Tag: Kansas State University

$2M federal grant boosts K-State efforts to expand region’s digital manufacturing capabilities

By Tommy Felts / August 19, 2022

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. MANHATTAN,…

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Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge

$75K up for grabs in student pitch competition backed by Kansas Masons, K-State

By Tommy Felts / April 29, 2019

A cross-section of student entrepreneurs from across the state of Kansas are set to win big, Tuesday — if they can level with a room full of sharks at the K-State College of Business. Testing the power in their pitches, the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge is expected to award student innovators from 65 high schools and the…

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K-State Technology Development Institute student Interns utilizing waterjet cutting system to prototype client parts

K-State institute’s expanded focus: Boost Kansas companies launching new tech

By Tommy Felts / February 8, 2019

Every Startup A Wildcat? The Technology Development Institute at Kansas State University is evolving its role and services to improve the economic competitiveness of Kansas companies. Broadening activity at the institute — formerly known as the Advanced Manufacturing Institute — reflects a focus on developing, protecting and launching new technologies for a range of partners,…

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Athlete Network co-founders Dirk Ochs, Chris Smith and Eli Fisher

Lenexa-based Athlete Network teams with K-State, Arkansas, Lindenwood on student engagement

By Tommy Felts / August 4, 2018

A Kansas City-area tech startup is expanding the scope of its social network for athletes, the company announced this week, revealing new partnerships between Athlete Network and three universities with Division 1 sports. The company is collaborating with athletic departments at Kansas State University, Arkansas State University, and Lindenwood University to develop game-changing technology with…

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Harrison Proffitt and Ben Jackson, Bungii

Tech startup Bungii is your new friend with a truck

By Tommy Felts / July 12, 2016

“Hey, can I borrow you and your truck this weekend?” It’s a question dreaded by truck owners everywhere, and in April of 2015, it made Ben Jackson regret ever buying his 1999 Ford Ranger. Jackson — and his truck — had just finished an exhausting day helping friends make four hauls across Manhattan, Kan. The…

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