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Kick Off National Veteran’s Small Business Week with Boots to Business Webinar Series
Starting a small business is tough. It takes grit, courage, and discipline to take an idea and make it a functioning business in the face of difficult odds. There is one segment of Wyoming’s population that has those qualities and can beat those odds: veterans and...
How to Prepare Your Retail Business for the Holidays
If you’re anything like me, the holidays often sneak up on you. If you are a busy entrepreneur, this may be particularly true for you too. No matter what time of year you’re reading this post – there’s absolutely something you can be doing to prepare your retail...
Get To Know The Wyoming Community Navigator Program
The Wyoming Community Navigator Program was created to assist small business owners, especially rural, Veteran, Women and Minority owned business owners, and connect them with available resources and business assistance so they may continue to enrich our communities....
Cash (Flow) Is King: 7 Tips For Managing Your Cash Flow
Inadequate cash flow management can cripple a small business and is one of the major causes of small business or start-up business failure. Here are seven tips to avoid cash flow problems at your small business. Plan Appropriately and Plan Often The real key to...
Is TikTok Right For Your Business?
I’ve performed in many marketing roles, and by far the most difficult is social media management. Platforms change and trends come and go. In the Wyoming SBDC Network Market Research Center (MRC), we often say the only constant is change, and one change I’ve noticed...
How To Travel Securely With Your Computer and Devices
I recently returned from a business trip, so this topic is fresh on my mind. There are a lot of different levels of protection you may need depending on where you are going and what information and communication you have to keep from prying eyes. Here is what I...
Are You Talking To Your Team Enough?
Communication within your staff is one of the most critical investments you can make in your business. Building the infrastructure for internal communication takes time and can be challenging when there are multiple members of a team to bring together, conflicting...
Incoterms: International Terms Of Sale
If you are shipping goods to international markets, your pricing strategy should include Incoterms. If you pick the wrong incoterm or do not understand the definition, the cost of your mistake could wipe out any profit. Incoterms are internationally accepted terms...
Plan Ahead for Renewing SAM
Word to the wise: Give yourself a lot of lead time when renewing your SAM registration and if possible, renew BEFORE it expires. In April of 2022, the SAM.gov (System for Award Management) website went through sweeping changes, one of which was replacing DUNS numbers...