Kansas Family Business Forum welcomes new director

The College of Innovation & Design and the Center for Entrepreneurship have named Lance Minor as the new director of the Kansas Family Business Forum. With almost 260,000 small businesses in the state of Kansas, a large portion of those are family-owned, and all of them play an important role in driving economic impact, locally and regionally. The KFBF has been supporting and promoting family-owned businesses for more than 27 years. Companies such as Star Lumber and JR Custom Metals are founding members, with three generations of business leaders participating in the KFBF programs. As director, Minor envisions a deliberate growth strategy to increase KFBF’s local presence, expand membership, and deliver valuable and timely programming for the family-led businesses in our community, regardless of the stage of growth they are in. His first day was Jan. 9, and he hit the ground running, welcoming the newest member to KFBF: Don Klausmeyer Construction. Minor is no stranger to campus, before joining the College of Innovation & Design, he was an ecosystem and alliance manager for Deloitte’s Smart Factory @ Wichita on the WSU Innovation Campus. Prior to that, he was a partnership manager for the Shocker Career Accelerator, as well […]

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