{"id":121374,"date":"2025-08-30T19:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121374\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:30:07","slug":"applications-open-for-k-state-accelerator-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/121374\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for K-State Accelerator program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto w-full sm:w-full md:w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1745935717357.png\" alt=\"Kansas State University\"\/>Kansas State University<\/p>\n<p>Kansas State University<\/p>\n<p>MANHATTAN &#8211; Kansas entrepreneurs and early-stage startups have the opportunity to earn significant support from Kansas State University with a program designed to support state innovators.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cba.k-state.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">College of Business Administration<\/a>\u00a0is now accepting applications for the fall 2025\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cba.k-state.edu\/academics\/departments\/center-advancement-entrepreneurship\/accelerator.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Center for Entrepreneurship Accelerator program<\/a>, a premier initiative that equips entrepreneurs with the tools and resources needed to launch and grow their businesses. <\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply by Sunday, September 14.<\/p>\n<p>New this fall, the accelerator will offer two separate tracks:<\/p>\n<p>Idea track: Designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs transform their initial business ideas into thriving ventures. Six weeks.Growth track: Created for early-stage startups with proven business models looking to accelerate their growth and economic impact. Eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on their track, participants may gain access to faculty-led courses, hands-on student research teams, a world-class K-State alumni mentor network and up to $60,000 worth of equity-free grants. The program charges no participation fees; however, the selection process will be competitive<\/p>\n<p>.&#8221;Our Accelerator program allows us to leverage K-State&#8217;s unique resources to support and grow entrepreneurial ventures,&#8221; said Chad Jackson, director of the Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship. &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to expand the program to include opportunities for both idea-stage entrepreneurs and those leading existing high-growth businesses. By connecting them with our faculty, alumni mentors and students, we aim to provide meaningful support at every stage of the entrepreneurial journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Applications are open to both existing and aspiring founders of scalable, for-profit businesses or ideas, including student-led ventures. Selection criteria include identifying a meaningful problem and offering an innovative solution, demonstrating drive and adaptability, and showing a strong commitment to the venture.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cba.k-state.edu\/academics\/departments\/center-advancement-entrepreneurship\/accelerator.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Accelerator program page<\/a>\u00a0for more information about the program and to apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kansas State University Kansas State University MANHATTAN &#8211; Kansas entrepreneurs and early-stage startups have the opportunity to earn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-121374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}