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For release: Sept. 17, 2008

For More information contact:

Kim Sears, Marketing and Public Relations
Wyoming Business Council
Office: 307.777.2834
Email: kim.sears@wybusiness.org

Wyoming business conference to foster new ideas, growth

CHEYENNE –Wyoming businesses of all sizes will come together in Cheyenne this October at a conference to inspire innovation within Wyoming companies and build a business community Wyoming residents want.

The 2nd annual Business-to-Business Idea Expo is set to take place Oct. 9-10 at the Little America in Cheyenne.

Registration for the event is $100 for the first participant and $75 for each additional attendee. A networking after-hours event is included in the conference registration and is open to the public for $10. Additionally, a trade show featuring business-to-business vendors and government business services is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day.

The conference will cover a wide array of business-related topics regarding finance, marketing, people management, and entrepreneurship in two days of breakout sessions. Sessions include seminars and discussions on how happy employees make productive workplaces, what it really takes to get grant funding, and how New Media can help keep businesses relevant to a new generation of consumers, among other topics.

The expo also encourages businesses to intermingle and share ideas with the hope of providing contacts and fostering growth for Wyoming companies.

Building the Wyoming We Want Director Jeff Fuller will be the closing keynote speaker on Oct. 10 at 12 p.m. The Building the Wyoming We Want effort was started in January 2008 by Gov. Freudenthal to help Wyoming citizens and communities determine their vision for the future.

In addition to presentations by Wyoming business leaders, the expo will feature keynote speaker Doug Hall, founder and CEO of Eureka! Ranch, a company that teaches businesses how to better create ideas, select ideas that have a higher probability of success, and implement an action plan to get products or services to market more efficiently. Hall is the author of award-winning “Jumpstart Your Business Brain,” which landed on National and Amazon bestseller lists and will be given to Idea Expo attendees.

To register, visit www.wyomingideaexpo.com or call Brandon Marshall at 307.777.2820. To reserve booth space at the trade show contact Annie Wood at 307.777.2844 or visit the Idea Expo website at www.wyomingideaexpo.com.

The Idea Expo is hosted by the Wyoming Business Council and its partners at the University of Wyoming: Gro-Biz, Manufacturing Works, WyomingEntrepreneur.biz, the Wyoming Market Research Center, Wyoming Research Products Center, and the Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative.

The conference is sponsored by Bresnan Communications, First Interstate Bank, Rocky Mountain Power, U.S. Bank, Wyoming Business Council, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, and the Wyoming Rural Development Council.

The mission of the Wyoming Business Council is to facilitate the economic growth of Wyoming. For more information, please visit www.wyomingbusiness.org.

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