Riverbank Brewing First Business to Receive Funding from Morris County Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership

News Release For Immediate Release March 12, 2021 Riverbank Brewing First Business to Receive Funding from Morris County Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership Council Grove, Kansas – Riverbank Brewing is the first small business to receive funding through the Morris County E-Community revolving loan fund, which was established in July of 2020.  A traditional commercial loan, matched...

NetWork Kansas Appreciates Support of VentureDash

News Release For Immediate Release March 9, 2021 Contact: Amara Kniep 316-425-8832 [email protected] NetWork Kansas Appreciates Support of VentureDash Youth Entrepreneurship Competitions Made Easier with Innovative Software   Wichita, Kansas, --- Less than one year after launching a comprehensive online entrepreneurship fair and business competition plan software for Kansans, NetWork Kansas announces the software's national expansion. VentureDash is on...

13 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During February

E-Community Loans - ~A-1 Pump & Jet Services, Inc. in Emporia. Partner: is Emporia Main Street ~The Daily Grind Bakery, LLC in Stockton. Partner: County of Rooks-Stockton, KS ~Nowlan Creations, LLC in Hutchinson. Partner: Startup Hutch Startup Kansas -  ~Rumor Mill 2, LLC in Osborne. Partner: City of Osborne ~TJ's Grill, LLC in Meade. Partner: Great...

Governor Laura Kelly Announces New Effort to Support Kansas Businesses in COVID-19 Recovery

News Release For Immediate Release via the Kansas Department of Commerce                                                                                   ...

e2 In-Depth: Lessons from Central Appalachia

By: Don Macke with Ann Chaffin, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Special Thanks to Deb Markley and Dana Williams Central Appalachia is a landscape rich in both culture and natural resources. It is also a landscape with biting poverty and residents struggling to realize the American dream of prosperity. The decline of king coal...

8 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During January

E-Community Loans - ~Empower2Life, LLC in Topeka. Partner: Shawnee Co Extension Council ~Sweet Dreams Cupcakery in Elkhart. Partner: County of Morton ~TA Sewell Properties, LLC dba The Tree House of Early Learning in Independence. Partner: Innovative Business Resource Center ~Crew Nutrition in McPherson. Partner: McPherson Chamber of Commerce ~Petersen Enterprises, LLC in Ellsworth. Partner: Ellsworth...

e2 In-Depth: Mega Trends and Rural America

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems We live in a very complex and dynamic global economy and society. Change seems to be accelerating. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic illustrates how globally interrelated we are now. With the start of each new year new content is generated focused on the future and what...

9 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During December

E-Community Loans - ~Timbercraft Cabinetry & Woodwork, LLC in Paola. Partner: Greater Miami County Econ Dev Corp. ~Miller Tire and Lube, LLC in Altamont. Partner: Altamont Community Improvement Assn. ~Viva La Fiesta of Wamego Mexican Cantina, Inc. in Wamego. Partner: Pottawatomie County Econ Dev. ~Schneider Feed, Lawn & Supply in Augusta. Partner: Augusta Progress Inc. ~Tipsy...

e2 In-Depth: 2020 Anthology of e2 Work

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Despite a worldwide pandemic health crisis, recession, all the Zoom conferences, and a presidential election, we close out another productive year. Here's a compilation of original white papers we shared on entrepreneurship and ecosystem building. Read on.

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