Investor Update Northern NV Now would like to thank all of our investors for their continued support this fiscal year. We cannot be successful at attracting, retaining and growing companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area without you! Thank you to the following new Northern NV Now investors: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP has joined as [...]
Entrepreneurial Update Reno's makeover into soaring tech hub: Tesla, Panasonic, Switch and more... Doug Erwin, the Senior VP of Entrepreneurial Development at Northern NV Now wrote for VentureBeat this month highlighting the benefits of Reno's growing startup ecosystem; VentureBeat is the the leading source for news, events, groundbreaking research and perspective on technology innovation. "Faced with sharply rising [...]
Business Retention | Expansion | Workforce Development The Business Retention, Expansion and Workforce Development team visited over 140 new and existing primary companies over the past 12 months, and assisted 94 companies in a variety of ways including making introductions to resources, helping facilitate connections with education, taking business concerns forward to the appropriate [...]
CEO Update What an amazing amount of positive media in the past few weeks: Bloomberg, June 22, 2017 - Reno Is Starting to Look More Like Silicon Valley. A great national piece on the exciting growth in our manufacturing sector, as the community undergoes a transformation. "Thousands throng to the weekly Food Truck Fridays [...]
Investor Update Northern NV Now would like to thank all of our investors for their continued support this fiscal year. We cannot be successful at attracting, retaining and growing companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area without you! Thank you to the following new Northern NV Now investors: Dickinson Wright PLLC and Nelson Electric Company, Inc. have joined [...]
Entrepreneurial Update HOT OFF THE PRESS in Bloomberg Business - Reno Is Starting to Look More Like Silicon Valley Thousands throng to the weekly Food Truck Fridays near downtown, dudes play corn-hole while sipping cold brew coffee at a cafe by the river, and a local bartender can't quite keep track of the number of [...]
Business Retention | Expansion | Workforce The BRE-WD team made 16 visits in the month of May and has exceeded its annual target of 140 total visits to newly located and existing companies. Assistance provided includes referrals to resources in education, connections to potential vendors or customers, resolution of roadblocks, and providing recommendations for [...]
CEO Update Another great addition to our community. Elemental LED, an engineering and technology-based manufacturer of LED lighting solutions, is relocating its U.S. Headquarters, manufacturing and R&D operations to Reno, Nevada. The company expects to be operational this year by the end of the third quarter. Elemental LED plans to hire up to 100 employees over [...]
Investor Update Thank you to the following new Investors for supporting Northern NV Now's Mission to create quality jobs in our region. Marmot Properties, LLC has joined as a Silver Investor We appreciate your support of our job creation efforts! Northern NV Now values the continued support of current investors and invites those who are not, [...]
Entrepreneurial Update This week Udacity launched the first of its kind accelerated learning program in Reno, known as Udacity Connect, to teach in-demand skills in Reno! At the completion of the 3-month nano-degree program, participants will receive a valued credential in their field of study with the program offering a combination of online courses and in-person study sessions. [...]