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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...

October 21, 2021

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...

October 14, 2021

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?...

September 30, 2021

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...

September 16, 2021

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....

November 19, 2020

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....

October 20, 2020

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?...

June 3, 2020

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?...

March 11, 2020

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?...

January 22, 2020

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....

December 20, 2019

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....

November 25, 2019

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....

October 24, 2019

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....

September 12, 2019

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....

July 30, 2019

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....

July 18, 2019

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....

May 9, 2019

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?...

April 30, 2019

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....

March 11, 2019

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....

February 7, 2019

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....

December 19, 2018

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?...

November 15, 2018

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....

November 8, 2018

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....

September 28, 2018

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....

August 16, 2018

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....

June 12, 2018

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....

March 28, 2018

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....

March 15, 2018

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....

March 8, 2018

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...

January 20, 2018

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...

January 2, 2018

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....

December 12, 2017

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...

November 16, 2017

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...

October 19, 2017

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....

August 10, 2017

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...

July 10, 2017

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....

June 7, 2017

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...

April 26, 2017

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...

December 28, 2016

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....

November 1, 2016

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....

August 18, 2016

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....

July 28, 2016

SERIES

  • Startup Diaries: Greenfield Robotics
    Clint Brauer talks agriculture, technology and how he hopes to change organic farming.
  • Startup Diaries: Lawn Buddy
    Steven Werner talks tech, teamwork and Wichita’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
  • Startup Diaries: Reverie
    Andrew Gough talks coffee, business and entrepreneurship in Wichita.
  • Startup Diaries: Vytal
    The founders of Vytal discuss the intersection of human performance and tech..
  • Entrepreneurship 101
    Hear from everyday people who make this city tick.
  • Power Breakfast
    Listen in on conversations between Wichita’s influencers and disruptors.
  • In-Focus
    These are the stories of those leading the push toward a better Wichita.
  • Reality Check
    This five-part series explores the perceptions and realities of progress in Wichita.
  • Faces
    Hear from everyday people who make this city tick.
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