Positively West Virginia

Lincoln Kinkade is a physical therapist and he is also a consummate entrepreneur. He is also the founding owner of Dynamic Therapy which is now doing business as Fyzical Therapy and Balance Centers. Having been self-self-employed since the age of 11, Lincoln has been in the business of improving the lives of West Virginia residents; […]

Roger and Crista Johnson are the owners of Screech Owl Brewing. Screech Owl is located not far from the Maryland and Pennsylvania borders in Preston County. Roger and Crista have been transforming their farm into a thriving, award-winning small-batch brewery, Screech Owl Brewing, and their associated tap room, Spent Grain Cafe. Roger and Crista began […]

Positively West Virginia Podcast celebrates first year of highlighting positive business stories in the state By Jim Matuga, Host of Positively West Virginia Each week for the past 52 weeks, I’ve interview West Virginia business leaders and shared their success stories with listeners all across America on our podcast. In 2018, we reached tens of […]

Mike Green serves as the chairman of the West Virginia Growth Investment Fund and managing director of Mountain State Capital. In these roles, Mike provides mentorship and funding to entrepreneurs and early stage companies. He began serving on the West Virginia Board of Education in 2009 and served as the board president for a time. He […]

Ryan Lemley is the owner of Ridge Roasters Coffee. Ridge Roasters Coffee is a roasting company that locally roasts the finest coffees from Honduras, Ethiopia, Guatemala and other countries in small batches to the most exacting standards. The result is an exceptional coffee roast that has won the hearts and pallets of coffee lovers across […]

Dwayne Freeman is the owner of Appalachian Distillery. Appalachian Distillery is a family owned business that makes premium sour mash moonshine, whiskey, and bourbon, owned by Dwayne and his wife Sandy Freeman. They are a growing company that plans to employ up to eight people in the near future. They have the capacity to produce […]

Heather Cyphert is the Managing Director of four companies that she and her husband own, based in Westover, West Virginia. Those companies include: Precision Tool, Performance Hydraulics, Progressive Industries, and Phoenix Trucking. Heather grew up in a family that knows the joys and the challenges of a family owned enterprise. After earning her BS degree […]

Danny Fink is the president of Premier Tax Consulting LLC. Premier Tax Consulting specializes in working with small to midsize businesses primarily in North Central West Virginia. Danny noticed that most accounting firms spend most of their time focused on recording past history by preparing financial statements and tax returns. Of course Premier provides those […]

Tony Figaretti is the owner of Figaretti Manufacturing and Distribution Incorporated. In the early 1940s, Tony’s grandparents and their five sons began packaging and selling their delicious pasta sauce to local grocery stores in the Wheeling area. The sauce became so popular they decided to open a restaurant. In 1949, Figaretti Brothers Restaurant opened in […]

Sierra Cox is the co-owner of Wonder Valley Farm, a veteran-owned agritourism business in Gandeeville, West Virginia that concentrates on lavender, bees, and forest botanicals. Sierra and her business partner traded in their uniforms for overalls when they separated from the US Navy and created Wonder Valley Farm. They envisioned bringing some of the West […]

Ruston Seaman is the managing partner of New Vision Renewable Energy, a non-profit social enterprise. He also founded GLOgames Basketball, a company that designs and builds LED basketball rims. New Vision is a Christian community development organization working to re-energize communities. It evolved from a rich history of ministry and development in rural communities in […]

James L. Estep has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the High Technology Foundation in Fairmont, West Virginia, since June of 2000. The High Technology Foundation’s mission is to facilitate economic diversification. Through the High Technology Foundation Jim has positioned the I-79 Technology Park as the premiere economic diversification effort in the state. It has […]

Brian Joseph is president and CEO of Touchstone Research Laboratories, in Triadelphia, West Virginia. The company was founded by Brian in the 1980s right out of college. The company develops patents and products and is one of the most innovative and successful commercial research and development organizations in the U.S. Based on their inventions Touchstone […]

Chad Remp is operations manager of Wheeling Truck Center incorporated, a family owned business in Wheeling, West Virginia. The company was founded in 1933 and is an authorized Volvo truck dealership. The company also sells trucks and truck parts around the US and to multiple countries around the world. The international sales division was started […]

Logan Hartle is the president of Warwood Tool Company in Wheeling, West Virginia. For 164 years the Warwood Tool Company has forged world class, 100% U.S.A. made hand tools of the highest quality right here in West Virginia. Logan studied industrial engineering at West Virginia University, where he received a bachelor of science degree in […]

Chad Daniel is the co-owner of Daniel Vineyards in Crab Orchard, West Virginia. Daniel Vineyards, founded in 1990, is a family owned and operated conservation grape farm and estate winery. Their 192 acre property boasts 30 acres of perfectly manicured West Virginia grown grapes. Chad is 25 years old and was born and raised in […]

Increasing West Virginia’s Human Vitality Drs. Lucas and Amy Watterson cofounded Mountain State Wellness in Morgantown, WV in 2002. Since then their practice has continued to grow every year and has helped more than 5,000 people from 10 different states. They also enjoy many outdoor activities, raising their two daughters, and entertaining in their mountaintop […]

Allegheny Science and Technology (AST) CEO and President, Arria Hines, talks about her vision for AST, and her advice to young entreprenuers.

John Deskins, PhD serves as Assistant Dean, Director of the BBER and as an associate professor of economics at the College of Business and Economics at WVU, discusses the West Virginia business outlook.

Forge Business Solutions is a veteran-owned business founded upon the principle of service above self. President and CEO, Frank Vitale started Forge to help companies thrive in any aspect. From developing new markets, identifying potential customers, human resources training, investor relations and beyond. Show Notes: OPEN-2:26: Jim introduces today’s guest of the show, Frank Vitale, […]