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Ketchikan Workshop on Building a Successful Website

June 27, 2016
Ketchikan Center Director, Kim Hayward, will be hosting a Build a Successful Website July 9th and 10th from 9am-4pm both days. On the first day of this workshop, you’ll learn all about website design: colors,

The Soldotna SBDC now open full time!

June 3, 2016 Kenai Peninsula
Our newest team member, Cliff Cochran is now up and running and has reopened the Red Diamond Center office full time! Clients in Soldotna, Seward, Cooper Landing, Hope, Nikiski and Sterling will now work directly

Announcing Ryan Gilbert as Anchorage SBDC’s New Center Director

June 3, 2016 Anchorage
The SBDC is pleased to announce the promotion of Ryan Gilbert as the new Center Director for the Anchorage SBDC. Ryan has worked with the SBDC for several years both as an employee and a

5 Money Saving Tools For Your Business

June 1, 2016 Funding & Loans Managing A Business Marketing
Small business owners know how important it is to preserve their capital. With the market moving as fast as it is and with new opportunities and new products being introduced on an accelerated schedule, having

Launch:Alaska Kicks Off!

June 1, 2016 Anchorage Funding & Loans Managing A Business
Launch : Alaska is off to a start today with the arrival of the teams in Anchorage for the intensive, three month long residential program! Companies in this first cohort are receiving mentorship, business training

Putting the Ice Cream in Community: Wild Scoops

May 25, 2016 Anchorage Success Story
Despite our chilly winters, Alaskans eat more ice cream per capita than any other state in the country! Combine that with our fierce local love and you’ve got the perfect community for a business like

Upcoming Office Closure

May 25, 2016 Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su
PLease note that the SBDC will be closed Statewide on May 30th in observance of Memorial Day. Thank you for your consideration!

Big Deal for Small Family Fishery

May 21, 2016 Success Story
Izetta Chambers, owner of Naknek Family Fisheries in Bristol Bay, started the fish processing and packaging business in 2006. She and her family has been involved in commercial fishing since the 1950s and the business

Congrats to Bolding Enterprises, LLC!

May 20, 2016 Anchorage Success Story
Congrats to Kristin and Matt, owners of Bolding Enterprises, LLC for becoming our latest success story clients! Learn more about their business and their work with the SBDC here.

5 Time Saving Tools For Your Business

May 15, 2016 Managing A Business
Customer records have to be continually updated. Important emails have to be responded to in a timely manner. Every project task is on a critical path, and no project can afford to fall behind. Customer

Ideas into Business Workshop in Fairbanks

May 1, 2016 Fairbanks Workshop
SBDC’s Adam Krynicki will be teaching a class on turning a great idea into a realistic business model on May 4th at the Alaska Small Business Development Center! Learn more and register by contacting Kathryn

Choosing A NAICS code

May 1, 2016 Managing A Business
The following article was written in 2016. Please visit here for a 2020 publication. Great news! You’re ready to get your business license or file your Articles of Incorporation. So what’s next? If you haven’t

Congrats to The Barista Cats

April 20, 2016 Fairbanks Success Story
The Barista Cats in Fairbanks is the latest business to become an SBDC Client Profile! Owner Shelby Case runs the coffeehouse responsible for caffeinating a good part of the Fairbanks community. Learn more here.

Why You Should Be Changing Your Facebook Business Page Strategy

April 15, 2016 Marketing
F8 2016:: Sneak Peak for Alaska’s Small Businesses F8, a 2-day conference powered by Facebook, is a yearly event where Facebook announces recent changes to their platform and what their future direction is. Although the

Congrats to our latest Client Profile!

April 6, 2016 Fairbanks Success Story
Congrats to LEAP in Fairbanks, Alaska for hitting SBDC Client Profile status! LEAP has been an asset to the Fairbanks community for over 14 years in their mission to help families and individuals overcome anger

Congrats to The Silva Chair!

April 5, 2016 Anchorage Success Story
Another SBDC client has hit the milestone of becoming a Client Profile story! Congrats to Lindsey Silva, owner of The Silva Chair, for all of your hard work. The passion you have brought to your

SBA Administrator Honors Nation’s Top Small Businesses

April 4, 2016 Fairbanks
Winners to be formally recognized in Washington, D.C. on May 1-2 Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced today this year’s Small Business Person of the Year winners from the

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Utilize Industry Data

April 1, 2016 Managing A Business
Why Every Entrepreneur Should Utilize Industry Data Knowing your industry is imperative for small business success but these fact finding missions can also become expensive and time consuming. SBDC can provide insight to small business

Client Profile: Artworks!

March 28, 2016 Success Story
Artworks has been a part of the Eagle River community for many years but has recently gotten a revamp under it’s newest owner: Debra Lindsay-Hudgins! Debra has worked tirelessly with the Alaska SBDC to revamp

Prospering in Alaska’s Next Recession

March 15, 2016 Anchorage Workshop
Upcoming seminar with Professor Ed Hess on the fundamentals of growth for small businesses.  Avoid the common mistakes that most businesses make when growing. Professor Hess teaches a growth strategy that fits your business’s current
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