{"id":61893,"date":"2021-11-04T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=61893"},"modified":"2021-11-04T15:04:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:04:41","slug":"kansas-startup-set-for-mid-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=61893","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Startup set for mid-November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kansas Startup is back to full strength and will kick off on Friday, Nov. 12, at Fort Hays State University\u2019s Robbins Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 48-hour hands-on event, which runs\nthrough Sunday afternoon, offers the opportunity for people to pitch ideas for\nnew ventures, form teams around the best ideas, then turn those ideas into\nreality. Teams work on plans ranging from solving problems in their community\nto launching nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Schwaller IV is an instructor of\nmanagement and entrepreneurship at FHSU and a local businessman, who has been\ninvolved with the event from its start in 2013. He always looks forward to the\nweekend but is especially excited about this year\u2019s event returning to the\nin-person format after most of it was conducted over Zoom last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is far more energy and enthusiasm\nwith the in-person competition,\u201d Schwaller said. \u201cWe work best and learn best\nwhen we are face-to-face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schwaller said pre-event enrollment has\nbeen strong thus far and expects up to 50 or more participants. Anyone\ninterested in participating \u2013 students and community members \u2013 can still sign\nup at https:\/\/kansasstartup.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event begins at 6 p.m. Friday with a\nbarbecue meal. A formal presentation will follow the meal, along with some\nicebreaker exercises. Individuals pitch ideas for new ventures, then teams are\nformed and begin discussing strategy for their presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants are encouraged to come as\nindividuals and form impromptu teams, so they can get out of their comfort\nzone, Schwaller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday, the teams work on developing their ideas with the assistance of coaches and other experts, then transforming it into a launchable venture. They then complete the task of transforming their ideas into a launchable venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prizes will be awarded to four teams \u2013\n$1,000 for first place, $500 for second, and $250 for third. The founder\u2019s\naward of $250 goes to a team that didn\u2019t place in the top three but worked hard\non its presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schwaller said that people from the\ncommunity traditionally drop in on Sunday\u2019s presentations, adding that students\nespecially benefit from the participation of community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe bring in folks with specialized\ntalent,\u201d Schwaller said. \u201cThat gets the teams targeted assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schwaller said he notices a vast\ndifference in creativity from the first couple of years of Kansas Startup,\nnoting that presentations have advanced from starting food trucks and sports\nbars a few years ago to ideas of community revitalization, nonprofit\nconsulting, and nurse recruiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIdeas have gotten much more\nsophisticated over the years,\u201d he said. \u201cWe now have a generation of students\nwho are learning these types of collaborative-type participation in class. Our\ncampus is a petri dish for creative, innovative thought, and our students are\nreally benefitting from it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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