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A new report reveals Indigenous-owned businesses contribute more than $46 billion to the U.S. economy each year. A lot of that activity is happening in the Western U.S.

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.

The Mountain West includes some of the country's strongest state economies, according to a new analysis, but the region's overall economic health doesn't extend to every state.

Entrepreneurship is thriving in the rural Mountain West, according to a new index released by the e-commerce company Shopify. The data comes as new business applications are on the rise nationwide.

The Wyoming Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the University of Wyoming’s Honors College are offering a three-week course beginning next month to give those with creativity a chance to turn those ideas into reality. This includes opportunities for artists, scientists, activists, and entrepreneurs, among others. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook spoke with Dr. Penelope Shihab, the center’s director, about this opportunity.

The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance is offering Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge for school-aged students to submit ideas for services or products that can benefit their communities, the environment, or the state as a whole. The application window opened at the beginning of October and runs through the end of November.

Back in 2016, Teton County was struggling with bears eating crab apples. The solution...make cider out of those apples. With that Wyoming's one cidery was born. Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska has this story.

The WyoBio Innovation Summit will be held at Casper College on August 12 and 13. It provides opportunities to showcase entrepreneurs, introduce them to resources and engage in meetings with potential investors.

The 2021 Microbial Ecology Collaborative Startup Launchpad (MECSL) announced FrostyFlake and LifeGlass as their two winners and awarded the start-ups a share of a $25,000 seed fund.

Wool that's produced in Wyoming is often sent out of state where it enters a worldwide market. Much of it is sent overseas for production. But one local business is trying to change that.