UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Workshop in Gillette Jan. 23

For anyone contemplating starting a small business, the thought alone can be daunting. However, advice and assistance are available.

P.J. Burns and Becky Prelle will discuss the basics of starting a business during a Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network workshop titled “Start Your Own Business” Thursday, Jan. 23, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Campbell County Public Library, located at 2101 S. 4-J Road in Gillette. The presentation will take place in the Wyoming Room. To register, go here. Registration is free.

The Wyoming SBDC Network offers business expertise to help Wyoming residents think about, launch, grow, reinvent or exit their business. The Wyoming SBDC Network is hosted by the University of Wyoming with state funds from the Wyoming Business Council and funded, in part, through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The workshop is designed to help potential new business owners explore the pros and cons of owning a business and evaluate the skills and knowledge necessary for success. Attendees can learn about investigating the potential of their ideas; identify their target markets; and provide free resources. Additionally, the workshop will cover financing options from $500 to $5.5 million, as well as where to access the capital entrepreneurs need to start or grow their businesses.

Burns, Wyoming SBDC Network northeast regional director for Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sheridan and Weston counties, received her degree from UW and has more than 20 years of business advising experience. She has spent most of her career advising and advocating for small businesses in her roles at various chambers of commerce and economic development organizations. She has a background in marketing, human resources, strategic planning, leadership and management.

Prelle, a reference services specialist at the Campbell County Public Library, is the library’s liaison for Wyoming Library to Business.

For more information, call Tyler Schanck, marketing, communications and database manager for the Wyoming SBDC Network, at (307) 343-0925 or email tschanck@uwyo.edu.