The Positively West Virginia Podcast

After working over 16 years at Under Armour, Terran Quinlan took her passion for exploring to a new level with her business Curated Wonder by Terran. Curated Wonder is all about focusing on Experiences over Things and providing a fun and innovative way to explore West Virginia. Check out her website here: https://www.curatedwonder.com/ Studio Powered by: Breezeline Sponsored by: Highmark Blue Cros...

Today on Positively West Virginia we take the time to sit down with Tony Vincent, owner and founder of Ultimate Roofing LLC here in Morgantown, WV. Having served in the military, Ultimate Roofing is veteran owned, and Tony gives us the run-down of why he chose to come to West Virginia and what's it been like starting not only Ultimate Roofing, but a number of other business under the "Ultimate" ba...

Joseph Sams founded Biztec on a mission to provide industry-leading customer-centric technology solutions fueled by continuous innovation. Today we talk to Joseph about his journey through IT into becoming an entrepreneur and how that has affected him and his business. Visit their website: https://biztec.us Studio Powered by: Breezeline Sponsored by: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia |...

Lora Yeater is a photographer owning Memories by Lora Yeater Photography , and is working on two major projects including her book Cancer Sucks, and Battle Buddy Bears. Using her photography skills she created a book of her sons journey through cancer, and she is creating Battle Buddy Bears to help other children through their journey with cancer.   Studio Powered by: Breezeline   Sponsored by: Hi...

Jamie Lester is known around West Virginia for not only designing the obverse of the West Virginia state coin, but also his bronze sculptures around the nation, including Don Knotts and Milan Puskar outside of Mountaineer Stadium. With of love of all things art including sculpting, music, painting, and more, Jamie is also an entrepreneur having founded Vandalia Bronze. Studio Powered by: Breezelin...

Today on Positively West Virginia we invite Stefanie and Marcus Grando. From Terra Alta, West Virginia, Stefanie and Marcus started Portland Coffee WV, a roaster and coffee shop, but more importantly a place to meet neighbors and enjoy Preston County. https://www.portlandcoffeewv.com/ Studio Powered by: Breezeline Sponsored by: Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgant...

Located in Clarksburg, WV Mike's Kitchen, Bath & Fireplace is a middle and upper-end showroom that goes above and beyond just selling you products. Originally established in 1986, we spoke with Mike himself on today's episode of Positively West Virginia to see what the secret is for being open so long, and how to be an effective leader in your business.    Visit their website here: http://www.mike...

Who doesn't love brownies? Brownie House was initially founded in 2005 in Karen's kitchen, but had to close down a few years later. 15 years later Brownie House was re-established and was an easy decision by both Christian and Karen, who left their original professions behind to make the best gourmet brownies around.   https://www.yesbrownies.com/   Studio powered by Breezeline Sponsored by: Hunti...

Elizabeth Lynch was the Miss West Virginia winner of 2022 and is currently a PhD student at WVU. She's a champion and advocate for Agriculture and Farmers here in West Virginia, speaking at local FFA chapters, fairs, and more as she continues to inform others about the importance of Ag.   Make sure to check out the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design Facebook page for th...

Today we've invited Linda Wigal and Lisa Marsh to join us over Zoom to talk about Highmark West Virginia and their Living Health initiative. Highmark Health are on mission to fix health care and solve our communities' challenges – how to make people healthier, how to get people engaged in their health, and how to make healthcare more affordable.   Powered by Breezeline Sponsored by: Huntington Nat...

Today on Positively West Virginia we spoke with James Yoder, a licensed auctioneer and realtor doing work here in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. James has done a ton of work involving estate sales, from cataloging and auctioning items, to helping get the real estate ready for sale. He was also the 2020 West Virginia Auctioneer Champion and the 2021 Ohio Junior Auctioneer Champion.   https://wv.au...

On today's episode of Positively West Virginia we take the chance to talk with Judd Walther and Adrew Morrison, CEO and COO, of Rebuilders Commercial Restoration here in Morgantown, a restoration business focusing on getting companies back on their feet after a disaster like flooding or fire. Both Judd and Andrew are only 27 years old so we talk to them about what it's like getting into the entrep...

Today on Positively West Virginia we speak with Brian McCommon, a realtor with Mountain Ridge Realty. Brian puts on many different hats, from being a professional trombonist, to serving in the US Army and Army National Guard, he's also the president of the Morgantown Board of Realtors. Brian speaks on how he balances all of this and how these experiences translate to serving clients.   https://mtn...

Peyton Ballard is the owner and CEO of Ballard Consulting Group. After gaining experience in Human Resources, Peyton worked for the Country Roads Angel Network, serving as the Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives and the Managing Director. Then in 2023 Peyton decided to launch Ballard Consulting Group, created to identify gaps businesses and organizations have in their operational capacities,...

Country Roads Angel Network (CRAN) is recognized as the Mountain State's first Angel investment network, and today we had the privilege to speak with Frank Vitale, the newly named President of CRAN about his personal experiences in Business and what CRAN can do for small businesses throughout West Virginia.   https://wvcran.com/   Sponsored by: Huntington National Bank | Highmark Blue Cross Blue S...

Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, Xclusive Movers provides a variety of moving services. From office relocation in Morgantown to moving your family to another state. We spoke with Jarrett Banks owner and founder about how he got his start in the moving industry and his experience running his team of 10.   Sponsored by: Huntington National Bank | Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia | Fr...

On today's Positively West Virginia, we chatted with Jeremy Maddox, owner of The Thrifty Mountaineer located in Westover Virginia. The Thrifty Mountaineer is a resale, and financial coaching company that's focused on helping customers save money today, to have money tomorrow.   https://thethriftymountaineer.com/   Sponsored by: Huntington National Bank | @Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virgi...

On today's episode of Positively West Virginia we spoke with Joshua Fowler, owner and founder of Black Cat MMA. With two locations located in Morgantown and Granville, Black Cat MMA is focused on providing a serious, but laid-back atmosphere and a place where beginning martial artists and veteran fighters can train side by side and grow together. https://www.morgantownmma.com/ Sponsored by: Sponso...

Chin Orih is the owner and founder of Corporate Cleaning Services LLC. , a cleaning service that's been around for 20 years! Chin saw a need for high quality cleaning services in the Morgantown area, and today he's on the Positively West Virginia podcast to discuss how he's changed as a leader, and how he got to owning a business for 20 years.   https://ccserviceswv.com/   Sponsored by Huntington...

Welcome to a new season of Positively West Virginia! To kick it off we're sitting down with Travis Lemon of Wise Guys Media . Wise Guys Media helps bring the theater experience to your home, giving you the best experience when trying to watch your favorite movies, shows and sports teams. Travis has been in business for many years and shares his experience on building clientele, working with previo...

As we continue into 2024 we're celebrating by airing the last Best of 2023 we have! This time it's with Village Caregiving, LLC which has grown from a single location with one employee in Barboursville, WV to over 20 locations in the Midwest and Eastern United States, and nearly 2,000 employees. We sat down with Jeff Stevens, one of the owners, to talk about what makes Village Caregiving so unique...

Happy New Year! To celebrate a wonderful 2023 of Positively West Virginia, we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes that we've done! Earlier this year we sat down with the owner, Irlanda Huff, to talk about her journey of starting a restaurant. Monarca-Taqueria is an authentic taqueria located in Downtown Morgantown, West Virginia.   Monarca-Taqueria: https://monarca.mymenus.store/#/...

For the remainder of 2023, we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes that we've done! This week we're going back to our conversation with Chirag Desai, owner and founder of Desai Law and how his law firm is helping inspire change locally.   Sponsored by Huntington National Bank | Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia | Freedom Kia of Morgantown WV | StoryMaker | Ignitewv

For the remainder of 2023, we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes that we've done! This time we're revisitng our conversation with John Verbosky of Coal Country Woodworking . John calls himself a most unlikely highly color blind artist. John found is calling in woodworking and loves using West Virginia sourced hardwoods especially black walnut.   Coal Country Woodworking: https://ln...

For the remainder of 2023 we're bringing you a few of our most popular episodes that we've done! Please enjoy our interview with Luke Yingling, CEO of Rhetoric. Rhetoric is software as a service company that aims to quantify jurisprudence and measure judge sentiments to help litigators persuade judges and compare courts.   Rhetoric: https://userhetoric.com/   Sponsored by Huntington National Bank...