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Startup Day across America

Sarah Mote Aug 09, 2017

Startup entrepreneurs are encouraged to reach out to policymakers to explain the challenges entrepreneurs face to generate support for startups during the month of August.

KCSourceLink's Battle of the Brands, a social media competition for small businesses

Why You Should Host a Social Media Competition for Local Businesses

Sarah Mote Jul 18, 2017

KCSourceLink captures the attention of thousands, highlights their resource network and strengthens the local entrepreneurial ecosystem with an annual social media competition for local businesses. Read more on why you should host your own social media competition.

How Do You Support Entrepreneurship?

Dara Macan Jul 10, 2017

How do you build entrepreneurial ecosystems and support a sustainable infrastructure? Here's our methodology in supporting, connecting and advancing entrepreneurship all across the United States.

Here's how economic developers can support rural entrepreneurs in their community.

3 Serious Myths about Rural Entrepreneurship

Maria Meyers Jun 29, 2017

Rural entrepreneurship matters. What can we do to better surround our rural entrepreneurs with the resources they need to grow?

9 #ESHIPSummit Takeaways from Ecosystem Builders

Sarah Mote Jun 28, 2017

We asked our staff, strategic partners and SourceLink community leads to share some of their key insights from the Kauffman Foundation's #ESHIPSummit.

SourceLink's Maria Meyers speaks about entrepreneurship in workforce development

Maria Meyers Speaks on Entrepreneurship at NERETA Job Creation Summit

Jun 07, 2017

SourceLink's Maria Meyers is speaking about entrepreneurship and workforce development at the North East Regional Employment and Training Association Job Creation Summit.

SourceLink: How to Grow a Vibrant Community of Entrepreneurs in Rural America

Round Up: How to Grow a Vibrant Community of Entrepreneurs in Rural America

Rob Williams May 25, 2017

What is being done to help rural economies leverage entrepreneurship as an economic development and community growth strategy? Here's your roundup of articles on growing rural entrepreneurship curated just for you.

Why would Kansas City want to build the next Silicon Valley?

Rob Williams May 18, 2017

After a Bloomberg Technology article called Kansas City out for not being "the Next Silicon Valley," Jeff Shackelford of Digital Sandbox KC, a KCSourceLink Resource Partner, took to the web to explain why that's not really all that great of a goal for Kansas City's entrepreneurial ecosystem anyway.

NetWork Kansas Uses Its Resource Network to Take on Bigger, Bolder Goals for Entrepreneurs across Kansas

Sarah Mote May 16, 2017

NetWork Kansas is building a culture of entrepreneurship in the state of Kansas—and right in the middle of America.

The Making of America’s Most Entrepreneurial City

Maria Meyers May 10, 2017

In 2011, Kansas City set an audacious goal: to become America’s most entrepreneurial city. The community set a path to build entrepreneurship, measure it and tell that story to the world.

Colorado Springs is connecting entrepreneurs with the Resource Navigator® powered by SourceLink

Connecting Small Business to the Right Resources in Colorado Springs

Pola Firestone May 04, 2017

The Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC launches the Resource Navigator® database for entrepreneurs to get connected to local resources that offer services they need to start and grow their businesses.

Making the Case (and Connections) for Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Maria Meyers May 02, 2017

Entrepreneurship happens everywhere—not just on the coasts. It happens in urban centers and rural communities, among tech innovators and in shops on Main Street. And here's how we can invite more people to the table.

Farm Bureau Rural Entrepreneurship Competition applications open May 1, 2017

Applications open May 1 for Farm Bureau Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge

Apr 26, 2017

The Farm Bureau Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge is a national competition focused on entrepreneurs with food and agriculture business. Businesses across agriculture are eligible to compete for $145,000 in startup funds and more.