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NetWork Kansas announces participation in the Kauffman Foundation Spark Heartland Program and new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Board

NetWork Kansas, a statewide organization devoted to the establishment of entrepreneurship as a priority for economic and community development, announced two initiatives today: acceptance into the Kauffman Foundation’s Spark Heartland Program and the launch of a new advisory board to help guide the organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies.

August 17, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , , Read more...

E-Community Students Compete in the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge State Championship

The Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge (KEC) State Championship, hosted by the Kansas State University Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship, and sponsored by the Kansas Masonic Foundation, took place virtually on April 27th and awarded high school entrepreneurs with over $20,000 in prize money. This statewide competition featured high school and...

April 28, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Partners, , Read more...

898 KANSAS STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE SERIES

NetWork Kansas’ Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership announces the conclusion of the 2020-2021 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) Series. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 898 students from 46 Kansas communities participated in 44 local entrepreneurship competitions.

April 1, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Partners, , Read more...

Riverbank Brewing First Business to Receive Funding from Morris County Entrepreneurship (E-) Community Partnership

"We’re incredibly grateful for the local support of the Morris County E-Community, GMDC and Farmers and Drovers Bank,” said Lindsay Gant, co-owner of Riverbank Brewing. “This funding helps our dream of creating a new business that contributes to the economic growth in our rural community come to fruition. We have...

March 15, 2021By Archive, E-Communities, Partners, , Read more...

Sharing our work: NetWork Kansas featured on EntreEd Talk podcast

NetWork Kansas' Erik Pedersen and Amara Kniep are the featured guests of the EntreEd Talk podcast episode 79, which was released today. Pedersen and Kniep shared information about the organization's support of entrepreneurship and small business growth as well as provided an overview of the E-Community program.

September 24, 2020By Archive, E-Communities, Entrepreneurship, Funding/Accounting, Partners, , Read more...