Helping founders find community and connections
6-month accelerator transforming groundbreaking university research into market-ready ventures, providing workspace, business training, SBIR/STTR guidance, tools, and investor connections.
Statewide initiative supporting early-stage innovators with proof-of-concept funding (up to $25,000), mentorship, and commercialization tools to move ideas from concept to market-ready startups.
Learn more →Structured, cohort-based proof-of-concept program providing up to $25,000 in PoC funding, entrepreneurial education, and commercialization tools for Kansas innovators.
Learn more →8-week online accelerator for startups with some sales seeking to scale, providing K-State faculty coaching, student market research, mentor network, and equity-free grants.
Learn more →6-week in-person accelerator for aspiring entrepreneurs with a business idea to validate market demand, featuring K-State faculty workshops, alumni mentors, and student research support.
Learn more →Intensive 5-week cohort-based bootcamp for tech entrepreneurs in Emporia, developed in partnership with the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI), covering customer discovery, lean startup principles, and building a repeatable, scalable tech business model.
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