UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Workshop in Gillette Feb. 12

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

 

P.J. Burns will discuss the basics of starting a business during a Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network workshop titled “How to Start Your Own Business” Thursday, Feb. 12, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Studio Building, located at 345 Sinclair St. in Gillette. To register, go here. Registration is free. The event is co-sponsored by the Energy Capital Economic Development Corp. FUEL Business Incubator.

 

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 will help potential new business owners learn how to evaluate their business ideas; how to identify potential customers; how to write business plans; and where to access funding for new businesses.

 

Burns, Northeast regional director (Campbell, Crook, Johnson, Sheridan and Weston counties) for the Wyoming SBDC Network, received her degree from UW and has more than 20 years of business advising experience. She has spent the majority 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.

 

A free chili bar for all attendees is sponsored by the Energy Capital Economic Development Corp. FUEL Business Incubator.

 

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.