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The Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office indicate there was a 25 percent increase in revenue from business filings compared to last. According to The Digital Project Manager’s findings, there are 12,357 small businesses/100,000 people and nearly a 120 percent increase in business applications from 2019 to 2022.
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The University of Wyoming offers an opportunity for entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into realitiesUW's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (WyCEI) in conjunction with the Honors College is offering a three-week course beginning in May that gives students at UW or any of the state’s eight community colleges a chance to turn those ideas into realities. It includes opportunities for students in an array of academic disciplines, including entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, activists, and businesspeople.
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"Wyoming: The Paradox of Plenty" was released in late 2022 and was written by Dave Freudenthal, a Democratic two-term governor who served in office from 2003-2011. It examines the state's tax structure, economic and political history, and how mineral extraction and the energy industry grew to play an outsized role as the state's major economic driver. It also calls into question the notion of Wyoming being an independent, self-sufficient state, among other topics.
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The Wyoming Division of Economic Analysis released statistics for the third quarter of 2022 which indicate that major economic drivers such as the mining and energy sectors have added jobs but still lag behind their pre-COVID figures. The leisure and hospitality and professional and business services sectors added some of the most jobs during that time. Despite gains over the last decade in diversifying its economy, the Cowboy State still ranks as one of the least economically diversified states nationally.
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Wyoming Public Radio’s Will Walkey recently went on a “listening tour,” where he visited Casper, Sheridan, Gillette and Douglas. He brings us this report from the road.
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Due to the regular boom and bust cycles in the state and Wyoming's continued struggle to attract and retain younger workers—the never-ending discussion on the need to diversify the state economy continues. During the recent Governor's Business Forum hosted by the Wyoming Business Alliance, some had hope about the future. Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck has more.
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Over the past three years, the Wyoming legislature has passed laws to create a regulatory environment for blockchain application growth. Now, the new…
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Recent statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis interpreted by The Wall Street Journal show the downturn in the energy sector is affecting…
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The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) has released its annual benchmark report. This year's report shows that through two of the Wyoming Business Council's…
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The Sheridan Start-Up Challenge has announced five finalists.The challenge is hosted by Sheridan's Wyoming Technology Business Center's business…