Wyoming

Wyoming

Laramie

Population: 25,351
Labor force: 14,192
Startups per 1,000 people:3.21
Small business per 1,000 people: 45

What to know about starting up in Laramie:
"It's incredibly inexpensive. There's no taxes, either personal or corporate. It cost us like $50 to register the company and that's it. If we hire a new employee, the state gives us $4,000 to train them. It's a really educated community. The University of Wyoming is here, so you have access to all the talent in town. There's a lot of what I call displaced Wyomingites –- people who left because they couldn't find a job and want to move back here."
-Jerad Stack, CEO, software maker Firehole Technologies