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Bootstrap Collaborative

    • Bootstrap Collaborative

    About Us

    Supporting our local business ecosystem. Our communities are close-knit, symbiotic, and interconnected. When one of us thrives, so does the whole community.

    Startups

    Whether this is your first or fifteenth business, we help your idea get off the ground through services, experience, and expert advice.

    Challenges
    Every business faces challenges. We help local owners revitalize, adapt, and bounce back stronger.
    Growth
    Expanding inventory, opening a new location, or scaling operations — find the resources you need to grow well.

    Our Origin

    How We Got Started

    At the Bootstrap Collaborative, we love our community. After seeing the toll the COVID-19 pandemic took on the businesses we know and love — and their owners — five Fremont County resources came together to help our community recover and grow.
    Funded by

    USDA Rural Development — Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) grant.
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    Background

    In Their Own Words

    “This collaboration will open up possibilities for businesses to locate to our region through expanded broadband access, market these opportunities more robustly, and provide support throughout the process of relocation.”
    — Beth Monteiro, CWC Foundation Director
    “The funding will build off of CWC’s Entrepreneurship Essentials program, which is co-taught by a CWC business professor and the UW Entrepreneur-in-Residence.”
    — Lynne McAuliffe, CWC Dean of Business, Technical, and Health Services
    Bootstrap Collaborative

    Our Partners

    Local Fremont County resources came together to see what we could do to help our community.
    Central Wyoming College

    Central Wyoming College

    A 4-year comprehensive community college accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and recognized as a Native American-serving Nontribal Institution. CWC plays a key role in regional economic development and co-leads the statewide Entrepreneurship Essentials (E2) program with the University of Wyoming.

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    atWork Coworking by County 10

    atWork Coworking by County 10

    Kairos Communications operates atWork — a coworking community paired with media and digital marketing services through County 10. atWork hosts the Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program with hands-on access to members, services, and events.

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    MakerSpace 307

    MakerSpace 307

    The oldest public makerspace in Wyoming (est. 2012). MS307 helps small businesses design and build functional prototypes, trade-show displays, and apply emerging technologies to micro-manufacturing.

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    Wind River Development Fund

    Wind River Development Fund

    A US Treasury–certified Community Development Financial Institution serving the Wind River Indian Reservation and Fremont County. Over 20 years, WRDF has originated more than $7 million in loans to local small businesses.

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    Central Wyoming College Foundation

    Central Wyoming College Foundation

    An independent charitable organization that promotes and extends financial assistance to CWC and serves as the entrepreneurial arm of the College, managing the CWC Business Park.

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