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...
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with Kimberlee Spillers This months 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 accompanying podcast. NetWork Kansas is the home for e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, which is led...
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with Kimberlee Spillers These days, America seems so divided and too much of rural Americas 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 and provide a recommended reading list...
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:...
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...
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with Mary Ann Kristiansen Energizing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Building in Keene, New Hampshire This months 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 year e2 is partnering with Radically Rural to host two entrepreneurship tracks...
NEWS RELEASE 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 am beyond...
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...
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...
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, with Kimberlee Spillers Retiree-Led Development A Likely Entrepreneurial Development Opportunity For Rural America, possibly the largest under-recognized entrepreneurial development opportunity is related to retirees. While the United States is aging, it is not aging as fast when compared to Europe, Japan, or even China. But nevertheless, Americas...
