NETWORK KANSAS RECEIVES $30,000 GRANT TO GROW YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE SERIES ACROSS KANSAS

For Immediate Release April 4, 2022 Contact: Sarah LaRosh Director, E-Community Engagement NetWork Kansas 785-346-4978 slarosh@networkkansas.com The Dane G. Hansen Foundation will remove the financial barrier to communities participating in the YEC Series by granting the sanction application fee as well as providing an allocation of prize funds to each county's event. This grant allows all 26...

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Announces $3 Million in Funding to NetWork Kansas to Accelerate Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

  The grant will expand NetWork Kansas’s programmatic reach to support and build inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems across the state.  [Kansas City, MO, (March 22, 2022)] The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation recently announced $3 million in funding to the Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing entrepreneurial...

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,...

6 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During February

E-Community Loans -  ~Beeson's, LLC dba EndZone Sports and Office Supplies in Norton. Partner: Norton Co Econ Dev-Norton, KS ~Collaborative Property Management in Independence*. Partner: Innovative Business Resource Center ~Salon B in Jetmore. Partner: Hodgeman County Econ Dev. ~Sluggers, LLC in El Dorado. Partner: El Dorado Chamber of Commerce ~AFA Advisors, LLC in Atchison. Partner:...

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  epedersen@networkkansas.com   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,...

7 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During January

E-Community Loans -  ~M'axe Throw House, LLC in Fort Scott. Partner: Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce ~Legacy Outdoors of Wakefield, LLC in Wakefield. Partner: Clay Co Econ Dev. ~Dreamz Childcare Center, LLC in Liberal. Partner: Seward Co Dev Corp. ~New Light, LLC in Longford. Partner: Clay County Eco Dev.     EDA ~Simon Meat Locker, LLC in Olsburg....

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

News Release – For Immediate Release                                                Contact:  Erik Pedersen 877-521-8600 • epedersen@networkkansas.com   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...

12 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During December

E-Community Loans -  ~Livestock Dispatch, Inc. in Cottonwood Falls. Partner: Chase County Development Inc. ~Beautiful Images Salon & Spa in Russell. Partner: Russell County ~Burns Welding in Jetmore. Partner: Hodgeman County Economic Development ~Dragonfly Wine Bar, LLC in Atchison. Partner: City of Atchison ~Olive Branches & Confetti, LLC in Manhattan. Partner: Riley County ~The Hangout, LLC...