Author: Kiley Burris

Are you interested in entrepreneurship? The next Life of an Entrepreneur Startup Speaker Series will take place 6-7 p.m. today in Devlin Hall. The event is free to attend and offers participants a place to hear from speakers on special topics relating to entrepreneurship and ask questions.

Tonight’s event will discuss the topic of dealing with setbacks throughout a startup journey.

Are you interested in entrepreneurship? The next Life of an Entrepreneur Startup Speaker Series will take place 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 in Devlin Hall. The event is free to attend and offers participants a place to hear from speakers on special topics relating to entrepreneurship and ask questions.

Adam Lynch, associate engineering teaching professor, will discuss the topic of dealing with setbacks throughout a startup journey.

The next “Life of an Entreprenuer” Startup Speaker Series will take place 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at Devlin Hall. The event will discuss work/life balance, priorities and burnout.The event is free to attend and offers participants a place to ask any questions they may be curious about. 

Register at the link below.

The next “Life of an Entrepreneur” startup speaker series will take place 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at Devlin Hall. The event covers the topics of Work/Life Balance, Priorities and Burnout as an entrepreneur. This event is free to attend and offers participants a place ask any questions they may be curious about.

The upcoming speaker, Marquetta Atkins, executive director of Destination Innovation Inc., strives to eliminate the barriers facing young people and women as entrepreneurs. Atkins is creator of the Women Entrepreneurs of Kansas (WeKan!) and is a member of the Entrepreneurship Task Force and the Evergreen Curriculum Committee. She also sits on the Juneteenth committee and serves on the Innovation Committee at Wichita State University.

Attendance for the event is free, but registration is required.

Local entrepreneur and former Wichita State student Steven Werner, founder of Lawn Buddy and Blue Ox, will discuss his experiences starting out and how to deal with uncertainty as you begin your entrepreneurial journey 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, on the second floor of Devlin Hall (the building located near Cessna Stadium by E. 21st St. N.).

This free event is hosted by Office of Innovation and New Ventures and and is meant to help like-minded individuals meet and discuss their ideas and answer their questions about startups.

The first session of an eight-week ignitor course will take place 5:45-7:15 p.m. Sept. 19 on the second floor at Devlin Hall. Ignitor is an accelerator program focusing on the ideation pre-seed phase. It provides structured support for innovators and entrepreneurs. This course is free and open to the entire campus community.

During the program, participants will learn how to improve an idea, conduct customer discovery, build a minimum viable product, gain valuable user feedback, develop a business strategy and how to pitch to customers and investors.

Are you interested in entrepreneurship? The next “Life of an Entrepreneur” startup series will take place 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 on the second floor at Devlin Hall. The series is free to attend and offers participants a place to hear from speakers on special topics relating to entrepreneurship and ask any questions you may be curious about. Topics include the following:

• Uncertainty
• Focus
• Work/life balance
• Avoiding burnout
• Dealing with setbacks

Registration is required to attend.

Free and open to all community members, the ignitor eight-week accelerator focuses on ideation for startups and provides structured support for innovators and entrepreneurs.

Participants will learn how to improve an idea, conduct customer discovery, build a minimum viable product, gain valuable user feedback, develop a business strategy, and how to pitch to customers.The next cohort begins June 1.

The first session an eight-week ignitor course will take place 5:45-7:45 p.m. Jan. 31 at Devlin Hall. ignitor is an accelerator program focusing on the ideation pre-seed phase. It provides structured support for innovators and entrepreneurs. This course is free and open to the entire campus community.

During the program, participants will learn how to improve an idea, conduct customer discovery, build a minimum viable product, gain valuable user feedback, develop a business strategy and how to pitch to customers and investors.