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SBA Announces Official Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) Application and Guidelines

...al assistance programs. As the SBA builds and prepares to roll out the program, this dedicated SBA website is the best source for up-to-date information for eligible restaurants interested in the RRF. Restaurant Revitalization Fund Program Guide...

Opening a Salon in Alaska

Opening a Food Business in Alaska

Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop

...irst opened the bakeshop utilizing the no-cost one-on-one confidential advising sessions as well as taking our popular financial course, Profit Mastery. After 6 years in business, they are still using the accounting and bookkeeping techniques they learned from the class. More recently, Rachel worked...

5 Time Saving Tools For Your Business

...e throughout the day. Most of these solutions are cost-effective and even come with a free trial or evaluation period. Consider trying out a few of these applications to save you time and boost your productivity. Jessica is a professional blogger who writes for Faxage, a leading company that ...

Sound Reinforcement Specialists

...and several enticing offers on the table, the Bennetts weighed the opportunity cost of continuing operations versus selling the business. After looking at their numbers and evaluating their performance in key areas, they had a good picture of the overall health of the business and decided to continu...

Alaska SBDC Update for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

...tial one-on-one advising please sign up for our no-cost services and an advisor will contact you shortly I know that many of you are worried about what’s next for your businesses. I want to assure you that the Alaska SBDC will continue to work to provide you with the ...

New Year, New Marketing: Refreshing Strategies for Business Success

...om the Alaska SBDC by taking advantage of our low-cost and no-fee workshops. These workshops cover various aspects of marketing, such as branding, content creation, and effective advertising techniques, and offer a wealth of knowledge. By leveraging the expertise of industry professionals through the...

SBA Offers Disaster Relief

...can also lend additional funds to businesses and homeowners to help with the cost of improvements to protect, prevent or minimize the same type of disaster damage from occurring in the future. For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most pri...

Alaska in Motion

...ion about your project idea, quotes, and more at www.alaskainmotion.com or at 907-290-7058....

Fannie Lou Hamer: A Warrior Who Never Backed Down

...2019). Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/fannie-lou-hamer-3528651...

July 22-24: Path to Prosperity Business Basics

...Thursday, July 15 to secure your spot at https://www.spruceroot.org/businessbasics   Business Basics is a three-day interactive, online workshop designed for Southeast Alaskans who are looking to launch a business. Whether you have an idea that you’re looking to turn into a business or a side projec...

Use Your Website to Build Relationships and Watch Sales Soar

...your site visitors than to provide them with high-value educational information. (Search engines love it too, so it’s a win-win!) Educating is the number one way to add value, gain credibility, earn trust, and a whole host of other elements essential to creating rapport. If your site isn’t a ...

10 Quick Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog

...tively. Put a link to your blog on your website’s home page. Promote your blog on your business card. Include a link to your blog as part of your e-mail signature and in the footer of all company business communications (stationery, invoices, receipts, etc.). At least once a month, ...

View From the Lobby

...our nice person voice, too. You’re the first point-of-contact for the organization. The mail is coming; it needs to be date stamped and filed. Is there a check in there? Better get that sent off to Fiscal. Walk-ins and guests, hello! 9:00 am Process the online payment database for ...

River Health & Wellness, LLC

...Center (Alaska SBDC) in Soldotna during the start-up process. As every entrepreneur knows, a start-up takes strategy, passion, and tenacity. Tanecia brought all of this and more to the table and about her experience shared, “The assistance I received from the Alaska SBDC was crucial to the start of...

Highlighting River Health & Wellness, LLC

...ion and obtain clinical experience, then returned home to Alaska to make a difference in the community she loves. With a passion to help people achieve wellness, Tanecia has become known for being a truly compassionate provider. With over a decade of medical experience, she decided to take the ...

SubZero Heats Up

...ishing. Seven years ago they started making freeze-dried meals to fuel their adventures instead of taking food in heavier, perishable forms out on the land. The method grew into a bit of an obsession, and then into a full-blown business: SubZero Freeze Drying. For a year, they’ve operated within ...

Shopping Local & Alaskan Tourism Flourish Hand-in-Hand

...ssence of our state. Regardless of where you call home in Alaska, the BuyAlaska Program is your go-to guide to unlock the true treasures of Alaska. Embracing Sustainability and Community Resilience Beyond the economic benefits, shopping local and supporting the BuyAlaska Program also promote sustaina...

Tutka Tours, LLC

...tka Tours. “When my wife, Cindy, and I decided to make our home along the Alaskan coast, we realized that our oceanic expeditions were more than mere recreation,” the founder adds. “These journeys were a treasure trove of knowledge, waiting to be shared.” His journey into sharing this knowledge ...