Center for Entrepreneurship

Through design-thinking and market research we help you take your idea to reality.

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We can assist with business resources and funding opportunities to support your startup.

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We have a slate of business services from organizational assessments to succession planning.

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CFE Programs and Outreach

ARPA Small Business Digital Transformation Program

Learn how to develop a digital mindset, increase customer value, improve efficiencies, and make your business more resilient for whatever comes next.
Supported by City of Wichita ARPA grant and offered through The Office of Innovation and New Ventures.

SNVC

The Shocker New Venture Competition gives students the opportunity to win venture money as well as receive valuable feedback on their idea from industry experts.

ignitor

The ignitor accelerator provides a structured support system for community innovators and entrepreneurs, focusing on the ideation pre-seed phase.

Kansas Family Business Forum

Kansas Family Business Forum brings owners, families and managers together to address issues of ownership and management succession, strategic planning, family dynamics and family governance.

Growing Rural Businesses

Growing Rural Businesses is an eight-week certificate program customized for rural businesses. GRB provides practical, applied information and examples necessary for rural communities in Kansas.

Rural E-Launch

Learn before you launch. This program teaches you to clearly conceptualize how your product can provide real value to customers.

Tabor tapped to lead Center for Entrepreneurship

The Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University has hired Troy Tabor as its new director, effective Jan. 23.

In his new role at Wichita State, Tabor will build on the Center for Entrepreneurship’s strong history of cross-college collaborations and community partnerships; foster growth by creating new relationships; secure funding for long-term sustainability; and launch meaningful programs to enhance the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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When you are in the idea and prototype phases of a business, it’s difficult to get capital because you aren’t generating revenue yet. It’s a wonderful feeling to know someone believes in your idea and your abilities.

Michele Valadez,
Past recipient of the Women for Women Innovation Fund awarded through the Center for Entrepreneurship