e2 In-Depth: New Resident Attraction – Development Opportunities for Rural America

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with  Kimberlee Spillers

People attraction, development, and retention is an essential element in growing more prosperous rural communities. It is also one of e2’s top 10 likely entrepreneurial development opportunities. When we attract new residents, support resident development, and create communities that are...

15 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During October

E-Community Loans -  ~Columbus Service Center, Inc. in Columbus. Partner: Cherokee Co Econ Dev Corp. ~Liberty Group of Investments, Inc. in Dodge City. Partner: Dodge City/Ford County Development Corp. ~The BC Bullpen, LLC in Baldwin City. Partner: Douglas County E-Community ~Coal Creek Enterprises, LLC in Moran. Partner: City of Humboldt ~Van Co, LLC dba El...

e2 In-Depth: Tourism-Led Development, Opportunities for Rural America

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with  Kimberlee Spillers

This month’s feature paper, Tourism-Led Development, Opportunities for Rural America, provides strategies for growing a more competitive, higher value, diverse, and resilient economy around tourism and people attraction. Read more and listen to the

e2 In-Depth: Marginalized Rural Americans

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with  Kimberlee Spillers

These days, America seems so divided and too much of rural America’s landscape is challenged by increasingly marginalized populations. In the September feature piece, Marginalized Rural Americans, Economic Development Implications, we discuss some causes and effects of marginalization...

13 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During September

E-Community Loans -  ~Om Grown Yoga Collective, LLC in Baldwin City. Partner: Douglas Co E-Community ~Circle H Liquor in Pittsburg. Partner: Cherokee Co Econ Dev Corp ~LUXE KC Design and Build, LLC in Sterling. Partner: Sterling Chamber of Commerce ~H&H Elite Properties, LLC in Atchison. Partner: City of Atchison ~KS Solar, LLC in Wamego. Partner:...

18 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During August

E-Community Loans -  ~Tiffany Ann Andrews Agency, LLC in Lansing. Partner: Grow Leavenworth County ~QP Watchbands in Herndon. Partner: Rawlins Co Econ Dev. ~His Image Barber Shop, LLC in Liberal. Partner: Seward County Development Corp. ~Route Step Farm, LLC in Onaga. Partner: Pottawatomie Co Econ Dev ~Luminaries Salon and Gallery, LLC in Atchison. Partner: City...

e2 In-Depth: Energizing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building in Keene, New Hampshire

By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with Mary Ann Kristiansen

Energizing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building in Keene, New Hampshire

This month’s downloadable story and podcast episode focuses on Mary Ann and the highly successful efforts by the Center to foster and support entrepreneurs in Southwestern New Hampshire. This...

NetWork Kansas Welcomes Bailee Henry to Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership Team

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NetWork Kansas Welcomes Bailee Henry to Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership Team

Today, NetWork Kansas announced the hiring of Bailee Henry, who joins the staff as Product Manager, E-Community Programs. In her role, Henry will oversee and manage the work of the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) Series among other responsibilities. “I...

9 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During July

E-Community Loans -  ~McPherson Classical Coaching Academy in McPherson. Partner: McPherson Chamber of Commerce ~Jack's For All Trades, LLC in Buhler. Partner: Startup Hutch ~Pennington Enterprises, LLC in Atchison. Partner: City of Atchison ~Dymax, Inc. in Wamego. Partner: Pottawatomie Co Econ Dev. E-Community and Restart Kansas -   ~The Building Center in Hillsboro. Partner: Hillsboro Ventures, Inc. Empower...

NetWork Kansas Celebrates The First Anniversary of VentureDash

NEWS RELEASE   For Immediate Release July 26, 2021 Media Contact: Amara Kniep 316-425-8832 [email protected] NetWork Kansas Celebrates The First Anniversary of VentureDash Entrepreneurship Competitions Made Easier with Innovative Software Wichita, Kansas --- NetWork Kansas is celebrating the one-year anniversary of their first online entrepreneurship business software system, VentureDash. VentureDash is an online platform that provides a modern framework for facilitating entrepreneurship...