UW and Wyoming APEX Accelerator to Host Solicitations Webinar Aug. 12
Published August 05, 2025
Small-business owners, entrepreneurs and startups will have an opportunity to learn how to read and respond to solicitations to start selling their goods or services to the federal government Tuesday, Aug. 12.
Guest speaker Kirsten Sandlin and Sara Mikesell Growney will discuss the subject during a Wyoming APEX Accelerator “Lunch and Learn” webinar titled “Reading and Responding to Solicitations” from noon-1 p.m. To register, go here. Registration is free. The webinar is the fourth and final in the Government Contracting Fundamentals Summer Series presented in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Wyoming APEX Accelerator, part of the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network housed at the University of Wyoming, is the state’s expert in government contracting assistance.
The webinar will provide attendees real-life solicitation tips and tricks; reading and responding to solicitations made easier; and efficiently crafting compliant proposals in a way that stands out from the crowd.
Sandlin, founder and CEO of RFPrepared, created a business that provides training and resources to small companies to help them successfully respond to government solicitations and compete in the government market space.
Mikesell Growney is a procurement adviser and acting program manager for Wyoming APEX Accelerator. She was a decade-long business owner and has experience in marketing, accounting, lobbying, public relations, public policy, grassroots organizing, campaigning and legal work.
For more information, call Tyler Schanck, marketing, communication and database manager for the Wyoming SBDC Network, at (307) 343-0925 or email tschank@uwyo.edu.
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 supported by state funds from the Wyoming Business Council and funded, in part, through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. SBA.
