Kansas High School Next BIG Thing Contest Summary: The Next Big Thing is an entrepreneurial idea competition designed to help identify and foster entrepreneurial ventures. This pilot program is a partnership between the E-Center in Phillipsburg and K-State University Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship. Program Activities: Four hour professional development seminar on entrepreneurship education/contest preparation for area high school … [Read more...]
The Entrepreneurs Night Before Christmas……
December 18, 2012 by
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the town Not a retailer was stirring, not even the ones who normally frown, The stockings were hung by the Courthouse with care, In hopes an emerging Entrepreneur soon would be there. Angel Investors were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of profits danced in their heads. I had come back to work for just one special reason, To see if someone else was working on a "start-up" During Christmas … [Read more...]
My Own Business slated for January in the E-Center
December 13, 2012 by
The Economic Restructuring committee of Discover Phillipsburg Main Street is once again offering the "My Own Business" course beginning Wednesday evening's, with the first class taking place on January 16th, 2013! The classes will be offered in the E-Center at the Fischer Building, at 6:30 p.m. lasting two to three hours each Wednesday and will be divided over a ten week period - ending on March 20th, 2013. Wondering what makes this course so unique?! All classes … [Read more...]
A New Voice For Rural Small Business Owners by Cliff Ennico
October 30, 2012 by
Cliff Ennico presented at the Kansas Jubilee this weekend in Hays. The E-Center was one of the supporters for this years conference. Cliff has given us permission to post the following. ~b Hays, Kansas is a really cool little town. Nestled on the High Plains of northwestern Kansas, where there’s always a steady breeze and when the corn’s harvested you can see clear to the horizon, Hays is the home of Fort Hays State University (go, Tigers) and a population of … [Read more...]
Venture Kansas ~ Do you think you have the Next Big Thing?
August 15, 2012 by
In partnership with the K-State Center for Advancement of Entrepreneurship, the E-Center will be offering a REGIONAL pilot program, Venture Kansas ~ “Do you think you have the Next Big Thing?” This is an entrepreneurial idea competition designed to help identify and foster entrepreneurial ventures. Venture Kansas "Do you think you have the next BIG Thing?" Has been postponed until a later date....Be Watching for the announcement of the new … [Read more...]
Planting Seeds for the Future Program Presented at Investment Connections
August 6, 2012 by
Planting Seeds for the Future, a regional youth entrepreneur program developed through the Entrepreneurial Center (E-Center) in Phillipsburg was selected to present at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank - Investment Connection event on August 2, 2012. Investment Connection is a second year program that brings together community and economic development organizations, funders and bankers to establish new relationships. Select organizations had the opportunity to … [Read more...]
iPad Training Series
May 21, 2012 by
The Entrepreneurial Center (E-Center) and Northwest Tech are partnering to offer a series of iPad trainings from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on Tuesday, June 19th at the E-Center in Phillipsburg. Participants may choose from a beginning, intermediate or advance track and have the opportunity to choose one to three sessions. Training Cost: The cost is $10.00 per session or all 3 session for $25.00. Please submit payment to the E-Center by mail at PO Box 508, Phillipsburg, … [Read more...]
EntrepreneurShip Investigation (ESI) 4-Day Youth Camp
May 16, 2012 by
Do you have a budding youth entrepreneur living in your home? Or do you know of one? The ESI summer camp may just be what these teenagers are looking for. With the success of the EntrepreneurShip Investigation (ESI) Youth Entrepreneur pilot program which was taught at the Phillipsburg Middle School this last semester, Discover Phillipsburg Main Street and the E-Center in Phillipsburg will again be partnering to provide this camp. This camp will incorporate the … [Read more...]
Discover Phillipsburg Main Street to Host Jon Schallert’s Business Reinvention Workshop.
May 14, 2012 by
IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE, THIS WORKSHOP IS BEING HELD AT THE HANSEN MUSEUM IN LOGAN,KS. (Registration form is located at the bottom of this narrative! ) On June 20th, 2012 in a 3 - hour workshop hosted by Discover Phillipsburg Main Street, Jon Schallert explains how business reinvention is critical for small business survival and how reinventing ones business into a Consumer Destination is the most profitable path for an independent business owner. The … [Read more...]
EntrepreneurShip Investigation Pilot Program Scheduled to Wrap up
April 30, 2012 by
A public/private partnership between Phillipsburg Middle School, Discover Phillipsburg Main Street and the Entrepreneurial Center in Phillipsburg introduced entrepreneurship to fifty-one eighth grade students this semester. The nationally recognized EntrepreneurShip Investigation (ESI) curriculum was developed through the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln. This curriculum has been taught by Mrs. Jackie Abell and Mr. Jim Smith middle school health instructor’s. It … [Read more...]
