Pilot entrepreneurship course crams in "essentials"

It was a last-minute decision to roll out the pilot program. With only two weeks to fill the course, the University of Wyoming sent out a press release through the state’s business, economic development and educational channels that filtered out 13 entrepreneurs willing to join the course last-minute.

The participants came from all over the state, “college students to surgeons, CFOs and other very accomplished business people” coming together to build a foundation for new businesses on the fly. And on the cheap.

The program, Entrepreneurial Essentials, came together on a wing and a prayer as a hybrid online and in-person program spread out over four weeks of nights and weekends. It was to be a scaled-down version of Central Wyoming College’s 10-week Start-Up Intensive that has helped lay the foundation for more than 100 businesses, about 70% of which remain active after three years in operation.

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