Helping founders find community and connections
Wyoming Women's Business Center artist development program providing free business education, counseling, and visibility to Wyoming artists through the 'Work of Art' webinar series and the Works of Wyoming (WoW) retail storefront at 302 S. 2nd St., Laramie.
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Laramie
Wyoming Women’s Business Center
Student-focused early-stage pitch competition at Central Wyoming College (CWC) hosted in partnership with Bootstrap Collaborative, allowing CWC students to present early business concepts to judges in a low-pressure coaching environment.
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Riverton
The Bootstrap Collaborative
Farm incubator and beginning farmer training program at Central Wyoming College's Alpine Science Institute campus in Sinks Canyon near Lander, equipping aspiring farmers with agricultural and business skills to launch sustainable farm operations.
Incubator
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Lander
Central Wyoming College – Lander
Bootstrap Collaborative Center for Innovation at Central Wyoming College (Lander) offering entrepreneur training, mentoring, and resources for Fremont County and central Wyoming, supporting 270+ entrepreneurs and 35+ new businesses to date.
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Lander
Central Wyoming College – Lander
SBA-funded Wyoming Women's Business Center providing no-cost one-on-one business counseling, training programs, and micro-loans ($500–$35,000) to entrepreneurs — especially women and the economically disadvantaged — statewide.
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Laramie
Wyoming Women’s Business Center
Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) business development program providing technical assistance, training, business plan development, financial coaching, and access to lending capital for entrepreneurs on and near the Wind River Indian Reservation in Fort Washakie.
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Fort Washakie
Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) – Fort Washakie
Wind River Development Fund business development program in Riverton providing technical assistance, business planning, financial coaching, and access to CDFI lending capital for Fremont County entrepreneurs.
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Riverton
Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) – Riverton
Free business mentoring, technical assistance, and entrepreneurial resources from The Bootstrap Collaborative — a USDA RISE grant-funded consortium of Fremont County organizations helping local entrepreneurs start, grow, and scale businesses.
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Riverton
The Bootstrap Collaborative
Business Micro Intensive (BMI) workshop series by Silicon Couloir and Spark JH offering hands-on seminar sessions focused on specific big-picture business issues with actionable take-home steps for Teton region business owners.
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Jackson
Silicon Couloir
Forward Cody provides business support services and entrepreneur resources for the Park County and Cody area, connecting startups and small businesses to regional economic development resources, funding, and technical assistance.
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Cody
Forward Cody
Free and low-cost business workshops, webinars, and training events hosted by the Wyoming SBDC Network in Riverton, covering key entrepreneurship topics for Fremont County and central Wyoming small businesses.
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Riverton
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Riverton
Free and low-cost business workshops, webinars, and training events hosted by the Wyoming SBDC Network in Evanston, covering key entrepreneurship topics for Uinta County and southwest Wyoming small businesses.
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Evanston
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Evanston
Free and low-cost business workshops, webinars, and training events hosted by the Wyoming SBDC Network in Rock Springs, covering key entrepreneurship topics for Sweetwater County and southwest Wyoming small businesses.
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Rock Springs
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Rock Springs
Free and low-cost business workshops, webinars, and training events hosted by the Wyoming SBDC Network in Gillette, covering key entrepreneurship topics for Campbell County and northeast Wyoming small businesses.
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Gillette
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Gillette
Free and low-cost business workshops, webinars, and training events hosted by the Wyoming SBDC Network in Laramie, covering key entrepreneurship topics for Southeast Wyoming including Albany County small businesses.
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Laramie
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Laramie
Free and low-cost business workshops, webinars, and training events hosted by the Wyoming SBDC Network in Casper, covering key entrepreneurship topics for Natrona County and central Wyoming small businesses.
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Casper
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Casper
Free and low-cost business workshops, webinars, and training events hosted by the Wyoming SBDC Network in Cheyenne, covering key entrepreneurship topics for Laramie County and southeast Wyoming small businesses.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Cheyenne
Annual 2-day entrepreneurship and innovation conference hosted by Central Wyoming College in Riverton, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, educators, and innovators from across Wyoming for networking, learning, and collaboration.
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Lander
Central Wyoming College – Lander
Advanced manufacturing incubator and fabrication lab at Laramie County Community College (LCCC) serving as a maker-to-market (M2M) pathway, helping Wyoming inventors and entrepreneurs bridge the gap from prototype to commercial product.
Incubator
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Cheyenne
Concept Forge @ LCCC
Wyoming Innovation Partnership initiative creating workshops and a startup competition focused on sustainable careers and businesses in Wyoming's creative arts economy — fueling tourism and cultural industries through entrepreneurship.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Innovation Partnership (WIP)
Annual pitch competition from Energy Capital Economic Development awarding seed funding ($50,000 pool) to northeast Wyoming entrepreneurs through a multi-round competitive process, mentoring, and a public Pitch Night at Gillette College.
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Gillette
Energy Capital Economic Development
Two-semester certificate program at Sheridan College teaching aspiring entrepreneurs how to create and sustain small businesses, covering business planning, finance, marketing, operations, and startup fundamentals.
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Sheridan
Sheridan College Innovation Center
Wyoming Innovation Partnership (WIP) program embedding entrepreneurial mindset training into UW and community college classrooms by supporting faculty fellows from 6 UW departments and 9 Wyoming community colleges.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Innovation Partnership (WIP)
Food Finance Institute training course offered through the Wyoming Food Coalition, helping Wyoming food entrepreneurs understand the financial and business fundamentals needed to launch and scale food and value-added agriculture businesses.
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Buford
Wyoming Food Coalition
Annual Fremont County Startup Challenge pitch competition organized by The Bootstrap Collaborative, awarding seed funding to early-stage entrepreneurs in central Wyoming through a mentored competitive process ending in a public pitch night.
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Riverton
The Bootstrap Collaborative
FUEL Business Incubator Program operated by Energy Capital Economic Development in Gillette, WY providing mentoring, advising, and resources to help entrepreneurs start, run, and grow small businesses in Campbell County and northeast Wyoming.
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Gillette
Energy Capital Economic Development
Free 4-week virtual venture-creation workshop from gener8tor for aspiring Wyoming entrepreneurs, helping ideation-stage founders develop high-growth startup concepts through product ideation, MVP development, mentorship, and one-on-one coaching.
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Statewide
gBETA Wyoming
Free 4-week venture-creation workshop delivered at LCCC in partnership with gener8tor, designed for LCCC students and Laramie County community members to ideate and develop high-growth startup concepts.
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Cheyenne
Laramie County Community College
Free 7-week statewide pre-accelerator for Wyoming early-stage startups powered by gener8tor, providing intensive concierge coaching, mentor swarms with ~30 mentors, investor pitch swarms with 25+ investors, and access to a national network — no fees, no equity.
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Statewide
gBETA Wyoming
Year-long leadership training cohort program by the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce for emerging business and community leaders in the Gillette area, building professional skills and civic connections.
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Gillette
Campbell County Chamber of Commerce
Wyoming APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC) within the Wyoming SBDC Network providing free, no-cost government contracting technical assistance to Wyoming businesses seeking to compete in federal, state, and local government markets.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming APEX Accelerator
Wyoming APEX Accelerator free workshops, webinars, and Annual Government Contracting Summit providing Wyoming small businesses with training on procurement, certifications, compliance, and how to sell to government agencies.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming APEX Accelerator
Farm incubator garden program by Rooted in Wyoming in Sheridan providing growing space with water rights and infrastructure along the Big Goose west of Sheridan, supporting local food entrepreneurs and new farmers in expanding production capacity.
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Sheridan
Rooted in Wyoming
UW entrepreneurship education course offering students cross-disciplinary training in innovation, ideation, and value proposition development — available to all UW majors as part of the entrepreneurship minor or standalone enrollment.
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Laramie
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – UW
Annual $50K+ entrepreneurship competition for UW and Wyoming community college students, providing business consulting, C-level mentorship, financial guidance, and a network of investors and partners over 26+ years — open to all disciplines.
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Laramie
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – UW
L.E.A.D. Committee business development programs coordinated by the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce, providing business education, resources, and networking events supporting entrepreneurs and existing businesses in the Gillette area.
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Gillette
Campbell County Chamber of Commerce
Year-long leadership development cohort program from the Casper Area Chamber of Commerce, building professional and civic leadership skills through monthly sessions, community education, and networking with Casper's business community.
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Casper
Casper Area Chamber of Commerce
STEAM/entrepreneur makerspace providing workshops and equipment training in fabrication, prototyping, and emerging technology — supporting inventors, makers, and entrepreneurs with hands-on access to tools and skill-building programs statewide.
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Laramie
Innovation Wyrkshop
New manufacturing incubator at Sheridan College's 28,000 sq. ft. Innovation Center (opened fall 2024) offering affordable operational space, industry-specific equipment, technical expertise, and support for manufacturing entrepreneurs and startups in northern Wyoming.
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Sheridan
Sheridan College Innovation Center
Monthly free educational webinar series for Wyoming entrepreneurs offered by the Wyoming Women's Business Center, covering business topics accessible to entrepreneurs statewide through an online video library.
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Laramie
Wyoming Women’s Business Center
No-cost, confidential business advising and technical assistance from the Wyoming SBDC Network in Cheyenne, serving entrepreneurs across Laramie County and southeast Wyoming at any stage from pre-venture through growth.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Cheyenne
No-cost, confidential business advising and technical assistance from the Wyoming SBDC Network in Laramie, serving entrepreneurs across Albany County and southeast Wyoming at any stage from pre-venture through growth.
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Laramie
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Laramie
No-cost, confidential business advising and technical assistance from the Wyoming SBDC Network in Gillette, serving entrepreneurs across Campbell County and northeast Wyoming at any stage from pre-venture through growth.
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Gillette
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Gillette
No-cost, confidential business advising and technical assistance from the Wyoming SBDC Network in Casper, serving entrepreneurs across Natrona County and central Wyoming at any stage from pre-venture through growth.
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Casper
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Casper
No-cost, confidential business advising and technical assistance from the Wyoming SBDC Network in Evanston, serving entrepreneurs across Uinta County and southwest Wyoming at any stage from pre-venture through growth.
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Evanston
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Evanston
No-cost, confidential business advising and technical assistance from the Wyoming SBDC Network in Riverton, serving entrepreneurs across Fremont County and central Wyoming at any stage from pre-venture through growth.
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Riverton
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Riverton
No-cost, confidential business advising and technical assistance from the Wyoming SBDC Network in Rock Springs, serving entrepreneurs across Sweetwater County and southwest Wyoming at any stage from pre-venture through growth.
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Rock Springs
Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network – Rock Springs
NSF I-Corps customer discovery and commercialization training program at UW for researchers, faculty, and innovators looking to assess the market potential of technology-based inventions and transition from lab to market.
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Laramie
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – UW
IMPACT 307's pitch competition awarding seed funding to early-stage Wyoming entrepreneurs through competitive application, mentoring, business plan coaching, and a live pitch night open to the public.
Community/Networking
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Laramie
IMPACT 307 – Laramie
6-week intensive business boot camp from Silicon Couloir in Jackson, WY providing a values-based framework for entrepreneurs to build the foundation for a high-growth startup through weekly sessions with local entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors.
Accelerator
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Jackson
Silicon Couloir
Year-long peer cohort mastermind program from Silicon Couloir for 8–12 vetted business leaders and entrepreneurs in the Teton region, featuring monthly in-person sessions, Hogan Assessment coaching, and access to Silicon Couloir's TEAMS mentor network.
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Jackson
Silicon Couloir
Year-long peer cohort mastermind for 8–12 vetted Teton region business leaders and entrepreneurs, featuring monthly in-person facilitated meetings, Hogan Assessment leadership coaching, and access to the Silicon Couloir TEAMS network.
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Jackson
Silicon Couloir
World-class group mentoring program from Silicon Couloir serving Teton region ventures, based on the MIT Venture Mentoring Service model, assigning non-tourism businesses a team of 3–5 experienced mentors and executives for ongoing personalized support.
Coaching/Consulting
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Jackson
Silicon Couloir
World-class MIT VMS-based group mentoring program from Silicon Couloir in Jackson Hole, matching Teton region non-tourism ventures with teams of 3–5 experienced mentors for structured, ongoing personalized business guidance.
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Jackson
Silicon Couloir
University of Wyoming Technology Transfer Office fellowship program supporting UW researchers and innovators in commercializing research-based technologies through entrepreneurship training, mentoring, and startup launch assistance.
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Laramie
Technology Transfer Office – University of Wyoming
LOR Foundation-supported youth entrepreneurship program in Lander, Wyoming, providing teens with business launch training, mentoring, and early-stage entrepreneurship skills to build the next generation of Wyoming entrepreneurs.
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Lander
LOR Foundation – Lander WY
Entrepreneurship and innovation hub at Laramie County Community College offering startup support, resources, gBETA/gALPHA accelerator programs, and connections to the Wyoming entrepreneurial ecosystem for students and community members in Cheyenne.
Incubator
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Cheyenne
Laramie County Community College
Specialized graduate MBA program at UW focused on entrepreneurship and innovation, featuring industry masterclasses, domestic/international ecosystem trips, venture ideation courses, and internships with Wyoming companies.
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Laramie
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – UW
UW Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation's Venture Mentoring Service offering free ongoing mentoring to any UW or Wyoming community college student, faculty, or alumni — connecting them with experienced business mentors throughout Wyoming.
Coaching/Consulting
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Laramie
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation – UW
Annual pitch competition and business incubator for Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribal entrepreneurs, awarding seed funding with business coaching from the Wind River Development Fund's Riverton office.
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Riverton
Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) – Riverton
Annual pitch competition for Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribal entrepreneurs on the Wind River Reservation, awarding seed funding of $5,000–$25,000 along with months of business coaching and mentoring to finalists.
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Fort Washakie
Wind River Development Fund (WRDF) – Fort Washakie