Jul 27, 2021 | News and Updates
Sprocket Innovation has teamed up with Codefi from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to launch 1ST50K, a pitch competition designed to bring software-based businesses to Paducah. After nearly 200 applications from around the world were received and reviewed, the largest...
Jul 4, 2021 | News and Updates
The winners of the West KY Innovation Challenge met up last week with Sprocket & Codefi to guide the first phase of their product development. What is the West KY Innovation Challenge? It’s a regional competition that supports local innovators in developing...
Jun 26, 2021 | News and Updates
And that’s a wrap! We closed the doors for submissions to the 1ST50K competition and had a great response. We are pleased to report that we have received 169 qualified applications from companies in 28 US States and 23 countries. The initial pool was nearly 200 before...
Feb 9, 2021 | News and Updates
Today is THE day. That’s right, enrollment is officially open for our long-promised Adult Code Lab Training…WOOT! No experience needed. Part time. NO COST. Estimated entry level salary: $60K. We know you’re here for this. Code Labs is a local tech education...
Feb 6, 2021 | News and Updates
Sprocket, Inc. announced the launch of the West Kentucky Innovation Challenge in partnership with Codefi, Kentucky Innovation, and the US Department of Agriculture. A webinar entitled How to Build a Software Company Without Code that explains the application and...
Jul 20, 2020 | News and Updates
At a meeting held Thursday, John Truitt was unanimously voted to fill the position of Sprocket board chair. In addition, Ines Rivas-Hutchins was appointed to fill the open board seat. The chairship, formerly held by Monica Bilak, was vacated when she resigned to...
Jul 15, 2020 | News and Updates
Sprocket, Inc., along with Murray State University Center for Computer and Information Technology, The Technology Council of West Kentucky, the Murray State University Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Development, and Kentucky Innovation Station (Madisonville...
Jul 13, 2020 | Education, News and Updates
Sprocket, Inc. will host student participants in the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurship (GSE) July 14th through August 1st 2020. The event, normally a three-week residential experience held at Northern Kentucky University, announced it would go virtual due to...
May 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Makerspace, News and Updates
Last Wednesday morning, I drove to a local hospital and pulled my car to the curb near the front door under the portico. It was windy and I wore a homemade cloth mask that covered my mouth and nose. Soon a surgeon and assistant emerged from the sliding doors and I...
Apr 6, 2020 | Education, History
Sprocket 2019 ANNUAL REPORT If you want to know what Sprocket is all about, here’s the perfect place to start. Inside you’ll find our highlights from 2019 along with an overview of the projects and initiatives that make Sprocket uniquely qualified to...
