News for Business and Manufacturing

By Dennis E. Curran
March 7, 2008

From a community banker to a community telephone service provider, from a document shredder to an alternative fuel developer, from an energy tester to a drug tester - entrepreneurs in Wyoming are a diverse lot who are making their mark.

The winners of the 2008 Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards, individually and collectively, not only illustrate the traits of good entrepreneurship, but they demonstrate the important role small businesses play in Wyoming's economy.

Read the full story from the Wyoming Business Report

The Wyoming Business Council created the WyoSpace.com blog to help entrepreneurs and individuals interested in starting a new business find the resources to grow or expand their operations.

MW Professionals Postings

See what our professionals have contributed to the WyoSpace blog.

• Waste Not Want Not: Advice for Small Business - Carol Stark
• Looping for Success - Barry J. Bruns
• Systems Thinking - Barry J. Bruns
• Is Leadership Important? - Barry J. Bruns
• What is Leadership? - Barry J. Bruns
• BBB domestic production - Bruce Brown
• Lean Manufacturing - Phil Christopherson
• How an Energy Use Tax Analysis can put money in your pocket - Aarne Haas
• 5S – It turns out Mom was right - Phil Christoperson
• Green-Lean-Clean: A Profitable Combination - Andy Rose
• Green-Lean-Clean: Manufacturing-Works can help - Andy Rose
• Energy Audits and a Lean Business - Aarne Haas
• Creating a Company's Identity - Jake Bartholomew
• Can your site be found and used by everyone (and everything) — 4 parts - Stan Grabowski
  • Intro - part 1
  • Web Standards - part 2
  • Testing your site - part 3
  • Make your site fail "gracefully" - part 4

Manufacturing Assistance Program Finds Solution for Buffalo Sawmill

When it was threatened with closure due to violations of air quality standards, a Buffalo sawmill turned to a University of Wyoming manufacturing assistance program for help.

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