NetWork Kansas, a Kansas-based nonprofit dedicated to the growth of entrepreneurship and small businesses, is rolling out its entrepreneurship competition software platform, VentureDash®, nationally. The platform, which officially launched in 2020 across Kansas and at several pilot sites at colleges and universities, currently has 129 published competitions with 6,250 registered...
The Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas announced receiving a $552,350 grant award from the Patterson Family Foundation. The grant award is the second $500,000+ award NetWork Kansas has received to benefit entrepreneurs while growing organizational capacity.
Sanction applications may now be submitted for the 10th Annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) Series. YEC is a sequence of community-based entrepreneurship competitions for students in grades 6-12, culminating in a state championship. NetWork Kansas has released new overview video and other materials to help promote YEC.
Lakin Denny, from Colby, is a past YEC participant and scholarship winner. In this success story, learn more about Lakin, her YEC experience and how to support this young entrepreneur.
Congratulations to the 20 businesses that received funding from NetWork Kansas during May.
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation has awarded NetWork Kanas a grant that allows all 26 counties in the northwest region to have equal access to participate in the YEC Series, which will strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem and provide the region's youth with valuable knowledge and experiences.
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 ecosystems in Kansas by connecting entrepreneurs and small business owners to a network of business-building resources.
The YEC Series started as a grassroots competition in a school gymnasium in a tiny town in northwest Kansas. Over the years, those grassroots spread and now 1,000 students across the state from communities of all sizes participate in a unified championship series, connecting all of Kansas through youth entrepreneurship.
The Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship DBA NetWork Kansas is launching a $150,000 microloan fund to support entrepreneurs in Wyandotte County called the Empower WYCO Fund. The fund will be overseen by a multi-partner collaborative in the Kansas City, KS-area.
In this blog, Erik Pederson of NetWork Kansas describes how the popular TV Show, Kings of Queens, helps to illustrate the work and impact of the NetWork Kansas' E-Community Partnership. Two key questions emerge through the analysis: "What am I doing? What am I not doing?"
