MIT Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) Wyoming Cohort

What is the Wyoming EDP Program?

The Wyoming Innovation Partnership (WIP) is pleased to announce a unique collaboration with the MIT Martin Trust Center to bring the Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) to Wyoming. Tuition will be fully covered by WIP for all accepted participants, with the goal expanding entrepreneurship training and entrepreneur success in Wyoming. Specifically, we will be:

Creating a common proven framework and language for entrepreneurship,
Creating a new cohort of leaders to carry this on after the workshop – entrepreneurs, investors, inventors, academics, government, service providers to entrepreneurs, etc.

This week-long intensive program leverages MIT's culture of high-tech entrepreneurship to help entrepreneurs, corporate venturing executives, startup companies, and others involved in entrepreneurial environments learn what they need to develop ideas into successful businesses, and how to increase entrepreneurial opportunities in their corporations, institutions, and regions.

This program covers the entire venture creation process, from generating ideas to building viable global businesses, with a special emphasis on the nurturing roles of corporations, universities, governments, and foundations.

Program Information

Dates:	Monday, October 20^th– Friday October 24^th
Times:	9am-7pm, Mon-Fri
Where:	Laramie County Community College (LCCC) 1400 E. College Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82007 Clay Pathfinder Building
Duration:	5 days
Commitment:	8-12 hours/day
Instructor:	Bill Aulet Author, Disciplined Entrepreneurship Ethernet Inventors Professor of Practice at MIT Sloan School Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Pre-Work:	Read or Skim Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup, 2^nd Ed
Included:	Access to MIT’s Entrepreneurship Jetpack AI Tool which supercharges, supports, and accelerates the 24 Steps of Disciplined Entrepreneurship
Tuition:	Covered by the WIP Initiative
Other Expenses:	Covered by the attendee
Deadline to Apply	Priority applications are due by September 5, 2025. Seats will continue to be filled on a rolling basis until the final deadline of October 1, 2025, or until capacity is reached.

Format

The workshop begins with an introduction to basic concepts, the Disciplined Entrepreneur framework, and an exploration of what makes Wyoming different.
Participants will generate new business ideas, pitch those ideas, and then form groups of 5-6 people around the top ideas.
Teams will spend the rest of the week working as a group (simulating founders of a startup) to apply the Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework, refine their idea with market research, and conceptualize the operation groundwork for turning the idea into a company.
The workshop culminates with each group pitching their startup or innovation and debriefing with the instructor for additional learning.
Learn more about the MIT EDP approach here

Who Should Apply

Educators and Ecosystem Supporters

Approximately 20 seats will be devoted to educators and ecosystem supporters committed to learning the framework and spreading it to all parts of Wyoming through workshops and courses. This custom EDP program seeks to train these participants to be entrepreneurship trainers themselves.

Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, and Innovators

Approximately 30-40 seats will be devoted to existing entrepreneurs, innovators, and Wyoming business leaders who are looking to boost their skills, commercialize innovation, expand businesses, and grow jobs in Wyoming.

Apply Here

Priority applications are due by September 5, 2025.
Seats will continue to be filled on a rolling basis until the final deadline of October 1, 2025, or until capacity is reached.