Success Story: KCSourceLink: Helping Entrepreneurs Connect the Dots
May 2017 Newsletter
Our University Centers are making a real difference in providing the support businesses and communities need for success. One example is the University of Missouri Kansas City’s KCSourceLink University Center program, which connects a network of over 240 entrepreneurs and small businesses in the 18-county Kansas City region to find the right business resources to start, scale or accelerate.
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Recently, KCSourceLink issued its 4th Annual “We Create KC” report, which outlines the impact the program is having on making Kansas City “America’s Most Entrepreneurial City.”
Highlights from the report include:
- KCSourceLink made more than 92,000 connections via hotline, email and website last year to help entrepreneurs and small business;
- There has been a 290% increase in available capital for early-stage entrepreneurs, for a total of $792 million in capital available to early-stage entrepreneurs;
- The program is working to move innovations from universities and research labs into the marketplace through its Whiteboard2Boardroom program.
Media outlets have been a key player in helping KCSourceLink raise its visibility and rally people and organizations around a focused solution. Read what they are saying:
KCSourceLink: Support for entrepreneurs is growing, but still more work to do
Kansas City Business Journal (4/20/2016)
KC Entrepreneurship Progress Report: Are We There Yet?
Thinking Bigger Business Media (Vol. 24 Issue 10)
KCSourceLink: Improving startups’ access to capital ‘a marathon, not a sprint’
Startland (7/1/2016)
Congratulations to the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the KCSourceLink for the terrific impact they are having!