmental-Group

Ruthana and WV Hive were instrumental in helping us get our business started. Thanks to the assistance offered by WV Hive, we were able to form a locally owned business that is able to provide professional environmental consulting careers in southern WV. Greenbrier Environmental Group, Inc. exists thanks to the guidance and support provided by WV Hive.

Greenbrier Environmental Group

The-Yew-Mountain-Center

Our business advisor offered advice about how to raise the profile of the center to earn the income needed to support free or low cost educational programs for local youth. WV Hive helped our young organization achieve a cohesive look for our marketing materials, support the creation of two promotional videos and help us better use social media.

The Yew Mountain Center

Seniors-Living-Well

CO.STARTERS [sponsored by WV Hive] facilitator, Ruthana Beezley, and professional mentor, Peni Adams, created an atmosphere of encouragement, support and guidance which helped focus my entrepreneurial vision, passion and spirit.

Seniors Living Center

Blue-Ridge-Bee-Company

The digital marketing support from the Hive helped us to launch our business forward and we were able to reach so many more customers with their help and are forever grateful.

Blue Ridge Bee Company

Boho

My business advisor helped me to translate my vision into concrete realities and assisted me in troubleshooting so that I could focus my energies. Her encouragement and resources definitely helped offset my own inexperience and doubt– two things that plague new business owners. In order to be successful, I had to believe in myself and my vision so that I could ‘sell’ it to others.

Partners & Sponsors

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