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First Friday E-Calls
Monthly Entrepreneurship Webinars
K-State Research and Extension offers an entrepreneurship webinar every first Friday of the month. The purpose of the First Friday e-Call is to increase the local community's knowledge of the experts, education and economic resources available to help small businesses and entrepreneurs and to share innovations in community development.
| Topic | Slide Deck | Presenter | Date |
| Child Care Innovations in Hays |  |
Sarah Wasinger |
12/6/24 |
| Lessons Learned from ORP Rural Champions: Child Care | |
Keri Falletti, Rural Champions |
12/1/23 |
| K-State Child Care Resources and Assessment for Your Community | |
Bradford Wiles |
6/2/23 |
| Kansas Micro-Internships Program | |
Tim Peterson, Ph.D. |
10/7/22 |
| Community Service Tax Credits | |
Dustin Gale |
1/7/22 |
| Simple Steps for Starting Your Small Business | |
Ron Lunsford |
10/1/21 |
| How Communities Can Provide Quality Child Care | |
Aimee Baker |
6/4/21 |
| Business Resources for Innovation, Tech, and Exporting (BRITE) Center | |
Karl Klein, Laurie Pieper |
1/8/21 |
| Kansas Healthy Food Initiative and Kansas Community Investment Fund | |
Steve Radley |
10/2/20 |
| Kansas Community Investment Fund | |
Steve Radley |
11/1/19 |
| Kansas Community Philanthropy Innovators, Kansas Community Investment Fund | |
Steve Radley |
1/4/19 |
| Topic | Slide Deck | Presenter | Date |
| Using Land Banks in Pittsburg | |
DeAnna Goering | 2/7/25 |
| Using Retirement Funds to Start or Buy a Business | |
Mickey Parker | 1/3/25 |
| How can USDA Rural Development Help Your Community? | |
Christy Davis |
10/4/24 |
| Kansas Historical Society Funding Incentives: A Tool for Preserving Kansas History | |
Bethany Falvey |
5/3/24 |
| Supporting Entrepreneurs Through Access to Capital, Community, and Customers | |
Amber Dunn |
2/2/24 |
| Build Kansas Fund (a Special Fourth Friday e-Call) |
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Vanessa Lamoreaux |
9/22/23 |
| Tools to Support Main Street Development: Kansas Main Street and Capital Access Center |
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Scott Sewell, Vince Haworth |
8/4/23 |
| Financial Capital for Your Small Business |
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Steve Radley |
2/3/23 |
| Rural Housing Incentive Districts |
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Kayla Savage |
2/4/22 |
| Community Service Tax Credits |
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Dustin Gale |
1/7/22 |
| Kansas Housing Resources |
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Ryan Vincent, Kayla Savage |
8/6/21 |
| BRITE Center, Washburn University |
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Karl Klein, Laurie Pieper |
1/8/21 |
| Kansas Healthy Food Initiative and Kansas Community Investment Fund Update |
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Steve Radley |
10/2/20 |
| Kansas Community Investment Fund (KCIF) Impact Investing |
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Steve Radley |
11/1/19 |
| SBIR/STTR Grants: Leveraging America's Seed Funds |
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Debra Franklin |
10/4/19 |
| Kansas Angel Investor Tax Credits |
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Rachell Rowand |
8/2/19 |
| New Market Tax Credit Strategies |
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Chris Vukas, Steve Radley |
5/31/19 |
| Angel Investing 101 |
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Trish Brasted |
5/3/19 |
| Kansas Community Investment Fund |
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Steve Radley |
1/4/19 |
| Network Kansas Resource and Referral Center |
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John Gendron |
9/7/18 |
| Tech Commercialization: Government Contracts for Businesses |
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Greg Panichello, SBDC |
5/4/18 |
| Economic Gardening - a Revenue Growth Strategy for Second Stage Businesses |
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Chris Gibbons, Paul Bateson |
3/2/18 |
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Kansas Small Business Development Center - The mission of the KSBDC is to increase economic prosperity in Kansas by helping entrepreneurs and small business owners start and grow their businesses though professional consulting, training and resources. - Fort Hays State University