Entrepreneurship 101: Embracing Change
PART 8: EMBRACING CHANGE Entrepreneurs need to keep their head on a swivel in order to stay ahead of the curve. But how do you...
Entrepreneurship 101: Finding Your Niche
PART 7: FINDING YOUR NICHE How do you stand out to consumers who are constantly bombarded with marketing messages and multiple choices every day? According...
Entrepreneurship 101: Finding New Customers
PART 6: FINDING NEW CUSTOMERS Getting buy-in from friends and family can be easy. But how do you turn strangers into ambassadors for your business?...
Entrepreneurship 101: Getting Started
ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101 Starting your own venture is a daunting task. But it’s better with friends to help you along the way. This series is...
Elevator Pitches II
We put some of Wichita's entrepreneurs to the test by having them deliver their best elevator pitch in an actual elevator. See how they did....
Upping the pace of change through NXTSTAGE
The NXTUS startup accelerator program and the accompanying NXTSTAGE pilot competition are working to craft a new moniker for Wichita: Pilot Capital of the World....
Covid-19 & The Four Challenges
One word has come to define 2020 due to COVID-19's unmatched impact on communities and economies around the world: Unprecedented. How will it impact Wichita?...
Attracting vs. Building
Any region would love to attract and build. But with limited resources, it's not a bad question to ask: Which is better for our future?...
The Anatomy of a Pivot
Just like a well-studied route that led you astray, entrepreneurs often find that their business plan isn't working. So how do they pivot and evolve?...
Wichita 2019: Stepping up to be heard
In 2019, people across the city stepped up to advocate for a future they believe in — a future we can all support and see through....
Elevator Pitches
We put some of Wichita's entrepreneurs to the test by having them deliver their best elevator pitch in an actual elevator. See how they did....
Wichita Mayoral Candidate Q&A
On November 5, Wichita residents will elect their next leader and determine the political future of their city. Hear the candidates speak on key issues....
Accelerating Startups Through Partnership
The role of startup accelerators — cohort-based programs like e2e or LaunchPrep — is more important now than ever before. See how they're evolving here in Wichita....
Startup Diaries: Where Are They Now?
Join Spencer Steinert and Jared Goering, founders of Vytal, as they talk through everything that has happened since the end of their Startup Diaries entries....
Are we program rich, but system poor?
Creating new programs shouldn't always be the first response when problems arise. Sometimes, we have to step back and establish a system — a guiding light....
Startup Sitdown Q&A: PinProps
Sit down with Michael Malone and Ryan Al-Sharieh, founders of PinProps, to learn more about how they are changing the world of commercial real estate....
Fail Early, Fail Often
Fail early, fail often, fail forward, fail fast. We've all heard these entrepreneurship catchphrases before. But how do we as Wichitans actually think about failure?...
In Focus: Christina Long
These are people pushing toward a better Wichita. You may know some, others you won't. But these are who you should be paying attention to....
Wichita 2018: The Turning Point
2018 was the turning point between settling for where we are now and pushing forever forward to the city we all know we can become....
Evolving e2e
e2e Accelerator President and CEO Josh Oeding has big plans for the organization’s future, including filling the capital gap. Here's what he has in mind....
Creating Capital Flow in Wichita
Expanding capital flow and velocity is a key lever for growth in cities like Wichita. So how do we stack up compared with peer cities?...
Startup Diaries: Where Are They Now?
Join Steven Werner, CEO and co-founder at Lawn Buddy, as he talks through everything that has happened since the end of his Startup Diaries entries....
Welcome to Blackout ICT
It's time to stop hoping for change. We can create it. For the month of October, we invite you to make a pledge to Wichita....
Take the dare
While these problems don't have concrete solutions, they each have action steps, or "dares." Maybe these dares are the actions that will lead us forward....
The Catastrophe Is Now
Every market signal points to the same conclusion: The manner in which Wichita is operating during this critical point in our history is not working....
Startup Diaries: Where Are They Now?
Join Andrew Gough, owner and founder at Reverie Coffee Roasters, as he talks through everything that's happened since the end of his Startup Diaries entries....
Funding Wichita's Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are creative and industrial individuals. But they often need some outside help to get their ideas into the marketplace, in the form of funding....
Are We Too Nice?
While everyone in Wichita seems to be nice, we often avoid digging deeper to offer authentic, critical advice and insight — especially when it might sting....
Entrepreneurship 101: Building Teams
PART 4: BUILDING TEAMS Passion. Expertise. Drive. These are some of the qualities our entrepreneurs say make for good teammates. But how do you find...
Team Lift: A New Year's Resolution
Wichita has put the burden of progress on the shoulders of a few. In 2018, let’s battle burnout by supporting influencers and shouldering our...
Reality Check: Part 5
How do we view our entrepreneurship? And how does it mesh with the reality around us? We've set up this article to explore just that....
Faces: Entrepreneurs
FACES From the everyday to the extraordinary, this series will focus on the people who make this city tick. Entrepreneurship is not for the faint...
Entrepreneurship 101: Finding Solutions
PART 3: FINDING SOLUTIONS If customers don't want what you're selling, what's the point of providing it? Each entrepreneur we talked with stressed that businesses...
Power Breakfast: Chambers & Johns
Listen in on a conversation between Wayne Chambers, President and CEO of High Touch Technologies, and Miguel Johns, a Wichita entrepreneur and founder of KingFit....
Entrepreneurship 101: Validating Ideas
PART 2: VALIDATING IDEAS Before a business becomes a business, it's an idea. Ideas with a valid market have the chance to become businesses. But...
LaunchPrep and Wichita's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Learn more about Wichita's newest program for fledgling startups and how it helps contribute to the city's overall ecosystem of startups, entrepreneurs, incubators and mentors....
Entrepreneurship 101: Investment
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS ANYTHING BUT EASY. There is no road map, proven process or manual. The closest entrepreneurs can get to an instruction manual is the...
2016 Year in Review
If 2015 marked the original diagnosis from James Chung as he laid out the four fundamental challenges [https://thechungreport.com/the-four-challenges/] Wichita faces, 2016 marked...
The First Two Years
Four Wichita entrepreneurs open up to talk about their first two years in business, a span three out of 10 businesses don't make it through....
In Focus: Chris Callen
These are the stories of those pushing toward a better Wichita. You may know some, others you won't. Either way, these people deserve our attention....
The Entrepreneurship Challenge
Wichita was built by pioneering entrepreneurs with the guts to risk everything to build something new. Today, our city's entrepreneurial opportunities seem to be missing....