Ryan Bettcher News Today

May 17, 2021 Finalists have been named in the Microbial Ecology Collaborative Startup Launchpad (MECSL), a competition focused on innovative Wyoming-based startups in the fields of microbial ecology, environmental sustainability, natural resource management or data science. Pitch Day for MECSL will be Wednesday, May 19, where finalists will compete for a $25,000 award pool. MECSL is administered by IMPACT 307, the University of Wyoming’s business incubator network, and funded by Wyoming’s E...

May 14, 2021 Six teams were awarded seed funding recently for their startup companies at the sixth annual University of Wyoming Fisher Innovation Launchpad (FIL) competition, which was held virtually. The FIL, a startup challenge for UW students, is funded through the contributions of Donne and Sue Fisher, and their desire to make a lasting and impactful legacy through supporting student-led startup companies. “The Fisher Innovation Launchpad is a great platform that UW has for helping to com...

April 19, 2021 Nine student-led teams are vying for seed prize money to get their business plans off the ground in the John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition sponsored by the University of Wyoming’s College of Business. The competition encourages students to act on their talents, ideas and energy to produce tomorrow’s leading businesses. It will be held Friday and Saturday, April 23-24, as a public webinar. “The dedication and work ethic shown by our nine finalist teams have b...