Entrepreneurship

Nine Years of Youth Entrepreneurship in Kansas

"Anne's vision helped usher us into the youth entrepreneurship arena. She has transitioned from a full-time employee at NetWork Kansas to being an equally successful stay at home mom, as well as operating her own copyright/digital marketing consulting company. With our YEC season in full-speed mode, and KEC coming up,...

NETWORK KANSAS LAUNCHES $150,000 FUND TO CONNECT MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS WITH CAPITAL IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY

Media Contact: Erik Pedersen President and Chief Operating Officer NetWork Kansas (316) 425-8841 [email protected] Date: March 3, 2022 For Immediate Release NETWORK KANSAS LAUNCHES $150,000 FUND TO CONNECT MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS WITH CAPITAL IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY (Kansas City, KS ) - The Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas is launching a $150,000 microloan fund to support entrepreneurs in Wyandotte County called...

E-Communities & King of Queens: I Found a Connection

By Erik Pedersen President and Chief Operating Officer NetWork Kansas Courtesy photo: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmuMJDOnIDM I assume most of you who read this are huge fans of King of Queens like I am, mostly because I can't imagine anyone not loving that show!  (Surely, you all know Doug and Carrie Heffernan, Deacon Palmer and Carrie's dad Arthur,...

NetWork Kansas Receives $500,000 Grant Award to Benefit Entrepreneurs, Grow Organizational Capacity

News Release – For Immediate Release                                                Contact:  Erik Pedersen 877-521-8600 • [email protected]   February 14, 2022 NetWork Kansas Receives $500,000 Grant Award to Benefit Entrepreneurs, Grow Organizational Capacity Wichita, Kansas --The Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas announced receiving a $500,000 grant award from the Patterson Family Foundation to benefit entrepreneurs and grow the...

Partner Feature: Kira Hopkins, Entrepreneur Business Basics

An Interview by CML Collective for NetWork Kansas 'Bringing to life dreams that others would usually reject' An interview with Founder Kira Hopkins CML: Thank you so much for joining us! We have Kira Hopkins, founder of Entrepreneur Business Basics, also known as EBB. How are you doing today? Kira: I’m doing well and...

The Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas Announces Reorganization/Promotions to Meet Demand for Services

December 15, 2021 News Release – For Immediate Release   Contact:  Steve Radley (877) 521-8600 [email protected]       The Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas Announces Reorganization/Promotions to Meet Demand for Services   Wichita, Kansas --The Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas announced the formalization of internal structural changes and promotions to meet increasing demand for services and...

Partner Feature: Topeka Community Foundation

By NetWork Kansas     Connecting the Dots between Community Development and Economic Development The Topeka Community Foundation spotlights its impact in new video In 2016, the Topeka Community Foundation recognized an opportunity to leverage its role of providing donor services, performing grant making and convening the community to lead on issues of importance. Through...

NetWork Kansas, Rural LISC partner to roll-out Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Platform

By NetWork Kansas   New platform available to support small businesses NetWork Kansas and Rural LISC are helping to spread the word about a new platform for small business owners: The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready platform. Beginning today, small business owners are able to access the platform through a link specific to NetWork...

Partner Feature: Sometimes we’re that somebody- A new place for Kansas City, Kansas entrepreneurs to call home

By NetWork Kansas   “Sometimes we’re that ‘somebody’” A new place for Kansas City, Kansas entrepreneurs to call home Dr. Donnetta Watson is no stranger to helping entrepreneurs solve challenges. She’s a SCORE mentor, point person of the Kansas City, Kansas Urban Entrepreneurship (E-) Community and is the founder of the National Black Mastermind Group,...

Partner Feature: E-COMMUNITY PROGRAM CROSSES $1.25 MILLION IN SMALL BUSINESS LENDING

By Justin Pregont, Interim City Manager, City of Atchison Reprinted with permission View Video E-Community Program Crosses $1.25 Million in Small Business Lending In just over four years of operation the Atchison E-Community Program has now closed 27 loans totaling just over $1,250,000 for local small businesses. Since January of 2017, the Atchison E-Community Program has...