e2’s COVID-19 Field News
By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Over the past month our conversations surrounding the pandemic and entrepreneurs have led us to believe there are some common threads to those businesses that will survive and thrive beyond this pandemic: They were some of the quickest to recognize the potential impact and begin strategizing adaptations. They are […]
NetWork Kansas discusses rapid loan deployments in response to COVID-19
By Dell Gines, Senior Community Development Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Used with permission Steve Radley and Erik Pedersen, president and vice president of NetWork Kansas, discuss rapid deployment of emergency small business credit during the COVID-19 pandemic with Kansas City Fed Senior Community Development Advisor Dell Gines. They share how they leveraged the NetWork Kansas statewide entrepreneurship […]
3 Businesses Receive Funding from NetWork Kansas During March
E-Community Loans – ~Metier USA, LLC in Plainville. Partner: County of Rooks Startup and Capital Multiplier Programs – ~Events, LLC in Great Bend. Partner: Great Plains Development Inc. KCIF – ~Clearwater Wellness Center in Clearwater. Paid in full – Congratulations to the following firms that paid their loans in full. E-Community ~Flint Hills Fitness, LLC […]
793 KANSAS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE SERIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2020 Contact: Amara Kniep, Product Manager, E-Community Programs, NetWork Kansas […]
In-Depth by e2: e2’s Rural Community Prosperity Development Framework
e2s Rural Community Prosperity Development Framework By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems The development goals communities set tend to define how we measure success. If our goals are unclear, we tend to drift in our economic development work. If our goals are modest, we tend to achieve modest change. Work by the Heartland Center for […]
In-Depth by e2: Community Quality of Life Placemaking
Community Quality of Life Placemaking: An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Design Element By: Don Macke, e2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Every American community can thrive and should have the opportunity to be successful. We are employing our Community Prosperity Framework whereby every community willing to be smart and work hard can achieve prosperity. Within this framework there are three […]
YEC Series Student Spotlight: Sophia Glanville, Yowl Creek Sweets and Treats
By NetWork Kansas Sophia Glanville first competed in the YEC Series in Chase County during the 2017-2018 season and has competed each year since. During the 2018-2019 season, through K-State’s executive summary open review, she earned a wild card spot to compete at the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge. Below Sophia talks about how this program has […]
3D Printing in Play Again
By Jim Correll, director Fab Lab ICC at Independence Community College, Independence Kansas It wasnt long after the COVID-19 situation became serious, they started coming. Emails and tags in social media to colleague Tim Haynes and I about 3D printing being used to solve various related problems, from valves of some kind for ventilators to a […]
HIRE funds exhausted; SBA Disaster Loans available
Compiled by NetWork Kansas NetWork Kansas staff worked through the weekend processing more than 1,000 applications and have made notifications to applicants. For those who applied who have not received notification, NetWork Kansas is asking people to check spam folders then email info@networkkansas.com to inquire about their application status. Though HIRE loan program funding is exhausted, […]
$5 million of HIRE Fund loans have been awarded to Kansas hospitality businesses
Source: Kansas Department of Commerce Topeka, Kan. Within 48 hours of Governor Laura Kelly announcing the establishment of the Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency (HIRE) Fund, all $5 million allocated for the loan program have been awarded. The hospitality industry in Kansas was one of the first to be hit financially by the COVID-19 crisis, […]
