The Blog
News and updates from GWV.
Human Resources
Human Resources seems to be a place of mystery in a lot of organizations. Employee searches, hiring, training, benefits, performance management, promotions and separations all typically happen under the umbrella of HR. HR...
MyVillage
CEO and co-founder Erica Mackay recently described her vision for MyVillage at a meet and greet at Goodworks Place. Most working parents in Montana know how difficult it can be to find the right place for their little ones while they are at work. For...
PatientOne announces completion of Series Seed Round Funding
We are excited to bring you PatientOne's press release focused on their Series Seed Round funding. PatientOne is a technology startup that aims to improve surgical patient outcomes and create jobs in our area. Read the entire press release here. Here is a link to...
Space
I have been thinking a lot about space recently. We created an open floor plan at Goodworks Place with furniture that can easily be reconfigured as needed. People love it, and we are happy about the amount of use the space is getting. We created private office space...
Attention Entrepreneurs Who Want to Excel: Add More Women to Your Boards
I was struck this week by a comment made by one of the High Stakes Foundation grantees. We were having a bit of a catch-up and the “socialpreneur” was commenting about the new make-up of his board. For the first time since its founding, he said, half of...
The ecosystem that creates industry
Goodworks Ventures’ latest investment… We are proud to partner with Reflex Protect, a safety company that provides a non-lethal self-defense spray and violence response training for use at home and in the workplace. Reflex Protects offer a highly effective yet...
Manufacturing.
A lot of political discussion these days revolves around the death of manufacturing in the United States. That’s not what we see here in Montana. Manufacturers are often small businesses but their multiplier effect is pretty substantial. For every $1 spent in...
Failure.
We have had a number of investments not work out this year. Or to be more direct, some of the businesses we invested in failed. There is a lot of discussion around failure and startups these days. Fail fast. Failure is the way you get to success. Failure is a badge of...
Branding.
After a couple of years of languishing, we finally updated our website. The impetus was to provide better services to the entrepreneurial community of Montana and to help build our brand. As the only impact fund in Montana, we have never really promoted ourselves or...