The Positively West Virginia Podcast

  Leah Heimbach, is President and Owner of H M S, LLC in Fairmont, West Virginia.   HMS protects vulnerable populations and veterans.  HMS blends their unique healthcare and technology expertise to create bold yet cost-effective solutions that federal and state agencies and their private-sector partners need to make sure your loved ones get the best […]

  Traci Phillips is the CEO and Owner of Fun Fitness Kids Club.  Traci's spouse Justin Phillips is COO. Fun Fitness Kids Club was recently named Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year by the West Virginia Small Business Administration.   Fun Fitness Kids Club provides rental fitness equipment for ages Birth to 5 years old. They […]

Mike Emerson was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor's in Business Administration in 1978 and sold life insurance for Northwestern Mutual for two years before going to work for IBM in 1980. Emerson was a marketing representative and systems engineer with IBM for seven […]

  Robert A. Alonso II (Tony) served in the United States Air Force from Jan. 85-Apr 98.  After he separated from the USAF he relocated back home to WV.  He began working with his father (Bob), his brother (Todd), and his sister (Tish) in the construction business as a Project Manager and Estimator. Robert received […]

  ITrend Technology was founded by Edward Green, a federally contracted IT professional turned businessman, who has a mission to simplify the world of Information Technology for individuals and businesses. Having worked in the Information Technology field since 1998, Edward decided to form ITrend Technology, a local IT management business that focuses on putting customers […]

  Andrew Cutright is a managing member of Cutright Law located in the Suncrest Towne Centre in Morgantown, WV. His father Roger Cutright is also a member of Cutright Law, and combined they have over 30 years of experience. Andrew is a graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and also a graduate from WVU […]

  Andrea Bourdelais graduated from the University of Vermont in 1985 and Washington State University in 1991.  She has one daughter Olivia who recently graduated from the University of Vermont.   She moved from Wilmington NC to the Tristate area in 2017 to help run the family business, Level 1 Fasteners with her brother Ted […]

  For more than two years, Positively West Virginia has brought you compelling stories about West Virginia businesses. Our mission is to educate, inspire and motivate people. Now, we have gathered together some of our most influential guests to create an ongoing panel discussion focused on encouraging WV small businesses in their effort to thrive […]

  Mike McCown is a 1987 graduate of West Virginia University in Industrial Engineering. He and his wife, Tera, of twenty-five years have two daughters. Elizabeth, recent graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University; Emily, currently attending Wake Forest University. Mike started Industrial Bolting Technologies, Inc. (IBT) in January of 2003. IBT was known as the local leader […]

  For more than two years, Positively West Virginia has brought you compelling stories about West Virginia businesses. Our mission is to educate, inspire and motivate people. Now, we have gathered together some of our most influential guests to create an ongoing panel discussion focused on encouraging WV small businesses in their effort to thrive […]

Trey Yates, Owner –  Greenbrier Dairy, LLC.  Located in Rainelle, West Virginia. Trey Yates has just been named 2020 Young Entrepreneur Small Business of the Year by the West Virginia SBA. Trey's belief is that West Virginia youth must stay home to rebuild our great state. With that thought in mind Trey formulated plans for Greenbrier Dairy LLC while […]

Eric Watkins is the owner of The Fighter Store in, Morgantown, West Virginia – in Monongalia County. Eric was raised in Morgantown since the age of 4 years old.   At the age of 24 he decided to go to college at West Virginia University as an untraditional freshman, exactly 5 years late.  At the time […]

For more than two years, Positively West Virginia has brought you compelling stories about West Virginia businesses. Our mission is to educate, inspire and motivate people. Now, we have gathered together some of our most influential guests to create an ongoing panel discussion focused on encouraging WV small businesses in their effort to thrive in […]

Originally from Elkins, West Virginia, Bill Heckle moved to Greenbrier County in 2018 to take the helm at GVBC. Bill has breathed new life into GVBC, launching a series of successful expansions that have seen both production and distribution increase by several orders of magnitude.  Brewery mission statement: Our mission at Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company […]

For more than two years, Positively West Virginia has brought you compelling stories about West Virginia businesses. Our mission is to educate, inspire and motivate people. Now, we have gathered together some of our most influential guests to create an ongoing panel discussion focused on encouraging WV small businesses in their effort to thrive in […]

A journey that began four decades ago as a roadside fruit tree stand in Kingwood has continued to evolve and grow as one of Preston County's oldest family-owned and operated businesses. Lucas Tatham, second-generation and Trellis Smith, are at the helm of Modern Homestead, affectionately known as Tathams by the locals. Founded in 1980, Modern […]

For more than two years, Positively West Virginia has brought you compelling stories about West Virginia businesses. Our mission is to educate, inspire and motivate people. Now, we have gathered together some of our most influential guests to create an ongoing panel discussion focused on encouraging WV small businesses in their effort to thrive in […]

  Show notes: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories. For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia businesses […]

  Show notes: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories. For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia businesses […]

  SHOW NOTES: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories.   For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia […]

  SHOW NOTES: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories.   For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia […]

  Show notes: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories. For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia businesses […]

  Show notes: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories. For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia businesses […]

  Show notes: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories. For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia businesses […]

  Show notes: Normally each week, on this podcast, we interview West Virginia business leaders and share their success stories. For the next few days – who knows how long that will be – we're going to bring you daily special edition broadcasts specifically and intentionally around this basic question:  What can West Virginia businesses […]